Johanna Kasimow
(b. 1986, Grinnell, IA USA)
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Devised Performance, University of the Arts/Pig Iron School, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
B.A. Theatre (with distinction), Minor in Anthropology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 2008
Phi Beta Kappa
TEACHING
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City, IA, Assistant Professor, Fall 2023 - Present
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City, IA Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall 2021 - Spring 2023
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE, Lancaster, PA Adjunct Assistant Professor, Spring 2018 - Spring 2020
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA Guest Teaching Artist, Spring 2020
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, Swarthmore, PA Guest Teaching Artist, Spring 2020
CIRCADIUM SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS, Philadelphia, PA Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2018
FRIENDS' CENTRAL SCHOOL, Wynnewood, PA Guest Teaching Artist, Fall 2018 & 2019
PIG IRON SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED PERFORMANCE TRAINING, Philadelphia, PA Instructor, January 2017
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, Philadelphia, PA Adjunct Lecturer, Fall 2016
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, Philadelphia, PA Teaching Assistant, Spring 2016
ADDITIONAL TEACHING
Teaching Artist, National Museum of American Jewish History, 2015 - 2016
Teaching Artist, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, Stop Motion Animation w. Tiny Circus, 2012
Visiting Teaching Artist, Middle Tennessee State University, Stop Motion Animation w. Tiny Circus, 2012
Teaching Artist, Artspace/Boys and Girls Club, Raleigh, NC, Stop Motion Animation w. Tiny Circus, 2012
Visiting Teaching Artist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Stop Motion Animation w. Tiny Circus, 2011
Teaching Artist, Citizen Jane Film Festival, Columbia, MO, Stop Motion Animation w. Tiny Circus, 2011
Teaching Artist, Bettendorf Family Museum, Bettendorf, IA, Stop Motion Animation w. Tiny Circus, 2011
SELECTED WORKS – DIRECTOR (*denotes creator/co-writer; world premiere of original work)
*THE GRÜB, (in development), Philadelphia, PA, 2021 - Present
*ART HOUSES, Theater Horizon, Norristown, PA, 2020 and 2021
THE EIGHTH PALACE, (Asst. Director) Dir. by Cesar Alvarez & N. Essendrop, Flea Theater, NYC, 2016
*THE LAST DAY OF HER LIFE, Pig Iron School Dares Festival, CCNH, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
TRIFLES, by Susan Glaspell, Actors Theatre of Grinnell, Grinnell Arts Center, Grinnell, IA, 2014
APART FROM THAT AND THAT AND THAT, written by Harold Pinter (adapted), Grinnell, IA, 2012
*22 PINTS OF AMERICAN BLOOD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2011
SELECTED WORKS – PERFORMER (*denotes creator/co-writer; world premiere of original work)
*FOURTH QUARTER, First Person Arts Festival (directed by Francesca Montanile), Philadelphia, 2018
*THE CAREGIVERS, Pig Iron Theatre Company (directed by Nell Bang-Jensen), Philadelphia, 2018
*BOYS WILL BE BOYS 4 LYFE, Ars Nova/ANT Fest (directed by Mel Krodman), NYC, 2018
*SPECTRE VIVANT, New Paradise Laboratories (directed by Whit MacLaughlin), Philadelphia, PA, 2017
*HERO SCHOOL, Theatre Horizon (directed by Emmanuelle Delpech), Norristown, PA, 2017
*SHUTTLEFISH, The Eva Steinmetz Project (directed by Eva Steinmetz), Philadelphia, PA, 2017
*SELF-EVIDENCE, University of the Arts (directed by Jonathan VanDyke), Philadelphia, PA, 2017
*WOLFTHICKET, Pidgin (directed by Lily Kind and Adam Stone), Philadelphia, PA, 2016
