Project Amelia
Sept 20-Nov 3
The world moves fast. Every day there’s a new crisis, a new gadget, a new diet, a new obligation. Slowing down doesn’t feel like an option, and the constant pressure of everyday life can be overwhelming. But, does it have to be? What if you could let go without letting anyone down? What if responsibilities weren’t yours alone?
"This intense preparation is all in the service of creating the most immersive experience possible for the audience, allowing them to fully enter and explore this new, and yet all too familiar, world, and hopefully leave with new thoughts for the real world." - Nick Eustis, Pittsburgh Current
"So look up from your phone, shut down those displays,
we have a finite existence, a set number of days.
Why waste all our time getting caught in the net,
as when the end comes, nothing’s worse than regret.
I am guilty too, of being part of this machine,
this digital world, where we are heard but not seen.
Where we type and don’t talk, where we read as we chat,
where we spend hours together, without making eye contact.
Don’t give in to a life where you follow the hype,
give people your love, don’t give them your like.
Disconnect from the need to be heard and defined
Go out into the world, leave distractions behind.
Look up from your phone, shut down that display,
stop watching this video, live life the real way."
- A section from Gary Turk's poem, Look Up (Hear the entire poem here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY)
A huge thanks to Jeff Swensen for these incredible preview photos for Project Amelia. One week until we open! Do you have your tickets yet? bit.ly/projectamelia
*UPDATE: Congratulations Jill Denk, Rachel Dugan, David Paden, Bonnie Culbertson, and Victoria Vercellotti on winning 2 Bazaar Admission passes! Winners can expect an email with all the details next week.
As part of our Theater for All Program we're offer two free Bazaar Admission Passes to 5 lucky winners! Lottery entries will be accepted through 2pm on September 16.
Please note: Theater For All is intended to benefit guests for whom the ticket price represents a financial burden; please consider purchasing tickets instead of entering the lottery if you have the means to do so.
www.bricolagepgh.org/programs/program-listings/bazaar-2019-theater-for-all-lottery/
Ah, the glamorous life of a dramaturg! Meet Project Amelia dramaturg, Olivia O'Connor! Currently the Manager of New Work Development at Pittsburgh CLO, Olivia has also served as the Artistic Associate at Roundabout Theatre Company and an Associate Artist at Third Space.
Project Amelia represents the most ambitious immersive production in our company's history.... and it opens in 2 weeks!!
Meet Project Amelia's Interactive Media Curator, Eunsu Kang! Artist, researcher, and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Kang explores the intersection of art and machine learning with her award-winning interactive art installations and performances.
Only 3 tickets left for opening weekend of Project Amelia! These are the last $50 tickets available (the earlier in the run you attend, the lower the ticket price) so snag them while you can: bit.ly/projectamelia
Poster printed by the fabulous, ColorPerfect Printing. Poster held by the also fabulous, Tami Dixon.
"At Bricolage shows, your openness and willingness to engage often serve as currency." - Pittsburgh Magazine
Behind the scenes at Project Amelia: Probable Models co-founder Michael Skirpan (left) is at hard work writing code. Michael also wrote and conceived Project Amelia and together with co-founder Micha Gorelick is leading the production's team of expert engineers.
We’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the industry’s best to create Project Amelia. Meet Eddy Man Kim, co-director of the Computational & Tangible Interaction Design Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture. Eddy is interested in interdisciplinary efforts to mutually augment design and technology and co-founded Openuu, an award-winning design agency based in Hong Kong.
Our immersive productions are some of the most intense and time-consuming work we do and our amazing volunteers are a critical part of the team! If you'd like to be part of the magic, click below to get the details.
bit.ly/BricolageVolunteers
Are you ready for Bazaar? Pittsburgh's most adventurous fundraiser is Saturday, October 12, 2019 and tickets are now on sale!
Bazaar is a magical, sprawling event with acrobats, carnival games, and dynamically designed micro-immersive pods crafted by local artists of all kinds. Get the details below.
Two performances of Project Amelia have already sold out! Audience and Box Office Manager, Fred Frances is excited.
Snag yours at: bit.ly/projectamelia
Guess who's in this year's Leadership Pittsburgh Inc? Our Principal Creative & Co-Founder, Tami Dixon!🔥
- via Pittsburgh Business Times
Rehearsals for Project Amelia have begun. It's not just our audience that we keep in the dark. 😉
What is "immersive" theater anyways? While there are many schools of thought on the subject, we have our own definition. Find out what "immersive" means to Bricolage -
www.bricolagepgh.org/about/what-is-immersive-theater/
The wait is over! Tickets just went live for Project Amelia. Our most ambitious immersive experience to date, Project Amelia was developed alongside some of Pittsburgh’s top software engineers. Learn more and snag your tickets at - bit.ly/projectamelia
** UPDATE: All our Free for All Tickets have been claimed. We know more people need a break than we can serve with this initiative in its first year, and we appreciate your help with its launch. You can still snag a free spot at Project Amelia by volunteering! If you're interested and aren't already on our list, sign up here to be included in volunteer announcements:
👉 bit.ly/bricolageeblast **
Our Free for All for Project Amelia is happening right NOW!
Tickets for Project Amelia range from $50-$70. If that's a price point you just can't meet, you can snag up to two tickets right now by calling Fred and TJ (412-471-0999), stopping by our downtown location, or clicking right here.
👉 sforce.co/2yAEQjP
Our biggest immersive ever opens September 20th. Thanks to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for being the first in the 'burgh to write about it!
A limited number of Free for All tickets are available tomorrow beginning at 12:00pm online, over the phone, and in person at our downtown 937 Liberty location for those who might not otherwise attend due to financial barriers. Paid tickets go on sale to the general public next week. Learn more: bit.ly/projectamelia
For one whole year now, we've been relying on Cassidy Adkins's theater maven magic to help get us through our crunch times at the office. Happy one year anniversary to this theater maven - thanks for being in the fam!
📸: Handerson Gomes
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Be the first to know. -> bit.ly/bricolageeblast
Our Happy Half-Hour is filled with interactive surprises. One of our July WordPlay games let YOU create the story through Fortunately/Unfortunately. See the full story below and don't forget to come a little early to catch Happy Half-Hour before the next show.
We had packed houses for WordPlay this past weekend! During our Happy Half-Hour, we asked people to post on our Wall of Shame times that they were embarrassed at school, in public, on a date, and recently. These are some of the results. Seems like a lot of people have bathroom issues.
(Images:
A large white poster hangs on an orange wall. On the poster are 4 colored vertical sections in pink, orange, teal, and light orange from left to right. At the top of each colored column, there is a white sign with black print. From left to right, the signs read “A time I was embarrassed...” at school; in public; on a date; recently. In the colored columns are randomly stuck Post-It notes in blue, purple, and yellow. They all have text written in black magic marker but not legible in this image.
A blue post-it sticks on a pink background. It says “Was having so much fun playing number munchers that I held it in too long and peed my pants. 2nd grade.”
Two pink post-it’s stacked on each other are on an orange background. In black marker they say “ When the back of my skirt was tucked into my underwear...and I didn’t notice until someone told me, 30minutes after I left the bathroom.”
A yellow post-it note is on a light orange background. It says “When I ignored the sticky notes and wrote directly on the poster.”
A gray/blue post-it note sticks on an orange background. It say “ on skates—lost my balance at the Ardmore roller rink urinal while doing my business—ended my night.”)
Congratulations to Lauren Kornick. She was randomly selected as the winner from three perfect sheets in our Name That Tune Game at this weekend's WordPlay. See if you can match her score by playing along. Answers will be listed in a comment below in the near future.
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