Eric Dyer
Brooklyn, NY
As a founding member of Radiohole, Dyer has collaborated on all seven of the ensembles productions since 1998. He is also a founder of the Brooklyn performance space Collapsable Hole, which won an OBIE in 2002 for its efforts in presenting some of the most innovative work happening in Brooklyn. Dyer is a set and lighting designer who has designed Richard Maxwell’s End of Reality at The Kitchen. He has also designed for Young Jean Lee, Elevator Repair Service, Sophie Haviland, 3-Legged Dog and the Collapsable Giraffe. His technical work includes The Wooster Group, Richard Foreman’s Ontological Hysteric Theater, The Builders Association, The Foundry Theater, and Cal Arts among many others. Occasional performances outside Radiohole include work with Young Jean Lee, Ann deMare, Ken Nintzel and Collapsable Giraffe. He has received funding from Arts International and was nominated for a 2003-04 Alpert Award in the Arts.
Fluke
Radiohole
MoreEric Dyer is a founding member of Radiohole.
Artist BioErin Douglass
Artist BioMaggie Hoffman is a founder of the avant-punk performance ensemble Radiohole and the artist-run performance space The Collapsable Hole in the West Village. In addition to over 25 years of performance with Radiohole, she has been a company member of the theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service since 2010.
Artist BioFluke is a theater work by the ensemble Radiohole. The piece parallels late 19th-century spiritualism with the technological advancements of our own era. On a claustrophobic set that mimics a crowded boat on an open seascape, the company conjures both historical characters, such as Thomas Edison, and fictional figures, including Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab. Through the use of innovative sound technology, Fluke explores the porous connections between technology and spirituality. As in all Radiohole works, the elaborate, chaotic production is operated entirely by the performers onstage.
Radiohole
Radiohole is an artist collective that has been creating original devised performance works since 1998. Radiohole has created 17 original full-length shows and numerous short pieces, establishing itself as “One of New York’s most remarkable companies” (The Village Voice) and being described by The Drama Review as “the quintessential American performance group.”
In 2000, Radiohole and The Collapsable Giraffe founded the Obie Award-winning artist-run venue The Collapsable Hole, currently located in The West Village at Westbeth.
Radiohole was founded by Erin Douglass, Eric Dyer, Scott Halvorsen Gillette, and Maggie Hoffman.
Individual Bios
Maggie Hoffman is a founder of the avant-punk performance ensemble Radiohole and the artist-run performance space The Collapsable Hole in the West Village. In addition to over 25 years of performance with Radiohole, she has been a company member of the theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service since 2010.
Erin Douglass
Brooklyn, NY
Erin Douglass is a founding member of Radiohole and has collaborated on five original works with the company. Before moving to New York in 1999, Douglass spent two years working with Los Angeles choreographer Jacque Heim, creating site-specific dance performances. She was part of a collaborative team that created The Akmatova Project, developed at ASK Theater Project’s Common Ground Festival and premiered at the Actors Gang Theater in January 1999. Douglass also directs a movement workshop for New York City public school students as part of the Wooster Group’s Summer Institute.
Maggie Hoffman
Brooklyn, NY
Maggie Hoffman is a founder of the avant-punk performance ensemble Radiohole and the artist-run performance space The Collapsable Hole in the West Village. In addition to over 25 years of performance with Radiohole, she has been a company member of the theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service since 2010.
Recent performances include “Suppose Beautiful Madeline Harvey” by Richard Foreman with Object Collection, at LaMama; “Gatz” with Elevator Repair Service, at The Public Theater; “Ulysses” with Elevator Repair Service, at Symphony Space, The Fisher Center at Bard, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, University of Michigan, and The Center for the Art of Performance UCLA; “Seagull” with Elevator Repair Service, at Skirball Center; “Happy Hours” with Radiohole, Onassis Enter; “Now Serving” with Radiohole, The Collapsable Hole; “Tarzana” with Radiohole, The Performing Garage; “Measure for Measure” with Elevator Repair Service at The Public Theater; “Arguendo” with Elevator Repair Service, The Public Theater, REDCAT, Woolly Mammoth Theatre.
Maggie Hoffman recently produced “Exposure” at The Collapsable Hole as part of the CUNY Prelude Festival. “Exposure” was hosted by Fantasy Grandma with performances by Kristel Baldoz, Blaze Ferrer, Hannah Kallenbach, Dante Migone-Ojeda, Julia Mounsey, Matt Romein, Alex Tatarsky, Peter Mills Weiss, and Kristin Worrall. “Exposure” included visual art by Robert Bunkin & Jenny Tango. Maggie also produced Christopher-Rashee Stevenson’s “HAMLET” at The Collapsable Hole.