The Excavation was a live action museum taking as its subject the life, death and resurrection of Pompeii. Performed in an old recording studio, the original production utilized branching narrative structure that led the audience to create their own version of the event. Not everything could be experienced, and so each participant received a different version of The Excavation.

In 2013, the performance was reprised at the Cleveland Museum of Art as both full performances in the atrium and as mini-adaptations that coexisted in the Exhibition Gallery alongside other artistic interpretations of Pompeii.

Devised and Directed by Jeremy Paul

Performed by Davis Aguila, Ray Caspio, Katelyn Cornelius, Stephanie Ford, Cassie Goldbach, Val Kozlenko, Ryan Lucas, Noe Montez, Cassie Neumann, Michael Prosen, Emily Pucell, Renee Schilling, Adam Seeholzer, Lauren B. Smith and Lew Wallace

Gallery Performances by Davis Aguila, Ray Caspio, Lauren Fraley, Valerie Kilmer, Ryan Lucas, Cassie Neumann, and Renee Schilling

Technical Direction Nick Koesters and Chuck Karnack
Costume Design Krista Tomorrowitz
Musicians Brian Straw, Nate Scheible, Jacob Wynne, Jack Smile, Genevieve Gilbert, Shannon Marie Kerrigan and Nick Riley
Visual Artists Joan Hargate, Lauren Sammon, Alex Tapie, Eileen Dorsey, Keith Slaby, David Kowalski, Wes Johansen and Susan Parsley

Photo Credit Frank Lanza