PERFORMANCE HISTORY ARCHIVE(IN PROGRESS)
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS (PARTIAL LISTING, ADDITIONS IN PROGRESS)
Chang in a Void Moon - A Living Film Serial - text, direction, design, video, and film by John Jesurun
Weekly Episodes #1 36: The Pyramid Club, New York, NY 1982-1983
Six Episodes: Cafe Einstein, Berlin, Germany
Gallerie Dany Keller, Munich, Germany
Neues Kunstverein, Zurich, Switzerland 1983
Episodes #37 40: The Pyramid Club, New York, NY 1984
Episode #39: The Bottom Line, New York, NY 1985
Episodes #40 42: Limbo Theatre, New York, NY 1985
Episode #43: The Performing Garage, New York, NY 1988
Episode #44: The Kitchen, New York, NY 1988
Episode #45: The Performing Garage, New York, NY 1988
Episode #46: LaMama, New York, NY 1995
Episode #47-50: The Kitchen, New York, NY 1995
Bird’s Eye View text, direction, and design by John Jesurun
St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York, NY 1983
DOG'S EYE VIEW- text, direction, design, and film by John Jesurun
Music by Fred Frith
LaMama, New York, NY 1984
Number Minus One text, direction, design, and film by John Jesurun
Part 1: The Performing Garage, New York, NY 1984
LaMama, New York, NY 1984
Parts 1 & 2: The Performing Garage, New York, NY 1984
Diskurs '86, Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft, Justus Liebig Universitaet, Giessen, West Germany 1986
Red House text, direction, design, and video by John Jesurun
Music composed and performed by Steven Antonelli
LaMama, New York, NY 1984
Cast: Valerie Charles, Black-Eyed Susan, Steve Buscemi, Robyn Hatcher, Larry tighe
Sound:, Michael Connelly
Lighting Design: Jeffery Nash
Production Stage Manager: Brad W. Phillips
Assistant Stage Manager: Caesar Villa
Lighting Assistant : Andy Henry
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England 1985
Printemps du Theatre, American Center, Paris, France 1985
Italian version
Inter City Festival, Florence, Italy 1988
German version
Diskurs '88, Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft, Justus Liebig Universitaet Giessen, West Germany 1988
Hessicher Thleatertage, Wiesbaden Stadtheater, Wiesbaden, West Germany 1988
Goethe Theater, Offenbach, West Germany 1989
Mainzer Theater, Mainz, West Germany 1989
Shatterhand Massacree as Riderless Horse
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY 1985
Pyramid Club New York, NY 1985
The Kitchen, NYC 1995
Lighting by Jeff Nash
Choreography by Jo Andres
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Valerie Charles, Larry Tighe, Michael Tighe, Sanghi Wagner
German version
Shatterhand Massacree as Pferd Ohne Reiter
Ingewandte Theaterwissenschaft, Justus Liebig Universitaet, Giessen, West Germany 1985
Theaterstudio in der Zigarrenfabrik, Giessen, West Germany 1985
SHATTERHAND MASSACREE/Riderless Horse text, direction, design, and video by John Jesurun
Danspace Project, New York, NY 1985
University of Colorado, Boulder 1986
New Performance Gallery, San Francisco 198
Valladolid Theatre Festival, Spain 1986
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen 1987
Chieri Festival, Italy 1987
Montalcino Festival, Italy 1987
The Kitchen, New York, NY 1987
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 1987
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Valerie Charles, Larry Tighe, Michael Tighe, Sanghi Wagner
Lighting: Jeffrey Nash
Production Manager: Brad Phillips
Choreography: Sanghi Wagner, Jo Andres
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford 1989
Cast: Rebecca Moore, Joe Murphy, Larry Tighe, Michael Tighe, Sanghi Wagner
Lighting: Jeffrey Nash
Production Manager: Brad Phillips
Choreography: Sanghi Wagner, Jo Andres
Wesleyan University, Middletown 1989
On the Boards, Seattle 1989
Mickery Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1989
Lanteren Theater, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1989
