Bricolage Production Company
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Bricolage Production Company is a professional theatre company based in downtown Pittsburgh
. Established in 2001 by Jeffrey Carpenter, it is located on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh's Cultural District
in a space that was formerly a Turkish bathhouse. The company's mission is to use Pittsburgh's "distinctive resources" to create theatre that "stimulate[s] a heightened sense of involvement for the audience."
Bricolage has held readings and staged productions of numerous new works by playwrights on the Pittsburgh, national, and international theatre scene. Also part of their season are Midnight Radio, a series of live performances of radio scripts performed in front of an audience, and B.U.S. (Bricolage Urban Scrawl), an event in which playwrights, directors, and actors create productions of original short plays within a span of 24 hours. Bricolage has also acted as a host space for other performers and events, such as singer Daphne Alderson, comedian Gab Bonesso, performance artists Roberto Sifuentes and Guillermo Gomez-Pena
, and a PlaySlam hosted by the Dramatists Guild. In 2010, the company introduced an arts education program entitled "Walk the Talk" in conjunction with its production of Speech and Debate
. This program allowed high school students to attend the production at the theatre and participate in discussions with community leaders as well as engage in activities related to playwriting and performing.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
. Established in 2001 by Jeffrey Carpenter, it is located on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh's Cultural District
Cultural District, Pittsburgh
The Cultural District is a fourteen-square block area in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA bordered by the Allegheny River on the north, Tenth Street on the east, Stanwix Street on the west, and Liberty Avenue on the south....
in a space that was formerly a Turkish bathhouse. The company's mission is to use Pittsburgh's "distinctive resources" to create theatre that "stimulate[s] a heightened sense of involvement for the audience."
Bricolage has held readings and staged productions of numerous new works by playwrights on the Pittsburgh, national, and international theatre scene. Also part of their season are Midnight Radio, a series of live performances of radio scripts performed in front of an audience, and B.U.S. (Bricolage Urban Scrawl), an event in which playwrights, directors, and actors create productions of original short plays within a span of 24 hours. Bricolage has also acted as a host space for other performers and events, such as singer Daphne Alderson, comedian Gab Bonesso, performance artists Roberto Sifuentes and Guillermo Gomez-Pena
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Guillermo Gómez-Peña was born in Mexico City and moved to the US in 1978, where he established himself as a performance artist, writer, activist, and educator. He has pioneered multiple media, including performance art, experimental radio, video, performance photography and installation art...
, and a PlaySlam hosted by the Dramatists Guild. In 2010, the company introduced an arts education program entitled "Walk the Talk" in conjunction with its production of Speech and Debate
Speech and Debate (play)
Speech & Debate is a play written by Stephen Karam, which played Off-Broadway at Roundabout Underground. It starred Gideon Glick, Sarah Steele, Jason Fuchs and Susan Blackwell. The play was originally performed as a workshop production at Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory Theatre in Providence,...
. This program allowed high school students to attend the production at the theatre and participate in discussions with community leaders as well as engage in activities related to playwriting and performing.