Grafton - short film and proof of concept written and directed by Bryan Santiago

A psychological thriller about a woman who gets lost on the interstate and stumbles upon a small town where she reluctantly assumes the identity of someone else.

A secret society has genetically engineered the perfect assassin with the ability to change genders so they can seduce and kill the imperious sociopaths running the world.

The Novelties began as a theatrical dance piece.  It then evolved into a full length cinematic theatrical performance.

It is now being drafted into a TV series.  

co-directed by Bryan Santiago and Jordan Crandall
written and performed by Jordan Crandall

V2_Institute for Unstable Media, Rotterdam, Netherlands . 2012

Callit 2 Auditorium . San Diego . 2012

Eyebeam Art + Technology Institute, New York City . 2012

Jordan Crandall's Unmanned is a piece of philosophical theater: a blend of performance art, political allegory, philosophical speculation, and intimate reverie that explores the changing nature of masculinity in the face of automated technologies of war. Jordan conducts a series of monologues in the guise of seven different characters, supplemented with stage action, video, and sound. Each character is an archetype of masculine identity struggling with its own agency and role in the field of deployment -- historically, the most complex issue in the field of military endeavor.

Hyper capitalism and the death of the American dream collide when two parallel stories converge;  a struggling writer with Hollywood troubles and the origin of his narrative.  Through the ghostly lives of Dylan and Olivia Stratford from the 1950’s, the writer realizes that selling out is not an option.

cinematic theatrical production. 
Here Arts Center . New York City

producer . writer . director:  Bryan Santiago

main image:  Corey Seeholzer
photography:  Stephanie Jalove and Bianca Butti
cinematographers:   Bianca Butti and Jason Wood
editors: Alex Lingnau and Jason Wood
actors:  Osa Wallander, Rachelle Guiragossian, Stephanie Jalove and Ryan Colwell

A 1950's women's television network that is too socially and politically progressive for its time fails to reach its full potential at the hands of corporate censorship.  

multi-media theatrical production.
ArtShare LA . Los Angeles

producers:  Artists on the Brink
director:  Bryan Santiago
story concept: De Anna Joy Brooks and Bryan Santiago
writer:   De Anna Joy Brooks
actors:  De Anna Joy Brooks, Stephanie Jalove, Osa Wallander, Sara Jester, Natasha Makin, and Karen Kahler
photography:  Corey Seeholzer

A hotel owner and his assistant travel through the left leaning political history of a landmark hotel in New York City before it's acquired for a condominium complex and home to the Women's Republican Caucus.

Barnsdall Theater . Los Angeles

producers:  Artists on the Brink
director:  Bryan Santiago
story concept:  De Anna Joy Brooks and Bryan Santiago
writer:  De Anna Joy Brooks
actors:  Scott Sexton, De Anna Joy Brooks, Osa Wallander, Lee Biolos, and Karen Kahler.
Barnsdall Art Park . Los Angeles