Professional Service

  • The Whitney Museum of American Art. Role: Committee Member. Served on small roundtable committee designed to share perspectives on contemporary performance in NYC with Jay Sanders, Curator of Performance for The Whitney Museum of American Art. 10/2013 - 10/2013

Community Partnership

  • Tibet House US. Volunteer Recording Engineer. Assisted Dr. Miles Neale with recording his classes for distribution online for the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science’s four-year course on contemplative living at Tibet House US, founded by Robert Thurman, Philip Glass, and Richard Gere at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 01/2013 - 04/2015

Honors & Awards

  • Summer Fellowship. University of Iowa Entrepreneurial Center, 06/2022
  • Summer Fellowship. University of Iowa Graduate College, 06/2021
  • Research Grant for Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences. University of Iowa, 02/2021
  • College of Fine Arts Hall of Distinction. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 11/2020
  • Artist Relief Grant. United States Artists, 03/2020
  • Artist in Residence. Creative Arts Initiative, SUNY Buffalo, 01/2020
  • Artist in Residence. The Watermill Center, 01/2016
  • Jerome Foundation Award. Jerome Foundation, 01/2015
  • Artist in Residence. Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , 10/2014
  • Artist in Residence. The Watermill Center, 01/2014
  • Inclusion in USA National Exhibition. Prague Quadrennial, 06/2011
  • Greenwall Foundation Award. Greenwall Foundation, 01/2011
  • Young Alumni Achievement Award. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 10/2009
  • Young Directors Project Competition Inclusion. Salzburg Festival, 08/2009
  • MacDowell Fellow. The MacDowell Colony, 02/2009
  • Greenwall Foundation Award. Greenwall Foundation, 01/2009
  • Artist in Residence. The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, 07/2006

Affiliations

  • Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP), Member, 02/2019 - present
  • Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab (LCT Directors Lab), Member, 01/2004 - present

