Pillow Lab:
Andy Blankenbuehler and Kate Quinn

Andy Blankenbuehler and Kate Quinn

Developmental Residency | November 13-24, 2024
Invited Showing | November 23, 2024

During their residency, Blankenbuehler and Quinn will focus on a co-created piece, Never Alone. Through movement, light, and projection, the world of the piece shifts from the codebreaking huts of Bletchley Park during World War II to steamy dance halls, intimate bedrooms, and the confines of submarines deep beneath the sea. The poetic potential in dance emerges from the internal struggles these characters face—codebreakers straining their minds to make sense of chaos, submarine crews deep underwater anticipating their enemy’s next move, and lovers reaching across distance, pouring their hearts and hopes into love letters.

Andy Blankenbuehler was a recipient at the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors for his work on the musical Hamilton. He is a three-time Tony Award winner for his choreography in the Broadway productions of Bandstand, In The Heights, and Hamilton, for which he also received London’s Olivier Award. Other Broadway credits include Bring It On, 9 To 5, The People In The Picture, The Apple Tree, Annie, and the 2016 revival of CATS. Most recently, Blankenbuehler co-wrote, directed, and choreographed the world premiere musical Only Gold at MCC Theater. He has received a Drama Desk and a Dance Magazine Award for his achievement in the theater. Blankenbuehler has served as choreographer for the Universal/Working Title feature film of Cats, the Emmy-winning FX limited series Fosse/Verdon, and the Lionsgate/ABC remake of Dirty Dancing. He recently premiered his first ballet, entitled Remember Our Song, for the Tulsa Ballet.

Kate Quinn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of southern California, she attended Boston University, where she earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Classical Voice. She wrote four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga, and two books on the Italian Renaissance, before turning to the 20th century with The Alice Network, The Huntress, The Rose Code, and The Diamond Eye.