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Audition Notice - The Pregnant Speakeasy

08 Oct 2021
Pig Iron Theatre Company is casting five performer-creators for an original, devised performance installation called THE PREGNANT SPEAKEASY. We are seeking performers and makers with experience in devised theater, contemporary dance, performance art and physical theater. Performer-creators must be comfortable improvising – both speaking and movement. Performers can be of any race and any gender. We are especially interested in... READ MORE »

WHY ARE YOU KILLING YOURSELF: an audio piece by Zaina Dana and talkback with Pig Iron artists

30 Aug 2021
  • A masked woman sits on a cot looking off stage, while on the other side of a stage another masked woman with a headscarf looks in a different direction
Pig Iron is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the radio version of Why Are You Killing Yourself? by writer and director Zaina Dana, Assistant Director of Love Unpunished , on Zoom on September 13, 2021 . We will follow up with a discussion with some of the artists who worked on Zaina’s piece and some of the... READ MORE »

FRANKLIN’S SECRET CITY: The Interactive SmartPhone App

09 Jun 2021
You are invited to the Open Beta of FRANKLIN’S SECRET CITY: A smartphone App-Adventure for two players aged 10-100 June 8-September 22, 2021 You and your partner are the newest recruits to The New Promethean Society , a secret society created to protect some of Benjamin Franklin’s more clandestine - and dangerous - discoveries. Your task: check out some odd... READ MORE »

Audition Notice - LOVE UNPUNISHED

18 Mar 2021 in Love Unpunished
  • An image of a person walking down a flight of stairs.
Pig Iron Theatre Company is looking to cast four performers for our upcoming movement-theater production of LOVE UNPUNISHED. Experience in physical theater and devising, or in contemporary dance, are a plus. Performer-creator must be comfortable improvising – both scenes and movement. Performers can be of any race and any gender. The ages to be played on stage range from 25... READ MORE »

Zero Cost House (for Zoom)

20 Jun 2020
  • A photograph of a toy deer and a wooden toy house.
Zero Cost House (for Zoom) By Toshiki Okada Translated by Aya Ogawa Directed by Dan Rothenberg June 26-27 & July 2-3 7:30PM (EDT) on Zoom The performance is 2 hours long, with a 5 minute intermission. Pay what you wish, $1-$99. All ticket proceeds will be donated to Mill Creek Urban Farm and Morris Home . Learn more about these... READ MORE »