In the Media

  • Shaw, Helen. “Gee, Officer: Why Are There So Few Plays About Cops?” NY Magazine/Vulture 15 July 2020. 07/2020.
  • Soloski, Alexis. “Ways to Leave Cabin Fever Behind.” New York Times 10 July 2020: C2. 07/2020.
  • Akbar, Arifa. “Lockdown Culture: Americana Kamikaze Review – Film Noir and Japanese Horror Chill Reality into a Dream.” The Guardian 15 April 2020. 04/2020.
  • Miller, Melinda. “Artsbeat: Theater takes a bow, the BPO 'MmmBops' and Torn Space goes tonal.” The Buffalo News 6 Jun. 2019. 06/2019.
  • ABC News Chicago, Temporary Distortion performance art featured at Chicago Cultural Center. 01/2018. https://abc7chicago.com/yates-gallery-chicago-cult...
  • Dabkowski, Colin. “Echoes of the past.” The Buffalo News 18 Aug. 2016. 08/2016.
  • Dabkowski, Colin. “Torn Space Theater plans experimental theater festival.” The Buffalo News 17 Dec. 2015. 12/2015.
  • Shaw, Helen. “Reviewing Shows in Under the Radar, COIL, and more.” TimeOut New York Magazine 9 Jan. 2015. 01/2015.
  • Soloski, Alexis. “A Cold Month Is No Longer Dark.” New York Times 2 Jan. 2015: C1. 01/2015.
  • Sellar, Tom. “Wintry Mix: Will January’s Theater Festivals Warm You Up?” Village Voice 14 Jan. 2015. 01/2015.
  • Soloski, Alexis. “Music Emanating From a Box.” New York Times 9 Jan. 2015: C5. 01/2015.
  • Serratore, Nicole. “NYC Festival Wrap up.” American Theater Magazine 25 Jan. 2015. 01/2015.
  • Tran, Diep. “Taylor Mac and Temporary Distortion: In for the Duration.” American Theater Magazine 8 Jan. 2015. 01/2015.
  • Bent, Eliza. “International Attitudes.” American Theater Magazine. Vol. 32 Issue 1 2015: 106-109. 01/2015.
  • Sellar, Tom. “These Five Experimental-Theater Festivals Have Never Heard of You, Either.” Village Voice 26 Nov. 2014. 11/2014.
  • La Rocco, Claudia. “Straight Acting.” Artforum. 02 May 2014. 05/2014.
  • Escolano, Véronique. “Ils jouent six heures enfermé dans la boîte.” Ouest-France 17 April 2014. 04/2014.
  • Arvers, Fabienne. “The shows not to be missed.” Les Inrockuptibles 26 March 2014. Paris, France. 03/2014.
  • Barker, Jeremy. “Kenneth Collins.” Chance Magazine. 3 (2014): 88-109. 01/2014.
  • La Rocco, Claudia. “Dig Your Own Hole.” Artforum. 23 Sept. 2013. 09/2013.
  • Dabkowski, Colin. “Silo City continues its artistic evolution with Motion Picture.” The Buffalo News 22 Aug. 2013. 08/2013.
  • Trueman, Matt. “Noises off: From Salesman to selling out.” The Guardian. 8 June 2012. 06/2012.
  • Soloski, Alexis. “The COIL & Under the Radar Fests Meet Multimedia, 2012-Style.” Village Voice 4 Jan. 2012. 01/2012.
  • Zuckerman, Esther. “Newyorkland Wants To Get Into NYPD Cops’ Heads Behind The Headlines.” Village Voice 22 Jan. 2012. 01/2012.
  • Zinoman, Jason. " Why January Is the Coolest Month Onstage." New York Times 4 Jan. 2012: C1. 01/2012.
  • Hedli, Laura. “Trailers to Tempt the Theatergoer.” New York Times 8 Jan. 2012: AR4. 01/2012.
  • Fitzgerald, Jason. "Newyorkland (Critic's Pick)." Backstage 17 Jan. 2012. 01/2012.
  • Shaw, Helen. “Temporary Distortion artfully deconstructs the NYPD.” TimeOut New York Magazine 19 Jan. 2012: 73. 01/2012.
  • Zinoman, Jason. "The Officers’ Workaday, Work-a-Night Lives, Far From Movie Glamour." New York Times 17 Jan. 2012: C7. 01/2012.
  • Kennedy, Mark. “Theater festivals to warm up cold New York.” Asbury Park Press. 1 Jan. 2012: E4. 01/2012.
  • Keogh, Tom. “Newyorkland digs deep into the world of cops.” Seattle Times 18 Nov. 2011. 11/2011.
  • Hunt, Stephen. “1970s cop films take centre stage.” Calgary Herald 9 Nov. 2011: F3. 11/2011.
  • Berson, Misha. “Both sides of the thin blue line.” Seattle Times 13 Nov. 2011: H1, H7. 11/2011.
  • Kiley, Brendan. “Newyorkland.” The Stranger 18 Nov. 2011. “Seamless and gorgeous.”. 11/2011.
  • Kaderlan, Alice. “Police theater takes viewers inside the brutal life of an officer.” Crosscut 18 Nov. 2011. 11/2011.
  • La Rocco, Claudia. “An Auld Lang Syne Kicks Off an Artistic Diaspora.” New York Times 30 June 2011: C1. 06/2011.
  • Harper, James. “East side ghost story.” The Courier Mail 18 Feb. 2011. (Australia). 02/2011.
  • O’Neill, Matt. “Beautiful Haze.” TimeOff Magazine issue 1514 16 Feb. 2011: 38. Brisbane, Australia. 02/2011.
  • Wren, Celia. “Up, up and away? Not so fast!” American Theater Magazine. Vol. 28 Issue 5 2011: 32-35. 01/2011.
  • Zinoman, Jason. “To Bleed or Not to Bleed? Plays Explore the Scary.” New York Times 27 June 2010: AR5. 06/2010.
  • Sorin, Etienne. “Ceux par qui le spectacle vient.” L'Express 15 April 2010. Paris, France. 04/2010.
  • La Voix du Nord. “Bienvenue chez Nowhere: la grâce est fugace, on se perd à la chercher.” La Voix du Nord.13 Mar. 2010. Paris, France.“. 03/2010.
  • Sellar, Tom. “The City’s Best (And Not So Best) Progressive Theater.” Village Voice 5 Jan. 2010. 01/2010.
  • La Rocco, Claudia. “Recording Staged Works for All the World to See.” New York Times 24 Jan. 2010: AR3. 01/2010.
  • Shaw, Helen. “J-Horror Chills Via Multimedia Theater.” TimeOut New York Magazine 2 Nov. 2009. 11/2009.
  • Soloski, Alexis. “Voice Choice: Living Nightmare.” Village Voice 20 Oct. 2009. 10/2009.
  • Zinoman, Jason. “Japanese-Style Horror, on Screen and Stage.” New York Times 27 Oct. 2009: C8. 10/2009.
  • Waldburg, Marie. “Dita liebt einen Grafen.” Bunte 6 Aug. 2009. 08/2009.
  • Friedl, Armin. “144 Stunden Trampen durch die USA.” Stuttgarter Nachrichten 30 July 2009. Salzburg. Mayer, Norbert. “Verloren in der Ödnis von Arizona.” Die Presse 30 July 2009. Salzburg. 07/2009.
  • Schmidt, Christopher. “Lost Highway; Mystisches aus Amerika beim Salzburger Young Directors Project.” Süddeutsche Zeitung 30 July 2009. Salzburg. 07/2009.
  • Anzeiger, General. “Hypnotisches Gemurmel; Salzburgs "Young Directors Project" startet mit dem New Yorker Beitrag "Welcome to Nowhere?” General-Anzeiger (Bonn) 30 July 2009. Salzburg. 07/2009.
  • Rothschild, Thomas. “In Salzburg kommt das Kino ins Theater” Rheinische Post 30 July 2009. Salzburg. 07/2009.
  • Michalzik, Peter. “Zwischen Kuss und Mittelstreifen; "Welcome to Nowhere": Ein Road Movie für die Bühne im Young Directors Project der Salzburger Festspiele.” Frankfurter Rundschau 30 July 2009. 07/2009.
  • Ostertag, Bernhard. “Das Glühen am Horizont.” Vision Altstadt Magazin Nr.2 (2009): 34-35. Salzburg, Austria. 06/2009.
  • Nicoud, Anabelle. “Le road-movie en boîte.” La Presse 19 Feb. 2009: 6. Montreal, Canada. 02/2009.
  • St-Hilaire, Jean. “On n'échappe pas à son passé.” leSoleil 10 Sep. 2008: 44. Québec City, Canada. 09/2008.
  • Salino, Brigitte. “Découvrir Temporary Distortion.” Le Monde 29 March 2008: 24. Paris, France. 03/2008.
  • Deutsch, Abigail. “Welcome to Nowhere (bullet hole road).” Village Voice 16 Oct. 2007. 10/2007.
  • Carlson, Jen. “Pencil this in.” Gothamist 12 Oct. 2007. 10/2007.
  • Cermatori, Joseph. “No Matter Where You Go, There You Are.” Brooklyn Rail (October 2007): 69. 10/2007.