ALL WORKS + EXPERIMENTS

_MEDIA + VIDEO

_PERFORMANCE + THEATRE

_BOOKS + PRINT

_TEXTS + TALKS

Publication: culturecapital:dialogues, co-written with Milton Lim, Playwrights Canada Press, forthcoming.

Artist Talk: “Digital Puppetry”, Festival TransAmériques, Montréal, May 28, 2024

Artist Talk: Eka shakuelem/Festival TransAmériques, Montréal, May 27, 2024.

Artist Talk: Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, May 18 2024.

Publication: “If Not Democratic”, Canadian Theatre Review, Vol 197, Winter 2024.

Artist Talk: School for the Contemporary Arts, SFU, Jan 30, 2024.

Publication: “The good and the bad (and everything in between)”, co-written with Cole Lewis, Intermission Magazine, Jan 25, 2024.

Lecture: “Democracy and Theatre”, with Milton Lim, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Jan 25, 2024.

Artist Talk: PuSh Play Podcast, Oct 2, 2023.

Artist Talk, Toronto Metropolitan University, Sep 21, 2023.

Artist Talk, BMO Lab, University of Toronto, Sep 20, 2023.

Artist Talk, Catédra Bergman, UNAM, Sep 8, 2023.

Artist Talk, Oficina Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, April 3, 2023.

Artist Talk, IZI Spaces, Recife, March 17, 2023.

Publication: “…writing upon writing…”, co-written with Milton Lim, …wreckage upon wreckage… digital artist book, Jun 4, 2022.

Artist Talk, Toronto Metropolitan University 4th Year Performance Class, Sep 29, 2021.

Panel: “videocan Report 2021”, videocan, CATR 2021, Jun 26 2021.

Panel: “Dramaturgy—from the Bottom Up: exploring strategies for bridging videos games and live performance in asses.masses”, LMDA: Without Borders: Dramaturgy in the New Decade, Jun 1, 2021.

Artist Talk, National Theatre School of Canada, May 7 2021.

Artist Talk, BC DramaFest, May 1 2021.

Panel: “Who’s Afraid of Video Documentation? Geographies of Rights and Restrictions”, videocan, FOOT 2021, Feb 28 2021.

Panel: “Video Could: Building an Online Video Archive of Canadian Performance” with videocan, CATR/SQET, Aug 8 2020.

Publication: “Shuffling Performance Discourse.” with Milton Lim, HowlRound Theatre Commons, Jun 22 2020.

Panel: “New Archivisms,” Preserving Performance in the Pacific Northwest, University of Victoria/Royal BC Museum, Victoria. Feb 20 2020.

Workshop: “culturecapital and the art economy,” Guest lecture in 400-level course, The Emerging Artist, Concordia University. Jan 21 2020.

Publication: “Thoughts on Reality Augmenting Theatre,” CdnTimes, SpiderWebShow.ca. Aug 28 2018.

Publication:“Review: On When the Guests Are Not Looking.” Audain Art Gallery Blog. Feb 22 2018.

Publication:“Biting the Hand that Feeds Us: On Public Funding.” CdnTimes, SpiderWebShow.ca. Feb 5 2018.

Lecture: “Books as Performing Objects.” Guest lecture in 100-level course, Literature and Performance, Simon Fraser University. Jul 26 2017.

Essay: “Politicizing Major English.” International Deleuze Studies Conference, Università Roma Tre, Rome, July 11, 2016.

Publication: “Practice and Research: A Report from the Academy,” with Cole Lewis and Ker Wells, Canadian Theatre Review (Vol. 171). Ed. Bruce Barton. Fall 2017.

Publication: “A Book for Multiple Voices.” Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artists Guild Magazine. p.16-18. Winter 2017.

Publication: “On Failures.” Performance Matters: Performance and Pedagogy. (Vol 2.1) 2016.

Panel: “Managing Failure.” SCA Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Failure, Learning, Teaching, Simon Fraser University, Jan 29 2016.

Publication: “Is it okay if we shift?: On Consent in Art Practice.” GUTS: Canadian Feminist Magazine Blog. Sep 2 2015.

Lecture: “Hospitality for Specters: Political Moves in Derrida.” Guest Lecture on Spectres of Marx in 4000-level course, Derrida and Deconstruction, University of King’s College. Feb 3 2015.

Publication: “D through Z: Politics in the Making.” Theatre Research in Canada. 35.3 (Fall 2014).

Essay: “Derrida’s Moves.” Derrida Today: 4th International Conference, Fordham University, New York, May 30 2014.

Essay: “WASTE: or, ‘You don’t need that!’ Politicizing Theatrical Production.” Critically Kinesthetic: Performing Bodies of Political Engagement, York University’s Theatre and Performance Studies Graduate Symposium, April 16 2014.

Publication: “On the Potentiality of Theatrical Pleasure: Re-mapping Theatre Masochistically.” Hinge: A Journal of Contemporary Studies. Spring 2012.

Publication: “Kuhn and Polanyi: What is the Scientist?” Tooth and Claw: Journal of the History of Science & Technology Society. Spring 2012.

_INTERVIEWS, CONVERSATIONS, AND WRITINGS ABOUT HIS WORKS

Stephenson, Jenn and Derek Manderson, “Herd Dramaturgies: Participatory Audience as Protosociety in asses.masses”, Theater, 54:3, forthcoming.

Stephenson, Jenn and Mariah Horner, “Politics of the Basement”, PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation, Playwrights Canada Press, 2024.

Walters, Sam. Podcast Interview. Below the Radar. Jan 30 2024.

Villeneuve, Marie. Radio Interview. Phare Ouest. Radio-Canada. Jan 23 2024.

Derdeyn, Stuart. “Gaming Redefined”. Vancouver Sun. Jan 18 2024.

Wells, V.S. “asses.masses” puts the power in the audience’s hands”. The Georgia Straight. Jan 14 2014.

Vole, Hadrian. Radio Interview. Il y a pas deux matins pareils. Radio-Canada. Jan 10 2024.

Donaldson, Kerri. “Game On”. Vancouver Magazine. Dec 2023.

Rickaby, Phil. Podcast Interview. Stageworthy. Sep 2023.

Collins, Leah. “It's the game that lets you compete for 'sweet art money' while learning how grants work”. CBC Arts. May 28 2020.

Berry, Carli. “Be an ass: Kelowna art project encourages audience to play donkey video game.” Infotel.net, Kelowna. Feb 27 2020.

Nichols, Liz. “Playing the game: culturecapital, that is, the custom-made trading card game about the performing arts industry in Alberta.” 12th Night. Feb 10 2020.

“culturecapital Launches its First Public Tournament”. Canadian Theatre Review Blog. Feb 10 2020.