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About Bricolage Production Company
Bricolage is Pittsburgh’s immersive theater. Our goal is to expand the boundaries of theater by creating transformative experiences that include the audience as a central partner.
Please enjoy Thank You 5! Episode 10: Adrienne Wehr
About our guest:
Adrienne Wehr is the producer, co-creator and co-performer of the multi-disciplinary performance art piece In the Company of Ghosts which received its world premiere by New Hazlett Theatre in 2017 and currently resides on City of Asylum’s arts sharing network The Show Must Go On(Line)! www.inthecompanyofghosts.com
Award-winning performer/producer, Wehr is a force in independent filmmaking. She produced and performed in the critically acclaimed, multi award-winning indie feature The Bread, My Sweet (aka: A Wedding for Bella), still in worldwide distribution and about to celebrate it’s 20th
anniversary. She is a performer/producer for the award winning web series Dog Bytes:
www.youtube.com/user/dogbytestheseries The series was named as one of the “Best Web Series of 2015” at Cannes 2016. She was nominated for “Best Actor” honors at Rio Webfest in Rio De Janeiro for Dog Bytes.
#bricolage #bricolageproductioncompany #pittsburgh #theater #theatre #tamidixon #adriennewehr #arts #interview #dressingroom #thankyou5
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Are you looking for ways to be proactive around issues of social justice? Do you feel like you don't know where to begin? Do you need support while doing this work?
Please join WWHAT'S UP?! Pittsburgh for a Racial Justice Muscle Building event. Sessions will include parenting anti-racist children, abolition 101, embodiment, and a breakout room on reparations hosted by Bricolage Co-Founder Tami Dixon
Registration and more information can be found at the link below.
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Racial Justice Muscle Building in September
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Thank You 5! Episode 9: Deryck Tines
Please watch this very special episode with our friend, colleague, artist, Bricolage board member and pastor.
For more than thirty years, Deryck has been actively involved in ministry and the arts.
An ordained minister for 26 years in the Free Holiness International Fellowship of Churches & Ministries, Inc.; a musician for 28 years; a public performance gospel singer since age five with his beloved brother Franchi. Being the eldest of five sons, Deryck regularly performs with his brothers George, Andre & Ted—all accomplished musicians and performance artists; and for the last five years, his sister Rema Webb Johnson has performed in New York on Broadway in Disney’s Lion King.
#BricolageProductionCompany #Bricolage #theater #theatre #interview #pittsburgh #derycktines #tamidixon #thankyou5 #dressingroom #Pittsburghtheatre #accessibility #audiodescription #interviewshow #artsaveslives #pastorderycktines #artisticcitizenship #gospel #musicians #ministries
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Thank You 5! Episode 8: slowdanger
Special double feature episode!! With Anna Slowdanger Thompson and Taylor Slowdanger Knight
Two for the price of one!! Free admission!
On our guest:
anna thompson and taylor knight, are co-founders of multidisciplinary performance entity, slowdanger. slowdanger fuses sound and movement through improvised contemporary and postmodern dance frameworks using found material, electronic instrumentation, vocalization, emerging technology and ontological examination. They recognize their collaborative work as a non-binary entity that is one body amassed of multiple bodies in space. Within this system, they work with an engaged and deepened understanding of energy, synergy, action, gender, time, and storytelling. slowdanger aims to bring disparate points, people and disciplines together to interface and innovate. slowdanger has been featured at/in Dance Magazine’s ‘ 25 to Watch’, The MoMA, Place Des Arts, Springboard Danse Montreal, The Andy Warhol Museum, Usine C, Dance Place, The Carnegie Museum of Art and more. slowdanger has received support fromThe Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Heinz Endowments, The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and The Opportunity Fund. In 2019 they premiered ‘empathy machine’ at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Martin E. Segal Center NYC and Dance Place DC. Recently, they were Creatives in Residence at the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon and Performers in Residence at the Carnegie Museum of Art. www.slowdangerslowdanger.com
#BricolageProductionCompany #Bricolage #theater #theatre #interview #pittsburgh #slowdanger #annathompson #taylorknight #tamidixon #thankyou5 #dressingroom #actors #dancers #artists #Pittsburghtheatre #pittsburghdance #accessibility #audiodescription #interviewshowshow #dance #embodiment #artsaveslives
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Fun on Friday! Bricolage's very own, Tami Dixon stars in Seahorse, a coming of age (and life) short film by Drewbert Praskovich
Seen at:
- National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) where it won an Audience Award
- KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ Film Festival)
- Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBTQ Film Festival
- 31st Annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
- Reel Q: Pittsburgh International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
- 24th Annual North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Pennsylvania College Student Film and Video Festival
About Seahorse:
Mars, a 19-year-old boy finds himself pregnant. Before he can understand what this pregnancy means to him, his mother and the world decides for him. Norma, his mother, creates a tabloid-persona for Mars, known as "Seahorse Boy". Now, on the last day of his pregnancy, Mars doesn't know how much more he can take as he is about to bring his daughter into this strange world.
