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ALLYSON GONZALEZ
Independent Interdisciplinary Artist, Writer, Musician & Director in the Midwest

Artistic Undertakings & Grassroots Organizations
2020 - Present     Author of the Substack FOOD over FUNCTION
2020 - Present
     House of Egregious, synth music - solo act touring the Midwest
2015 - 2024     Author of the TinyLetter *Secret Bonus Track*
2021              Author of Six One-Acts in Six Months on Patreon
2020             Founder of Thankyoutine's Day
2019 - 2022     Co-Founder & Creative Director of the Puppeteers of Color Social
2018              Founder of The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange
2012 - 2014      Author & Publisher of the zine Save the Bees Worx, Vol. I, II & III
2009 - 2017
     Founder & Artistic Conductor of Stand On Your Hands and Clap

Artistic Trades
drawing comics, short-form films, writing {essays / one-act plays / poetry} puppetry, stop-motion animation, directing, performance art, zines, needlefelting, watercolors, lomography, building and playing semi-modular synthesizers, patching, soundscape design and producing

Film - Director, Puppeteer, Composer, Cinematographer & Producer
2023    Newspaper Headlines Omit Queer Joy by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler
2023
    Branches Are Arms Are Branches by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler
2022    An Abundance of Lavender by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler,
2018    I'm On The Pursuit of Happiness and I Know Everything That's Shine Aint Always Gonna Be Gold But I'll Be Fine Once I Get It Yeah I'll Be Good by Allyson Gonzalez, Edited by Michael Heffler, screened at Sea Beast Puppet Company's Puppet Meltdown Puppet Slam, Chicago, IL & Black Cherry Puppet Theater's Virtual Slamwich, Baltimore, MD
2018
    Test Case 1 by Sam Grossman, created and performed by Sam Grossman, Directed by Allyson Gonzalez, Edited by Michael Heffler, The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange. Chicago, IL
2017
    I Got Hot Sauce In My Veins by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, original music composed and recorded by Mathew Roberts & Paul Cherry, Edited by Michael Heffler, shadow puppetry consultation by Myra Su, puppetry assistance by Sean Dolan, screened in Juneau, AK, Baltimore, MD & San Francisco, CA
2014    Bow Tie Boy’s Cross-Country Spoken Word Feltamation by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, produced in New York, NY & Chicago, IL
2012    Felt PSA: Reminder to Vote by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, Chicago, IL

Dramatic Works
2021    Crushed to Death, One-act play, Patreon
2021
    Straight to Voicemail, One-act play, Patreon
2021
    I Would Not Like to Thank the Academy, One-act play, Patreon
2021
    ¿Como Se Dice Mindfulness?, One-act play, Patreon
2021
    Toothache/Heartache, One-act play, Patreon
2021
    Quantum Vacation, One-act play, Patreon
2020    Ethical Porn Search Engine B*Storm, One-act play, Patreon
2020
    Take More Cabs & Make New Friends, One-act play, Published in the deadline. Issue 39 by Back to Print
2017    Baby I'm Rich AF, One-act > Puppetry, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2016
    A Stack of Bonds This Big, One-act > Performance Art and Audio Drama, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2013
    The Moon Is A Wild Place To Answer The Call Of The Wild, One-act > Puppetry, Published in Save the Bees Worx: Issue I and performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2009
    THIS IS A MIRROR, YOU ARE A STATUS UPDATE, Co-written with Nivan Yahaghi, One-act play, Performed during The Invention of Space, an immersive theater experience
2007    When the Smoke Clears and Other First Time Hits, One-act play, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap

Zines & Other Publications
2025    Daily Reminders for When the Waters Get Choppy, zine, Author and Publisher
2023
    5 Ways to Beat Creative Block, zine, Author and Publisher

