No Face Performance Group is the collaborative project of artists Jaime Maseda and Mark McCloughan. Working as a duo and with a revolving group of associate artists, they make performance using a wide variety of processes and sources. Since the group was founded in 2007, it has created 16 original works. Highlights include the Abbot Adam cycle (Ars Nova, NYC; FringeArts, Philadelphia; The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia), and THE TOP (JACK, NYC; FringeArts, Philadelphia; Link’s Hall, Chicago).

No Face’s work has been presented at venues in Philadelphia including FringeArts, the Institute of Contemporary Art, NOSPACE, The Painted Bride Art Center, Space 1026, Little Berlin, and Vox Populi gallery. The group’s work has also been seen at venues outside Philadelphia, including The Collapsible Hole (Brooklyn, NY), P U R E O (Los Angeles, CA), Art6 Gallery (Richmond, VA), The Birdhouse (Knoxville, TN), The Aquarium Gallery (New Orleans, LA), The Alabama Art Kitchen (Tuscaloosa, AL), The Annex Theater (Baltimore, MD), the Bryant Lake Bowl (Minneapolis, MN), and the Den Theatre (Chicago, IL).

Performance History

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 2017

May 31-June 3: THE TOP at FringeArts, Philadelphia.

July 6-8: World premiere of Abbot Adam: Matins/Lauds at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. Presented by Philadelphia Contemporary.

2016

April 9: Work-in-progress showing of THE TOP at The Collapsible Hole, New York, NY.

May 26-28: World Premiere of THE TOP at JACK, Brooklyn, NY.

June 29: Abbot Adam: Evensong at Ars Nova, New York, NY. Presented as part of ANT Fest 2016.

August 6-8: THE TOP at Links Hall, Chicago, IL.

2015

 January 5: Work-in-progress showing of Abbot Adam: Evensong at FringeArts, Philadelphia.

January 28: The Stairwell Symphony at P U R E O, Los Angeles, CA.

February 2: Premiere of Getting High and Feeling It, a collaboration with Elizabeth Sonenberg at P U R E O, Los Angeles, CA.

March 2: Work-in-progress showing of THE TOP at FringeArts, Philadelphia.

March 18: World premiere of Abbot Adam: Evensong at FringeArts, Philadelphia.

April 25: Showing of excerpt from Abbot Adam: Evensong at Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY. Performed as part of CATCH 67, curated by Andrew Dinwiddie, Caleb Hammons, and Jeff Larson.

May 3: Showing of research for THE TOP, created in collaboration with students from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia at FringeArts, Philadelphia, PA.

Dec 10-12: World premiere of Abbot Adam: None at FringeArts, Philadelphia.

2014

 January 16-24: The Stairwell Symphony at a private home in Philadelphia.

March 13: The Stairwell Symphony at the Fifth Dimension, Baltimore, MD.

March 14-15: The Stairwell Symphony at a private home in Washington, D.C.

March 18: Work-in-progress showing of Abbot Adam at Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY.

April 7: Work-in-progress showing of Abbot Adam at FringeArts, Philadelphia, PA.

May 24: Showing of excerpt of THE TOP at Christ Church Neighborhood House, Philadelphia, PA.

May 31: Showing of excerpt of THE TOP at Christ Church Neighborhood House, Philadelphia, PA. Presented as part of CATCH Takes Philly, curated by Andrew Dinwiddie, Caleb Hammons, and Jeff Larson.

June 28: Showing of excerpt of THE TOP at Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Presented as part of Night Kitchen: Dionysia, curated by Jenna Spitz.

August 2: Showing of excerpt from The Stairwell Symphony at Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PA. Presented as part of the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret’s Ninth Anniversary Spectacular.

October 1: The Stairwell Symphony at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA.

October 24: Excerpts from Abbot Adam, filmed in front of a live studio audience for a taping of E.S.P. TV.

November 6: Excerpt of The Stairwell Symphony at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Presented as part of an evening celebrating the opening of The Unified Field, a retrospective of David Lynch’s visual art.

2013

February 7-9: World Premiere of The Stairwell Symphony at a private home in Philadelphia.

March 27 – April 14: World premiere of From the Swamp to the Stars at AUX performance space at Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia. Presented as Part of the Kimmel Center’s Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013.

May 4: The Stairwell Symphony at a private home, Princeton Junction, NJ.

July 17-18: World Premiere of LUMP TRAFFIC, a site-specific dance made in collaboration with Sarah Ashkin / GROUND SERIES (Santa Fe, NM) and presented at Liberty Lands Park in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA.

September 6: LUMP TRAFFIC at Liberty Lands Park, Philadelphia, PA.

September 11-21: World Premiere of Bastard Piece at The Pig Iron School For Advanced Performance Training Studio 2.

2012

Feb 9: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, 40 W 86th St, New York, NY. Presented as part of Don’t Say Shit in Front of the B-A-B-Y #5.

April 5: Work-in-progress showing of spaceplay, NOSPACE, Philadelphia.

May 4: Premiere of performance version of Ritzy Cheesy Guilty Baby at Yards Brewery, Philadelphia.

June 15: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty at Moonstone Arts Center, Philadelphia.

July 22-23: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty at The Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis, MN.

July 25-26: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty at The Den Theatre, Chicago, IL.

July 29: Screening of the video version of Ritzy Cheesy Guilty Baby at the Empire Black Box, Providence, RI.

August 19: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty at Plays and Players Theatre, Philadelphia.

October 31-November 4: World premiere of spaceplay at AUX performance space at Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia.

December 13: Work-in-progress showing of From the Swamp to the Stars at AUX performance space at Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia.

2011

February 5-6: Fission is Ur Mission, The Rotunda, Philadelphia.

March 16: Work-in-progress showing of The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia.

May 5-8: Premiere of DIME, NOSPACE, Philadelphia.

June 15-17: Premiere of The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, NOSPACE, Philadelphia. Presented as part of the 2nd annual Solow Festival.

July 25: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, The Collapsible Hole, Brooklyn, NY. Presented as part of The Assembly Theater’s Make Your Own City Festival.

July 26: Premiere of The Sam and John Adams Tour of Colonial America, or The Boat Show aboard the Gazela, a historic sailing ship anchored at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia.

July 30: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, Vox Populi, Philadelphia. Presented as part of Launch weekend festivities for AUX, the performance venue at Vox Populi Gallery.

Sept 23-24: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, NOSPACE, Philadelphia.

October 28: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, Vox Populi, Philadelphia.

November 11-12: Premiere of installation, Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia. Presented as part of the Ruckus Festival.

November 13: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, Art6 Gallery, Richmond, VA

November 14: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, The Birdhouse, Knoxville, TN

November 16-19: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, The Aquarium Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Presented as part of the 4th Annual New Orleans Fringe Festival.

November 20: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, The Alabama Arts Kitchen, Tuscaloosa, AL.

November 22: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, The Annex Theater at the H&H Building, Baltimore, MD.

December 6: The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, Space 1026, Philadelphia.

2010

December 8: Early version of The Beautiful Refrigerator is Empty, The Rotunda, Philadelphia. Presented as part of the PuppetUprising Year End Cabaret.

December 12: Work-in-progress showing of DIME, NOSPACE, Philadelphia.

2009

 May 5-9: The Secret Science of Forgetting, The ’92 Theater, Wesleyan University

2008

May 8-10: we are monsters without a name, Russell House, Wesleyan University