Rae Hample
505-301-7447 – raeredpuppetry@gmail.com – raered.com
Education
Towson University, Towson, MD- May 2020
MFA, Theatre Arts
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY- May 2014
BA, Studio Arts
Residencies and Grants
2023 Studios at Mass MoCA Residency
2023 Maryland State Arts Council Professional Development Grant
2023 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize Semifinalist
2022 Maryland State Arts Council Project Grant
2021 MacDowell Colony Residency
2021 Maryland State Arts Council Artist Grant
2021/2022/2023 Art Farm Nebraska Residency
2021 Maryland Institute College of Art Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Grant
2020-2021 Shelter Elsewhere Performance Fellow, Elsewhere, Living Museum and Artist Residency, Greensboro, NC
2019 Kaplan Foundation Research Grant
2019 AFDA Johannesburg, South Africa Performance Residency
Tours
2022– “I’m A Ghost and So are You”, Midwest/MidAtlantic, 8 cities
2020– Red Connection, “Side Walk Serenades” Tour of Baltimore, MD, in Partnership with The Creative Alliance
2019– “Shadow Ballads” Rae Red East Coast Tour, 10 Cities, USA/Canada
2018– “Color Wheel” Rae Red West Coast Tour, 17 Cities, USA
2017– “Water: A Dispatch from the Bottom of the Tub”, Rae Red US Tour, 16 Cities, USA
2016– “Honey: The Story of Bees”, Rae Red US Tour, 15 Cities, USA
2015– “Cowgirl: A Western”, Rae Red Southwest Tour, 4 Cities, USA
2014– Petal Puppets, “Are Different Darks Different?” 700-mile bicycle tour, 5 States, USA
2011 Bicycling Yogis, 8,000-mile cycling tour, USA/Canada
Residencies
October 2020- February 2021– Performance Fellow in Residence, Shelter Elsewhere, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
Selected Performances and Exhibitions
2021
“Shelter Elsewhere Virtual Opening”, Performance Fellow at Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2020
“Red Brunch” Communal and virtual feast as a part of “Fort Night”, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
“Wish You Were Elsewhere”, Group Exhibition, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
“Now See Hear”, Group Exhibition, Make Studio, Baltimore, MD
Apartscape, Solo performance, Baltimore , MD
Red Ballad, Director, Actor, Animator, Towson University Graduate Thesis, Towson, MD
Number Inc., Issue 101, Feature Article, Author, “Non-Traditional Artist-Run Spaces”
“World in a Box: DC’s Festival of Cajas and Crankies”, Rhizome, Washington D.C.
2019
“Color Wheel”, Cucalorus Stage Festival, Wilmington, NC
” Color Wheel”, Performance Night, Hole Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“Shadow Ballads”, Radicakalacky, Festival, PaperHand Puppet Intervention, Durham, NC
“8 Short Plays”, Actor, Mercury Theatre, Baltimore, MD
Marfa Live Arts, Guest Teaching Artist, Performance Storytelling, Marfa, TX
“Slo-mo Glam Drag” , Dryer MFA Lab and The Undercroft, Baltimore, MD
“Mass Rabble”, Ensemble member, Submersive Productions, Baltimore War Memorial, Baltimore, MD
“Henry Lee”, Black Cherry Puppet Theatre, Baltimore, MD
“One Night Stand”, “Fuckboy #2” , Interrobang Theatre Company, Fells Point Corner Theatre, Baltimore, MD
“American Heifer”, The Drawing Room, Cape Town, South Africa
2018
“Blue Blood and Beards”, MFA staged reading, Dryer Theatre, Towson, MD
“Color Wheel”, Baltimore Free Farm, Baltimore, MD
“Paradise Tour Poetry and Performance”, Kelly St. Gallery, Marfa, TX
“Shadow Ballads” Resolana Public Art Opening, Factory on 5th, Albuquerque, NM
“Love and Information” by Caryl Churchill, Actor, Crowley Theatre, Marfa, TX
2017
“Henry Lee and Little Margaret, Shadow Ballads”, Art for Justice Fundraiser, The Lost Horse Saloon, Marfa, TX
“3rd Annual Spook Show” in collaboration with Michael Serwich, Marfa Studio of Arts Gallery, Marfa, TX
“Spook Show” in collaboration with Michael Serwich, The Vortex Theater, Austin, TX
“Water, A Dispatch from the Bottom of the Tub”, Mouthpiece Performance Festival, Tricklock Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
“Bed Talks”, Mouthpiece Performance Festival, Tricklock Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
“It’s There For You” by Nalu Gruschkus, as “Rose Anne”, Crowley Theater, Marfa, TX
“Beacons” by G. Escobar, as “Penelope”, Crowley Theater, Marfa, TX
“Dirty Gay Movie Night” with poet Eileen Myles for Ballroom Marfa and Marfa Myths, Crowley Theater, Marfa, TX
2017 Marfa Myths “Marfa Zine,” Published by Ballroom Marfa
2016
Dia De Los Muertes Spook Show, Building 98, Marfa, TX
Shadow Anatomy, Group Exhibition, Marfa Studio of Arts, Marfa, TX
Honey Show Pt.1, The Adobe Room, Marfa, TX
2015
Flame of the Deep, Crowley Theater, Marfa, TX
Basement Films’ 11th Annual A/V Show, ASUNM Southwest Film Center, Albuquerque, NM
Spook Show, Building 98, Marfa, TX
Cowgirl: A Western, El Cosmico, Marfa, TX
Tribute to Time, ESP TV screening, Marfa TX
Under A Dress, Presented by Hag Society, Bizarre Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Cowgirl: A Western, Debut at Badger Claw Castle, Oakland, CA
Dance of Breath, Bard College, Red Hook, NY
2013
Moon Shadows, Group Exhibition, UBS, Red Hook, NY
Bats, Group Exhibition, UBS, Red Hook, NY
Born from Bees, Group Exhibition, UBS, Red Hook, NY
Tribute to Time, group screening, Bard College, Red Hook, NY
One-A-Day, group exhibition, The Tan Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2012
August 21, The Rhino and the Bee, Grow Farm, Albuquerque, NM
July 4, Ansell Family Puppet Show, Canterbury, England
Performance Projects
Rae Red, Baltimore, MD 2012 – Present
Performance and Shadow Project – Develop performances and tour annually. Perform solo and collaborative spectacles using Shadow puppetry, stop-action animation and song.
Marfa Live Arts Marfa, TX August 2015- June 2019
Actor, Puppeteer, and Educator – Actor, puppeteer, and educator in various MLA productions, readings and workshops.
Hag Society, Brooklyn, NY December 2013-February 2015
Founder, Puppeteer, and Performer – Monthly performance at Bizarre Bushwick in Brooklyn, NY. Collaborated with many visual artists, dancers, musicians, and actors.
Petal Puppets, Krumville, NY December 2013- Feb 2015
Puppeteer and Producer – Coordinated a collaborative month-long residency followed by bicycle powered tour of the Northeastern United States, performing shadow puppet shows for all ages and maintaining a travel blog.