— About — — The New Wild

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Helmed by director Marina McClure, The New Wild is a multidisciplinary art group founded in 2014 that brings together mid-career artists, writers, scholars, and technologists in a rigorously collaborative environment to create large-scale theater, opera, and spectacles. We tell visceral and visual stories that examine cultural memory, patterns woven throughout history, and the ways those patterns manifest on the mind and body. We are especially interested in new work, and work that gives a platform to voices and stories that have been historically underrepresented or excluded from a larger cultural dialogue.

Collaborators Past and Present

Melis Aker, actor, singer; Waseem Alzer, actor, singer; Aya Aziz, actor, singer, songwriter; John Bair, writer; Jessica Batke, journalist, music director; Reza Behjat, lighting designer; Nicolas Benacerraf, scenic designer, academic, activist; Beryl Brachman, costume designer; Qais Essar, composer, musician; Drew Foster, designer; Kate Fry, costume designer; David Gibson, sound designer; Olivia Gilliatt, actor, writer, producer; Kelly Guiod, producer, dramaturg; Neal Gupta, actor, singer; Emily Gardner Xu Hall, actor, composer, writer; Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh, video designer, photographer; Mark Kanieff, scenic designer, sculptor; Pomme Koch, actor, singer; Ahmad Maksoud, actor, singer; Marina McClure, director, photographer; Mukaddas Mijit, dancer, academic, curator, activist; Lisa Ross, photographer, videographer, activist; Emma Stanton, writer; Chinary Ung, composer; Kalean Ung, actor, writer; Mica Verendia, producer; Christopher Wall, writer; Johnny Walsh, composer, musician, lyricist, diplomat; Michael Weinberg, lawyer, technologist