JOSHUA DUMAS

Inspired by the work of Tony Schwartz, I Am Saying This Right Now is a mix of memories, scenes, and sound art exploring the human compulsion to document our lives.

The Telling of the Bees is abstract dance-theatre piece about a woman trapped in a distracting world of screens and status updates – and whose home is infiltrated by a swarm of honeybees. Directed by Michelle Milne, with music by Joshua Dumas.

In Jerzy Rose’s first feature film, a university has found Amelia Earhart remains while a science teacher travels to the underworld. Written and directed by Jerzy Rose. Music by Joshua Dumas.

The City in Which is an expanded cinema project based on Chicago poet Li-Young Lee’s “The City In Which I Love You”.

Light Waves & Their Uses is a new semi-opera based on the life of Albert Michelson. The original production was created and directed by David Amaral, created and composed by Joshua Dumas.

Experimental stop motion animation employs vintage plastic cowboys and construction paper sets to explore masculinity in the Old West. Directed by Jeremy Bessoff. Music by Joshua Dumas, Keith Kusterer, Tom McGettrick, Tom Santiago and Sally Timms.

Moon Far Ocean Deep is a new play created and performed by Theatre Run, directed by Molly Feingold with music and sound by Joshua Dumas.

An ongoing series of short music and movement street theater pieces performed in public spaces, intended for any accidental onlooker.

Jason Eckerson, Anika Balaconis and Joshua Dumas met up at Mark Temelko and Tina Post’s farm in upstate New York. We built a make-shift music space outdoors and wrote and recorded these song.

Drawing from the spare prose of Raymond Carver’s “Gazebo,” David Amaral and Joshua Dumas presents an experimental opera that explores love, hurt, memory and imagination through prose, song, and performance.