PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Original Devised and Site-Specific Work
Directed by Rachel Bowditch

The Ophelia Project: A Poetic Portrait of the Lives and Writing of Virginia Woolf, Anne Sexton, and Sylvia Plath. 
    

Phoenix Premiere produced by Arizona Women's Theatre at Taliesin West. April 2009.  Designed by Taliesin apprentices Daniel Dillow and Huiee Wong. Performed by Portia Beacham, Kate Kugler, Kelsi Zahl and Cassidy Rogers.

Philadelphia Premiere. Philadelphia Live Arts/Fringe Festival 2008.  Media Bureau.

Work-in-Progress. Phoenix Fringe Festival 2008. Space 55.

Work-in-Progress. The Lyceum Theatre, ASU. April 2008.
Performed by Elizabeth Widmer, Kerry Wieder, Caitlyn Conlin, and Monique Massiah.

Arcana

Downstairs Series, Ontological Hysteric Theatre. New York City. August 2002.   
Performed by Lea Bender, Tracey Fischette, Rich Szpigiel, and Cypher Zero.   

Mastaba

American Living Room Festival 2000, HERE Performance Art Café. July 2000.
Performed by Tracey Fischette and Hannah Cabel.
              

A Woman’s Place by Susan Riskin

HERE Performance Art Café, New York City. April 2001.
Performed by Lea Bender, Bertie Ferdman, Paula Soloman, Kristin Hanes, and Nikki Verhoff.

                 

SMoCA Nights. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. March 2009.  Scottsdale, Arizona. 
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Portia Beacham, Nick Broderick, Erica Maytenyi, Kyle Wills, Philip Zisman, Jessica Weaver, Kristina Serna, Adam Pinti, and Aaron Wester. Photographed by John Tzelepis. 

 

Phoenix Fringe Festival 2008. Opening Night Gala. Space 55. Phoenix, Arizona.

Mesa Center for Contemporary Arts. March 2008.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Nina Watt and Jodie James.

NightActs 1:Arizona State University Art Museum. February 2008. Collaboration with Jake Pinholster.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Nina Watt, Caitlyn Conlin, Jodie James, Jessica Mumford, Stjepan Rothko, Elizabeth Widmer, Sentell Harper, Maria Enriquez, Cathan Bordyn, Kerry Wieder, and Kathleya Afandor. Photographed by John Tzelepis.

        

Bell Rock, Sedona and Sunset Point Film/Photography Shoot. Sedona, Arizona. March 2007. Photographed by Bruce Bowditch and filmed by Jacob Pinholster.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, John Tzelepis, Caitlyn Conlin, Alex Smith, Cathan Bordyn, and David McCormick.
        
             

Starving Artists Ball 2005. Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York City. October 2005.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Jeff Grow, Jenny Sargent, Sarah Kozinn and Josh Mathhews.

Performance Studies International #11. Brown University, Rhode Island. April 2005.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Sarah Kozinn, and Josh Matthews.

The Kitchen Street Fair 2004. The Kitchen. New York City. Sept 2004.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch Tanya Calamoneri, Gillian Chadsey, Serene Zloof, Ximena Garnica, and Gregory Frumin. Photographed by the Kitchen staff.

The Busking Bonanza 2003. Tompkins Square Park, New York City, 2003.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Jeff Grow, Paula Solomon, Bertie Ferdman, and Nikki Verhoff.

Transfix with Cryolumia. Lunatarium. Dumbo, New York City. September 2002.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Tracey Fischette and Jeff Grow.

Synchronic Hosted by DJ Spooky (Weekly Event). Lunatarium. Dumbo, New York City. November 2002.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch and Liz Pink.

“ Black Widow” Solo Performance by Rachel Bowditch.
Lunatarium, Dumbo, New York City. April 2002.

The Busking Bonanza.  Tompkins Square Park, New York City. 2002.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Rich Szpigiel, Jeff Grow, Bertie Ferdman, Nikki Verhoff and Paula Soloman.

New York International Fringe Festival 2002. Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, Rush Hour Tour at Grand Central with Timothy "Speed" Levitch and Times Square, New York City. August 2002. Photographs by Bill Durgin.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Tracey Fischette, and Rich Szpigiel.
      

GenArt Summer Arts Festival 2001. Puck Building, New York City. July 2001. Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Bertie Ferdman, Paula Soloman, Jeff Grow, Kristin Haynes and Nikki Verhoff. Photographed by Nicholas Goldberg.
    

“Meditation on Time” with video artists Square/Square. Synchronic Hosted by DJ Spooky (Weekly Event). Lunatarium. Dumbo, New York City. November 2001.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Bertie Ferdman, Paula Soloman, Kristin Haynes, and Nikki Verhoff.

“ Virtual Web II” with video artists Square/Square. Synchronic Hosted by DJ Spooky (Weekly Event). Lunatarium. Dumbo, New York City. 2001.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch and Jeff Grow.

“Virtual Web” Experiment in Time. Synchronic Hosted by DJ Spooky (Weekly Event). Lunatarium. Dumbo, New York City. November 2001. (An experimental cultural collaboration with DJ Spooky. Art Installations, multi-media art and performance.) 
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Bertie Ferdman, Paula Soloman, Kristin Haynes, and Nikki Verhoff.

New York International Independent Film Festival. Madison Square Garden, New York City. March 2001.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Bertie Ferdman, Paula Soloman, Jeff Grow, Kristin Haynes and Nikki Verhoff. Photographed by Nicholas Goldberg.
          

“Une Soiree de l’art et les Hazards,” Arras Museum of Art. Arras, France. 1999.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch.

Evening of Transfix. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. 1998.
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Karina Valentine, Kristin Haynes, and Micole Raab.
                                        
Feast for the Senses. Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, New York. 1996. 
Performed by Rachel Bowditch, Lea Bender, Kristin Haynes, and Matt Diamond.
               

Cleaning Clowns at Busking Bonanza, Tompkins Square Park. June 2002.
Performed by Jeff Grow, Tracey Fischette, Rich Szpigiel, Rachel Bowditch, and Lea Bender.