Eurokaz International Theater Festival, Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1989
Spanish Version
Granada Festival, Spain 1992
DEEP SLEEP- text, direction, design and film by John Jesurun
La Mama, New York, N.Y. 1986
Cast:Steve Buscemi Valerie Charles, Larry Tighe, Michael Tighe, Black-Eyed Susan, John Hagan, Robyn Hatcher, Anne Labois
Production Stage Manager: Brad W. Philips
Light designer:Jeffrey nash
Technical Director: Jim Coleman
Puppet: Jane Stein
Film Sights: Richard Conners/Curt Rosen
Sound: Jim Coleman/Carol Anne Ruthberg
Edit: John Jesurun, Francis Zuccarello
Post Production Sound Mix: Andy Lasky
Internationales Somertheater Festival, Hamburg, West Germany 1989
Mickery Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1989
Eurokaz International Theater Festival, Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1989
WHITE WATER- 4 channels of video and performance - text, direction, and design by John Jesurun
Sound design by Christian Marclay
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 1986
The Kitchen, New York, NY 1986
Cast: Larry Tighe, Valerie Charles, Michael Tighe
Mickery Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1986
German version
A production with Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Theater Am Turm, Frankfurt, West Germany 1989
Theatre Film Video Institute, Frankfurt, West Germany 1989
Spanish version
Mexico City, Mexico 2001
BLACK MARIA- 5 screen film installation - text, direction, and design by John Jesurun
For his play Black Maria, Jesurun surrounded his audience with four movie screen walls and a movie screen ceiling. On the screens vivid images of the actors performing and landscapes interacted with one another, demanding the audience to respond by swiveling their heads from screen to screen in order to engage the mystery at hand.
LaMama ,New York, NY 1987 – Written, Directed and Designed by John Jesurun
Cast: Larry Tighe, Black-Eyed Susan, Jane Smith, Michael Tighe. Sanghi Wagner, Helena White, Jun Maeda
Cinematography: Richard Conners, Curt Rosen
Technical Director/ Sound: Jim Coleman
Set construction/ design Jun Maeda
German version (live performance), Arnhem, West Germany 1988
SUNSPOT -text, direction, and design by John Jesurun
The Kitchen, New York, NY 1989
Lighting by Jeff Nash
Production Stage Manager: Brad Phillips
Assistant Director: Johannes Frick
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Black-Eyed Susan, Kathrin Brinkmann, Jane Smith, Larry Tighe, Michael Tighe, Sanghi Wagner, Helena White
EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE- text, direction, design, and video by John Jesurun
The Walker Center of Visual Arts, Minneapolis 1990
The Wexner Center, Columbia 1990
The Kitchen, New York, NY 1990
Cast: Oscay de la Colon, Joe Murphy, Susan Strenger, Larry Tighe, Michael Tighe, Sanghi Wagner, Phyils Young, Jane Smith, Jonathan Del Arco
Lighting: Jeffery Nash
Camera Operators: Catharine Gore, Barret Schumaker
Production Manager: David Tumblety
The Vienna Festival, Austria 1990
Spoleto Festival USA, Charlestone 1990
The Meaubeuge, France 1990
De Singel, Anvers, France 1990
Mickery Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1990
BLUE HEAT- text, direction, design, and video by John Jesurun
INTAR , NYC 1991
Cast: Oscar de la Fe Colon, Divina Cook, Larry tighe, Michael Tighe, Sanghi Wagner, Eileen Vega
Lighting Designer: Jeffery Nash
Choreographer: Richard Eric Winberg
Set construction: Robert Omer, Barret Schumacher, David Tumblety
Camera Operators: Robert Omer, Michael Tighe
IRON LUNG- text, direction, and design by John Jesurun
LaMama , New York, NY 1992
Cast: Sanghi Wagner, Rebecca Moore, Larry Tighe, Michael Tighe, Oscar de la Colon
Lighting Design: Jeffery Nash
Stage Manager: Mathew Buckingham
Technical Director: Jim Coleman
Set Construction: Jimcoleman , Natz
