John Jesurun (#102)

June 25, 2011 at 3pm

John Jesurun (Playwright,director,media artist) began began his theatrical career in 1982 at the Pyramid Club on the Lower East Side with his groundbreaking serial play Chang in a Void Moon, now in its 60th episode.Since then has been a pioneering force in the use of film and video in live performance. His early interest in issues of identity, presence, and communication have been extended over the years to the digital age. As a writer, director, and designer, he has created unique forms of narrative that capture the dislocation and anxiety of contemporary life in real, virtual, and performance spaces. His many works have been performed all over the world, and range from storytelling to classics to computer-based theatre, including Deep Sleep, Shatterhand Massacree,Firefall and Philoktetes.