(photo by Ryan Bourque for the Inconvenience)

Sid Branca is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist especially interested in adaptation, physical theatre, and new sincerity. Primarily a performance artist and writer, she also works in more traditional theatre as an actor, playwright, and director, as well as projects based in the visual arts, sound, dance, and film. She is fascinated by the intersection of critical theory and transhistorical concepts with artistic practice, and her work often traces a central idea through several different media and sites of influence.

Sid was raised in Shoreham, NY, and relocated to the Midwest to attend the University of Chicago, from which she received her B.A.H. in Theater and Performance Studies in 2009. She has studied under and collaborated with a diverse collection of artists and academics. She is an alumna of the Physical Theatre Summer Intensive at Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, MA, and has studied and trained with the Neo-Futurists, 500 Clown, SITI Company, and the Hypocrites’ Sean Graney, among others.

Sid has adapted and directed works for the stage, written and devised original performances, installed site-specific pieces, and participated in several circus and burlesque acts. Her experience as a more traditional stage actor features an emphasis on both classical tragedy and the development of new work.

She has written and performed with Abraham Werewolf (Decadence; For Profit), the Plagiarists (I Am Saying This Right Now), the Chicago Cultural Center (Jessica Hannah’s The Living Room), and the University of Chicago Festival of the Arts (Baradla). Her solo performance work has been performed with Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.’s Abbie Fest, the Chicago Fringe Festival, Oracle Theater, The Studio’s First Ward Ball, the Chi-Town Clown Revue, and the work of filmmaker Jacqueline Mary, among others.

Design credits include lighting (the Laboratory for the Development of Substitute Materials), scenic (About Face Theater), properties (the Society of Young Superheroes, the University of Chicago with Sean Graney), and artistic direction for film (Broad Shoulders Productions). Management credits include the House Theatre, the Neo-Futurists, the Plagiarists, Barrel of Monkeys, and the Dead Superheroes Orchestra.

See the calendar page for information about upcoming performances.

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