Founded during the pandemic in 2021, Docbloc was created to bring artists working across documentary forms together for conversations and collaborations in live performance. Docbloc believes in the power of storytelling to transform individuals, communities, and societies. We believe that the future of nonfiction theatre lies in collaboration and in those who are represented in projects having ownership over their stories. Docbloc operates as both an artistic collective and an independent publishing platform.
Docbloc was formed as a public humanities component to founder Ash Marinaccio’s Ph.D. dissertation research in the Theatre and Performance program at the CUNY Graduate Center. As a documentarian, storyteller, artist, activist, and educator, Ash believes in putting her scholarship into practice and creating work that engages the public and works to shift the status quo.
Docbloc is committed to local and global collaborations across land and virtual borders. In its first year, Docbloc has partnered with Rattlestick Theatre (New York), Eagle Project (New York), NYU's Verbatim Performance Lab, Pace University Performing Arts, CUNY Graduate Center's Public Lab, and HB Studios.