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American performing arts company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Third Rail Projects is a multi-disciplinary American performing arts company that creates site-specific work, immersive theater, experiential performances and more.[1]
Among more than 50 productions and projects, Third Rail Project's long-running show Then She Fell ran for 4,444 performances in New York City from 2012 to 2020.
Under the co-direction of Zach Morris, Tom Pearson and Jeanine Willett, the company has received two Bessie Awards, a Chita Rivera Award for Dance and Choreography, and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience.[2][3][4][5] Third Rail Projects was recognized as part of the creative team of the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning virtual reality adaptation of Wolves in the Walls.[6] Morris, Pearson, and Willett were named among the "100 most influential people" in Brooklyn Culture by Brooklyn Magazine for their work with Third Rail Projects.[7]
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Founded as Third Rail Dance in 2001 by Tom Pearson, Brian Weaver and Jennine Willett, the company was renamed Third Rail Projects following Weaver's relocation to Milan, and developed a more multi-disciplinary focus when Zach Morris joined the group as co-artistic director with Pearson and Willett in 2005.[1][8]
In 2008, Third Rail Projects' Vanishing Point, an evening-length dance exploration of family histories presented by Danspace Project, won Bessie Awards for choreography and music.[9][2]
In 2012, Third Rail Projects presented Then She Fell, an immersive, site-specific work that incorporated dance and theater, drawing from the life and work of Lewis Carroll. It won a Bessie Award for outstanding production,[3] was named as one of the “Top Ten Shows of 2012” by The New York Times[10] and acclaimed as one of the best theater experiences of 2013 by Vogue.[11] As of 2019, it had over 4000 performances;[12] production was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]
Other notable productions include Sweet & Lucky, commissioned by Denver Center for the Performing Arts (2016);[14] Learning Curve with Albany Park Theater Project (APTP) (2016);[15] The Grand Paradise;[16] Between Yourself and Me presented by Dance Films Association (2017); Ghost Light, which won the Chita Rivera Award for Dance and Choreography (2018);[4] the Peabody and Emmy-winning virtual reality adaptation of Wolves in the Walls by Fable Studio and Oculus, for which Third Rail Projects provided the choreography (2019);[6] Midsummer: A Banquet, which was nominated for a Unique Theatrical Experience Drama Desk Award (2020);[5] and Port of Entry, also with APTP (2023).[17]
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Since 2005, First Rail Projects has produced over 50 shows and projects.[18]
Highlights of productions and projects 2005-present
- True Love Forever (2025)
- Yours to Lose (2024)
- Calder Moves (2023)
- UN-[TITLED] (2023)
- Port of Entry (2023)
- The Night Garden (2022)
- Return the Moon (2021)
- Adventure Lab (2020)
- Ikaros (2019)
- Midsummer: A Banquet (2019)
- Confection (2019)
- Stanzas (2019)
- This Between Shadow (2019)
- Oasis (2019)
- Behind the City (2018)
- Medicine Show (2018)
- Wolves in the Walls (2018)
- Back Apartment Residency (2018)
- Libraría (2018–2019)
- Grove (2017)
- Between Yourself and Me (2017)
- Ghost Light (2017)
- Learning Curve (2016)
- Sweet & Lucky (2016)
- The Last Boat (2016)
- As Time Goes By (2016)
- The Grand Paradise (2016)
- Genuine Plastic Reliquaries (2015)
- Midnight Madness (2015)
- House No. 17 (2014)
- Yolk (2014)
- Anthem (2014)
- Recess (2014)
- Roadside Attraction (2014)
- Marrow (2013)
- Fountain (2013)
- Bathing Aiperi (2013)
- Then She Fell (2012–2020)
- Looking Glass (2011)
- Undercurrents & Exchange (2010)
- Drifting Encyclopedia (2010)
- The One You Love is Sick (2010)
- Beautiful Dreamer (2010)
- Steampunk Haunted House (2009–2011)
- Vanishing Point (2008)
- Strangers on Tong Chong Street (2007)
- Rub the Sleep (2007)
- REEL (2005)
- Screaming Shrubbery (2005)
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Awards
Third Rail Projects has been the recipient of several awards, including two Bessie Awards, a Chita Rivera Award for Choreography; fellowship awards including two CEC Artslink Back Apartment Residencies (Russia), a Theater Fellowship from the Bogliasco Foundation (Italy); and an IllumiNation Award from the Ford Foundation and National Museum of the American Indian, among others. Third Rail Projects was recognized as part of the creative team of the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning virtual reality adaptation of Wolves in the Walls.[6]
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