Mostly comprehensive (and exhaustive) list of my live performance appearances (simpler list here). Upcoming shows listed first!
UPCOMING
Yay Spray / Aviv Gilad / Abbie from Mars / sunrise over a dystopic rat future city… of rats
February 14, 2023
Honey’s (Brooklyn, NY)
Abbie from Mars
February 23, 2023
CCRMA Stage (Stanford, CA)
Mars Kumari / Nick Pants / Abbie from Mars / Umamifunk
February 25, 2023
Neck of the Woods (San Francisco, CA)
TBA
March 5, 2023
TBA (Brooklyn, NY)
details to come
Tobias Schmidt / Abbie from Mars
March 11, 2023
Studio L14 (Hamilton, ON)
Abbie from Mars / Yvonne Lebien / Spa Water / Alimetry / iL03
March 20, 2023
Wonderville (Brooklyn, NY)
PAST
Punchclock // Astral Plane
part of WOAH!
January 27-28, 2023
1155 Avenue of the Americas (Manhattan, NY)
Smhoakstock XII
Abbie from Mars set
December 9, 2022
virtual at smhoak.city
36-hour jam
participated midday on December 11, 2022
seCret loCation (Brooklyn, NY)
NOISE
December 2, 2022
The Woods (Queens, NY)
Jenny Alien / Abbie from Mars / Pleaser / Slic
November 15, 2022
Purgatory (Brooklyn, NY)
Yoko’s Halloween Party
October 30, 2022
Grimm (Brooklyn, NY)
Duo improv with Juice
1 2 HEART U Fall Freakout
October 9, 2022
Peekskill, NY
Rubulad Fall Fest
October 6, 2022
Rubulad (Brooklyn, NY)
Boog City 16 Arts Festival
September 18, 2022
Mama Tried (Brooklyn, NY)
short set of original music, then covered the last four songs of Taylor Swift’s album Red as part of the “Classic Albums Live” section of the program
Swift covers in collaboration with Coffee Nap
Punchclock 2: Judgement Day
August 25, 2022
The Lighthouse (Brooklyn, NY)
MC and sound designer
busking in duo with Juice
August 20, 2022
corner of Troutman and St. Nicholas (Brooklyn, NY)
Juice on SOMA Synths Pipe & Abbie from Mars on tap dance processed in Max/MSP
The Porchistas / Abbie from Mars
August 14, 2022
Transparent Clinch Gallery (Asbury Park, NJ)
Abbie from Mars
August 11, 2022
Chicken Coop (Brooklyn, NY)
Grooming / Food Corps / Sickpay / Abbie from Mars / DJ Ponytail
July 15, 2022
Bohemian Grove (Brooklyn, NY)
Coffee Nap / Carly Walsh
July 9, 2022
Blueberry Field (New Paltz, NY)
joined Coffee Nap to perform as guest tap dancer
Abbie from Mars / fig / Purgatory Hotties
June 30, 2022
The Government Center (Pittsburgh, PA)
Pride Week Art Party
June 24, 2022
Rubulad (Brooklyn, NY)
Elena Chimaera (album release) / Simon Hanes / Jolee Gordon / Abbie from Mars
June 17, 2022
Footlight Underground at the Windjammer (Queens, NY)
The Abbie from Mars Album Release Experience
June 11, 2022
Stone Circle Theater (Queens, NY)
Jeff Tobias Recurring Dream Band / Abbie from Mars / Adeline Hotel
June 5, 2022
Trans-Pecos (Queens, NY)
Forest Street Music Festival
May 28, 2022
148 Forest St (Montclair, NJ)
Fish House / Juno Roome / Panik Flower / Abbie from Mars
April 15, 2022
Union Pool (Brooklyn, NY)
Stice / Abbie from Mars / Elena Chimaera
April 10, 2022
