Wally works from the People’s Republic of Brooklyn on the land that once belonged to the Lenape and Canarsie tribes. In harmony with Mother Earth and solidarity with fellow human beings, Wally supports the Black Lives Matter movement and the call to re-imagine America with equity, human dignity, justice, peace, and art for all.
Wally’s current projects include:
The GreatAmericanThrow Down, a debate competition show for present-day politics.
FLIGHT18: Captain Wally’s Spaceship Kaleidoscope will lift off as soon as the stars align.
Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage has been reawakened and Wally is actively envisioning its triumphant success on stage.
A biographical film based on author/sailor George Dibbernwhose adventures lead him to write his own passport and become the first Citizen of the World, a brother of all. Adapted from his book entitled, Quest (1940).
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Wally’s mother Mary delivered him on January 12th, 1972 in the City of Angels as Aretha Franklin was rehearsing for the Amazing Grace concert nearby. Click to hear:
Eric “Wally” Wallach, has directed, choreographed, produced, and performed in new musicals and original happenings primarily in New York City since 1995. Shows include: The Jack of Tarts: a bittersweet musical (La Mama E.T.C. 2007), The Breasts of Tiresias: A Surrealist Musical (Paris, 2010) and Radical Jew, 33, his public crucifixion protesting the Iraq War (2005). Wally was also the television host of Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s political game show called Do You Know Anything?!
Wally is also known as Captain Wally Bruce, the creator of FLIGHT18, offering space travel for all since 2010. The propellent of the Spaceship Kaleidoscope is the spontaneous combustion of humans dancing and playing in the stars. Wally is also a co-director of Brooklyn Arts for Kids and a popular teaching artist with Theatre Development Fund. He brings his own approach to theatre collaboration to students of all ages throughout New York City and beyond. Wally has a BA in Theatre from San Diego State University where he honed his multi-arts exploration of theatre. Wally is a torchbearer of the artists he has had the honor of working with, such as Jack O’Brien, Robert Wilson, Joseph Chaikin, and Penny Arcade. His writing is found in periodicals including the Bridge Journal and The Brooklyn Rail, along with this own creative nonfiction THE AUDIENCE MAKES THE SHOW & other insights, prose, and plays and the forthcoming, MAKE THEATRE NOW: A Tool Guide for Performance.
He is a longtime member of SAG/AFTRA and founding member of the Lower East Side Biography Project. Finally, he is a Los Angeles-born hippie, Girl Dad, and BikeDancer.
