Physical Lies Theatre

About Us

Mark is a creator, director, performer and jack of all trades. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. He was a founding member of Circle Squared Collective, an LA based theatre company focused on creating devised works. Devised credits include C2C productions of Embers and Smoke, and Curse of The Conquistador’s Gold as well as Delirium, a production with Columbia College Chicago. Currently he is a contributing choreographer with Sword Fights, Inc in Burbank, CA. Mark received his M.F.A. in European Devised Performance Practice from Columbia College Chicago in 2021.

Sarah is a creator, writer, director, and performer residing in Chicago, Illinois. Recent (2022) credits include: Executive (Understudy), I Build Giants, The Plagiarists; Associate Director/Swing Justice/Legal Dramaturg, When There Are Nine, PrideArts (Joseph Jefferson Award Recommended); and Creator/Director/Performer Ma Belle Fielle, Columbia College Chicago. All were world premieres of new theatrical work. Sarah received her M.F.A. in European Devised Performance Practice from Columbia College Chicago in 2021. When not art-making, Sarah continues her legal practice, focusing on post-conviction relief and actual innocence cases.

Upcoming Show

How to Escape Hell

Resurrection mythologies from around the world inspire and inform How to Escape Hell, a new devised work examining how societal mandates of gender performance lead us to create our own personal hells.

Watch Man and Woman traverse the planes of the underworld—can they find a way out?

Showtimes: Thr 8/17, Fr 8/18, & Sat 8/19 @ 7:30pm; Sun 8/20 @ 2:00pm

Runtimes: ~45 min, with 30 min talkback afterward.