*BETWEEN A BOAT AND A GREEN PLACE, Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
*ABOVE THE SOUND OF IDEOLOGIES CLASHING, (directed by Nick Cassway), Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
HISTORICAL SILHOUETTES, Local Projects (dir. by Josephine Decker), Museum of the City of NY; NYC, 2016
*SKEWERED, AUX Performance Space at Vox Populi, Philadelphia, 2016
*PORT CITIES NYC, Public Works Department (directed by Talya Chalef), Dixon Place, NYC, 2015
*NELLIE/NELLIE, AntiGravity Theatre (dir. by Michael Williams), FringeArts Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
WAITING FOR GODOT, (Lucky) by Samuel Beckett (directed by Tom Lacina), Grinnell, IA, 2011
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), (Daniel) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess
Winfield (directed by Mike Hunter), Grinnell Community Theater, Grinnell, IA, 2010
LA DISPUTE, (Egle) by Pierre de Marivaux (directed by Adam Stone), Colorado Springs, CO, 2008
BECKETT ROOMS, (Quad) by Samuel Beckett (directed by Andrew Manley), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 2008
*RE: TWAIN, Colorado College/Buntport Theater Company, Colorado Springs, CO, 2007
THE WAR IN HEAVEN: ANGEL’S MONOLOGUE, (Reporter) by Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard (directed by Andrew Manley), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 2007
CONTRIBUTING CREATOR/DEVISOR
BOY PROJECT, directed by Nell Bang-Jensen, FringeArts’ High Pressure Fire Service Festival, 2020
ASSEMBLE, directed by Talya Chalef, Exponential Festival, 2020
TOY PROJECT, directed by Mason Rosenthal, Lightning Rod Special, 2019
JEWISH FANTASY ISLAND, directed by Dan Rothenberg, Pig Iron Theatre Company, 2018
APPALACHIAN SPRING PROJECT, directed by Sam Pinkleton, Pig Iron Theatre Company, 2018
A PERIOD OF ANIMATE EXISTENCE, directed by Dan Rothenberg, Pig Iron Theatre Company, 2017
TOSHIKI MACHINE, directed by Dan Rothenberg, Pig Iron Theatre Company, 2017
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
HATCH, Harrisville, NH, lead artist-in-residence for THE GRÜB, 2021
MAP FUND, grant recipient for Boy Project, 2019
FRINGEARTS, Philadelphia, PA, Camp Fringe performing artists residency with Boy Project, 2019
PUFFIN FOUNDATION, grant recipient for Fourth Quarter, 2018
BARN ARTS COLLECTIVE, Bass Harbor, ME, residency and performance with Fourth Quarter, 2017
FRINGEARTS, Philadelphia, PA, Camp Fringe performing artists residency with Fourth Quarter, 2017
DUCKYARD, New Orleans, LA, stop-motion animation residency, 2014
ELSEWHERE MUSEUM, Greensboro, NC, artist-in-residence with Tiny Circus, 2011
HUB-BUB, Spartanburg, SC, artist-in-residence with Tiny Circus, 2011
OTHER TRAINING AND RELATED WORK
Fictional Architecture: Design Studio for Performance, taught by Mimi Lien, 2020
Pedagogic Red Nose Clown Seminar, taught by Giovanni Fusetti, Helikos School, Boulder, CO, 2018
Solo Performance Workshop with Ivo Dimchev, TESZT Festival, Romania, 2017
Rasaboxes Voice Training and Performance Workshop, taught by Michelle Minnick, Philadelphia, PA 2017
Suzuki and Viewpoints Training, SITI Company, New York, NY, 2013
Play Selection Committee, The Jewish Plays Project, New York City, 2012
Core Member and Lead Facilitator, Tiny Circus, Grinnell, IA, 2010 - 2012
Curatorial Intern for the Jacques Lipchitz papers, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C., 2010
Program Coordinator, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago, IL, 2008 - 2010
Audio Documentary Institute, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, 2009
Political Reporting Assistant, Colorado Public Radio, Denver, CO, 2008