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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
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