Stream it for FREE on Plant Out TV
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Short Film | Seahorse | PlanetOut
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Thank You 5! Episode 7: Mark Clayton Southers
On our guest:
Mark Clayton Southers and his family reside in Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District. He is an award winning playwright, stage director, scenic designer, Photographer and theatrical producer. (Check out Mark's extended bio in description. He's had quite a life in the theatre and beyond!)
#BricolageProductionCompany #Bricolage #theater #theatre #interview #pittsburgh #markcalytonsouthers #tamidixon #thankyou5 #dressingroom #actors #Pittsburghtheatre #accessibility #audiodescription #interviewshow #steelworkerturnedplaywright #PittsburghPlaywrightsTheatreCompany #PPTCO
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Hey friends,
Bricolage's Head of Education and recent Thank You 5! guest Sam Turich is directing a stellar cast in Quantum Theatre's next live streamed production.
Check out Constellations by Nick Payne this Thursday-Sunday. See below for details on how to connect.
www.quantumtheatre.com/constellations/
#pittsburgh #pittsburghtheatre #quantumtheatre #samturich #nickpayne #theatre #theater #SupportArt #supportartists #stayconnected
Constellations - Quantum Theatre
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Thank You 5! Episode 6: Sam Turich
On our guest:
Sam Turich, a writer, director, actor, and activist, creates original plays, films and immersive works, including Daylighting the Stream on Governors Island in New York City, and STRATA, OjO and DODO with Bricolage. His acting credits include feature film and network television roles, as well as back-to-back stage productions playing Tami Dixon’s husband.
Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company interview show designed to engage theatre artists in simple conversations about their craft. Set in a theatre’s dressing room, TY5 host Tami Dixon asks 5 questions to some of Pittsburgh’s favorite theatre artists in order to evoke memory, dreams and meaning under the guise of an informal “pre-show” dressing room chat.
For more information about Bricolage Production Company visit: www.bricolagepgh.org
#BricolageProductionCompany #Bricolage #theater #theatre #interview #pittsburgh #tamidixon #samturich #thankyou5 #dressingroom #actors #Pittsburghtheatre #accessibility #audiodescription #interviewshow #romeoandjuliet
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Bricolage Board Member and Inclusion and Accessibility Committee chairperson, Ann Lapidus shares her thoughts on breaking barriers to inclusion in a post from Open Up PGH
"With inclusion work, it’s about having these conversations constantly. It’s not a one off, it’s a continued conversation, one that builds relationships and trust. It makes all the difference in the world to me when a place is ready for me. Not in a trendy way, or to pass some regulation code, but truly cares and is compassionate about feeling wanted there, absolutely wanted."
www.openuppittsburgh.com/connections-blog
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Pittsburgh acting royalty and Bricolage favorite (and recent Thank You 5! guest), Wali Jamal Abdullah has recorded an audio book by Pittsburgh doctor, newspaperman and the U.S. Army's first black line field officer, Martin Delany.
Originally published in 1852, "The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States, Politically Considered," is a work steeped in American history, a history largely left untaught in American classrooms.
To learn more about this monumental effort by Mr. Jamal and to purchase your copy of The Delany Papers, click on this video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWswFd6aPaU
What IS The Delany Papers? Wali Jamal Explains
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Thank You 5! Episode 5: Wali Jamal Abdullah
Wali is venturing into his third decade in Pittsburgh Theater. He’s performed with almost every major theater company in the city. An August Wilson Warrior, he is the only actor in the world to have performed in ALL TEN PLAYS in August Wilson's American Century Cycle, PLUS his one man play, How I Learned What I Learned. Mr. Jamal also has an ebook on American History on kindle, The Delany Papers.
Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company interview show designed to engage theatre artists in simple conversations about their craft. Set in a theatre’s dressing room, TY5 host Tami Dixon asks 5 questions to some of Pittsburgh’s favorite theatre artists in order to evoke memory, dreams and meaning under the guise of an informal “pre-show” dressing room chat.
For more information about Bricolage Production Company visit: www.bricolagepgh.org
#BricolageProductionCompany #Bricolage #theater #theatre #interview #pittsburgh #walijamal #tamidixon #thankyou5 #dressingroom #actors #Pittsburghtheatre #accessibility #audiodescription #martindelany #interviewshow
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Thank You 5!: Episode 4 Michael Young
On our guest:
Michael Young is a Pittsburgh native and since returning home they have been creating, building, and managing interactive and immersive experiences around the city. Michael first came to Bricolage as a production intern in 2014. Since then they have worked with Bricolage as a fellow, production assistant, house manager, performer, general production MacGyver, and finally as the full-time Production Manager. Michael’s work has also been produced by FolkLab, Organic Theater Pittsburgh, Cup-a-Jo Productions, Alarum Theatre, Future Tennant, Non-state Actors, and sometimes just for fun. Michael previously worked as a non-profit apprentice in Nicaragua, focusing on arts and entertainment as a way to foster community and education.
#pittsburghthatre #pittsburgh #theatre #actors #interviewshow #thankyou5 #bricolage #bricolageproductioncompany #michaelyoung #tamidixon #audiodescription #accessibility #performingarts #artsandculture #dressingroom #friends
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Thank You, 5! Episode 3: Tome' Cousin
Tome’ Cousin is an internationally recognized director / choreographer / educator / performer and creator of musical theater works, ballets, films, new opera, song cycles, art installations and a published author. BA: Dance History, and Choreography from Point Park University, MFA: New Media Art and Performance from Long Island University. He is a graduate and instructor of Jacques d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute and member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. In high regard as an actor / dancer educator he is on faculty at Carnegie Mellon University in the School of Drama. He is the 2020 recipient of the ATHE Ellen Stewart Career Achievement Award. This season marks the 53nd anniversary of Tome’s career in the creative and performing arts.
Thank You, 5! is a Bricolage Production Company interview show designed to engage theatre artists in simple conversations about their craft. Set in a theatre’s dressing room, TY5 host Tami Dixon asks 5 questions to some of Pittsburgh’s favorite theatre artists in order to evoke memory, dreams and meaning under the guise of an informal “pre-show” dressing room chat.
#pittsburghtheatre #theatre #pittsburgh #bricolageproductioncompany #thankyou5 #tomecousin #tamidixon #audiodescription #interviewshow #actors #sevendeadlysins #performingarts #artsandculture #dressingroom #friends
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Thank You 5! Episode 2 is here, featuring the fabulous Kelsey Wooley Jumper
Closed captioning available for this video, and audio description link in the comments.
Kelsey Robinson is happy to be alive while the world is shifting all around. Since her 2017 Pittsburgh return, she has imagined alongside Bricolage in immersives (DODO, the forest of everywhere, the clearing) and Wordplay. She is an actor and teaching artist with Quantum Theatre. Kelsey has worked with local companies including Attack Theater, City Theater, PICT, Pittsburgh CLO and is a founding FolkLab member. She has received support from Kelly Strayhorn Theater, the Opportunity Fund, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Mention-worthy venues include: The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, City of Asylum, The Mattress Factory, The Warhol and National Aviary. And NYC’s Carnegie Hall, The Studio Museum, The National Museum of Jazz in Harlem, MOMA and The Shed. She is currently navigating the country's landscape and history by bicycle for her project Talking with Ghosts About Freedom.
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Introducing Bricolage's brand new interview show,
Thank You 5!
Featuring special guest Monteze Freeland.
Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company interview show designed to engage theatre artists in simple conversations about their craft. Set in a theatre's dressing room, TY5! host Tami Dixon asks 5 questions to some of Pittsburgh’s favorite theatre artists in order to evoke memory, dreams and meaning under the guise of an informal “pre-show” dressing room chat.
