Thursday, March 6, 2025
Theatre director Brenna Geffer’s was the Spring 2025 iARTA artist in residence. She is director of the Die-Cast Theatre company, an extended collective originally centered in Philadelphia and now distributed on both coasts.

Portrait of Brenna Geffers

Their work is collaborative, physical and often site-specific. The group embraces new social paradigms engendered my emerging technology and the ways we interact, engage and co-evolve in a changing social landscape. While in residence Brenna met with grad students in the College of Music composition program and College of Visual Art and Design new media and studio art areas. Brenna and 2 of the Die-Cast actors gave a workshop for the Dance and Theatre dept.

Ms. Geffer’s was enthusiastic about her residency and the iARTA faculty and affiliated students.

David Stout's In Their Arms We Hold The Sky

“Spending a week with the UNT's iARTA interdisciplinary program was an incredible experience. Sharing knowledge and practices with the faculty and graduate students opened up new ways of thinking about my work. I participated in learning new programs and discussions about the possibilities of performance art, and in the process I gained practical knowledge that will shape my current projects and beyond."

Brenna Geffers - Die-Cast - Upon Re-entryBrenna Geffers - Die-Cast - Inter Terrestrial

(Photos above: Die-Cast works: Upon Re-entry and Inter Terrestrial)

"The imagination, curiosity, and expertise of UNT's interdisciplinary standards were palpable. Between the incredible facilities and the gifted artists, my time as artist in residence in iARTA was uniquely energizing. It is a gift to imagine the future of performance and mixed media with some of the most interesting minds in the field.”

Link to the Die-Cast Manifesto < https://www.die-castphilly.org/misson >