Thomas P. Riccio

Riccio has directed over one hundred plays at American regional theatres, off-off and off Broadway and has worked extensively in the area of indigenous and ritual performance conducting research and/or creating performances in: South Africa, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Europe, Russia, Siberia, Korea, India, Nepal, China, and Alaska.

He has created two media installations with Frank DuFour, The Invention of Memory (2010) and Not So Indifferent (2012) both at Central Trak Gallery, Dallas.

In 2011 with Lori McCarty he formed Dead White Zombies, a Dallas-based experimental, post-disciplinary performance and media group that utilizes ritual and indigenous expressions.

Riccio serves as Poo Pa Doo (artistic director) of the group and has written, directed, and created installations for four works since its founding.

(2013), Bull Game (2013), [2], Karaoke Motel (2014) [3], DP92 (2015) [4], and Holy Bone (2017) Was an artist in residence at the Watermill Arts Center (2016) [5] and is collaborating on 12 Shouts, a performance project with Sibyl Kempson for the Whitney Museum.