2006

On Saturday August 24, 2006, at the derelict The David Shoe Factory in Cincinnati, OH, a private performance began at midnight. A small crowd of friends, painters, writers, directors, and theatre artists gathered to witness and take part of an original piece about connection in the digital age.

The piece became iLove: and the group would become Satori.

Theatre artists, across the United States, came together to be part of The Satori Group. Graduating students from two colleges, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and Williams College, dreamt of making an ensemble-based theatre whose work was about connection.

2007

The Satori Group premiered with our original piece iLove: at the 2007 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. iLove: earned the Cincinnati Producer’s Pick of the Fringe and was nominated for the Cincinnati Entertainment Award (CEA) for Best Alternative Production.

Since our conception The Satori Group has created three original works and presented a wide array of productions. We presented Hello Again at The Hustler Soundstage, and the Regional Premiere productions of The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador and Never Swim Alone at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center.

2008

Our original piece (rsvp) premiered at the 2008 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. (rsvp) earned City Beat’s Critic’s Pick.

In 2008 The Satori Group moved to Seattle, WA and we hosted world-renowned creators of the Frank Suzuki Aesthetic, John Nobbs and Jacqui Carroll.

2009-2010

In March of 2009, we made our Seattle debut with Will Eno’s TRAGEDY: a Tragedy.

On Aug. 12th, 2009 we announced our 2009-2010 Body of Work, ‘Choose Witness Live,’ and presented the critically acclaimed productions of Artifacts of Consequence, Winky, a special presentation of Undine by Hand2Mouth Theatre, and the Making of a Monster at the Northwest New Works Festival.