2022    Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, zine, Author and Publisher
2020
    "Compensation," Comic Artist , Published in the deadline. Issue 40 by Back to Print
2020    Thankyoutine's Day advertisement, Comic Artist, Published by ZINEMercado - Annual Artist Compilation Zine
2017
    "A Pinter Pause Held" POEM A DAY, Poet, Published by Back to Print
2017
    SOS DISTRESS SIGNALS TO GET US THROUGH STOP, digital zine, Author and Publisher
2014
    Save the Bees Worx: Issue III, zine, Author and Publisher
2013
    The Wild Pumpkin Patch, Illustrator, Published by Back to Print
2013
    Save the Bees Worx: Issue II, zine, Author and Publisher
2013
    "Good Morning. How Are We Going to Help Save the Planet Today?" Write for Light: A Collection of True Stories and Poems about Finding Light in the Darkness, Poet and Comic Artist, Published by Dean Tucker
2013
    Save the Bees Worx: Issue I, zine, Author and Publisher
2000
    Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans: 2000 Edition, Poet, Published by the American Academy Of Poetry
1998
    Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans: 1998 Edition, Poet, Published by the American Academy Of Poetry

///Puppetry Expertise
Performance, Construction & Film: stop-motion, object work, table top, multimedia, toy theater and shadow puppetry
Member of UNIMA


///Solo Performance - Director, Puppeteer, Playwright & Producer
2021    Revenge Is For The Birds, Detroit Puppet Slam, CMAP, Detroit, MI + YouTube live stream
2021
    The World Is Yours, World Puppetry Day Virtual Puppet Slam, Puppet Showplace Theater, Boston, MA + zoom stream
2019    Why Men Great Til They Gotta Be Great? Puppeteers of Color Social, University of Chicago's Chicago Performance Lab residency, Chicago, IL
2018    This Gonzalez Is Here to Take Your Job, Puppeteers of Color Incubator, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2016    A Stack Of Bonds This Big, Poetry Talk, The Public House Theatre, Chicago, IL
2015
    Serious Business, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2015
    The Case of the Curious Couch, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2015
    I’ll Be Dead Wrong and You’ll Be Just Fine, Puppet Meltdown, Sea Beast Puppet Company, Chicago, IL
2014
    Take a Hike, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2013
    It’s Unbearable, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2012
    A Rocketship In a Hurry, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., Angel Island, IL

///Collaborative Performance - Director, Puppeteer, Playwright & Producer
2017    Baby I'm Rich AF, performed with Angela Antkowiak & Amy Nicole, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014
    It Was Supposed To Be My Day Off, performed with Sean Dolan, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., Angel Island, IL
2014
    How I Spent My Summer Vacation, performed with Kayla Pulley & Maggie O'Keefe, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014
    The Princess and The Prick, performed with Maggie O'Keefe, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2013
    Well, Hell, I Guess That Makes Me a Feminist, performed with Sean Dolan, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., The Den, IL

///Group Tours - Shadow Puppeteer
2017    Copy & Paste by Myra Su and Through the Lookingglass by Myra Su & Mitch Salm, performed with Myra Su & Mitch Salm, Trade Routes: A Festival of Artistic Exchange, Links Hall, Chicago, IL & Black Cherry Puppet Theater, Baltimore, MD
2016
    Spot of Bother by Myra Su, performed with Myra Su & Cynthia Campos Costanzo, A-Squared Asian American Performing Arts Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2016
    Spot of Bother by Myra Su and Through The Lookingglass by Myra Su & Mitch Salm, performed with Myra Su & Mitch Salm, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL; National Puppet Slam at the Center for Puppetry Arts & DragonCon, Atlanta, GA
2014
    And Dream of Teeth by Rough House, performed with Rough House, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014
    The Shadow Puppet Conspiracy, with Sea Beast Puppet Company, The Chicago Humanities Fest & The Chicago Improv Fest, Chicago, IL

Solo Tours
House of Egregious - solo synthesizer and bass guitar act
2023 - Present    West Michigan, Chicago and streaming online as a member of the
Earth Modular Society

