Geoff Sobelle
Latest News on Geoff Sobelle:
Second Annual PhysFestNYC Will Return in January (Nov 4, 2024)
Oliver Cowen and Eidann Glover's Immersive WHERE YOU WERE Opens This Month (Oct 3, 2024)
RHEOLOGY, EAT THE DOCUMENT, and More Set for HERE 2024-2025 Season (Jul 26, 2024)
Second Annual PhysFestNYC Will Return in January (Nov 4, 2024)
Oliver Cowen and Eidann Glover's Immersive WHERE YOU WERE Opens This Month (Oct 3, 2024)
RHEOLOGY, EAT THE DOCUMENT, and More Set for HERE 2024-2025 Season (Jul 26, 2024)
BIO
Geoff Sobelle is a theatre artist dedicated to the “sublime ridiculous.” He is the co-artistic director of rainpan 43, a renegade absurdist outfit devoted to creating original actor-driven performance works. Using illusion, film and out-dated mechanics, R43 creates surreal, poetic pieces that look for humanity where you least expect it and find grace where no one is looking. R43’s shows include: all wear bowlers (Innovative Theatre Award, Drama Desk nomination), Amnesia Curiosa, machines machines machines machines machines machines machines (OBIE award – design), and Elephant Room (commissioned by Center Theatre Group). His independent work includes Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl (Edinburgh Fringe First Award) and The Object Lesson (Edinburgh Fringe First Award, Carol Tambor Award, Total Theatre Award, NYTimes Critics Pick). He has been a company member of Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theatre Company since 2001.
All of his work to date has premiered at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival before touring nationally and internationally. Geoff’s work has been presented at the the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), St. Ann’s Warehouse, HERE Arts Center, The Kirk Douglas Theatre (CTG), Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Studio Theatre (DC), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Bard College, the Barbican Center (London), and has toured to Germany, Italy, France and South Korea.
As a teacher, Geoff has led workshops all over the world in devised theatre creation, physical approach to character, clown and “jeu.” He is a teacher at the Pig Iron school in Philadelphia (APT) and is on faculty at Bard College. His projects have been supported by the MAP Fund, the Independence Foundation, the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, the Wyncote Foundation, US Arts International, the Princeton Atelier and the New England Foundation for the Arts. He is a 2006 Pew Fellow and is a 2009 Creative Capital grantee. Geoff graduated with honors from Stanford University and trained in physical theatre at École Jacques Lecoq in Paris.
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Second Annual PhysFestNYC Will Return in January
Broken Box Mime Theater will host the second annual PhysFestNYC, a 10-day physical theater festival in January 2025 at Stella Adler Center for the Arts. Learn more about the festival and find out how to attend here!
Broken Box Mime Theater will host the second annual PhysFestNYC, a 10-day physical theater festival in January 2025 at Stella Adler Center for the Arts. Learn more about the festival and find out how to attend here!
Oliver Cowen and Eidann Glover's Immersive WHERE YOU WERE Opens This Month
Created by theatre-makers and performers Oliver Cowen and Eidann Glover, this cozy and concise theatrical experience blends memory, myth and imagination. Featuring original music and poetry, Where You Were gives participants the option to choose their involvement, whether to delve deeper into comfy reminiscence or traverse a distant fable.
Created by theatre-makers and performers Oliver Cowen and Eidann Glover, this cozy and concise theatrical experience blends memory, myth and imagination. Featuring original music and poetry, Where You Were gives participants the option to choose their involvement, whether to delve deeper into comfy reminiscence or traverse a distant fable.
RHEOLOGY, EAT THE DOCUMENT, and More Set for HERE 2024-2025 Season
HERE's 2024-2025 season features four world premieres and a diverse lineup of innovative performances. See the full schedule here!
HERE's 2024-2025 season features four world premieres and a diverse lineup of innovative performances. See the full schedule here!
PROTOTYPE Announces 2025 Festival Beginning This January
PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now has announced the lineup for 2025, set to resume January 9-19, 2025. This will mark the final season co-produced by HERE and co-curated by Kristin Marting, who founded the Festival together with Beth Morrison and Kim Whitener, and who is also the outgoing Founding Artistic Director of HERE.
PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now has announced the lineup for 2025, set to resume January 9-19, 2025. This will mark the final season co-produced by HERE and co-curated by Kristin Marting, who founded the Festival together with Beth Morrison and Kim Whitener, and who is also the outgoing Founding Artistic Director of HERE.
PRODUCER HUB Achieves Independent Not-For-Profit Status
PRODUCER HUB – a critical resource for independent producers working across the performing arts – has spun off into an independent 501(c)3 organization. Learn more about the organization.
PRODUCER HUB – a critical resource for independent producers working across the performing arts – has spun off into an independent 501(c)3 organization. Learn more about the organization.
Irina Kruzhilina's SPACEBRIDGE to be Presented at LaMaMa
La MaMa in association with En Garde Arts will present SpaceBridge, conceived and directed by Irina Kruzhilina, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa ETC.
La MaMa in association with En Garde Arts will present SpaceBridge, conceived and directed by Irina Kruzhilina, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa ETC.
ART WIRE Event Set For Next Month
Contemporary arts center OZ Arts Nashville announced it will present a special reading from fellows in the Art Wire program, a unique, cross-disciplinary collaboration with prominent literary nonprofit The Porch.
Contemporary arts center OZ Arts Nashville announced it will present a special reading from fellows in the Art Wire program, a unique, cross-disciplinary collaboration with prominent literary nonprofit The Porch.
HERE Announces 2024 Recipients Of $125K HARP Residencies
HERE will welcome three new members of the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), one of the most robust residency programs in the country.
HERE will welcome three new members of the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), one of the most robust residency programs in the country.
Invasive Species, Somi Kakoma, Kev Berry & More To Perform At The Tank Forever! 21 Gala
Catch performances by Invasive Species, Somi Kakoma, Kev Berry, and more at The Tank Forever! 21 Gala this month. Learn more about the performances, and see how to purchase tickets.
Catch performances by Invasive Species, Somi Kakoma, Kev Berry, and more at The Tank Forever! 21 Gala this month. Learn more about the performances, and see how to purchase tickets.
Sandra Oh, Ann Harada & More to Star in THE WELKIN at Atlantic Theater Company
The complete cast has been revealed for the American premiere of The Welkin, written by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Sarah Benson at Atlantic Theater Company. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
The complete cast has been revealed for the American premiere of The Welkin, written by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Sarah Benson at Atlantic Theater Company. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Review: GEOFF SOBELLE'S FOOD Texas Performing Arts at The McCullough Theatre
From Geoff Sobelle’s website, we learn that “FOOD is an intimate dinner party performance that uses smell, taste, touch and audience instruction to feed a meditation on the ways and whys of eating. Why do you eat what you eat? Where does it come from? What does it really cost?” I quote it here, because it is entirely accurate. But that only cracks the surface of this deep performance piece that nudges us toward contemplation of the evolution of food and mankind.
From Geoff Sobelle’s website, we learn that “FOOD is an intimate dinner party performance that uses smell, taste, touch and audience instruction to feed a meditation on the ways and whys of eating. Why do you eat what you eat? Where does it come from? What does it really cost?” I quote it here, because it is entirely accurate. But that only cracks the surface of this deep performance piece that nudges us toward contemplation of the evolution of food and mankind.
Crystal Finn, Heather Raffo, and Kurt Rhoads to Star in MUNICH MEDEA: HAPPY FAMILY World Premiere
PlayCo and WP Theater have revealed the cast of their world premiere co-production of Corinne Jaber’s Munich Medea: Happy Family.
PlayCo and WP Theater have revealed the cast of their world premiere co-production of Corinne Jaber’s Munich Medea: Happy Family.
HERE Extends Heather Christian's TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY to Early February
Due to popular demand, the Obie award-winning HERE has extended the world premiere of Terce: A Practical Breviary to February 4, 2024.
Due to popular demand, the Obie award-winning HERE has extended the world premiere of Terce: A Practical Breviary to February 4, 2024.
