"This is a time of impossible problems...And yet, with impossible problems come innovations, artistic shape-shifting, and new pathways toward performance creation."
Catapult
May 9-11, 2025
Please join us for the Catapult Festival, featuring three original full-length devised works created by the Pig Iron/Rowan MFA Class of 2025. After an unexpected and lengthy wait (this cohort was originally scheduled to graduate in Winter 2024 before the UArts "incident"), the time has arrived to witness these ferocious artists as they launch beyond graduate school and into the professional sphere.
First Glimpse
May 7, 2025
Join us for an evening of short theatrical pieces as the Pig Iron/Rowan Class of 2027 presents the first public showings of their work in the Devised Performance Program. Be among the first to see the wonder and whimsey and pure physical theatre devised by Cohort 13.
Cabaret
May 1, 2025
Come for the songs, stay for the rambunctious performance hijinks. The Pig Iron/Rowan students are ready to meet you at Fringe Bar at FringeArts for delicious acts.
Summer Session 2025
June 9—28, 2025
The Summer Session is an immersive training program for creative theatre artists interested in pushing the boundaries of contemporary performance. Rooted in Pig Iron's own artistic questions and performance techniques, the intensive workshop is intended to launch performers into the world of physically precise, emotionally rich, imaginatively constructed ensemble-devised theatre. The workshop centers on actor training and on the skill of the performer to heighten his/her/their presence onstage.
Pig Iron School and Rowan University unite
Pig Iron Theatre Company and Rowan University’s College of Performing Arts excitedly announce that they are partnering to establish a Master of Fine Arts and graduate certificate in Devised Performance. Beginning in early 2025, the Pig Iron School will continue its mission to train the next generation of daring, innovative theater artists, in partnership with Rowan, through an accredited master’s program centered on movement, improvisation, and ensemble creation.