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June 7, 2021 39 mins

Arianna Gass is a theater-maker who primarily occupies the multimedia theater space. They are a worker-owner of Obvious Agency, an artist cooperative in Philadelphia known for creating interactive live performance. They are also currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Chicago which we talk extensively about. This was an enlightening conversation for me and really exposed me to areas of theatre and performance theory that I did not know much about before today. 

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Mentioned in this Episode
[00::02:20] Stella Adler Teen Conservatory
[00:04:56] Vasser College Experimental Theater
[00:05:55] Barnes Foundation
[00:10:15] Obvious Agency and Creative Cooperative Futures
[00:11:53] Applied Mechanics
[00:11:54] Headlong Dance Theater
[00:09:55] Ninth Planet
[00:13:15] New York Theater Workshop
[00:14:11] Ivo Van Hove
[00:16:17] Barnes Jawnt
[00:18:50] Bicycle Coalition
[00:18:53] Black and Brown Workers Cooperative
[00:19:11] US Federation of Worker Cooperatives
[00:19:17] Girls Rock Philly
[00:28:21] Hamletmachine
[00:29:13] The Wooster Group
[00:29:14] The Wooster Group’s Hamlet

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