Artist Profiles
R&D Choreography
R&D Choreography is Victor Bayona (he/him) and Rick Gilbert (he/him), who are as happy as a turkey on December 1st to be working at Steppenwolf for the first time! R&D was founded in 1997 for the purpose of improving the power and effectiveness of Chicago area theatre through the art of violence design – choreographing better fights for better shows! They have designed violence for over 300 productions and films at dozens of Chicago area theatres, including 16th Street, Akvavit, ATC, Chimera, Factory, Lifeline, Metropolis, Oak Park Festival, Goodman, Lookingglass, The Paramount, Pegasus, Piven, Steep, and Theo Ubique.