GEOFF SOBELLE.
Creator, performer, designer, director.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY.
Geoff Sobelle is an actor, director and creator of original performance works. A
dedicated absurdist, he uses illusion, installation and home-spun mechanics to
create surreal, poetic pieces that look for humanity where you least expect it. His most recent works include: FOOD (BAM Next Wave ’23), HOME (BAM Next Wave ’17, Bessie Award) and The Object Lesson (BAM Next Wave ’14, Bessie Award). His partnership with Trey Lyford as Rainpan 43 includes: all wear bowlers, Amnesia Curiosa, machines machines machines machines machines machines, The Elephant Room (created with Steve Cuiffo), and its follow up, Dust from the Stars. Before coming to New York, Geoff was a member of Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theater Company for twelve years. Geoff is a Pew Fellow and a Creative Capital grantee. He is a graduate of Stanford University and trained in physical theater at the Lecoq school in Paris
ARTIST INTERVIEW.
Interview released on March 23.
I am fascinated by live performance because it is a great “lie.” Theatre is the illusion of a present moment, rehearsed again and again to seem more and more present. I find this paradox extremely funny and potent. My main objective as an absurdist performance artist is to find complex and challenging means of exploiting this fundamental paradox.
MAGIC POP ALL THE MORE.
It makes the magic pop all the more. The show is sleight, offhand and zanily enchanting.
The show is sleight, offhand and
ZANILY ENCHANTING.
- TIME OUT NEW YORK
GALLERY.
Discover photos and videos from Trey's work.
CREDITS: ALL WEAR BOWLERS, photos courtesy of the artist; Headshot by Jauhien Sasnou; ELEPHANT ROOM, photos courtesy of the artist; MACHINES MACHINES MACHINES MACHINES MACHINES MACHINES MACHINES, photo courtesy of the artist.