Hosting Your Own Retrospective Is Like Throwing Your Own Birthday Party But That's Not Going to Stop Me (an examination of the first decade)
>>Menu includes a poetry reading from Save the Bees Worx Issues I, II & III, film screening of Chronology Never Gets Old, shadow puppetry performance of This Gonzalez Is Here to Take Your Job and audio roller coaster A Stack of Bonds This Big Redux
2020    Padua, Italy / Chicago / NYC / LA *cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions*
2019
    Radio Penny. St. Louis, MO

Residency
2019
    Chicago Performance Lab, Puppeteers of Color Social presents Two Liberated Women, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Teaching

2023    ​Manifestation Zine Making Workshop, Online via Zoom
2020
    UX designer of mailinballotdate.com, created a site to inform Americans about the necessary window of time one needs to plan for when mailing a presidential ballot
2018    Stop-Motion Animation and Web Presence 101, The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange. Baltimore, MD x Chicago, IL

Art Exhibits

2024    Agitator Animation! showcased a collection of hand-drawn stop motion animations. Group Show. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
2024
    Agitator Comics Vol. 4. You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks. multi-panel comic in ink. Group Show. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
2020
    Tip Street Vendors Big for Making Life Delicious, paper cut instillation, Purple Window Gallery's Hello Neighbor public art initiative. Chicago, IL

Public Speaking
2022
    I'm in Hell With Owen Thiele, SpotifyLive podcast episode: favorite moments of episodes past
2021
    THE COME UP with Nik Whitcomb, YouTube podcast episode #36, co-starring Jamillah Hinson
2021
    "When I See You Your Honey On a Spoon,"  Poet, Virtually performed at Read Some Shit #20, based in Chicago, IL
2019
    Stand-up comedy at the Comedy Store, Los Angeles, CA 
2018
    Office Hours: I Made a Thing, Now What? Panelist, BackerKit Bond Conference, San Francisco, CA
2016
    So You Want To Be a Puppeteer, Panelist, DragonCon, Atlanta, GA

Press
2025    Writer Carolyn Zaldivar Snow.
"The Itch That Follows The Scratch." Wow and Flutter. Substack. July 31st, 2025. Digital.
2018
    Arts & Culture, Catey Sullivan. "Nasty, Brutish & Short Showcases Work from the Puppeteers of Color Incubator." The Chicago Reader. Vol 48, No. 10. 20. Print & Digital. 
2018
    Editorial Assistant. Negesti Kaudo. "Alumni Shorts." Demo: The Alumni Magazine of Columbia College Chicago. Issue 27. Fall/Winter 2017: 35. Print & Digital.
2017
    Editorial Assistant. Negesti Kaudo.  "Class Notes." Demo: The Alumni Magazine of Columbia College Chicago. Issue 26. Spring/Summer 2017: 53. Print.
2017
    Campus Editor, Ariana Portalatin. "Alumna Creates Recycled Puppets for One-Woman Shows." Columbia Chronicle. Print & Digital.
2016    Senior Editor, Justin Breen. "Chicago Puppeteer Wants To Turn Your Garbage Into Props." DNAinfoChicago. Digital.

Education
2024     Dogbotic's Animating By Hand - Remote
2023     Dogbotic's DIY Synthesizers For The Electronically Unacquainted - Remote
2022     Learning Sound & Synthesis with Sarah Belle Reid - Remote

2022    Comics Journalism: Documenting the World Around Us, School of Visual Arts, NYC - Remote 
2018    Puppeteers of Color Incubator, co-presented by The Art Leaders of Color Network, Links Hall & Rough House Theater - Chicago, IL
2016
    National Puppetry Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center - New London, CT
2014    Chicago Puppet Lab, Rough House - Chicago, IL
2009    Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Directing, Columbia College Chicago - Chicago, IL
2008    The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education - Chicago, IL
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