stephen o’connell
i am a founding member of the toronto/brooklyn-based performance collective bluemouth inc. my work spans film, performance, dance, and emerging technologies, and i have collaborated with leading companies including the wooster group (nyc) and radix theatre (vancouver).
i was a co-creator of bluemouth’s acclaimed dance marathon and cafe sarajevo. our most recent work, game of life — winner of a dora award for outstanding innovative experience—includes lucy ai, an interactive audiovisual installation, and elephant, an immersive performance about human mortality, the value of community and the power of learning letting go.
i hold a mfa from simon fraser university and a bfa from rutgers university, where i am also an adjunct professor in film, and dance improvisation for over decade.
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