18 Stanzas Sung to a Tatar Reed Whistle

Conceived and constructed: Hanne Tierney
Music composed and performed: Jane Wang
Video art: Hannah Wasileski 
Light design: Trevor Brown 
Voice: Rachel Lu
Direction: Phil Soltanoff
Manipulation: Hanne Tierney and Brooke Van Hensbergen

Homesick Ts'ai Yen is told by an old Tartar woman of the customs of the Nomads. This video shows an excerpt of a work in progress by Hanne Tierney. Video artist: Hannah Wasileski.

Video by Alan Capriles and Uta Seibicke

Baby, said Alice B. Toklas. . .  

A 15 minute experiment in self-performing theater.
Conceived and constructed by Hanne Tierney  Engineering design by Oskar Strautmanis

April 15 - May 28, 2016 at the Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY

An experiment in self-performing theater by Hanne Tierney. Electronics and Programming: Oskar Strautmannis

Strange Tales of Liazhai

Conceived, constructed and adapted: Hanne Tierney
Manipulation: Shawn Lane, Jamey McGilray, Hanne Tierney
Music composed and performed: Jane Wang
Projection design: Hannah Wasileski
Light design: Trevor Brown
Sound mix: Phil Soltanoff

Performed at HERE Arts Center, NYC, in September 2012.

My Life In A Nutshell

Text, construction and manipulation: Hanne Tierney
Music composed and performed: Jane Wang
Overhead projection design: Hannah Wasileski
Manipulators: Shawn Lane and Jamie Davis

Performed at HERE Arts Center in October 2009.

Leibniz’ Folly

Music composed and performed: Jane Wang
Narration and performance: Grant Smith
Light design: Trevor Brown
Manipulation: Shawn Lane
Concept, text, construction and manipulation: Hanne Tierney

First performed at FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY, 2007

Man, The Flower of All Flesh

Concept, text, construction: Hanne Tierney
Artist: Matt Freedman
Music composed and performed: Jane Wang
Light Design: Trevor Brown
Additional Music: Grant Smith
Video: Stefanie Fischer
Knitter: Jamie Mumford
Manipulator: Shawn Lane

First performed at FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY, 2005

Man, the Flower of all Flesh, 04/21 -- 05/14, 2005 at Five Myles www.fivemyles.org Theater Without Actors In a review of this performance the New York Times ...

How Wang-Fo Was Saved

Concept, text, construction: Hanne Tierney
Music composed and performed: Jane Wang
Light Design: Trevor Brown
Narration: Andrew Pang
Video: Stefanie Fischer
Manipulation: Mia Wiesenthal  

First performed at FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY, 2001

This adaptation of an ancient Chinese legend, based on a story by Marguerite Yourcenar, celebrates the triumph of art over life, or the supremacy of art over everything. When the emperor forces the old painter Wang-Fo to finish painting one last canvas before his execution, Wang-Fo first paints a lake, then draws a rowboat, and as the waters rise and fill the throne room, he climbs into the boat and rows off. The performers in this piece are bamboo fronds, silk panels, stiffened robes and glowing lanterns. They tell of the concubines melancholy, the wife’s loneliness, the disciple’s frustration with his lack of talent, and of Wang-Fo’s passion for art. Performed with composer-musician Jane Wang; light design by Trevor Brown; video by Stefanie Fischer