“Ballymore" & “Strawberry Fields”

Two operas by Michael Torke, Richard Wargo.
The University of Miami /April 2008
 conducted by Alan Johnson
Projection Design Laurie Olinder

 2009  “Arts on the Edge”
  Dance Performance Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 
  Choreographers: Darla Stanley,Leslie Dworkin
   Projections by Laurie Olinder

 “The New Royality”
  The Royal Theater Philadelphia PA
  Hidden City Philadelphia Re-Sounding.
  Music Composed by Todd Reynolds
   Projections by Laurie Olinder & Bill Morrison

 “Lightning at our feet”
Brooklyn Academy of Music / New York
Premiere/ December 2009
University of Houston/ World
Premiere/ October 2009
Williams College/ Workshop Performance/
September 2009
Music composed by Michael Gordon 

 from the writing of Emily Dickinson
Projections by Laurie Olinder
Films by Bill Morrison, Directed by Bob McGrath


2008 “Lightning at our feet”
  Virginia Tech /Preview Performance/ April 2008

“A Man in a Room Gambling”
The German Society of Philadelphia, March 2008
Music by Gavin Bryars

Text (after S.W. Erdnase) by JuanMuñoz

Projections by Laurie Olinder

Film by Bill Morrison
Directed by Bob McGrath
Performed by the Todd Reynolds Situation with Gavin Bryars

“11 Excerpts: Philip Glass Operas”
The University of Miami /January 2008
Conducted by Alan Johnson
Projections Laurie Olinder

2007 ”Symphony #3” Henryk Gorecki
Brooklyn Academy of Music/ May 2007
BrooklynPhilharmonic playing live with, 
Projections by Laurie Olinder, Film by  Bill Morrison

"The Sinking of the Titanic”
The Union League, Philadelphia PA/ March 2007
Live music ensemble with environmental projections
Composed by Gavin Bryars
Film by Bill Morrison, Projections by Laurie Olinder,
Directed by Bob McGrath
22 piece Temple University Orchestra
conducted by Thaddeus Squire

"Decasia"
An environmental symphony with projections.
Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts/January 2007
St.Ann’s Warehouse Brooklyn, N.Y./ September 2004.
Composed by Michael Gordon, Film byBill Morrison,
Projection Design by Laurie Olinder
55 piece Tactus Ensemble conducted by Patti Monson

2006  “The Difficulty of Crossing a Field”
Montclair State University- Kasser Theater/ October 2006
Music by David Lang, Libretto by Mac Wellman
“Anatomy Theater”
Music by David Lang, Libretto by Mark Dion
Mass MoCA, Workshop performance /March 2006

2005 “Shelter”
Music by Michael Gordon, David Lang,and Julia Wolfe
  Libretto by Deborah Artman
Performed by musikFabrik and Triomediæval
March 2005 - Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Cologne, Germany
March 2005 - Philharmonie Essen, Essen, Germany
November 2005 - Brooklyn Academy Of Music - Next Wave
Festival (World premiere)

“Oedipus"
March 2005 -Alexander Kasser Theater, 

Montclair, NJ  (World premiere)
Music by Harry Partch

2004  "Decasia" An environmental symphony with projections.
St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn, N.Y./ September 2004. Composed by Michael Gordon
Filmby Bill Morrison Digital Projection Design by Laurie Olinder
55 piece Tactus Ensemble conducted by Patti Monson

"Gotham" A new Symphony by Michael Gordon
Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall /February 2004
projections by Laurie Olinder & Film by Bill Morrison
Directed by Bob McGrath

"Jennie Richee" A theater work inspired by the life

Tanztheater Darmstadt, Germany
January 2004

2003  "The Death of Klinghoffer"
An opera by John Addams
Brooklyn Academy of Music-Next Wave Festival/ December 2003
  Projections by Laurie Olinder, Films by Bill Morrison. 

Directed by Bob McGrath

"The New Yorkers” 

"Believing” A Film by Laurie Olinder  music by Julia Wolfe
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Next Wave Festival 

"Jennie Richee" A theater work inspired by the life
and art of Henry Darger.
  St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY. January 2003
Written by Mac Wellman /Directed by Bob McGrath
  Design by Laurie Olinder
2002 Obie Award for Collaborative Design

 
2002  "Jennie Richee" A theater work inspired by the life
and art of Henry Darger.
The Kitchen, NYC, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art,

 

2001  "Decasia" An environmental symphony with projections.
Europäischer Musikmonat Basel, Switzerland November 2001
Composed by Michael Gordon/ film by
Bill Morrison/Projection
Design by Laurie Olinder.  Performed by the basel sinfonietta,

2000  "Hypatia" A play Written by Mac Wellman
SoHo Rep November 2000.  Directed by Bob McGrath
Projection Design by Laurie Olinder

1999  "The Carbon Copy Building” A Comic Book Opera
Settembre Music Festival, Turrin,Italy,

The Kitchen NYC
Words & Drawings by Ben Catcher
Directed by Bob McGrath
Music by Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe
  Projection Design by Laurie Olinder
1999 OBIE Award for Best New American Performance

  "Charlie in the House of Rue" A silent play with music
American Repertory Theater. May 1999
Directed by Bob McGrath/ Written by Robert Coover
Projection Design by Laurie Olinder
Adapted by Bob McGrath/Ridge Theater/ Robert Brustein

 1998  "Chaos" A Science Fiction Opera
The Kitchen NYC, By Matthew Maguire & Michael Gordon

Directed by Bob McGrath
Projection Design by Laurie Olinder/ Film by Bill Morrison


SELECTED PAINTING EXHIBITIONS

The Locker Plant, Marfa, Texas (2011)
Arts on The Edge, Wolfeboro NH (2009)

Lower Eastside Girls Club, NYC (2009)

La MaMa Galleria, NYC (2008)

Pop Corn Room Brooklyn, NYC (2003)

Sacred Noise NYC (1998)

SoHo 20/ Green Street Windows, NYC (1995)

Saint Peter's Church at Citi Corp,NYC (1995)

Life Café, NYC (1990)

10 on 8, NYC (1989)
Ridge St Gallery, NYC (1985-1994)

  Phoenix City Gallery NYC (1986)

AWARDS

 Lois Nellie Gill Award – Ucross Foundation-2003

 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship-2002

 OBIE Award Collaborative Design ”Jennie Richee”-2001

      OBIE Best New American Production “Carbon Copy Building” 2000 

1997 Eliot Norton Award Outstanding Design in Theater

EDUCATION

School of The Museum of Fine Arts-Diploma 1981, 5th Year
Certificate 1982

Cooper Union-attended 1980-81)

 

RESIDENCIES 

The Hermitage 2011
Mass MoCA- February 2006
Ucross Foundation- May 2003
MacDowell Colony- Artists Residency June/ July 2000
June/July 1998
The Kitchen- Artist's Residency for Ridge Theater 1994-1995
Millay Colony for the Arts- Artists Residency- March 1995
Yellow Springs Institute- Artists Residency- June 1991