Schaal’s first original work in NYC, Out The Flesh, was performed at a loft space in Soho, the former location of Theater of (No)Thing. Her second piece, this time presented in an East Village squat, was a collaboration with CalArts director Lily Whitsitt and drew its source material from Condoleezza Rice's speeches. Next she directed a performance in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam based on the transcript of Nat Turner’s confession, with visual collaboration from artist Christopher Myers.

Schaal has worked with Richard Maxwell, Jay Scheib, Claude Wampler, Lars Jan, Isaiah Sheffer, and Kathryn Bigelow, and at venues including BAM, Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, The Performing Garage, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Symphony Space and The Whitney Museum. As teaching artist, Schaal has led programs with The Kitchen at Liberty High School, with New York Theater Workshop at Lower Manhattan Arts Academy and other locations, with Symphony Space at Harlem School for the Arts, and with Elevator Repair Service at Emerson College, Princeton University and New York Theatre Workshop. She is a resident artist with Elders Share The Arts, and is an annual collaborator on The Wooster Group's Summer Institute.