tony found their artistic voice in Chicago while living at The Shithole, a diy venue where they shared performance art, characters, and poetry in a sweaty attic for a few years. their short, foundfootagexx100n.s.1, premiered at SXSW ’17, and had its online premiere through NoBudge. Allen Anders Live at the Comedy Castle (circa 1987) directed by Laura Moss and based on tony’s solo performance work, premiered at SXSW '18 and was featured on BBC’s Channel Four after playing the festival circuit around the world — including the cult variety streaming series, EyeSlicer, and the Lago Film Fest where it won best short. they were most recently interviewed about their low budget filmmaking success by No Film School. their work is often sad, funny, sincere, ironic, surreal, and wholehearted. indebted to and in debt to nyu for dramatic writing & film, the performing arts project, and the eugene o’neill theater center.