︎︎︎ Select Work and Experience

full CV available upon request -- please send a message to mogeiger@gmail.com

︎CURRENTLY

︎ Lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA
︎ Co-Artistic Director of Valley Traction Performance Collective
︎Artist Member: Pittsburgh Creative Corps
︎ Youth Engagement Coordinator at Grounded Strategies

︎PROFESSIONAL

Director of Collaborative Programs and Projects | Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC), Carlisle, PA | 2022-2025
Co-Artistic Director and Co-Founder | Valley Traction Performance Collective, PA | 2020-ongoing
Historical Preservation Artisan (wood, stone, decorative painting, and metal refinish and repair) | Johnson and Griffiths Studio, Harrisburg, PA | 2015-22
Scenic and Costume Fabricator | Abigail DeVille Studio, various sites | 2014-17
Scenic Charge Artist and Changeover Crew Lead | Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Grand Lake, CO | 2014-17
Props and Scenery Technician | Punchdrunk’s McKittrick Hotel, New York, NY | 2012-15
Assistant Scenic Designer | Donyale Werle Studio, New York, NY | 2011-14
Scenic Design (freelance) | Various sites | 2011-ongoing
Scenic and Prop Artisan (freelance) | Various sites, New York, NY | 2011-2017

︎EXHIBITIONS

(forthcoming) Pittsburgh Coexistence: Our Contemporary Landscape (group) | UnSmoke Systems Art Space, Pittsburgh, PA | 2026
Amethyst (group) | Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA | 2025
Epilogue (group) | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR | 2022
Assembly | King School Museum of Contemporary Art | 2022, 23
Portland Textile Month (festival) | Portland, OR | 2021
Unsolicited Submissions (group) | Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA | 2019
Alterations (group) | Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA | 2019
Art of the State (group) | State Museum of Pennsylvania, PA | 2018
Art on the Farm (festival) | Dickinson College Farm, PA | 2018
Vessels (group) | Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA | 2017
Making in Place (group) | The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA | 2017
Art in the Open (festival) | Schuylkill Riverfront Park, Philadelphia, PA | 2017
Conversations (group) | Legend Galleries, Philadelphia, PA | 2017
XXChange (group) | Area 405, Baltimore, MD | 2016
Occupying Memory (solo) | Kelso Visitor Center, Mojave National Preserve, CA | 2015

︎DEVISED PERFORMANCE

LIFE WASTE: A Bio-Gas Musical (with Valley Traction) | Dickinson College Farm in Boiling Springs, PA | 2024
5th Grade Safety Patrol Crosswalk Spectacular | King School Museum of Contemporary Art, OR (KSMoCA) | 2022-23
Death Rattle (with Valley Traction) | Philadelphia Fringe Festival, PA | 2023
The Sound of Sheep | Dickinson College Farm and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, OR | 2022
Ballad of John Hall (with Valley Traction) | Shoreline of Conodoguinet Creek, PA | 2021
Strip Mall Hustle | Target Parking Lot, PA | 2021
Bending N0T I | Film adaptation, online, 10 mins | 2021
Persephone on the Water (with Valley Traction) | Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA | 2021
Here Town (with Valley Traction) | The Carlisle Theater, PA | 2020
BIOSPHERE 3 (with Valley Traction) | Boiling Springs, PA | 2020
Paradiz’d | The Cubiculo Theater, PA | 2018

︎THEATRICAL DESIGN

Ready for Company and Other Family Tales (Scenic Design) | La Mama ETC, New York, NY | Creator: Kim Ima, Director: Megan Paradis Hanley | 2025
Mad Ones (Scenic Design) | Open Stage, Harrisburg, PA | Director: Stuart Landon | 2022
Amelie (Scenic Design) | Open Stage, Harrisburg, PA | Director: Stuart Landon | 2020
Moon Medicin, (Headpiece Design/Build) | The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. | Artist: Sanford Biggers | 2019
Unknown (Wearable Illuminated Sculpture Design) | Teatro de Ciudad, Mexico City, MX | Director: Charlotte Brathwaite | 2019
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scenic Design) | Pendragon Theater, Saranac Lake, NY | Director: Karen Kirkham | 2017
Spiegelgarden Bar (Installation Design) | Rochester Fringe Festival, Rochester, NY | 2017
Spitfire Grill (Scenic Design) | Arthur Storch Theater, Syracuse, NY | Director: Ralph Zito | 2016
Forever Plaid (Scenic Design) | Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Grand Lake, CO | Director: Jeff Duke | 2014
The North Pool (Prop Design) | Vineyard Theater, New York, NY | Set Design: Donyale Werle | 2013
Ring of Fire (Projection Surface Design) | Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, Grand Lake, CO | Director: Jeff Duke | 2013
The Humanest (Scenic Design) | Incubator Arts Project, New York, NY | Creator/Director: Peter Musante | 2013
Kinds of Light (Scenic Design) | The Tank, New York, NY | Creator/Director: Summer Shapiro | 2013
Butoh Electra (Scenic and Costume Design) | Irondale Center, New York, NY | Adaptation: Jordan Rosin | 2012

