Kevin Augustine's Lone Wolf Tribe

Kevin Augustine Resume

COMMISSIONS AND SELECTED PERFORMANCES

  • “Landlines”-  Guest Artist and Performer - MacDowell Colony Centennial Program: August 2007
  • “Animal” -  Original play produced and presented @ HERE, commissioned premiere: 2003
  • “Animal” -  Invited return engagement @ HERE as part of “TRIO,” a performance event sponsored by The Henson International Festival of Puppet Theatre, NYC: 2004
  • “Once Vaudeville / Big Top Machine / Ten” - sold-out runs for three consecutive years at the NYC Fringe: 1998-2000
  • Dance Theatre Workshop. “Family Matters” series  - adapted “Animal” for kids: 2006
  • “Big Top Machine”  5-week sold-out remount of “Big Top Machine” @ The Brick, Brooklyn: 2005
  • “Bride” - BRIDE will premiere at the Baltimore Theatre Project in January 2008 and debut in New York City at PS122 in March 2008.
  • “Quiver and Twitch” Commission - New York Stage and Film: Create and perform puppet character in Erin Courtney’s new play “Quiver and Twitch” directed by Sarah Benson. Prelude at The Martin E. Segal Theatre: 2005
  • “Once Vaudeville” - Toured “Once Vaudeville” to HARARE International Arts Festival (assisted by the U.S. Embassy), Africa: 2004
  • “Madame Butterfly” - Puppeteer in The Metropolitan Opera’s 2006 season opener “Madame Butterfly” directed by Anthony Minghella
  • “Petrushka” - Puppeteer in Basil Twist’s “Petrushka” at Lincoln Center: 2001

COMPANY WORK

  • Creator and Artistic Director. Lone Wolf Tribe: Puppet Theatre Company, est. 1997
  • Writer, Designer, Performer. Five full-length plays for Lone Wolf Tribe:
    • “Once Vaudeville”
    • “Big Top Machine”
    • “Ten”
    • “Animal”
    • “Bride”
  • Writer, Performer. LWT’s 1st Children’s play for A.R.T./NY’s 5th annual Children’s Theatre Festival
  • Facilitator. Lone Wolf Tribe’s Adult and Kid’s workshop programs:
    • Puppet Construction
    • Animation Technique
    • Creating New Plays
  • New York City Teaching Artist. Various institutions and theatres including the Brooklyn Arts Council
  • Facilitator "Fieldwork the FIELD" (Theatre and Multi-Disciplinary) 1999-2008

GRANTS AND AWARDS

  • The Jim Henson Foundation: 2001/2002, 2004/2005
  • New York State Council on the Arts: 2003/2006
  • The Greenwall Foundation: 2006
  • The Puffin Foundation: 2006
  • The Axe Houghton Foundation: 2003
  • Pennsylvania Council on the Arts: 1995 through
  • Puppeteers of America Endowment Fund recipient: 2005
  • Publication: “Animal” – Published in Plays and Playwrights 2005 Anthology
  • “Overall Excellence Award in Solo Show” - “Big Top Machine” – NYC Fringe Festival: 1999
  • “Critics Choice Award” – “TEN” – San Francisco Fringe Festival: 2000

RESIDENCIES

  • HERE Artist in Residency Program (HARP), Resident Artist: 2000-2003
  • MacDowell Colony Fellow: 1996/2004
  • Ontological Hysteric Theatre – “Outside/Input” – 2005/2006