600 HIGHWAYMEN (Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone) have been creating original performances since 2009. Their Obie Award–winning work sits at the intersection of theater, dance, and civic encounter—stripping performance down to its essentials: people sharing space and attention. The Guardian says they have been “quietly shaking up American theatre since 2009.”
Hailed by The New Yorker as “one of New York’s best nontraditional theater companies” and by Le Monde as “the standard-bearers of contemporary theater-making,” their performances have toured widely.
International venues include:
Bristol Old Vic, Centre Pompidou, Dublin Theatre Festival, Festival Theaterformen, Noorzeron, Onassis Cultural Centre, Parc de la Villette, Salzburg Festival, Sardegna Teatro, Singapore International Festival of Arts, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Volkstheater Wien, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, and others.
U.S. venues include:
American Repertory Theater, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Invisible Dog, Kimmel Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, On The Boards, The Public Theater, Spoleto Festival, Walker Arts Center, Wexner Center, Woolly Mammoth, and others.
Their work has been translated into seven languages and recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship, Obie Award, Switzerland’s ZKB Patronage Prize, and nominations for the Bessies, Drama League, and Nestroy Prize. They are Associate Artists with IN SITU, a European platform for art in public space, and have been named to Fast Company’s list of Most Creative People.
Outside of their collaborative practice, Abigail is Artistic Advisor at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and Michael has led theater programs in New York State correctional facilities. They’ve taught at NYU Tisch, Stanford, Colorado College, and other institutions.