The Broadway (Brooklyn, NY)
WFMU Fundraising Marathon Finale with the Hoof & Mouth Sinfonia
March 20, 2022
WFMU’s Monty Hall (Jersey City, NJ)
Rubin Kodheli Trio with Trevor Dunn and Brian Chase / Abbie from Mars, Curated by Laurie Anderson
March 13, 2022
Joe’s Pub, a program of the Public Theater (Manhattan, NY)
featuring Mike Nowotarski on guitar and Leana Macaya on live-coded projections
Buck Gooter / Abbie from Mars / Sunk Heaven / Gyna Bootleg, Tamio Shiraishi & Tim Dahl
February 26, 2022
TV Eye (Queens, NY)
Auteurism: Phase 3
January 28, 2022
basement show (Brooklyn, NY)
Avant Gardener / Fox Indigo / Painted Faces / Lily Lavender / Jordon Ferber / Lilah Leatherlace / Ezekiel Gordon
backing vocals for Avant Gardner on one song 🙂
Breakdown // Breakthrough Special Performance Day
January 27, 2022
81 Essex St (Manhattan, NY)
read more about the exhibition here
Stice / Baggie / Abbie from Mars
December 6, 2021
Wonderville (Brooklyn, NY)
Auteurism: No Bushwick
December 3, 2021
basement show (Brooklyn, NY)
Abbie from Mars & Mike Nowotarski / Ayumi Ishito & Daniel Carter / Kayt Hester / Jacob R. Moses / Allison / Joanna C. Valente / Ezekiel Gordon
Abbie from Mars / Shallowhalo / Slime Queen
November 4, 2021
Satellite Art Club (Brooklyn, NY)
CosmicJams
November 3, 2021
Bushwick Public House (Brooklyn, NY)
tap in group improvisation
LadyJams
September 29, 2021
a secret garden in Bushwick (Brooklyn, NY)
tap and vocals in group improvisation
Dougie Poole / Sam Buck / Abbie from Mars
September 24, 2021
The Broadway (Brooklyn, NY)
Sunk Heaven / Abbie from Mars
July 16, 2021
Joseph F. Mafera Park (Queens, NY)
Slime Queen / watergh0st
July 2, 2021
Black Spring Books (Brooklyn, NY)
backing vocals for Slime Queen on one song 🙂
Slowww (Landscapes)
February 20, 2021
virtual
ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra
installation created by Gulli Björnsson
Student Thesis Readings
May 5, 2020
virtual (hosted by the Lewis Center for the Arts)
reading of original poetry
“Top Brass”
March 19, 2020
Taplin Auditorium (Princeton, NJ)
duet for tuba and tap dancer co-composed with Cara Giovanetti
A Spatial Sound Lab Hosted by Laurie Anderson and Arto Lindsay
February 22, 2020
National Sawdust (Brooklyn, NY)
solo tap dance with live electronic processing; improv encore with Maya Keren and Akiva Jacobs
C.K. Williams Reading Series: Aaron Robertson
February 21, 2020
Forum, Lewis Arts Complex (Princeton, NJ)
reading of original poetry
Meditation with Music
February 19, 2020
University Chapel (Princeton, NJ)
ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra
ZOOM!
January 9-11, 2020
Frist Film and Performance Theater (Princeton, NJ)
choreographed and performed in pieces as artistic director of Princeton University TapCats
Spatial Sound: Story and Image
January 10, 2020
New South Acting Studio (Princeton, NJ)
solo tap dance with live electronic processing
“Do You See/Do You Hear?”
