PLAYWRITING - 1st Draft done of (working title), Berry Very Dead, coming in at 67 pages, a single-set, one-act for 7 actors with flexible race and gender casting. Story concept co-created with Taylor Couch, who also created the original set layout design.
Synopsis: The tragic loss of multiple family members at a recent gathering brings those remaining back to the farm to bury the dead in the ancestral cemetery. However, Vermont state burial laws turn out to be a bit more strict than imagined, and space is getting tight in the old family graveyard. Who gets in, and who gets ditched? That's left up to the patriarch, his two feuding grown children, a rancher, a pagan, and the town health officer who was not prepared for this kind of circus. |
PLAYWRITING - Finished the 1st Draft of a new fight show, BB and Tango and the Apocalypse and Fun! A two-act play specifically created for stage combat enthusiasts and a large cast of fighters. Story concept co-created with Taylor Couch. The script is written in a way that all major characters can be played by an actor of any race or gender. |
PLAYWRITING - Finished the 3rd Draft of Or Forever Hold Your Peace, the script is officially ready for rehearsal! Who knows when it will be safe to gather again, but this script will be waiting when it is. Huge thanks to my collaborators Taylor Couch and Jenn Mikitka for their help on the script and their continued collaboration creating the choreography! |
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CONFERENCE - I presented two sessions on my passion project, "Fight Choreography & Simulation: Restraining Aggressive Standardized Patients" and co-presented two sessions on my colleague's custom built mannequin, "Stemming the Red Tide: Creating a Low Cost Manikin to Treat Massive Variceal Bleeding". SimOps 2019 in Norfolk, VA; presented by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. |
FESTIVAL - I presented two pieces at the Glitterbox 10 Minute Play Festival; "Empanadas" which I wrote and directed, and "Dance Piece, France Priest" which I choreographed (with help from collaborators), directed, and performed in! It was a wonderful night of new theatre. I am so grateful to the team at Glitterbox and to all of my performers and collaborators. (See videos in the sidebar) RESIDENCY - Thrilled to announce that I have been chosen as the Fall 2018 Pearl Diving Movement Residency Local Artist! This is a generously funded residency that provides rehearsal space, mentoring, and technical support through the entire month of August, allowing me to build a new fight theatre show. The project will be called All the Fights! and will have a public Showcase on August 30th, 2018. |
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WORK - Very proud to announce that I've accepted a one-year Advanced Fellowship in Clinical Simulation with VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System! Starting in July, I'll be working full-time towards improving how simulation-based training is used in healthcare education, with the VA population specifically in mind. I'm excited (and a bit daunted) to bring my fun mix of skills as a fight choreographer, theatre educator, and standardized patient to this fascinating opportunity.
<< DANCING - Performed in Moriah Ella Mason's "Soft Block" at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater's New Moves 9 Festival. The piece was about protest, the policing of bodies, and human barricades. EDUCATION/WORK - As a Standardized Patient, I portrayed two patient profiles for Pitt's Physician Assistant program in Harmar, PA - with Grodin Professional Simulators. |
CREATING - Finished choreographing my new dancetheatre project, "Dance Piece, France Priest"! Rehearsals have been wildly productive and so much fun. Looking forward to putting the whole thing together in May!
WRITING - Completed a one-act play, "Empanadas"; a short, slightly insane comedy about searching for the perfect empanada in all the wrong places. READING - Held a reading for my new one-act, "Empanadas". Performed by the incredibly talented Matthew Vitullo, Dante Álmos Horvát, and Jenn Mikitka. The actors were fantastic and the feedback I received was most helpful. UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS - Both my dancetheatre project, "Dance Piece, France Priest", and my one-act, "Empanadas", have been accepted to the Glitterbox Theater's Annual 1o Minute Play Fest, June 24th! DANCING - I was cast in Moriah Ella Mason's new dance project, "Soft Block", exploring civil disobedience. It will be performed at The Kelly Strayhorn Theater's 9th Annual NewMoves Contemporary Dance Festival, May 18-19. EDUCATION/WORK - Began working as a Standardized Patient for Grodin Professional Simulators. |
PROJECTS - Crafting helms! Making these has been a blast. Look for them in "The Lawn Show" and possibly in future hundred-person mass battles. >>>>>>>>>>>>> PERFORMANCE - Auditioned for and cast in Anti-Gravity's Winter Showcase! BOOKS - Recent favorite reads: "David and Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell. "Humans of New York" by Brandon Stanton. "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. "Do the Work!" by Steven Pressfield. PROJECTS - Beginnings of giant puppets! For the show to be ordered and performed on front lawns, lately called "The Lawn Show". >>>>>>>>> TRAINING - I have begun training rigorously with Anti-Gravity Orlando, a phenomenal aerial theater in Orlando. Training in silks, double bungee, lyra, cube, hammock, wall harness, handstand technique, and spanish web. |
Tickets are *FREE* Email: Fight.Theatre@gmail.com to receive your free MP3 file and further instructions. Created in Collaboration with Katie Polin |
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ZOMBIES: A Workshop thrilled audiences at Downtown Art Dec 1-2 in conjunction with the one-man show See You On the Other Side by frequent FIGHT THEATRE performer Casey Deming.
FIGHT THEATRE received a fabulous Residency with Downtown Art in NYC for over 50hours of free space to create and perform this show. Many thanks for Ryan Gilliam and Mike Hickey. José continues to work on ZOMBIES, look out for the next opportunity to see it! |