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We Begin.

During our residency at The Grand in Calgary for their TJLAB sessions we invited filmmaker Kevin Dong to join us in the space and capture some moments of the Monkeys at work. #webeginwithanemptystudio is a short documentary to introduce ourselves at Dancing Monkey Laboratories. We are interested in researching, exploring, discovering and deconstructing what performance can […]

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A few of the Monkeys and a collection of a new collaborators got together to shoot a short film. **Releasing in 2027 In a last-minute video studio booking, a guarded, right-wing politician clashes with a stoic, progressive videographer hired to film her new campaign ad. What starts as a simple shoot devolves into a confrontation […]

After mourning at shadow theatre

The world premiere of AFTER MOURNING, BEFORE VAN GOGH, opened at Shadow Theatre in Edmonton, AB, this past March/April 2025. Directed by: John Hudson and Lana Michelle HughesOlder Johanna: Lora BrovoldYounger Johanna: Donna-Leny HansenYassine El Fassi El Fihri: Dries, JohanSteven Greenfield: TheoAndrew Ritchie: Vincent, Vincent WillemGina Moe: Stage ManagerLeona Brausen: Costume DesignDave Clark: Sound DesignMatt […]

Let’s work together!

In connection to the book – No Shortcuts, I’m putting this out there for the creatives. Writers, Dancers, Directors, Choreographers, Actors – Let’s work together. Make me a line item in your next grant. All negotiable based on your budget ( things are tight all over ). I want to help you bring your work […]

Satie et cocteau

“…a truly excellent piece of theatre which deals convincingly and imaginatively with one of the most fraught love-hate relationships in modern French art. It has real depth and excellent dramatic pacing and is a work of art in itself.” Robert Orledge, Composer and Satie scholar. May I present to you my play Satie et Cocteau: A […]

No shortcuts – a Review

A wonderful review of NO SHORTCUTS from Young-Howze theatre Journal (@rndyounghowze). “Czuba’s writing delivers the advice we wish we’d had when we were in college.”