Cory Einbinder, Artistic Director
Since the age of seven when
Cory Einbinder
played the
young king
in
King of the Gypsies
(Paramount Pictures) he’s been working in theater and film. As a child he was in
Madame Butterfly
at BAM and hosted
Kids just Kids
on NBC.
After graduating from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia he founded
SITE
(
Site Installation Theater Ensemble
). As the Artistic Director of
SITE
, he directed Daniel Therriault’s
Battery
in an electric art installation, and
Chantecler
at the Philadelphia Zoo. He co-directed
In The Boom Boom Room
in a Go-Go Bar, and
The Pitchfork Disney
in an abandoned loft where a body was found under the floorboards, and produced
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
in a Pub.
Now, as the Artistic Director of
Adhesive Theater Project
, he has directed
NOIR
by Kalle Macrides – which was hailed as "
ingenious
" by
nytheater.com
,
Les Mauvais Garcon
by Jake Hooker – which had the honor of being included in the Best of the American Living Room Series at HERE Arts Center,
Spring Awakening
at Center Stage – hailed as "
Nothing short of extraordinary
" by
nytheater.com
,
I, Object!
– a mulitmedia production at The Brick,
R.U.R.: A Futurist Folk Opera
– an ensemble-created musical at Spring Theatreworks,
Hysteria: HYSTERIA
by Jake Hooker at The Stable,
Chantecler
at Theatro LA TEA – which was praised as "
especially memorable... creative, interesting, witty
" by the
New York Times
,
Kirby
– an ensemble written superhero deconstruction at Nada, and
The Battles of Coxinga
at the Piano Store.
As a performer, he has been seen in
I, Object!
and
Hysteria: HYSTERIA
, in
A Meditation On The Misanthrope: 10 Years Later
at the East 13th Street Theatre,
Figaro Gets a Divorce
at the Access Theater,
The Devil’s Parole
at the Samuel French Festival,
House of Trash
at HERE,
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
and
Larry and the Werewolf
at Nada,
Painted Ladies
with Italian American Rep,
Rendezvous with Reality
and
Escape from Happiness
at the Wilma Theater,
Death of a Salesman
at the Arden Theater,
Winters Tale
at Cheltenham Arts Center, and the title role of
Jeffrey
with Fabulous Theater Co.
He holds an MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts from Brooklyn College. Currently, Cory is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at CUNY College of Technology where he teaches in the Entertainment Technology Department. He has freelanced for many NYC theater companies as a set designer, video designer, and choreographer. His article on live video tracking for the stage,
Within A Frame
, was published in
Live Design Magazine
(Dec. 2009). His adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's
The Battles of Coxinga
will be published in
Performing Resistance in Dutch Formosa
, by Harrassowitz Publishing House later this year.