IRIS
ROSE (Writer, Director, Designer)
Between 1981 and 1994, Iris Rose
wrote, directed, and performed more than twenty original works, alone or in
collaboration with the performance group Watchface. The subjects of these pieces ranged from
serial killers to the history of Woolworth’s, from famous aviators to
housewives in 1962. Her shows were seen
in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Houston, where Of Little Women was the first work of
performance art presented at the Alley Theatre.
She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts
and the New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as grants from the Jerome
Foundation and Art Matters. ArtforumCamden: “This is important
work.” In 1990, Iris was awarded Best
Dramatic Radio Program from American Women in Radio and Television for her only
piece for radio, Society of Mothers,
about the experience of becoming a new mother. In 1992, she received a Masters
in Performance Studies from NYU. She
devoted most of the years from 1995 to 2007 to parenting and writing, but
returned to directing with the creation of Theater of the Grasshopper in 2008.
HUGH HALES-TOOKE (Composer, Lyricist, First
Musician, Woodcutter)
Hugh
earned an MFA in painting at Syracuse University, but chose photography as a
career. His work has appeared in Details, G.Q., and Vanity Fair,
among many other publications. His
photos have also appeared in the show catalog for the Brooklyn Academy of
Music's Next Wave Festival and on album covers including Laura Cantrell's When The Roses Bloom Again and the
Grammy-nominated cover for Jewel's Pieces
of You. He has played guitar with
Marc Farre, live and on his CD Secret
Symphony and has studied at Mannes College The New School for Music. Hugh has written articles on Syd Barret, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Johnson, Tom
Stoppard and The Beatles for the arts magazine Modern Mask and recently completed a novel entitled Fat Little Telescope. His blog containing essays on music can be
found at www.hughhales-tooke.blogspot.com.
