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Zero Cost House (for Zoom)

20 Jun 2020

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 »

Lifting Up Mill Creek Farm & Morris Home

19 Jun 2020

June 2020 Like so many of you, we are horrified by police actions across our country this month and the continued injustice and violence we are seeing against black and brown Americans. Here in Philadelphia, we mourn the loss of Philadelphia's own Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells. We at Pig Iron stand in solidarity with Black artists and all BIPOC and we... READ MORE »

Videos from the Archive

26 May 2020

After many years of keeping videos of old shows under lock and key, in keeping with our credo that the breath in the room is the true heart of the performance works we make, we are making a pivot. For your summer 2020 viewing pleasure: a collection of Pig Iron works from the archive! Some were shot on an ancient... READ MORE »

20th Anniversary Festivities

26 Aug 2016

Last May, Pig Iron celebrated 20 years of existence with a weekend chock-full of parties and performances. Here's a list of the events we held to commemorate two decades of exuberant and unusual performance-making. READ MORE »

Pig Iron auditions August 6-7 for a performance installation

25 Jul 2016

Pig Iron Seeks Singers/Performers for TIMESCALES: A Performance Installation Pig Iron Theatre Company is looking for senior citizens (ages 70 and older) and children (ages 9-12) to appear in TIMESCALES, a performance installation, with singing, at the University of Pennsylvania on October 21 and October 22, 2016. TIMESCALES will be part of Pig Iron’s development process for A Period of... READ MORE »