Voice Recording and Editing: Paula Gordon
Voice of Hotel Manager: Lillian Kiesler
POINT OF DEBARKATION- written, directed, and designed by John Jesurun
LaMama, New York, NY 1993
Cast: Oscar de la Fe Colon, Phillis Nunn, Michael Tighe, Ching Valdes, Sanghi Wagner
Puppets: Jane Stein
Choreography: Sanghi Wagner
Lighting Design: Jeffery Nash
Video-Cinematography: Richard Conners
Production Manager: Catharine Gore
Production Assistant: Victor Gonzales Rubio
Set Construction Design: Jun Maeda
Set Construction: Jun Maeda, Mark Tambella, David Adams
Assistant Puppet Builders: Peter Baird, Linda Marchand
Music Mish-Mash: John Jesurun
Southern Cross written, directed, and designed by John Jesurun
St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY 1993
Cast Sheryl Dold, Brian Jucha, Barney O’Hanlon, David Neumann, Tina Shepard, Megan Spooner, Lisa Welti
Lighing Design: Roma Flowers
Costume Design: Kasia Walicka-Maimone
German version
Directed by Anna Kohler
Stadttheater Kiel, Germany 1996
Ojo Caliente written, directed, and designed by John Jesurun
Molina International Festival, Murcia, Santander, Valencia, Madrid, Spain 1993-1994
Bogota International Theater Festival, Colombia
San Jose Theater Festival, Costa Rica 1994
PHILOKTETES- written by John Jesurun
Reading
New York Theater Workshop, New York, NY 1998
La Mama, with Jeff Weiss New York, NY 2002
Text fragments for “Philoktetes Variations”
Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium 1994
Spanish version
Directed by Martin Acosta
Mexico City, Mexico 2000
PEARLY IRRIDESCENT - written by John Jesurun
Directed by Sanghi Wagner 1994
JOAN D'ARK- written by John Jesurun
Directed by Rebecca Moore
Triple-X Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1994
The Ontological Theater, New York, NY
Slight Return written, directed, and designed by John Jesurun
The play was in essence performed offstage with five television monitors bringing the action to the audience via closed circuit TV
Randolph St. Gallery, Chicago 1994
LaMama, New York, NY 1995
Laokoon Festival, Kampnagel Sommerfestival-Hamburg,Germany-2002
Cast; Kyle DeCamp NY/Ari Brickman-Germany
Lumiere written, directed, and designed by John Jesurun
Segovia, Spain 1995
Reading directed by John Jesurun, P.S. 122, 1998
Cast: David Nuemann, Ruth Malaczech, Black-Eyed Susan, Daniel Zippi
Faust - Imperial Motel written by John Jesurun
Directed by Marianne Weems, Theater Neumarkt Zurich, Switzerland 1996
FAUST/HOW I ROSE -Reading Directed by John Jesurun, P.S. 122, NYC 1998
Cast: Jeff Weiss, Larry Fessenden, Anna Kohler, Black-Eyed Susan, Rebecca Moore
Faust/How I Rose written, directed, and designed by John Jesurun
Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany 1999
Spanish version - directed by Martin Acosta, National Company of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico 1998
Jump Cut - Faust
Directed by Marianne Weems Thread Waxing Space, NYC 1997
Text by John Jesurun
Snow written,directed and designed by John Jesurun
New City Theater, Seattle, Octorber- 2000
FILM
Where Are My Legs (1977) 16mm
Danceteria, New Artists Space, New York, NY 1977
Club 57, New York, NY 1980
Festival d'Automne, Paris 1984
Chang In a Void Moon (1978) Super 8
Pyramid Club and Club 57, New York, NY 1980
Last Days of Pompeii (1980) 16mm
Club 57 and Mudd Club, New York, NY 1980
Film Expo and Artists Space, New York, NY 1981
The Collective for Living Cinema, New York, NY 1982
Hallwalls 1984
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 1985
"Mixed Signals", New England Foundation for the Arts cable series 1985
P.S. 122, New York, NY 1985 6
Pyramid Club, Danceteria, Folk City, New York, NY 1986
Williams College, Williamstown 1986
Bennington College, Bennington, VT 1986
Suffolk University, Boston 1986
Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland 1986
