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Devising/Performance

Devising/Performance


Bone Play

Playwright/Performer/Lighting Designer


  • Who owns our bones after we die?
  • What about our identity?
  • And can the two ever really be separated?


This collaboratively-written, vignette-style play explores issues of identity, gender, death, and more.


Playwrights: Malcolm MacKenzie, Nina Gold, Lauren McKee, Sophie Nicholson, David Reingold, and Shane Troxell


Cast: Malcolm MacKenzie, Ted Rosenblum, Dylan Henderson, Sophie Nicholson, Shane Troxell, Korey Grecek, Lauren McKee, Kyra Muramoto, Lucy Martin, and David Reingold


Director: Malcolm MacKenzie

Stage Manager: Maria Papadopoulos

Choreographer: Shane Troxell

Lighting Designer: David Reingold

Associate Lighting Designer: Anna Wagner

Props Designer: Emily Simpson

Makeup Designer: Kris Carrasco

Photo Credits: Quinn McDonald

Production Photos:

The second half of Bone Play began with The Mortal Coil Shuffle, which we went back and filmed after the production closed. Filming by Ted Rosenblum and Tracy Kerr. Skeletons painted by Lauren McKee:

As one of the playwrights for Bone Play, I wrote several vignettes and created the characters of the DOCTOR and the PATIENT. Click here to read one of these vignettes, which fell at the beginning of the second half, right after the Mortal Coil Shuffle.

Searching for Meaning

Researcher/Playwright


  • 42 Theatre Artists
  • 12+ Countries
  • 1 Question:


How can we make art within capitalism that is

     collaborative and efficient

     relevant and provocative

     accessible and equitable

     while also being sustainable  for the artists?


This is a play that is not a play.

It is research that is un-academic.

It will confuse you. It will delight you.

     Parts of it might even mean something.


Forty-two multidisciplinary theatre artists from around the world talk about our industry through the lens of devised theatre in this interview-based work.


Click on the image to the right to learn more.

Tap Dance

The Highland Fling is a classic dance created by Eddie Brown. We put it to some fun, slightly non-traditional music...

A short dance choreographed by Michele Dunleavy to the song "Keep Your Head Up" by Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

The same Highland Fling as before, but this time performed in a round!

The beginning of the Eddie Brown Chorus, also created by the legendary Eddie Brown.

Devised Worldbuilding

Deviser/Facilitator


  • Dance
  • Design
  • Fantasy
  • Reality
  • What worlds await discovery in the theater?


Over the course of two weeks using scenic elements left in the theater and assorted props (including a teddy bear named Tie Line, two giant wooden spoons, and a number of hand bells) three performers built a world of magic and mystery.


Every night we walked into the theater with a blank stage, and every night we improvised our way into characters and a setting that continued to grow and evolve each time we met.


There was rhythm. There was movement. There was stillness. And the characters never once said a word.


Devisers/Designers: David Reingold, Hannah Eaken, and Mia Montero


Photo Credits: William Kenyon, David Reingold, Hannah Eaken, and Mia Montero

Moving Forward Dance Concert

Dancer/Deviser


As part of our Spring 2021 Season, Penn State produced an outdoor dance concert. Featured below is the fourth and final number from the concert, performed beneath a water tower on the Barbara and James Korner Terrace. The choreography of this piece was led by Michele Dunleavy, and consisted of a series of scores created by all the performers involved.


Choreographer/Facilitator: Michele Dunleavy

Performers/Creators: Hannah Eaken, Melody Munitz, Addie Orndorff, David Reingold, Teagan Reynolds

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