Cunning Folk: Witchcraft, Magic, & Occult Knowledge
Exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center of Stanford University, curated by Sara Lent Frier. Historic recordings of witch execution ballads installed in the gallery, and public concert of original interpretations and compositions related to the exhibition, October 2025.
Covenant
Feature-length play by Francis Weiss Rabkin about witches and anti-capitalism in 1600s England. In-progress performance at New York Theatre Workshop, 2019.
Performed by Tight Braid Choir: Leslie Allison, Naomi Glascock, Bianca Iannitti, Katrice Kemble, May Klug, and Shiva Ramkumar
Mourning After Mournings
Laura Osterhaus Rosenstone, Jo Warren, Anna Azrieli and C Green in “Mourning After Mornings” by Vanessa Anspaugh. Photo: Andrea Mohin/The New York Times
Won’t Be A Ghost
Feature-length play by Francis Weiss Rabkin (Tight Braid Group) about queer activists Chelsea Manning and Magnus Hirschfeld. Performances at The Brick Theater, 2016; Brooklyn Studios for Dance, 2016; Cake Shop, 2016; Dixon Place, 2015; Prelude Festival, 2014; The Drama League of New York, 2014; HERE Arts, 2013; Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 2013. Winner of The Kilroy’s List 2015 Honorable Mention.
Evening-length dance piece by Vanessa Anspaugh, commissioned and premiered by New York Live Arts, 2022.
Performed by Tight Braid Choir: Ayelet Adelman, Leslie Allison, Arla Berman, Thea Garlid, Kairos Looney, Aya Sato, and Nahalaeli Schelling
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Re-score for short film written and directed by Tomás Gómez Bustillo. Submission to Sundance/Dolby Sound and Music Challenge, 2024.
Giving In
New Historia
Interview podcast on the subject of women’s history. Produced by The New School, 2019.
The Summit
The Summit, Tang Museum Installation View
Video installation by Leah DeVun and Lauryn Siegel in Liz Collins: Energy Field at the Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2016.
Answered Prayers
Award-winning gay erotic film series by Cocky Boys, 2014.
Reversal of Terms
Video installation by Phoebe Osborne at Columbia University, MFA thesis showcase, 2017.
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Amboy
Feature length art film by Frances Scholz and Mark Von Schlegell, Stop The Bus Productions. Starring Paul Giamatti, Chris Kraus, and Penny Arcade, 2017.
Screened (with live music performance) at The Kitchen, New York; Wattis Institute, San Francisco; Tif Sigfrids Gallery, Los Angeles; Museum Ludwig, Cologne. Featured in Artforum and LA Weekly. Released with accompanying soundtrack LP.
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Because Particles
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Short films by Lily Benson, screened at Galleri KHM, Malmö, Sweden, 2015.