MUSANTE
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The Kraine Theater, NYC - 2009 | The Brick, NYC - 2010
Powerhouse Theater, Los Angeles - 2009
• created and performed by Peter Musante and Summer Shapiro
• click for more (coming soon)
![Blue Man Group](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_095c7de703894bbd8ef7fbc506851635.jpg/v1/fill/w_93,h_73,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_095c7de703894bbd8ef7fbc506851635.jpg)
![Andrew Schneider](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_9ee4f2f246ff40f989e79c621782c031.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_9ee4f2f246ff40f989e79c621782c031.jpg)
FIELD
![a canary torsi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_643231cb2f6c49229273e27af7b94e75.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_94,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_643231cb2f6c49229273e27af7b94e75.jpg)
The People To Come
![Martha Clarke](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_7a4456948d3344d1bbc112235e859f45.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_92,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_7a4456948d3344d1bbc112235e859f45.jpg)
Angel Reapers
![The IPA](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_77f11ade75154d9691a4169fdd6a32a6.jpg/v1/fill/w_120,h_90,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_77f11ade75154d9691a4169fdd6a32a6.jpg)
Experiments #17 & #23b
![Shandoah Goldman](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_022e784fbd8f41608ca9f2b40fde2405.jpg/v1/fill/w_101,h_76,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_022e784fbd8f41608ca9f2b40fde2405.jpg)
Fairytale Project
![Purring Tiger](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_ad555bec24b24e71819321d0abe5c6c2.jpg/v1/fill/w_115,h_53,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_ad555bec24b24e71819321d0abe5c6c2.jpg)
Mizaru
DanceRoulette, Brooklyn - Feb, 2014
• Created by Andrew Schneider • watch video
• A large-scale flash-mob multimedia dance and performance piece
Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn (+tour) - 2012/13
• A participatory performance installation that invites audience members to become part of the work unfolding before them.
• Direction & Choreography by Yanira Castro • See all the dances HERE
The Joyce Theater, NYC (+ tour) - 2011
• A dance-theater piece about Mother Ann Lee and the Shakers.
• Directed and choreographed by Martha Clarke • Words by Alfred Uhry
• NYTimes • New Yorker review • “Best Theatre of the Year” By John Lahr
Governor's Island Figment Festival, NYC - 2013
• Directed by Shandoah Goldman • Sound design by Peter Musante
• A participatry public spectacle, inspired by the Chinese Zodiac, human compatibility and attraction.
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NYC - 2013
• Created by Purring Tiger (composer/media designer Aaron Sherwood & choreographer Kiori Kawai)
Cast Member 2007-present
• Astor Place Theater (original prod.) • North American Tour (first cast)
• Special Appearances Team • Regional and International Ad Campaigns
![Up and Away](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_6fe31c84421447c29a40a81e9a88dfde.jpg/v1/fill/w_108,h_81,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_6fe31c84421447c29a40a81e9a88dfde.jpg)
Trusty Sidekick Theater Co.
![the.humanest](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_ab13cf58922040f6b9f25426f0a23054.jpg/v1/fill/w_110,h_84,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_ab13cf58922040f6b9f25426f0a23054.jpg)
![a r c h i p e l a g o](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_1441ae75698c4e059ade9ad2647bc4a3.jpg/v1/fill/w_98,h_54,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_1441ae75698c4e059ade9ad2647bc4a3.jpg)
![Trusty Sidekick Theater Co.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_aa016f57a8564cb4bec2b0cfcf89679d.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_96,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_aa016f57a8564cb4bec2b0cfcf89679d.jpg)
The 7 1/2 Mysteries of Toulouse McLane
![Fixed Agency](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_efbe1653604e4aecb781556adde80d5a.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_91,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_efbe1653604e4aecb781556adde80d5a.jpg)
re-memory project (early work)
![Wise Child](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_48436afe7588462b8fb50b70f4e53f71.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_65,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_48436afe7588462b8fb50b70f4e53f71.jpg)
![Puppet Playlist](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_62051433ee2740efaec12929d14cb4aa.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_76,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_62051433ee2740efaec12929d14cb4aa.jpg)
![Legs and All](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4d0e9c_767e7a517e944695b1a8e2aca1b544e7.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_88,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4d0e9c_767e7a517e944695b1a8e2aca1b544e7.jpg)
Incubator Arts Project, NYC - 2012
• conceived/directed by Peter Musante • watch video
• Five highly-physical portraits of interiority, inspired by "Neurodiversity".
Park Avenue Armory, NYC - 2014
• written/directed by Drew Petersen • created/performed by the TSTC Ensemble
• An immersive fable of loss and imagination developed for young audiences.
• NYTimes article • Presented in rep. with The Haunting of Ichabod Crane.
A.R.T. NY / S. Oxford Space, NYC - 2012
• created/performed by Sabrina Jacob & Peter Musante • music by Sean Brennan
• An adaptation of JD Salinger's Franny and Zooey using dance, opera & projection
Kraine Theater/The Tank, NYC - 2010 thru 2013
• When Doves Cry w/ Olivia Lehrman and Margot Fitzsimmons
• Total Eclipse of the Heart w/ Margot Fizsimmons and Spica Wobbe
• I Am a Rock w/ Taylor Bibat (and The Puppet Kitchen)
Incubator Arts Project, NYC - 2013, Univ. of Montana - 2016
• conceived/directed by Peter Musante •
• An investigation of authenticity in performance, inspired by Alan Turing.
as director: Up & Away | the.humanest | archipelago | Puppet Playlist
co-creator: Trusty Sidekick | Fixed Agency | Wise Child | Legs and All
Brooklyn College 2012 | Brooklyn Museum 2013 | The Chocolate Factory 2013
• a spontaneously created communal meditation on memory using layered projections of live-recorded video + audio.
DUMBO - 2012 | The Brooklyn Museum - 2013
• An elaborate series of 1-on-1 public performances and intimate experiences designed to bring new awareness to the possibilities of our surroundings. more on The IPA
Lincoln Center, Clark Studio Theater 2014, 2015, & 2018
• 1-on-1 Experience Director, Original Cast Member
• Click here for show page