Stella Maris (1981) Super 8
Toronto 1981
Artists Space, New York, NY 1981
Hallwalls, New York, NY 1984
Pyramid Club, Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, Folk City, New York, NY 1986
Fairground 88, The History of Theater, Part 11 (1988 89)
Film produced by the Mickery Theatre Amsterdam, based on performances by Stuart Sherman, Ethyl Eichelberger, Needcompany, Theodora Skipitares, Squat Theatre, Wooster Group, Jan Fabre, Peter Gordon, and Kit Fitzgerald Rotterdam, Amsterdam 1988
VIDEO INSTALLATIONS
“Ojo Caliente”, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY 1988
“Iron Lung”, multiple monitor installation, Fort Aspern, Aspern, Holland 1988
“Highway to Hell”, Gallery A.C. Lony, Giessen, West Germany 1988
“Untitled”, Lehigh University Art Galleries Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1994
OTHER PRODUCTIONS
Dennis Cleveland opera written and directed by Mikel Rouse
Video and set design by John Jesurun
The Kitchen- 1996
Krannert Center-2001
Orange County Performing Arts Center-2000
Perth International Arts Festival 2001
Lincoln Center-2002
Fire at Keaton’s Bar and Grill jazz suite by Roy Nathanson and staging/video design by John Jesurun
St. Ann’s, Brooklyn, NY 2000
Royal Festival Hall, London, England 2000
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals 1989
National Endowment for the Arts, Inter-Arts: Partnerships in Commissioning and Touring 1989 1990
National Endowment for the Arts, United States/Japan Exchange Fellowship Program 1989 1990
National Endowment for the Arts, Playwrights Fellowship 1988
Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts 1988
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Performance Art/Emergent Forms 1988
Rockefeller Foundation Playwrights Fellowship 1987
National Endowment for the Arts Professional Theater Companies 1985 86, 1987 88, 1988 89,1989 90
National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship 1987 88
Art Matters 1985, 1987
Peg Santvoord Foundation Grant 1985, 1986, 1987
OBIE Award, Best Play for Deep Sleep 1986
National Endowment for the Arts, Inter Arts 1986
BESSIE Award for Chang in a Void Moon 1985
CAPS Award, Playwriting 1980
National Endowment for the Arts Interarts 1989
National Endowment for the Arts Media Arts 1989
National Endowment for the Arts Interarts 1993
Rockefeller Foundation Playwright Grant 1993
Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts 1993
U.S.-Mexico Creative Artists Residency Grant, National Endowment for the Arts 1994
MTV Music Video Award, Best New Artist Video nomination for Jeff Buckley’s Last Goodbye
directed by J. Jesurun 1996
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 1996
Rockefeller Map Grant 1992, 2000,2001,2004
Asian Cultural Council Grant 2001
WORKS PUBLISHED
Deep Sleep in Performing Arts Journal "Word Plays 5" 1986
White Water in Theatre Communications Group "On New Ground" 1987
Chang In A Void Moon Episode #17 in The Drama Review 1985
Philoktetes in Yale Theater Magazine 1994
Everything that Rises Must Converge –Sun and Moon Press- 1995
SYMPOSIA
Diskurs 88 Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft, Justus Liebig Universitaet,Giessen, West Germany 1988
"American Experimental Theatre" University of Torino, Torino, Italy January 1988
Diskurs 86 Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft, Justus Liebig Universitaet, Giessen, W. Germany 1986
Diskurs 85 Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft, Justus Liebig Universitaet, Giessen, W. Germany 1985
GUEST PROFESSOR
Dasarts, Amsterdam School, guest professor, post graduate program, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1994
Justus Liebig University, Theater Institute, Giessen, Germany 1985,86,87,98
Goethe University, Theater-Media Institute, Frankfurt, Germany 1998-1999
Kyoto University of Art and Design. 2002-3
Tokyo University 1999