Work

Below is a representative sample of projects created from interviews, media artifacts, and historical events. Click on each project for additional information. For a full list of Joe's work, click here.

Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

Not Sure If I'm Free To

A verbatim documentary theatre project investigating freedom of expression and academic freedom at New York University.

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Christine Carforo Christine Carforo

Of a Certain Age

A verbatim documentary theatre play exploring the experiences of performing arts professionals over the age of 65.

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Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

The Serena Williams Project

A verbatim performance investigation of two moments from the 2018 US Open Women’s Final when Serena Williams interacted first with the chair umpire and then two referees.

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Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

The Kavanaugh Files

A series of verbatim investigations of 5 moments from the confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court in the wake of sexual assault accusations by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

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Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

Her Opponent

A verbatim re-staging of excerpts of the 2016 U.S. Presidential debates with gender-reversed casting.

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Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

Bertolt Brecht & 21st-Century Verfremdung

A verbatim performance project featuring 21st-century examples from politics and culture alongside Brecht’s testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 to activate Verfremdung.

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Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

Making Gay History: Before Stonewall

A verbatim documentary theatre adaptation of Eric Marcus’ Making Gay History book and podcast series, chronicling the experiences of key figures, organizations, and moments from the early stages of the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.

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Joe Salvatore Joe Salvatore

III

A play exploring the fifteen-year relationship between the photographer George Platt Lynes, the writer Glenway Wescott, and the MoMA curator and publisher, Monroe Wheeler.

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Artist–Researcher.
Working at the hyphen.