Notable Kilometer Zero Projects
- The Robin Hood Project (Summer 2002): A product placement sting where major designer labels were duped into donating their goods to French charities
- Lysistrata (March 2003): Kilometer Zero produced an adaption of Lysistrata as part of an anti-war statement made by theaters around the world
- Pssst... America! (October 2004): A seven city political barnstorming tour emphasizing social inequity in America in advance of the 2004 presidential elections
- The Short Step (May 2005): (pictured) Kilometer Zero opened the Dashanzi International Arts Festival in Beijing by grouping together 400 westerners dressed in traditional Chinese factory uniforms. The performance was interrupted by Chinese officials.
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