Bhurin Sead


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Blue Man Group
2008-present

Since 2008, Bhurin has helped bring Blue Man Group’s spirit of curiosity, play, and nonverbal storytelling to audiences all over. He has worked in a variety of creative roles including performer, captain, trainer, director, and creative producer. His work has spanned resident productions, special events, and international tours, as well as collaborations with organizations, artists and brands on media and site-specific performances. 

Select collaborations include:

United Nations International Day of Peace Youth Observance
Creative Lead, Blue Man
Co-created, directed and performed a participatory piece for the United Nations International Day of Peace Youth Observance. Created in partnership with UN event coordinators, the interactive experience featured Blue Men collecting marbles from high school students and placing them into a custom sculpture symbolizing collective action for peace.

Double Chicken Please x Blue Man Group: Mindcluck II
Creative Lead, Director, Blue Man
Co-created, directed, and performed a special ticketed event developed in close collaboration with award-winning NYC bar Double Chicken Please and sponsored by Resy, Empirical, and Perrier. Featured in Forbes, the immersive, interactive experience fused Blue Man Group’s playful theatricality with inventive cocktail and food service, blending food, art, music, and chaos in equal measure.

Blue Man Group Hears “Welcome to the Black Parade” for the First Time 
Creative Producer, Director
Directed and led the creative development of Blue Man Group’s contributions to Drumeo’s viral series, capturing the trio’s first-ever listen to My Chemical Romance’s iconic “Welcome to the Black Parade” and their rapid, inventive cover of the song. The collaboration highlighted the Blue Men’s unique style, out-of-the-box perspectives, and playful, collaborative spirit.



The Society of Historic Sonic Happenings (SHSH)
Collaborator, Sound Designer, Interactive Prop Designer/Builder
2019-present

Part installation and interactive performance, the Society of Historic Sonic Happenings (SHSH) is an investigation of how we encounter history. Using sound and audience participation as the primary storytelling vehicles, the outcome is a co-created sound portrait of a place over time. (Photos by Nicholas Mikhail Morgulis)

Production History:
  • WOW Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, CA, 2025
  • Magik Theater, San Antonio, TX, 2024
  • TYA National Festival and Convention, Childsplay, Tempe, AZ, 2023
  • Listening Lab, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company, New York, NY, 2022
  • Up Close Festival, New Ohio Theater, New York, NY, 2019

Press:
“There’s magic brewing in a tucked away spot… conjured by some of the most exciting downtown artists.” - TYA Today Magazine

“A clever concept, with some fun audio magic that curious and scientifically minded children are sure to enjoy.” - San Diego Union-Tribune 
 


walking without direction
Collaborator, Sound Designer

In this audio walk, listening is a multi-sensory and meditative experience. It is a playful invitation to be present in your surroundings and embrace the detour in place of direction. 

Production History:
  • NYC Municipal Art Society Jane’s Walk, May 2023
  • Refugia Design, The Inner Landscape, The Philadelphia Flower Show, 2022
  • The Listening Lab, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company, 2021
  • The Tank, CyberTank Digital Series, 2021



if-then-else
Collaborator, Performer

Created in collaboration with Emerging Emergency, if-then-else examines the intersection between analog and digital actions and reactions. Through a series of sonic environments, textural digital landscapes, and collaborative interactions, the heroes of if-then-else explore the human side of technology and devise solutions to problems in real time. To quote Sir Issac Newton, in regard to the law of universal motion, what goes up must come down. (Photos by Shayhan Lewis)

Production History:
  • MITU580, Brooklyn, NY, 2019 

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