Events

Mostly comprehensive (and exhaustive) list of my live performance appearances (simpler list here). Upcoming shows listed first!

UPCOMING

My second debut tour

June 14-23, 2023

Midwest, etc.

Cube / Abbie from Mars / Holy People / Hot Love Messenger / Vanessa Castro (DJ)

June 14, 2023

Trans-Pecos (Queens, NY)

Abbie from Mars / Cyrus Chrome / iCandi

June 22, 2023

Promises Bar (Milwaukee, WI)

Sasha Chimaera / Spa Water / Abbie from Mars / iL03

July 14, 2023

Berlin Under A (Manhattan, NY)

PAST

Abbie from Mars / Ishito, Holtje, Dijk & Togami / New York Audio Video Institute

March 30, 2023

pàn (Queens, NY)

Abbie from Mars / Yvonne Lebien / Spa Water / Alimetry / iL03

March 20, 2023

Wonderville (Brooklyn, NY)

WFMU Fundraising Marathon Finale with the Hoof & Mouth Sinfonia

March 19, 2023

WFMU’s Monty Hall (Jersey City, NJ)

Tobias Schmidt / Abbie from Mars

March 11, 2023

Studio L14 (Hamilton, ON)

Loosie / Public Speaking / Abbie from Mars / Kroba

March 5, 2023

Purgatory (Brooklyn, NY)

Mars Kumari / Nick Pants / Abbie from Mars / Umamifunk

February 25, 2023

Neck of the Woods (San Francisco, CA)

Abbie from Mars

February 23, 2023

CCRMA Stage (Stanford, CA)

Abbie from Mars

February 19, 2023

Genghis Cohen (Los Angeles, CA)

Yay Spray / Aviv Gilad / Abbie from Mars / sunrise over a dystopic rat future city… of rats

February 14, 2023

Honey’s (Brooklyn, NY)

The WOAH! Factor

part of WOAH!

January 20, 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

Photos 1, 2, 4, and 5 by Shin Kurokawa for inJoy Entertainment, LLC

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Buck Gooter / Abbie from Mars / Sunk Heaven / Gyna Bootleg, Tamio Shiraishi & Tim Dahl

February 26, 2022

TV Eye (Queens, NY)

Photo by Shin Kurokawa for inJoy Entertainment, LLC

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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

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“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

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Meditation with Music

February 19, 2020

University Chapel (Princeton, NJ)

ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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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

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“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

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show with Rutgers Interactive Music Ensemble

March 4, 2018

Mortensen Hall (New Brunswick, NJ)

ensemble performer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra

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“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

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“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

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“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

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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

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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)