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Third Rail Projects
Third Rail Projects is a multi-disciplinary American performing arts company that creates site-specific work, immersive theater, experiential performances and more.

Among more than 50 productions and projects, Third Rail Project's long-running show Then She Fell ran for 4,444 performances in New York City from 2012 until performances were suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Under the co-direction of Zach Morris, Tom Pearson and Jeannine Willett, the company has received two Bessie Awards, a Chita Rivera Award for Dance and Choreography, and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience.

Third Rail Projects was recognized as part of the creative team of the Emmy Award-winning virtual reality adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Wolves in the Walls.

Morris, Pearson, and Willett were named among the "100 most influential people" in Brooklyn Culture by Brooklyn Magazine for their work with Third Rail Projects.

History
Founded as Third Rail Dance in 2001 by Tom Pearson, Brian Weaver and Jeannine Willett, the company was renamed Third Rail Projects following Weaver's relocation to Milan and a more multi-disciplinary focus when Zach Morris came onboard as co-artistic director with Pearson and Willett in 2005. "QUOTE From The Director as Collaborator, Robert Knopf, April 7, 2017 Taylor & Francis: 'We began as Third Rail Dance' in 2001, when Tom Pearson, Brian Weaver and I [Jeannine Willett] started self-producing our work and renting theater space to present our repertory dance concerts. Along the way, we met Zach Morris, a director who was making his own multi-disciplinary work in New York... In 2004, Brian moved to Milan and decided to stay permanently. In 2005, Zach officially joined our group in his stead and we changed the name to 'Third Rail Projects https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315656946 Imprint: Routledge DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315656946 ISBN 9781315656946"2008 - won first Bessie Award for Vanishing Point''

2012 - after X years of development and workshop productions, produced Then She Fell - second Bessie Award - immersive work that incorporated dance and theater work Then She Fell, was named as one of the “Top Ten Shows of 2012” by Ben Brantley of The New York Times and acclaimed as one of the best theater experiences of 2013 by Vogue. As of 2019, it had over 4000 performances. Production was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2017 - Between Yourself and Me, presented by Dance Films Association

2018 - Chita Rivera Award for Dance and Choreography for Ghost Light

2019 - Provided choreography for the Emmy Award-winning virtual reality adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Wolves in the Walls by Fable Studio and Oculus.

2020 - Drama Desk Award nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience in for Midsummer: A Banquet.

re-envisioning ways in which audiences engage with contemporary performance.

have made work in New York, nationally, and abroad since 2000.

Collaboration is integral to Third Rail Project's work in collaborations and process for each new site, community, and cultural landscape in which they work.

COLLABORATORS

The company works nationally on new immersive and site-specific projects, and internationally through its Global Performance Studio, which combines the company’s creative and educational offerings through a program of cultural listening and exchange.

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Productions
Since 2005, First Rail Projects has produced over 50 shows and projects. In recent years, the company has launched several major works that were met with critical recognition: As Time Goes By in St. Petersburg, Russia; Sweet & Lucky with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Learning Curve with Albany Park Theater Project in Chicago; Ghost Light with Lincoln Center Theater’s LTC3 at the Clare Tow Theater; Behind The City with The Macallan; and The Grand Paradise. Their long-running Then She Fell, based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the relationship between author Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell, ran for 4,444 performances from 2012 until performances were suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Full list of productions and projects 2005-present

 * Return the Moon (2021)
 * Adventure Lab (2020)
 * Ikaros (2019)
 * Midsummer: A Banquet (2019)
 * Confection (2019)
 * Stanzas (2019)
 * This Between Shadow (2019)
 * Oasis (2019)
 * Behind the City (2018)
 * Medicine Show (2018)
 * Wolves in the Walls (2018–Ongoing)
 * Back Apartment Residency (2018) B
 * Libraría (2018-2019)
 * Grove (2017)
 * Between Yourself and Me (2017–Ongoing)
 * Ghost Light (2017)
 * Learning Curve (2016)
 * Sweet & Lucky (2016)
 * The Last Boat (2016)
 * As Time Goes By (2016)
 * The Grand Paradise (2016)
 * Genuine Plastic Reliquaries (2015)
 * Midnight Madness (2015)
 * House No. 17 (2014)
 * Yolk (2014)
 * Anthem (2014)
 * Recess (2014)
 * Roadside Attraction (2014)
 * Marrow (2013)
 * Fountain (2013)
 * Bathing Aiperi (2013)
 * Then She Fell (2012-2020)
 * Looking Glass (2011)
 * Undercurrents & Exchange (2010)
 * Drifting Encyclopedia (2010)
 * The One You Love is Sick (2010)
 * Beautiful Dreamer (2010)
 * Steampunk Haunted House (2009-2011)
 * Vanishing Point (2008)
 * Strangers on Tong Chong Street (2007)
 * Rub the Sleep (2007)
 * REEL (2005)
 * Screaming Shrubbery (2005)

Awards
Third Rail Projects has been the recipient of several awards, including two Bessie Awards, a Chita Rivera Award for Choreography; fellowship awards including two CEC Artslink Back Apartment Residencies (Russia), a Theater Fellowship from the Bogliasco Foundation (Italy); and an IllumiNation Award from the Ford Foundation and National Museum of the American Indian, among others. Third Rail Projects was recognized as part of the creative team of the Emmy Award-winning virtual reality adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Wolves in the Walls.

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