Jim Lasko
As Artistic Director of Redmoon Theatre, Jim Lasko has created numerous
original theater and spectacle pieces ranging from massive public
celebrations to formal indoor shows in traditional venues. Most
recently, Sink. Sank. Sunk. attracted more than 12,000 people in one
weekend to Ping Tom Park in Chinatown. Galway's Shadow converted the
facade of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art into a giant shadow
screen, and his adaptation of Hunchback played at Steppenwolf Theatre,
Joseph Papp's Public Theater and the Detroit Institute of Art. The
Annual All Hallow's Eve Ritual Celebration, which Lasko conceived and
directed, attracted 10,000 people to Logan Square for an evening of
community interactive spectacle, and his adaptation of Anton Chekhov's
Seagull played in Chicago's Humboldt Park, The Steppenwolf Theatre and
the sculpture garden at the UCLA campus. Lasko's work has been
commissioned by individuals as well as Chicago's cultural institutions,
including: Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art; the Field Museum; the
City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs; and the Mayor's
Office of Special Events. He leads professional training workshops in
design and performance and has taught acting and/or mask performance at
University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia
College and Northwestern University where he earned a M.A. in Theatre.