NEON CAVIAR is a Brooklyn-based multimedia production company that produces formally inventive, exuberant work with a strong visual component, helmed by Sarah Todes. Neon Caviar is dedicated to creating jobs for women, nonbinary folx, and BIPOC making non-traditional performance, and to doing our part in the fight against the underrepresentation of minorities and the queer community in the arts. NEON CAVIAR's dark comedy TV pilot, GAMP, is the proud recipient of a 2020 NYFA Women's Fund Grant in collaboration with the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, and NEON CAVIAR's play, Lemons, is a semi-finalist for the Drama League Next Stage Residency.
Past projects include "Lemons," a devised multidisciplinary exploration of social media and grief, "Lifetime Supply," a live graphic-novel play featuring animations that function as set; "Living Altar," a multimedia performance in collaboration with Kaimera Productions exploring the murder of Farkhunda Malikzada; "Snak Storeez," a play about snacks having existential crises, "GAMP," a dark comedy live-action pilot narrated by puppets, and "Eelpout," a surreal farce that is an exploration of midwestern masculinity.
Past projects include "Lemons," a devised multidisciplinary exploration of social media and grief, "Lifetime Supply," a live graphic-novel play featuring animations that function as set; "Living Altar," a multimedia performance in collaboration with Kaimera Productions exploring the murder of Farkhunda Malikzada; "Snak Storeez," a play about snacks having existential crises, "GAMP," a dark comedy live-action pilot narrated by puppets, and "Eelpout," a surreal farce that is an exploration of midwestern masculinity.
founder + collaborators
SARAH TODES
NEON CAVIAR: Founder
A graduate of NYU Tisch through Playwrights Horizons and The Atlantic Theater Company, Sarah founded NEON CAVIAR in 2016. Sarah is the writer/creator of NEON CAVIAR's projects, in collaboration with Rachel Wolther for GAMP. Sarah is also the founder and CEO of Puppetsburg, a babytainment company acclaimed by the New York Times that does interactive puppet shows for infant-5yrs, boasting clients such as Time Out Market and Rockefeller Center.
Rachel Wolther
GAMP: Director
Rachel Wolther has screened her work at the Berlinale, Rotterdam and New York Film Festivals, among others. She has made several short films. In 2017, Wolther was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine. Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone (2017), with the Cocoon Central Dance Team, is her first feature film, co-directed by Alex H. Fischer, which premiered at BAMcinemaFest.
JESSI D. HILL
Lifetime Supply: Director
Recent and upcoming play development projects include work at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater/Joe’s Pub, The Playwrights’ Center, Primary Stages, Labyrinth, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and many more. She has been a director in professional training programs at Yale School of Drama, Fordham University, The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Long Island University, Powerhouse/NY Stage & Film, NYU/Tisch, and others. Her work has been seen internationally in Edinburgh, London, New Zealand, Bucharest, Berlin and Hamburg.
NEON CAVIAR: Founder
A graduate of NYU Tisch through Playwrights Horizons and The Atlantic Theater Company, Sarah founded NEON CAVIAR in 2016. Sarah is the writer/creator of NEON CAVIAR's projects, in collaboration with Rachel Wolther for GAMP. Sarah is also the founder and CEO of Puppetsburg, a babytainment company acclaimed by the New York Times that does interactive puppet shows for infant-5yrs, boasting clients such as Time Out Market and Rockefeller Center.
Rachel Wolther
GAMP: Director
Rachel Wolther has screened her work at the Berlinale, Rotterdam and New York Film Festivals, among others. She has made several short films. In 2017, Wolther was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine. Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone (2017), with the Cocoon Central Dance Team, is her first feature film, co-directed by Alex H. Fischer, which premiered at BAMcinemaFest.
JESSI D. HILL
Lifetime Supply: Director
Recent and upcoming play development projects include work at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater/Joe’s Pub, The Playwrights’ Center, Primary Stages, Labyrinth, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and many more. She has been a director in professional training programs at Yale School of Drama, Fordham University, The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Long Island University, Powerhouse/NY Stage & Film, NYU/Tisch, and others. Her work has been seen internationally in Edinburgh, London, New Zealand, Bucharest, Berlin and Hamburg.
