Mel Krodman

Mel Krodman (they/them) is a Taurus sun in the 11th, Cancer rising, and Moon and Uranus in Scorpio in the 5th house. They are ruled by the moon. Mel is a collaborative deviser of experimental performance, cultural organizer, caregiver, and trans non-binary parent. Their work seeks to transform our individual and collective selves – with vision toward social systems – through creative facilitation, collaborative experimentation and praxis. Projects include: asmr for Apocalypse (by zavé martohardjono); It’s Time We Pay Them A Visit (by Anissa Weinraub, Chantelle Bateman + The Practice Space); Sincerity Project: Iterations #1 – #5 (of 12; a 24-year long project w/ Team Sunshine Corporation); Pete Pannn: BOYZ WILL BE BOYZ 4 LIFE (solo); Those with 2 Clocks (w/ Jennifer Kidwell+Jess Conda as Tall Order); A Potential Performance (w/ Nina Lampic and Urska Brodar); Colony and JEAN&TERRY: Your Guides Through Dark, Light & Nebulous (w/ Kelly Bond); The Top (w/ No Face Performance Group). Mel was a company member of Pig Iron Theatre Co from 2015-2020, working in partnership with Dan Rothenberg, Dito VanReigersberg, Mimi Lien and Jennifer Kidwell, and co-creating Superterranean (w/Mimi Lien and Rosie Herrera); A Hard Time (w/ Jennifer Kidwell and Jess Conda); A Period of Animate Existence (w/ Troy Herion, Mimi Lien and Beth Gill); Swamp Is On (w/ Dr. Dog). They are employed as an end-of-life caregiver, witnessing retreat from earth.

Mel has trained in experiential facilitation with Training for Change and political somatics with Wendy Elishiva Somerson and Dona Hirschfield-White.