Claywoman plus Alexandra Auder

Claywoman

Claywoman is an original character created by writer and performer Michael Cavadias – a 500-million-year-old enigma from the Mirillion Galaxy who visits Earth, one of her favorite planets, to engage in dialogue and check in on us. Legend has it she can cure anyone of their deepest pain. She travels the universe with her canine musical traveling companion, “Craig,” searching for souls to heal and planets to save.

The Mystery of Claywoman, a mock-documentary on the character directed by Rob Roth, has been presented at The New Museum, The Wild Project, Town Hall, Abrons Arts Center, and the Howl Festival. “Conversations with Claywoman” was featured at The Meltdown Festival in London and continues regularly at Pangea in New York City. She also appears alongside Christeene in the recurring live series A Night Inside at Parkside Lounge (317 E Houston St, NYC).

Alexandra Auder

Alexandra Auder’s life began at the Chelsea Hotel – New York City’s infamous bohemian hangout – when her mother, Viva, one of Andy Warhol’s superstars, went into labor in the lobby. Raised between the hotel, her filmmaker father Michel Auder’s Tribeca loft, and life on the road with Viva, she came of age in NYC’s downtown art scene.

In Don’t Call Me Home: A Memoir (2023), Auder meditates on the seedy glory of being raised by two counterculture icons – from walking a pet goat around Chelsea and joining the Squat Theatre company to coparenting her younger sister, actress Gaby Hoffmann, and partying in East Village nightclubs – weaving it together with her present-day life as a mother, wife, and artist. The book was covered by The New York Times, Vogue, and The Washington Post.

As an actress, she has been a featured character on HBO’s High Maintenance and appeared in the films of Wim Wenders and Jodie Foster, among others. She resides in Philadelphia with her two children and husband, filmmaker Nick Nehez, with whom she co-produces and collaborates.