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As a founding member of the experimental theater ensemble Implied Violence (est. 2003), Mistress O’Connell generated, performed in and contributed to all Implied Violence projects.  Her role within the company was a very unique combination of dramaturge, director, playwright, manager, designer, and performer.  Mandie resigned from her position as Co-Artistic Director in 2010.  She relocated to Berlin, Germany, where she has established her new performance company, Knuckle Cartel.  

*Project completed after O’Connell’s departure from Implied Violence.  She made significant conceptual and textual contributions to the project.

**Implied Violence Lead Artists: Mandie O’Connell, Ryan Mitchell, Lily Nguyen, Jessie Smith, and Megan Birdsall.

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BERLIN/KNUCKLE CARTEL 

La Mission One Through Five A sociopolitical, electronic dance music, and performance collaboration with musician Pablo Roman-Alcala.  Five vinyl albums, five politically motivated and issue based booklets, and five performances will premiere in Berlin during 2012 and 2013.

IMAGINARY Boyfriend A duet for camera by Alex Schweder La and Mandie O’Connell.  121 Reichenberger, May 2012

NO Boyfriend A solo performance and installation by Knuckle Cartel.  121 Reichenberger, January 2012

OK Boyfriend An architectural performance installation with Knuckle Cartel & Alex Schweder La @ 121 Reichenberger, November 2011

Leaving, Number One: The End of The End by Knuckle Cartel (in development) @ Das Haus Von Anja

POST by AKR @ Theaterhaus Mitte, June 2011

LULU by Frank Wedekind, directed by Robert Wilson @ The Berliner Ensemble, Directing Intern, April, 2011

IMPLIED VIOLENCE**

Works and Process Performance Series curated by Robert Wilson @ The Guggenheim Museum, New York City, March 2011*

Yes and Yes and More and Yes and Why @ The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, October 2010*

The Dorothy K: The Plague of Marcus for The Donau Festival, Krems, Austria, April2010*

The Dorothy K. for The New isLand Festival, Governor’s Island, New York, September 2009

Flinch Not and Give Not Back @ The Watermill Center, Watermill, New York, October 2008

Our Summary In Sequence: A Triptych (Barleygirl, Versus, EatFightFuck) @ The Warehouse, Seattle, WA, July & August 2008

The Status of the Name You Miss, Love, and Search for has Now Become Ambiguous and Remote @ The Belmont, Seattle, WA, November, 2007

Come to My Center, You Enter the Winter for MotelMotelMotel @ The Bridge Motel, Seattle, WA, September 2007

In Between More and More History @ Smoke Farm, Arlington, WA, September 2007

I Confess, I Need these Confections, I Can’t Go to Sleep @ The (con)Temporary Gallery, Reno, NV, July, 2007

The Air is Peopled with Cruel and Fearsome Birds @ VillVille, On The Boards, and U.S. Tour with musical collaborators The Dead Science, October 2006 - July 2007

Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Yes and More Cupcakes @ The (con)Temporary Gallery, Reno, NV, July, 2006

Die Wandlung by Ernst Toller (an original adaptation) @ The Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, February 2006

Everything Without Exception @ Vertebrae Theater, Seattle, WA, March 2005

4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane @ Vertebrae Theater, Seattle, WA, May 2004