Cast & Creative Team Announced For World Premiere Of Dave Malloy's THREE HOUSES
Signature Theatre announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere production of Dave Malloy's Three Houses, directed and choreographed by Annie Tippe. The musical will feature J.D. Mollison, Mia Pak, Margo Seibert, Henry Stram, Scott Stangland, and Ching Valdes-Aran. Performances begin on April 30, 2024.
Signature Theatre announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere production of Dave Malloy's Three Houses, directed and choreographed by Annie Tippe. The musical will feature J.D. Mollison, Mia Pak, Margo Seibert, Henry Stram, Scott Stangland, and Ching Valdes-Aran. Performances begin on April 30, 2024.
PlayCo And WP Theater Reveal Dates For Corinne Jaber's MUNICH MEDEA: HAPPY FAMILY
PlayCo and WP Theater have revealed the dates for the world premiere production of Corinne Jaber's 'Munich Medea: Happy Family,' directed by Lee Sunday Evans, from January 30 to February 25.
PlayCo and WP Theater have revealed the dates for the world premiere production of Corinne Jaber's 'Munich Medea: Happy Family,' directed by Lee Sunday Evans, from January 30 to February 25.
Geoff Sobelle's FOOD Defies Description, But Still We Make an Attempt
Now onstage at Oz Arts Nashville in a ten-performance run through Sunday, December 10, FOOD both defies description and demands it: if, for example, you are like me and found yourself so caught up in the sheer spectacle and drama of Sobelle’s stunning performance on opening night only to be unable to really talk about it for at least half an hour after...
Now onstage at Oz Arts Nashville in a ten-performance run through Sunday, December 10, FOOD both defies description and demands it: if, for example, you are like me and found yourself so caught up in the sheer spectacle and drama of Sobelle’s stunning performance on opening night only to be unable to really talk about it for at least half an hour after...
Geoff Sobelle Is Not a Foodie, No Matter How Good His FOOD Might Be
Although Geoff Sobelle’s life currently focuses on food – or, more aptly, FOOD – he admits that he’s never considered himself a “foodie.” In fact, he’s never really used the term. “I have two toddlers at home,” he says. “So, we don’t go out to restaurants very much at all, and that seems a big part of being a foodie. With toddlers, my life has changed.”
Although Geoff Sobelle’s life currently focuses on food – or, more aptly, FOOD – he admits that he’s never considered himself a “foodie.” In fact, he’s never really used the term. “I have two toddlers at home,” he says. “So, we don’t go out to restaurants very much at all, and that seems a big part of being a foodie. With toddlers, my life has changed.”
HERE to Present Heather Christian's TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY As Part Of PROTOTYPE in January
HERE presents Heather Christian's TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY as part of PROTOTYPE, JAN 10-20. Radical Rethinking of Monastic 9 AM Mass Features Over 35 Singers & Musicians Who Celebrate the Sacred Mothers Alive In All of Us.
HERE presents Heather Christian's TERCE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY as part of PROTOTYPE, JAN 10-20. Radical Rethinking of Monastic 9 AM Mass Features Over 35 Singers & Musicians Who Celebrate the Sacred Mothers Alive In All of Us.
OZ Arts Set To Host Geoff Sobelle's Multi-Sensory Spectacle FOOD For An Exclusive Two-week Engagement
Immerse yourself in the sensational theatrical experience of FOOD at OZ Arts Nashville. Created by Geoff Sobelle, this multi-sensory spectacle explores the relationship between humans and the food we eat. Tickets available now.
Immerse yourself in the sensational theatrical experience of FOOD at OZ Arts Nashville. Created by Geoff Sobelle, this multi-sensory spectacle explores the relationship between humans and the food we eat. Tickets available now.
Michael Imperioli Will Make Broadway Debut in AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
Emmy & SAG Award winner Michael Imperioli will make his Broadway debut opposite Jeremy Strong in AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. We have all the details on when the play will arrive, which theatre it will play, and more!
Emmy & SAG Award winner Michael Imperioli will make his Broadway debut opposite Jeremy Strong in AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. We have all the details on when the play will arrive, which theatre it will play, and more!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has Geoff Sobelle written?
Geoff Sobelle has written 1 shows including The Object Lesson (Writer).
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