directing / solo work — Andrew Murdock

Monarch Report

The Monarch Report is a multimedia performance exploring the delicate relationship between humans and insects. The story follows two humans in isolation, who raise and release hundreds of monarch butterflies in captivity. The more invested they become in their hobby (and documenting/sharing it), the more they begin to reflect on their own role in the ecosystem around them. This fun and visually compelling performance employs various puppetry techniques, quirky humor, and live-feed video to make-large the tiny lives of caterpillars and their metamorphosis into butterflies.

Directed by Gabrielle Schutz

Created by Andrew Murdock

Performed by Colin Wilson, Theresa Bui, Andrew Murdock, Gabrielle Schutz and Bob Andrews

Video Operation by Camellia Bayle-Spence

Performed at Upper Jay Art Center (Upper Jay, NY) 2023

Co-Produced by Upper Jay Art Center and Coyote + Badger Productions

Photos by Gabe Dickens

Shoot, Don't Talk

Using live-feed cameras, puppetry, and miniatures, this ensemble-generated work creates and deconstructs a Western film set live on stage. Influenced by source material from the making of the film, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, this theatre/media hybrid investigates representation in film and our current relationship to the frontier mythos.

Directed and Conceived by Andrew Murdock / Created by the ensemble

Featuring Leonie Bell, Yudam, Zixin Liu, Sifiso Mabena, Marcella Murray and Leah Ogawa

Performed at Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY) 2018 and Puppet Lab at St Anns Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY) 2019

Produced by ERP

Photos by Teddy Wolff

Systematic Bullshit Rodeo Show

Utilizing text and video footage from popular disaster films this algorithmically generated solo performance explores our cultural fear and fascination with global disaster.

Created, designed and performed by Andrew Murdock

Performed at Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY) 2018