Newark Arts Festival
October 12, 2019
Hill Hall (Newark, NJ)
site-specific performance with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, for which I gathered samples from relevant oral histories and performed in the ensemble
Abbie’s Famous Karaoke Rock: The Debut
September 22, 2019
Poe Field (Princeton, NJ)
guerrilla karaoke performance project
“Natural”
September 9, 2019
McCarter Theater (Princeton, NJ)
co-choreographed and performed in tap dance with members of the Princeton University TapCats
“It’s Like the Ice Bucket Challenge”
Everybody is Naked and Angry
May 2, 2019
Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street (and various sites) (Princeton, NJ)
interactive performance piece / invisible theater
“Anatomy of the Hysterical Body”
April 29, 2019
Ellie’s Dance Studio, Lewis Arts Complex (Princeton, NJ)
solo performance
Mirror Displays
Featured Piece: “TAP”
April 20, 2019
Taplin Auditorium (Princeton, NJ)
ensemble performer in Mirror Displays with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra
co-composer on “TAP”
“Anatomy of the Hysterical Body: Big Hat Day”
Performance Lab
April 11, 2019
Hearst Dance Theater, Lewis Arts Complex (Princeton, NJ)
solo performance
“Glyptic Channels II”
March 9, 2019
University Chapel (Princeton, NJ)
ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra
piece composed by Christopher Douthitt, featuring Rage Thormbones
“Time and Place”
Music for the Living
January 18, 2019
Taplin Auditorium (Princeton, NJ)
performed punk-style vocals; piece composed by Cara Giovanetti
Jekyll & Hyde
January 10-12, 2019
Frist Film and Performance Theater (Princeton, NJ)
choreographed and performed in pieces as artistic director of Princeton University TapCats
Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Fall Student Reading
December 12, 2018
Drapkin Studio, Lewis Arts Complex (Princeton, NJ)
reading of original poetry
FLUXCONCERT
November 16, 2018
Theatre Intime (Princeton, NJ)
two-person Fluxus recital
“Another Day of Sun”
September 10, 2018
McCarter Theater (Princeton, NJ)
co-choreographed and performed in tap dance with members of the Princeton University TapCats
Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Spring Student Reading
May 2, 2018
Chancellor Green Rotunda (Princeton, NJ)
reading of original poetry
“Construction Manifesto”
May 4, 2018
Forum, Lewis Arts Complex (Princeton, NJ)
solo performance
Identity
April 30, 2018
Taplin Auditorium (Princeton, NJ)
ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra
Synthesis
April 7, 2018
Richardson Auditorium (Princeton, NJ)
sound design
collaboration between members of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra and Ellipses Slam Poetry
“Digital Paralysis”
Performance Lab
March 8-9, 2018
Hearst Dance Theater, Lewis Arts Complex (Princeton, NJ)
performed live soundscape in piece with two collaborators
show with Rutgers Interactive Music Ensemble
March 4, 2018
Mortensen Hall (New Brunswick, NJ)
ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra
“Digital Paralysis”
Ivy League Mental Health Conference Opening Ceremony
March 3, 2018
Friend Center (Princeton, NJ)
performed live soundscape in piece with two collaborators
Presence
January 11-13, 2018
Frist Film and Performance Theater (Princeton, NJ)
choreographed and performed in pieces as artistic director of Princeton University TapCats
Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Fall Student Reading
December 13, 2017
Chancellor Green Rotunda (Princeton, NJ)
reading of original prose
“Stair Dance”
A Festival of the Arts at Princeton University
October 7, 2017
Forum, Lewis Arts Complex (Princeton, NJ)
co-choreographed tap dance on stairs to showcase features of new arts center at its opening festival
“Wave Fanfare”
A Festival of the Arts at Princeton University
October 7, 2017
Forum, Lewis Arts Complex (Princeton, NJ)
ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra
piece composed by Jeff Snyder; featuring So Percussion and Tilt Brass
“SOUNDFIELDS: Celestine”
A Festival of the Arts at Princeton University
October 7, 2017
Graduate College lawn (Princeton, NJ)
ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra
piece composed by Bora Yoon
Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Spring Student Reading
May 3, 2017
Chancellor Green Rotunda (Princeton, NJ)
reading of original poetry
The Tap Room
January 12-14, 2017
Frist Film and Performance Theater (Princeton, NJ)
ensemble performer with the Princeton Unviersity TapCats
Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Fall Student Reading
December 14, 2016
Chancellor Green Rotunda (Princeton, NJ)
reading of original poetry
tap dance
June 2016
Butler Senior High School (Butler, PA)
solo performance
tap dance
May 27, 2016
Hillman Center for the Performing Arts (Pittsburgh, PA)
solo performance
after-dinner speech
World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championship finals
April 4, 2016
Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh, PA)
“Nathaniel Bacon: Jamestown’s Friend or Foe?”
National History Day
March 15, 2015
Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh, PA)
acted in original play; used majority primary source material in script
tap improv
July 2014
Storer Hall (Gambier, OH)
improv duet at Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop
tap dance
May 2014
Hillman Center for the Performing Arts (Pittsburgh, PA)
Abbie from Mars 