Coyote + Badger Productions

Coyote + Badger Productions serves as an incubator for original live performance and immersive installations. We specialize in generating interdisciplinary theatrical productions and value the illogical, reflexive, rigorous, experimental, and playful process of making new work. Our work draws inspiration from, and integrates expertise in, various artistic disciplines including dance, physical theatre, sculpture, puppetry, animation, and live-video manipulation. Utilizing both traditional theatrical techniques and emergent technologies, our hope is to preserve histories of craft while innovating and enriching the American contemporary performance terrain. Our versatile body of work includes innovative re-imaginings of historic plays, public art (performance/visual installations), and short films featuring puppetry/dance. Coyote + Badger productions put the audience at the center of visually and thematically layered experiences.

While Coyote + Badger is primarily led by Co-Artistic Directors Andrew Murdock and Gabrielle Schutz each project, either collaborative or solo in nature, brings together a diverse ensemble in terms of artistic discipline, race, sexual orientation/identity, culture, country of origin and economic standing. Our artistic collaborators may include performers, directors, writers, designers, visual artists, and anything in between. We strive to center diverse, non-white male voices both in our process, and the narratives we present. And to create multi-layered performances that break down domineering systems of thought, promote self-reflection, and provoke the imagination.

Through cross-pollination of audiences for the live, digital, and new-media arts we hope to expose audiences to art forms outside of their usual patronage and reach new audiences for contemporary performance. As we are currently based in New York City, and creating/performing primarily in New York State, our general audience is comprised of adults (ages 22-71) representative of the diverse population of the NYC metro-area. We believe strongly in the use of live arts as a means of cultural exchange and seek engagement with communities beyond NYC (nationally and internationally) through tours, festivals, and commissions of new work. We strive to make our work accessible through discounted and free programming, as well as creating/performing in unconventional venues (churches, public spaces, etc.) to highlight the cultural possibility of non-traditional theatrical spaces.