New episodes drop every Monday.
Info on closed captioning and audio description available in the description.
#pittsburghtheatre #actors #montezefreeland #performeroftheyear #tamidixon #poty #pittsburgh #theatre #interviewshow #accessibility #TY5 #cats #5minutestoplaces #places
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Hello Friends. Looking for ways to build your racial justice muscles? Join us on this second zoom workshop hosted by WWHAT'S UP?! Pittsburgh
"Now is the time on the clock of the world to grow our souls." - Grace Lee Boggs
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Racial Justice Muscle Building #2 July 9th
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Longtime member of the Bricolage Family and Midnight Radio Rockstar, Wali World is contributing to Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth Celebration virtual walking tour Friday June 19 at 1PM.
See you there?
Check out and please consider donating to, Kelsey Robinson, an artist who has worked with Bricolage many times (DODO, The Forest of Everywhere, The Clearing, etc.). We wish her love, creativity and safety on her artistic adventure.
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This summer, Kelsey Robinson is riding her bicycle through Tennesse, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama visiting historical sites of captivity and uprising. Talking with Ghosts About Freedom is a cycling pilgrimage that memorializes under-told, regional histories of revolt and brazen escape of enslaved peoples, including that of her own personal ancestry.
These stories will be interpreted and shared through theater, music, text, and textiles. The journey reclaims a connection to the Outdoors and attempts to tip the use of public lands by people of color towards a balance. It also seeks to offer a homecoming of spirits through offerings and rituals.
BUILD YOUR RACIAL JUSTICE MUSCLES
Register: whatsuppgh.org
Thursday – June 11 – 6:30 – 8:30pm
Whats Up Pittsburgh is hosting a two hour virtual event. We are a decentralized network of white people & (very few but some people of color) who support, challenge and encourage ourselves and other white people standing up for racial justice and dismantling white supremacy in all it’s forms. This event is Pittsburgh-Centric but all welcome. The main goal is to hold space, connect and inspire people to push themselves further from wherever they are.
We have heard your concerns about FBI and Zoom colluding but we are choosing to stay with this platform for this meeting.
If you would like ASL interpretation. Please request by registering for the event 48 hours before so we can make arrangements.
Words on Wednesday.
A heartbreaking work of staggering beauty and pain.
#blackpoets #blackart
A Small Needful Fact
Ross Gay
Is that Eric Garner worked
for some time for the Parks and Rec.
Horticultural Department, which means,
perhaps, that with his very large hands,
perhaps, in all likelihood,
he put gently into the earth
some plants which, most likely,
some of them, in all likelihood,
continue to grow, continue
to do what such plants do, like house
and feed small and necessary creatures,
like being pleasant to touch and smell,
like converting sunlight
into food, like making it easier
for us to breathe.
#blacklivesmatter #sayhisname #endracism #unlearnracism
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Bricolage stands with #blacklivesmatter, stands with ending white violence against black and brown bodies, stands willing to do the work of unlearing racism and reimagining an equitable world, stands ready to support the dismantling of an already broken system.
#ChangeIsComing #respectindigenousbodies #respectblackbodies #respectbrownbodies #protectingigenousbodies #ProtectBlackBodies #protectbrownbodies #blacklivesmatters #Justice4Floyd #whitesilenceisviolence #bewaretheviolentwhiteprotestor #endracism #unlearnracism #getconsciousofyourunconsciousbias #theworkbeginsathome #sayhisname #SayHerName #SayTheirNames
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Art is essential.
Help Pittsburgh's arts community breathe.
Donate to an org that means something to you.
Your support is a lifeline.
#GiveBigPittsburgh #pittsburghtheatre #artisessential www.givebigpittsburgh.com/search?show_all=true
Find an Organization to Support | Give Big Pittsburgh COVID-19 Response
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Throwback to one of our favorite memories: a live recording of the song "To the Forest" from our children's immersive, The Forest of Everywhere! Featuring David J M Bielewicz as Ranger Roger. #goodtimes
Timeline Photos
Parag S. Gohel at Bricolage's annual immersive fundraiser, Bazaar in 2018.
Photo by HG Photography
