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)

Neglected Experimental Masterpieces Of The 1980s: A Reading Series Studio B, Where Eagles Dare, NYC November 21, 2005 Symphony of Rats by Richard Foreman November 14, 2005 White Water by John Jesurun September 7, 2005 Ajax by Robert Auletta October 31, 2005 The Manson Family by John Moran October 24, 2005 The Birth of the Poet by Kathy Acker October 17, 2005 Frank Dell’s The Temptation of Saint Antony by The Wooster Group May 23, 2005 Deep Sleep by John Jesurun April  3, 2005 The Birth of the Poet by Kathy Acker February 21, 2005 Frank Dell’s The Temptation of Saint Antony by The Wooster Group   Actors Albert Aeed, Sekiya Billman, Renee Bourrut, Devin Burnam, Laura Esposito, Rodney Hakim, Armistead Johnson, Mireya Lucio, Justin Maguire, Kelly Markus, Mike Mikos, Deborah Morgan, Brian Nishii, Darius Safavi, Aaron Mack Schloff, Margi Sharp, Gabriel Silva, Sophia Skiles, Jay Smith, T. Ryder Smith, Elizabeth Sugarman, Lily Tollefsen, Brian Trybom, Chris Van Strander.   :::: the butane group ©2006 :::: info @ thebutanegroup.org :::: 1-917-916-1307 :::: 25-81 36th St #C4, Astoria NY 11103-4563