A collective of theater and media artists committed to the creation and production of aesthetically innovative and emotionally compelling works that address sociopolitical realities in a direct yet artful way, embracing complexity and contradiction.

Artistic Directors: Noel Salzman and Jay Smith

1990 - Present: Production History and Butane Associates

2004: The Loneliness of Noam Chomsky (a performance)

2005: Neglected Experimental Masterpieces of the 1980s (a reading series)

2006: Listen to Me (an audio adaptation of Gertrude Stein's play)

2007: Haiti (live and let die)

2007: Operation Ajax (a game of skill and chance)

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Listen to Me - Scene 6 of 10
an audio adaptation of Gertrude Stein's play

Completed version available in 2007

Conception: Noel Salzman & Brian Nishii
Direction: Noel Salzman
Sound Design: Katie Down & Brian Nishii
Recording Engineer: Dave Lawson @ Full House

Performers:
d'Adre Aziza (The Syllables)
H. Ryan Clark (Sweet William)
Christen Clifford (The Female)
Mark Alan Gordon (The Earth)
Eileen O'Connell (Lillian)
Jay Smith (The Male)
Jeremy Soule (The Guide)