Cover image by Eileen Meny.
MISSION
Piehole investigates the process of collaboration and collective authorship to create live events. We draw from a shared fascination with objects and media, and continually reimagine our process, driven by an ongoing pursuit of surprise, delight and beauty in unexpected places. We invite audiences into this pursuit to encourage agency in one’s thinking, perceiving, and feeling, as well as an expanded sense of potential realities.
Piehole has made 11 major projects since 2008, performed at art galleries, theaters, warehouses, and hotel rooms, in NYC, Philly, and Prague.
Read what the press has had to say about some of them.
Piehole has received residencies from New York Theatre Workshop, The Drama League, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Workspace program, and most recently, The New Ohio/IRT Archive Residency, and grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Fund, the BAX Space program, the Mental Insight Foundation, Puppeteers of America and is featured on the Creative Capital “On-our-Radar” list.
For an ADVENTURE-FILLED HISTORY of the company, click here.
Read what the press has had to say about some of them.
Piehole has received residencies from New York Theatre Workshop, The Drama League, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Workspace program, and most recently, The New Ohio/IRT Archive Residency, and grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Fund, the BAX Space program, the Mental Insight Foundation, Puppeteers of America and is featured on the Creative Capital “On-our-Radar” list.
For an ADVENTURE-FILLED HISTORY of the company, click here.
CORE MEMBERS
Tara Ahmadinejad
Tara is a NY director, originally from Philadelphia. She is a core member of Piehole, with whom she has directed/co-created shows since its founding in 2008. She has served on the selection committee for the Puppeteers of America Endowment fund, and has assisted Dan Rothenberg, Jay Scheib, and Kristin Marting. She is a graduate from the Columbia MFA Directing program, where she worked with Anne Bogart, Brian Kulick, Robert Woodruff and Tina Landau. Tara is also a NYTW "Usual Suspect" and former 2050 Fellow.
Tara is a NY director, originally from Philadelphia. She is a core member of Piehole, with whom she has directed/co-created shows since its founding in 2008. She has served on the selection committee for the Puppeteers of America Endowment fund, and has assisted Dan Rothenberg, Jay Scheib, and Kristin Marting. She is a graduate from the Columbia MFA Directing program, where she worked with Anne Bogart, Brian Kulick, Robert Woodruff and Tina Landau. Tara is also a NYTW "Usual Suspect" and former 2050 Fellow.
Allison LaPlatney
Allison has been devising, performing, and riding in UHauls with Piehole since 2008. She's interested in little tiny local histories, unremarkable spaces, and nice clean data entry. She does her best to write a poem every day during January, and currently works a day job in Collections and Exhibitions Technology at the Museum of Modern Art.
Allison has been devising, performing, and riding in UHauls with Piehole since 2008. She's interested in little tiny local histories, unremarkable spaces, and nice clean data entry. She does her best to write a poem every day during January, and currently works a day job in Collections and Exhibitions Technology at the Museum of Modern Art.
Alexandra Panzer
Alexandra is a performer and visual artist living in Brooklyn. She has been a member of Piehole since 2010.
Alexandra is a performer and visual artist living in Brooklyn. She has been a member of Piehole since 2010.
Elliot B. Quick
Elliot is a dramaturg, producer, director, educator, and founding member of Piehole, He received an MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale School of Drama. He has worked as a Literary Associate with Playwrights Horizons, Yale Rep, and Page 73, and as an Editorial Associate for The Civilians’ Extended Play. As a freelance dramaturg and director, his work has been seen at Under the Radar’s Incoming Series, the Invisible Dog, the Ojai Playwrights Conference, The Access Theater, The Fisher Center at Bard College, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He currently teaches Theater History and Playwriting at the Maggie Flanigan Studio.
Elliot is a dramaturg, producer, director, educator, and founding member of Piehole, He received an MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale School of Drama. He has worked as a Literary Associate with Playwrights Horizons, Yale Rep, and Page 73, and as an Editorial Associate for The Civilians’ Extended Play. As a freelance dramaturg and director, his work has been seen at Under the Radar’s Incoming Series, the Invisible Dog, the Ojai Playwrights Conference, The Access Theater, The Fisher Center at Bard College, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He currently teaches Theater History and Playwriting at the Maggie Flanigan Studio.
Jeff Wood
Jeff Wood is an interdisciplinary artist and educator in NY, and a co-founder of Piehole, where he makes, writes, performs and snacks. As a full-time teacher at Beam Center, he leads NYC students in original arts and technology projects. His video design can be seen in work by Jonah Bokaer, Reid Farrington, and others. He received his MFA from PIMA. Beyond Piehole, his other experiment in durational friendship-collaboration is Lame Drivers, a power pop trio he plays drums in.
Jeff Wood is an interdisciplinary artist and educator in NY, and a co-founder of Piehole, where he makes, writes, performs and snacks. As a full-time teacher at Beam Center, he leads NYC students in original arts and technology projects. His video design can be seen in work by Jonah Bokaer, Reid Farrington, and others. He received his MFA from PIMA. Beyond Piehole, his other experiment in durational friendship-collaboration is Lame Drivers, a power pop trio he plays drums in.
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Tara Ahmadinejad
Danny Cannizzaro
Allison LaPlatney
Elliot B. Quick
Emily Friend Roberts
Anika Schwarzwald
Laura Vitale
Kathryn Wallem
Jamie Wilber
Jeff Wood
Alice Winslow
Danny Cannizzaro
Allison LaPlatney
Elliot B. Quick
Emily Friend Roberts
Anika Schwarzwald
Laura Vitale
Kathryn Wallem
Jamie Wilber
Jeff Wood
Alice Winslow
