About the Artist

Automatic Arts is a Philadelphia-based performing arts company that specializes in original productions, presentations, and championing live performance. Automatic Arts was founded Josh McIlvain and Deborah Crocker in 2009, and originally known as SmokeyScout Productions, a name that referenced their cats. Automatic Arts works in theater, interdisciplinary performing arts, art installations, and dance, often presenting a variety of art and performance side by side.

Josh McIlvain is a Philadelphia-based playwright, director and producer. He is the artistic director of Automatic Arts (automaticartsco.com), which he founded with Deborah Crocker in 2008, and has been writing and directing for the company ever since, along with creating collaborations with other artists. He founded the Nice and Fresh presentation series of new works of theater and dance. In addition to the Nice and Fresh series, the company produces shows written and directed by Josh and collaborations with other artists. Most recently, he directed Genet’s The Maid in a co-production with The Kammerspiel. His plays (shorts, one acts, and full lengths) have been produced throughout the U.S. He lives in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia with his wife Deborah Crocker and children Jasper and Ginger. He both plays and is the songwriter for the band Casual Fantastic.

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This event does not require masks to be worn