Marianne Weems

Marianne Weems is artistic director and cofounder of the OBIE award-winning company The Builder's Association, an ensemble that creates large-scale projects exploring the interface between live performance and media.  From 1988-94, Weems was assistant director and dramaturge for the Wooster Group. During that time, she also co-directed Ron Vawter's solo performance Roy Cohn/Jack Smith, and co-produced the film version with Good Machine, executive produced by Jonathan Demme.  Over the last 15 years in New York, she has worked as an assistant director and dramaturge with Susan Sontag, Richard Foreman, Meredith Monk, and many others.  She is board president of Art Matters Inc., a private arts foundation, and edited the book Art Matters: How The Culture Wars Changed America (NYU Press, 2000).  She was a member of the performance ensemble The V-Girls, who performed and published from 1986-1995.

Alladeen — 2003 Next Wave Festival