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Bricolage Production Company

1 week ago

Give thanks to the music makers!!

Big love to Thank You 5! Episode 17 guest, Josh Verbanets.

Josh Verbanets is a Pittsburgh-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known as the front-man for hometown indie rock band Meeting of Important People and as one-half of celebrated children's performing duo Josh & Gab. Josh has recorded with producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine), starred in a viral cardboard city music video, visited over 300 Pittsburgh-area schools as part of a musical-comedy bullying awareness campaign, received honors as one of Pittsburgh's "40 Under 40" by Pittsburgh Magazine, and has shared the staged with renowned artists such as Ok Go, Dean & Britta, and Guster.

In both 2009 and 2016, hometown radio station WYEP-FM named Josh's albums the top local releases of the year, with many of his songs going on to be featured in fine television programming such as E's Keeping Up With The Kardashians, MTV's The Real World; Jersey Shore, and CBS's The Ghost Whisperer.

Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company 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.

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2 weeks ago

Please enjoy, Thank You 5! Episode 16: Chrystal Bates

Chrystal Bates has the distinction of being a three time consecutive winner of the Onyx Award for Best Actress and the first recipient of the Donna Award for best actress. She is also part of the only mother- daughter winners of a Donna Award with Cheryl Bates White. Chrystal has been acting for over 45 years, appearing in over 100 productions including children shows, performance poetry, cabaret, main stage and religious presentations.

Recently, Ms. Bates debuted at the prestigious National Black Theater Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the role of Clarissa in Mark Clayton Southers' critically acclaimed play, Miss Julie, Clarissa and John. Some of her favorite roles include, Aunt Esther in Gem of the Ocean, Mame Wilkes in Radio Gulf, Mother Sister in Every Tongue Confess, Ruby in King Headley II, Willa in Blood on the Seats, Big Momma in Livin’ Fat, Judith Kaufmann in An American Daughter, Bernice in Member of the Wedding, Thelma in One More Time, Sophie in Flyin’ West and Susannah in Tin Types.

#bricolage #bricolageproductioncompany #thankyou #thankyou5 #thankyoufive #theater #theatre #pittsburgh #interview #dressingroom #tamidixon #actor #teacher #writer #chrystalbates

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Bricolage Production Company

3 weeks ago

For your viewing pleasure, Thank You 5! Episode 15: Marya Kaminski

Marya Sea Kaminski is a theater artist based in Pittsburgh, where she serves as the artistic director of the Pittsburgh Public Theater. She combines her experience as a director, writer, solo performer, and scenic designer to create theatrical experiences that connect us more deeply to one another and to this unique moment in time. She is a founding co-artistic director of the Washington Ensemble Theater, where she produced over a dozen regional and world premieres. And from 2014 to 2018, Kaminski served as the associate artistic director at Seattle Rep where she founded Public Works Seattle, an artistic initiative that creates large-scale works
of participatory theater founded in authentic, long-term civic partnerships. She has taught and lectured on theater and performance at the University of Washington, Hollins University, and Cornish College of the Arts, where she was honored by the students with their annual award for teaching excellence. With each new project, she renews her commitment to values-based leadership that creates spaces where equity and excellence can intersect.

Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company 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.
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Bricolage Production Company

1 month ago

Thank You 5! Episode 13: with our friend Carrie Tongarm

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Carrie Tongarm is lawyer by day, who loves to participate in the dynamic Pittsburgh theater scene at every opportunity! She has been seen in the last two large-scale immersive productions by Bricolage, PROJECT AMELIA and DODO, as well as on the stage of Arcade Comedy theater. She also enjoys spending time with her amazing wife, Rebecca, and three kids: Joe, Milo, and Emma. In her spare time (what is that?), Carrie enjoys wine, food, festivals, music, music festivals, food festivals that involve music, and wine festivals involving food and music.

This of course, was before the pandemic, so she now just likes to spend time at home with her family and three dogs.

Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company 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.

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Bricolage Production Company

1 month ago

Please enjoy Thank You 5! Episode 13: with our friend Sam Lothard.

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Born in Youngstown Ohio and now a proud Pittsburgher. Sam's most recent play was Michael Skirpan's Project Amelia. You may have seen him in Mark Southers'; Savior Samuel, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and King Hedley II, Dr. Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Hercules Didn't Wade in the Water and a host of other shows. He loves his family and believes in putting God first, chasing your dreams, and shooting your shot and Trying Love.

Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company 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.

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1 month ago

Please enjoy Thank You 5! Episode 12: with our friend Gayle Pazerski

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Gayle is a Pittsburgh-based actor, playwright, and teaching artist who holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Kentucky and studied in the graduate acting program at Rutgers University under William Esper. Gayle has performed regionally in New York, Ohio, and West Virginia, and locally with Bricolage, Quantum Theatre, PICT Classic Theatre, No Name Players, Caravan Theatre, and Arcade Comedy Theater. As a playwright, Gayle’s work has been featured with Bricolage’s Midnight Radio series (most recently, Die Hard, N'at), No Name Players'; SWAN Day, Organic Theater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Filmmakers'; Film Kitchen, and the Future Ten 10-minute play festival. Her first full-length play, Andromeda, received a featured workshop production at the 2016 Arkansas New Play Festival at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Gayle lives in the Spring Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh with her daughter, Sadie, and will soon be opening The Garden Café coffee shop at the corner of Chestnut Street and Spring Garden Avenue. Come visit!

Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company 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.

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Bricolage Production Company

2 months ago

For your viewing pleasure, Thank You 5! Episode 11: Kim El

Kim El is an award-winning Pittsburgh-born playwright, actor, director and educator who has a passion for storytelling. She is self-taught scriptwriter and performance artist who uses words to stimulate human consciousness. Her education includes studying
Communications at Duquesne University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism. She is a member of The Dramatist Guild, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and
the 2014 Flight Fellowship for Creative Development. In 2013 The New Pittsburgh Courier added Kim to their 50 Women of Excellent roster. Her extensive theatre experience developed from venues such as New Horizon Theater, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, No Name Players, The Shadow Lounge,
Bricolage Production Company and The August Wilson Center for African American Culture.

Thank You 5! is a Bricolage Production Company 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.

#bricolage #bricolageproductioncompany #thankyou #thankyou5 #thankyoufive #theater #theatre #pittsburgh #interview #dressingroom #tamidixon #kimel #playwright #actor #teacher #activist

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Bricolage Production Company

2 months ago

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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Bricolage Production Company

3 months ago

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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Bricolage Production Company

3 months ago

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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Bricolage Production Company

3 months ago

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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Bricolage Production Company

3 months ago

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!)

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3 months ago

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

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3 months ago

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.

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Bricolage Production Company

4 months ago

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

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Bricolage Production Company

4 months ago

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.

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4 months ago

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.

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Bricolage Production Company

4 months ago

Thank You 5! Episode 2 is here, featuring the fabulous Kelsey Wooley Jumper

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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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