chronology (cuiffo)

Curriculum vitæ

2009

October 6-November 9: Workshop and Showings of "Next Stop Amazingland" at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theater. Los Angeles, CA.
October 1: Performance of Digital Effects at the PRELUDE Festival, NYC.
September 4-19: World Premier of Digital Effects [performed with the fingers] at the Painted Bride in Philadelphia. Part of the Off The Grid Festival and Philly Live Arts.
July 19-26: Attended Creative Capital Retreat at Williams College, Massachusetts.
July 14-18: Attended Society of American Magicians Annual Magic Convention with Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford. Buffalo, NY.
July 6-10: Wooster Group Summer Institute - Guest Artist
May 28-30: Amazing Russello peforms Sawing In Half Illusion at The Box, NYC.
May 21-23: Amazing Russello peforms Sawing In Half Illusion at The Box, NYC.
May 6: Steve Cuiffo Is Lenny Bruce at Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC.
May: Magic Consultation for Everyday Rapture at Second Stage Theatre.
April 9,16,23,30: Taught magic at Brookly VA Hospital with the Hocus Pocus Project.
March 8: National Theater of The United States of America (NTUSA) at P.S. 122 - performed sleight of hand card magic on Spalding Grey's performance table.
February 2-March 1: Hell Meets Henry at Woolly Mammoth Theater
January 19-28: Rehearsals for Hell Meets Henry Halfway. Pig Iron Theatre. Philadelphia,PA.
January 2-17: Continue creating "Dicks: The Magical" or "The Elephant Room" or "Next Stop Amazingland" with Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford.

2008

December 6: Steve Cuiffo Is Lenny Bruce At MassMoca, MA.
November 24-December 31: Begin creating "Dicks: The Magical" or "The Elephant Room" or "Next Stop Amazingland" with Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford.
September 30-November 2: Workshop rehearsal (with showings) of "Seven Seconds" directed by Yehuda Duenyas.
September 15-December 10: Princeton Atelier with Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford. Weekly class, developing magic with the students.
July 28-August 17: Wooster Group Summer Institute - Guest Artist.
July 8-12: The Amazing Russello at The Box, NYC.
June 5-8: Magic Consultation for Pig Iron Theater at Orchard Project.
June 3: Steve Cuiffo Is Lenny Bruce at Joe's Pub, NYC.
May 27,June 10,17,24: Hocus Pocus Project at NYC VA Hospital.
January 22,29: Hocus Pocus Project at NYC VA Hospital.
January 6-14: Performed as Professor Zamboni (filling in for Erin Douglas) in Radiohole's FLUKE at On The Boards in Seattle, WA.

2007

November 22-25: Fluke - Radiohole - PSK Festival. Copenhagen, Denmark.
October 4-7: Fluke – Radiohole, Brooklyn, NY. At the Collapsable Hole.
September 11-15: – One Million Forgotten Moments - dir. Yehuda Duenyas
August 21-September 8: – The Amazing Russello appears at The Box, NYC.
July 12-29: – Major Bang – Sydney Opera House – Sydney, Australia.
July 9-11: – Wooster Group Summer Institute.
June 13-July 7: – The Amazing Russello appears at The Box, NYC.
May 30-June 3: – Major Bang – Spoleto Festival – Charleston, SC
May 10-16: – Visit to College of Magic, Cape Town, South Africa.
April 5-28: – The Amazing Russello appears at The Box, NYC.
April 1: Lenny Bruce : Bits on the Records – 9:30pm at Joe’s Pub.
March 30: Doublethink – Guest Performer with Rotozaza at P.S. 122.
February 6-May 9: Princeton Atelier – T41 – with Christine Jones.
February 4-March 11: Lypsinka’s Passion of the Crawford – Studio Theatre, Washington, DC.
January: The Amazing Russello appears on video in Cynthia Hopkins’ “Must Don’t Whip ‘Um (part 2 of The Accidental Trilogy)”
January 3 @ 9:30pm: Steve Cuiffo is Lenny Bruce at Joe’s Pub

2006

2005

November 28: The Amazing Russello at The Cutting Room in Benefit of Conjuring Arts Research Center.
October 3-16: Lypsinka’s Passion of the Crawford, Los Angeles.
August 1-20: Wooster Group Summer Institute - Guest Teaching Artist
August 3-6: Major Bang Premiers at Ice Factory Festival – Ohio Theater.
June 10-12: NYTW Vassar Summer Residency with Greg Keller – Samuel Beckett’s Not I plus Magic.
May 5-June 5: Lypsinka’s Passion of the Crawford – Zipper Theater, NYC
April 27: Every Dog’s Day premieres at Pioneer Theater, East Village, NYC.
January 31: The Amazing Russello at Joe’s Pub – 9:30pm.

2004

October 14: Comedy Sketch on Late Night with Conan Obrien w/ Gary Wilmes.
September 14-19: Manilova – New Georges Manfest at HERE.
August 9-15: NYTW Dartmouth Summer Residency with Andrew Bradbury and Greg Keller – devloped Ghost Light.
July 26-August 5: Wooster Group Summer Institute – Guest Teaching Artist
August: Patriot Act: A Public Meditation [FILM] released
June 22-July 22: Patriot Act: A Public Meditation – New York Theater Workshop
March/April: The Amazing Russello – Magic (and on video) for Cynthia Hopkins’ “Accidental Nostalgia (part 1 of The Accidental Trilogy)” at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
February 20-March 21: The Roaring Girle – Foundry Theatre.
January: Company K – [FILM] released.

2003

2002

December: Rehearsals begin for Wooster Group revival of Brace Up!
September : On_Line – [FILM] – released.
July 30-August 16: Wooster Group Summer Institute – Guest Teaching Artist.
May 3: First Reading of Rinne Groff’s Orange, Lemon, Egg, Canary at The Public Theater.
March 1-March 17: Byrdlesque – Donald Byrd/The Group - New Victory Theater, Broadway.

2001

November 14-17: North Atlantic – Wooster Group – Festival D’Automne - Pompideu Center – Paris, France.
August 10-24: Fever – Fringe Festival – Collective Unconcious
July 31-August 17: Wooster Group Summer Institute – Guest Teaching Artist
June 13-24: The Filament Cycle – with Tea Alagic – Postdam, Germany. Unidram Festival.
January: Life & Times: Harry Otter – [FILM] released

2000

December: David Blaine: Frozen In Time [MAGIC CONSULTANT]
December 3-10: North Atlantic – Wooster Group – Minneapolis, MN – Walker Art Center.
November 28-December 2: North Atlantic – Wooster Group, Columbus, OH – Wexner Center.
November 15-19: North Atlantic – Wooster Group, On The Boards, Seattle, WA.
June 23-27: North Atlantic – Wooster Group, Kaaitheater Brussels, Belgium.
January 11-February 11: North Atlantic – Wooster Group, Performing Garage – NYC.

1999

October 14-November 18: North Atlantic – Wooster Group – Performing Garage, NYC.
September-October: North Atlantic Rehearsals
May 13: Graduation from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.
April 3-May 16: Rehearsals begin for North Atlantic with the Wooster Group.

1998

1996

1995

First Place - International Brotherhood of Magicians Annual Magic Contest, Minneapolis, MN. Performed “Express Train” with collaborator, Derek Hughes.

1992

First Place - Society of American Magicians National Close-up Magic Contest. Indianapolis, Indiana. At 14 years old, was the youngest winner in the Society’s history.