Past Event

Nov 16—21, 2021

Zoo Motel

Thaddeus Phillips/Steven Dufala / USA

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“INGENIOUS. The audience, like a 21st-century Alice in Wonderland, follow Phillips down his digital rabbit hole.”

— The National (Scotland)

A lot can happen at a magical hotel. Zoo Motel gives you the keys.

Welcome to the Zoo Motel. We hope you’ll find your rooms comfortable, and our amenities… unique.

In this live, interactive digital performance, theatre director, designer, and performer Thaddeus Phillips (Red-Eye to Havre de Grace, 17 Border Crossings) and artist Steven Dufala (HOME) transport viewers into a magical hotel room where time stops, objects come to life, and stories begin to emerge from across the globe, revealing the invisible threads which connect us all.

Since its debut in September 2020, Zoo Motel has built a strong cult following, becoming the longest running live theatre work presented online to viewers around the world. These performances are the show’s final engagement, so check in now before it closes forever!

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Venue

Virtual Event

Dates

Nov 16, 2021 - Nov 21, 2021

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Details

62 minutes

$35

All Ages

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Artists

Creator, Performer, & Cinematography

Thaddeus Phillips

Designer

Steven Dufala

Director

Tatiana Mallarino

Magic

Steve Cuiffo

Thaddeus Phillips

THADDEUS PHILLIPS (Creator & Performer & Cinematography) is a Colorado native who directs theater in Europe, tours with his own work globally and moonlights on TV. Created works include: 17 Border Crossings, Red-Eye to Havre de Grace, Inflatable Space, A Billion Nights on Earth, Capsule 33, Lost Soles, Whale Optics, The Earths Sharp Edge, The Melting Bridge, King Lear, The Tempest, Henry 5 Live from Times Square and The Incredible . . . Adventures of Barry Seal. His work has been presented & commissioned by NYTW, BAM Next Wave Festival, Barrow Street Theater, Territory Festival (Moscow), The Broad Stage (Santa Monica) Hong Kong Festival, Buntport Theater (Denver), The Mat, Sibiu International Festival, Miami Light Project and many other cities., Recent directing includes 3 productions for Teateri (Sweden), and Antropoceno for Teatro La Abadia (Madrid). He is a Pew Fellow, A Doris Duke Artist Award recipient, and appeared ¨Narcos¨ and one of the Spider-Man films.

Steven Dufala

STEVEN DUFALA (Designer) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia and works primarily in collaboration with his brother Billy as the Dufala Brothers. Steven has been working intermittently with dance and theatre as a designer for about 20 years, and over this time has worked with Geoff Sobelle designing HOME & The Object Lesson), Pig Iron Theatre Company, BalletX, and anonymous bodies. With his brother Billy, he received an Obie Award for design with rainpan 43’s machines machines machines machines machines machines machines, and shared a Bessie award with the entire design team for Geoff Sobelle’s The Object Lesson in 2015. Steven and Billy co-teach sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and are represented by the Fleisher/Ollman gallery in Philadelphia. Their work is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the West Collection and many private collections.

Tatiana Mallarino

TATIANA MALLARINO (Director) directed 17 Border Crossings & ¡El Conquistador! at NYTW, played Leila Khaled in Lucidity’s The Earth’s Sharp Edge, served as dramaturg for LSI’s Whale Optics, The Melting Bridge, Lost Soles, Henry V, and Barry Seal projects and served as the dialogue couch for Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz on a “Loving Pablo“. She has performed at La Mama Etc, Bunport Theater in Denver and directed a object puppet version of The Tempest at the Arcola Theatre in London. She teaches emotional intelligence.

Steve Cuiffo

STEVE CUIFFO (Magic) is one of the leading sleight of hand artists in New York City and creates unique performance, art, theater and magic. He has performed with The Wooster Group, worked with David Blaine, played Lenny Bruce onstage and is a member of The Elephant Room. ZOO MOTEL is his first collaboration with Thaddeus Phillips.

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ZOO MOTEL was first presented in collaboration with the Miami Light Project and began performances on September 28th, 2020.

Gallery

Photo Credit: Rafael Esteban Phillips Mallarino

Buzz

“DELIGHTFUL. A beguiling hybrid of the theatrical and the cinematic.¨

— The Denver Post

“SPECTACULAR. This elongated halt to in-person performances has spurred artistic invention, as Phillips and his collaborators demonstrate. Check into Zoo Motel.¨

— Miami Herald

“The physical laws are unstable here in a show that amuses & beguiles.”

— The Guardian

¨INGENIOUS. The audience, like a 21st-century Alice in Wonderland, follow Phillips down his digital rabbit hole.”