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all_caps is an artist collective comprised primarily of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Austin. They create innovative devised work that challenges audience rules in performance and creates an environment that might feel more like being at your favorite concert or cheering for the winning team. Using media, sound, installation, dance and text, this work crosses the Millennial generational divide.

Jon Haas is a 2nd year UT MFA candidate in Integrated Media Design. He is a set, lighting, and projection designer as well as filmmaker. Jon was recently an artist-in-residence at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center and continues to run VECTOR, a dance and performance company, alongside long-time collaborator Leah Wilks.

Bruno-Pierre Houle is a third year MFA candidate in Scenic Design at UT Austin. Originally from Montreal, his work in film and theatre examines the ways visual elements can bring an audience together, and his process is pushed by his interest to explore unconventional storytelling.

Natalie Laboda is a 3rd year BFA Theatre Education major at the University of Texas at Austin. She loves directing, but has a passion for devised work. Most recent credits include The Silent Woman (Assistant Director) and Melancholy Play (Director).

Drew Paryzer is an MFA Playwriting candidate, and James A. Michener Fellow, at UT Austin. Work presented in NYC by March Forth Productions, in California at the Westmont Fringe, and in Austin at The Museum of Human Achievement. Graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where he received the Lipkin Prize.  drewparyzer.com

Kevin Poole is in his fourth year pursuing a BA in Theatre and Dance with a Directing focus at the University of Texas at Austin. His most recent credits include Lost Girl, 381 Bleecker (Assistant Director) and The Wild Party (Associate Choreographer) at UT Austin, Carnival (Featured Ensemble) at Summer Stock Austin, and Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Director).

Kelsey Vidic is a Candidate for an MFA in Costume Design at UT Austin, 2017. She has worked for The Santa Fe Opera, American Players Theater and Intel Corporation. She designs for opera, dance, theatre, film, videos and installations. She is fueled by revealing and sharing humanity through clothing.

Eli Weinberg is an actor/collaborator from the west suburbs of Chicago. Recent credits include Diary of Anne Frank (Otto Frank) Little Women: The Musical (Mr. Lawrence), and The Daniel/Rose Project (Sound Design) Weinberg will graduate from UT Austin in 2018 with a BFA in acting.

Hannah Wolf is a theatre maker originally from Juneau, Alaska. She makes new work for the stage and explores new ways of making work in the rehearsal room. She makes work across the world and is currently based in Austin, pursing her MFA in directing at UT Austin. You can find her on the internet at hannahjwolf.com.