Geoff Sobelle is an actor, director and creator of original performance works. A dedicated absurdist, he uses illusion, installation and home-spun mechanics to create surreal, poetic pieces that look for humanity where you least expect it. His work is deeply collaborative and reflects long-time partnerships with other multi-disciplinary artists. His most recent works include: FOOD (BAM Next Wave ‘23), HOME (BAM Next Wave ’17, Bessie Award) and The Object Lesson (BAM Next Wave ’14, Bessie Award). These three works are all rooted in a deep study of centering audience in the fabric of the show.

A dedicated absurdist, he is chiefly interested in moments of “the sublime ridiculous.” He believes that comedy is the highest order of art, and that laughter allows an audience to open, become vulnerable and experience the full realm of human emotion to discover a new plane of experience. He sees it as his job as a theatre artist to challenge traditional modes of perspective through complex, multi-layered, virtuosic, visual theatre that uses performance itself as a metaphor for the human experience. He began as a magician, continued as an actor and arrived as a clown.