THE BUTANE GROUP

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)

2009: Listen to Me (an audio adaptation of Gertrude Stein's play)

2006: (Kathy goes) to Haiti / Krik? Krak! A Haitian Installation

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

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.

AUDIO:	[Gertrude Stein's] *Listen To Me* (2009)

THEATER:	[The Person, Place & Thing Trilogy] *Operation Ajax (a game of skill and chance)* (2007) *(Kathy goes to) Haiti* (2006) *The Loneliness Of Noam Chomsky (a performance)* (2004) *Neglected Experimental Masterpieces Of The 1980s: a reading series* (2005) *Leopold And Loeb Are Dead Now* (1995) *Leopold And Loeb: A Goddamn Laff Riot!* (1995) *Leopold And Loeb Get It Up* (1993) *The Haunting* (1993) [The Platform Trilogy: 3 Short Pieces for Political Cabaret] *The Butane Manifesto* (1993) *Your Cock Up My Ass: A Musical Salute To Freedom Of Speech In American Culture* (1992) *Operation Freak-Out!* (1991) *Semi-Automatic III: Hermaphrodite!* (1992) *Semi Automatic II: The Twelve Horror-Filled Days Of Margery Kempe* (1990) *Semi-Automatic* (1990)

VIDEO:	*merchanT/Venice: a video composition in five parts* (1999) *Hermaphrodite Dreams/Hermaphrodite Talkshows* (1992)

INSTALLATION:	*KRIK? KRAK! (a Haitian installation)* (2006)


Artistic Advisors:	Richard Foreman, David Herskovits, T. Ryder Smith

Associate Dramaturgs:	Meghan Frank, Tamara Schmidt, Liz Sharts

Associate Performers:	Albert Aeed, Rodney Hakim, Kelly Markus, Aaron Mack Schloff, Margi Sharp, Sophia Skiles, T. Ryder Smith, Elizabeth Sugarman, Chris Van Strander, Dorothy Abrahams, Laura Esposito, Devin Burnam, Mireya Lucio, Darius Safavi

Associate Designers:	Katie Down, Kevin Hardy, Arnulfo Maldonado, Brian Nishii

Graphic Designer:	Raul Rodriguez

Photographer:	T. Ryder Smith

Website/Interactive:	Santiago Echeverry

Board of Directors:	Kelly Markus, Alexis Rehrman, Noel Salzman, Tamara Schmidt, Jay Smith

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