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GAY RODEO BY-LAWS (in development for 2011)

GRBL is a performance event that asks questions about social perception and western heritage through the hybridization of performance, video, drawings, and dialogs derived from public spaces.

Workshops begin in January and run through June 2011 at 14 Wall Street as part of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council artist residency, Swing Space.

More info coming.

HERE I GO (also planned for 2011)

More info coming.

THE ART OF DEPICTING NATURE AS IT IS SEEN BY TOADS (2010)

“That’s the Word Repetition Game.  It musn’t go too far; I won’t let it.”
--Sanford Meisner

“How you live changes your brain--Thought changes our life and our behavior."
--Milton Glaser

Inspired by Ambrose Bierce's definition of Realism, Sanford Meisner’s Word Repetition Game, and brain scholar Gerald Edelman’s theory shared with friend Milton Glaser about the brain’s susceptibility to almost every encounter in life, THE ART OF DEPICTING NATURE AS IT IS SEEN BY TOADS is a progressive art event featuring two performers, two toads, one referee, and a herp wrangler engaged in a two-hour* endurance test.  Part theatre, part performance art, all exploration, THE ART OF DEPICTING… challenges perceptions of human behavior and reality.
 
First premiered January 29 and 30, 2010 in Austin, Texas.  Designed, directed, and conceived by Luke Leonard.  Animals provided by Austin Reptile Service.  Featured Ben Schave, Luke Leonard, Joey Lepage, and Jon Cook.

*Note: This performance was originally conceived as an eight to twelve hour performance; therefore, it can be reconstructed using other durational parameters.

TRILOGIA HOROVITZ (2009, in collaboration with Offucina Eclectic Arts)

In 2009, directors Andrea Paciotto and Luke Leonard were invited by Barefoot Theatre Company to participate in a year long festival called "70/70" celebrating the 70th birthday of playwright Israel Horovitz. Paciotto and Leonard selected three plays to produce by Mr. Horovitz and devised a collaborative opportunity for three directors from different countries to each direct one of the plays. The trilogy, The Indian Wants the Bronx (directed by Luke Leonard, United States), Beirut Rocks (directed by Hyunjung Lee, Korea), and What Strong Fences Make (directed by Andrea Paciotto, Italy) was translated into Italian by Andrea Paciotto and premiered on September 6, 2009 at Teatrino Delle Sei in Spoleto, Italy. Subsequent performances have appeared throughout Italy in Trevi, Perugia, and Rome. For further information including touring, please contact Offucina Eclectic Arts.