︎PROJECT MANAGEMENT + CURATION

Creative Listening Session Series (included site-specific guest artist workshops) | Thornwald Park and Hope Station in Carlisle, PA | 2025

Today Our Food with Employment Skills Center ESL program and Project SHARE at Empty Bowls community dinners | 2023, 24, and 25

Illustrations for The Mass, with teen after school program students, Dickinson College student Emma Ulrich’s young adult novel | 2025

The Joy of Sharing the Road, with members of Bikelisle cycling advocacy group, bike parade and exhibit | Carlisle Arts Learning Center | 2025

Go with the Grain: The Art of Woodworking and Pulled: The Art of Printmaking | Carlisle Arts Learning Center | 2023, 24

Mudlarking: Letort Stories with artist Mia Cinelli | Cumberland County Historical Society and Bosler Memorial Library | 2024

Children Thrive With The Basics 5! with United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County | Carlisle Family YMCA | 2024
Let’s Play: Connecting Through Games with Eclipse Gaming Café | Carlisle Arts Learning Center | 2024

︎TEACHING + FACILITATION + SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Carlisle Arts Learning Center, PA:
︎ ArtWorks: Community-engaged creative after school program (grades 7-9) | 2022-25
︎ ArtLab: Creative studio exploration after school program (grades 9-12) | 2022-25
︎ CONNECT: 4-week community-engaged summer camp (rising grades 7-10) | 2023-24
︎ ArtsLive: Series of visiting artist workshops at Red Tomato Farm – serving adults with disabilities | 2023-24
Center for Civic Learning and Action, Dickinson College, PA | Panelist: Engaging Youth | 2025
Whitman College, WA | Visiting Artist Workshop “Shards and the Process of Letting Go” | 2022
Portland State University, OR: Graduate Research Assistant at KSMoCA | 2022
Dickinson College Farm, PA: Visiting Artist Workshop “Scores for Rest” | 2021
Portland State University, OR: Instructor of Record, Introduction to Sewing (ART 216) | 2021
Open Stage, PA: Conversation Facilitator, LGBT History Project of Central PA (presentation at with Malinda Triller-Doran and Barry Loveland) | 2020
Carlisle Tool Library, PA: Workshop Leader and Skills Instructor | 2018-20
Portland State University: Graduate Teaching Assistant, ART 299/399 (Textile Arts: Wearables) with Professor Alison Heryer | 2019
Dickinson College: Guest Lecturer (Scenic Painting), Intro to Stage Technology (THDA 130) | 2017
The Millworks, PA: Drawing and Gathering Facilitator: Still Life Workshops | 2016-17

︎AWARDS + RESIDENCIES

(received as an individual or part of an artist team)

South Mountain Partnership Mini-Grant (with Valley Traction), PA | 2024
Dickinson College Center for Civic Learning and Action Grant (with Valley Traction), PA | 2024
Precipice Fund + Andy Warhol Foundation (with Kye Alive), Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR | 2023
Cumberland County Historical Society POPS Grant, Carlisle, PA |2022
Laurels Graduate Scholarship, Portland State University, Portland, OR | 2019-22
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT | 2016
Spirit of the Arts Award, presented by Jump Street and the State Museum of Pennsylvania | 2016
Millworks Resident Artist, Harrisburg, PA | 2015-17
National Park Artist Residency, Mojave National Preserve, CA | 2014-15

︎TEXTS

CALC Collaborative Texts: Companion Catchers (2025), Messages From the Future (2024), Overcoming Separateness (2024), Let’s Go (2023), Today Our Food (2023), Prompts for Practicing (2023)
For Now My Companions: Getting to Know Sheep, People, and a Place | 2022
Social Forms of Art Journal, Conversations on Everything: Interviews | 2020-22
Social Forms of Art Journal Issue 5: Pedagogy, “Learning by Hand” with Susan Faulkner Weaver | 2020
The Gospel According to James Baldwin (illustrations) with musician Meshell Ndegeocello and graphic designer Becca Meek | Fisher Center LAB at Bard College | 2020

︎RELATED EXPERIENCE

Executive Board Member, Carlisle Tool Library | 2018-21
Wool Processing Apprentice, Gurdy Run Woolen Mill in Halifax, PA | 2016-17
Millinery Apprentice, Lynne Mackey Millinery in New York, NY | 2010
Puppetry Apprentice, Open Hand Puppet Theater in Syracuse, NY | 2010
Scenography Apprentice, Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Italy | 2008