photos by John C. Hawthorne

My Work

I make theatre and I make games
I aim to inspire imagination and joy

Current Projects

Questo!

A live role-playing game event designed for an audience of 30-50 players in collaboration with Jeffrey Evans

Zsa Zsa & Chuck

A clown duet being made in collaboration with Iris Seaman

Workshops

I offer workshops in Clown, Slapstick, Devising Theatre, and Neutral Mask 

Past Projects

Skills & Scars

A role-playing game adventure performed and created with a live audience during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival

The Really Small Council

A game performance inside of Science After Hours at the Franklin Institute

One Glance Was All It Took

A playful, imaginative duet created with Donna Jean Fogel
Excerpt

The Ax Bandit Cabaret

My love letter to terrible rock and even worse pop

Room for You

A performance art installation about trust and intimacy created with Sarah Gardner
Sarah's page

The Ballad of "Quick Dick" Mcgripp

The height of stupidity, a goofy western performed in half-mask with
​Antony Bolante and Sarah Gardner

Appearances

Party of One Podcast Ep. 132

I join Jeff Stormer on his delightful actual-play podcast for a game of 7th Sea by John Wick

MAIDS - "Do This Better" Music Video

Dancing around Des Moines to some Midwest Disco
produced by Iowa Filmmakers
Room for You photos by John C. Hawthorne
Other photos by Lindsay Browning, courtesy of Pig Iron School
Except for the other other photos which are by friends I asked to snap something on my iPhone because as Jonathan VanDyke taught me, if there's no record of the performance, then it basically didn't happen.