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ABIGAIL GAMPEL.

a writer, performer, visual artist and board member who has worked in the downtown community over the past 30+ years.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY.

Abigail Gampel came into solo work through Tiny Mythic’s American Living Room Series. Her first show, Underground Goddess, centered around a woman wrestling with the desires and fears of being visible. Other solo shows followed: Images Through Silk, I Slept With a Beautiful Woman This Afternoon, Underground Goddess: Wings of Glass, and Through the Window, about the twin experiences of new motherhood and loss. Performed with Tiny Mythic for many seasons at the Ohio Theatre on Wooster Street and then at HERE, originating the roles of Alice Russel in Lizzie Borden, A Rock ’n Roll Musical, Elektra in The Elektrafugues, and Jayne Mansfield in Carson Kreitzer’s Dead Wait. Many more ‘map’ time. Working with Jack Saul and the International Trauma Studies Program, Directed Everything’s Back to Normal in NYC, Below Canal - a Work in Progress, co-created with actors, activists, therapists  and people directly affected by 9/11 to honor resilience and community. Served as co-chair of Members council of The Ensemble Studio Theatre and as a board member and serves now as an artist board member at HERE. Currently an affiliated artist of New Georges. In the process of creating a new piece, a reemergence.

ARTIST INTERVIEW.

Stay tuned for the interview, to be released on September 14.

I can think I’m sitting in my own little world, but the truth is we affect each other, it’s all interrelated. What our government does on the other side of the world is going to have repercussions on you and I started to realize, it’s time to take responsibility.

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PERFORMED WITH 

HILARIOUS INTENSITY
BY ABIGAIL GAMPEL

THE NEW YORK TIMES

GALLERY.

Discover photos and videos from Abigail's work.

CREDITS: All photos and videos courtesy of the artist.

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