Who we are
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.
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
wwhatsup.wordpress.com/2020/06/26/racial-justice-muscle-building-2/
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
www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/resources-for-white-allies-fighting-racism?bfsource=bbf_enus
Art is essential.
Help Pittsburgh's arts community breathe.
Donate to an org that means something to you.
Your support is a lifeline.
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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
ANNOUNCEMENT: After much consideration, we’ve made the decision to cancel the March 13 and 14 performances of WordPlay. We will be automatically refunding all tickets. While we’ve been looking forward to these performances, Allegheny County officials have recommended that residents avoid events where they will have close contact with large groups of people, and we are following their guidance. Safety is number one right now, and we hope you understand that this choice was made in order to put people before profits, because, after all, that’s our mission. We care deeply about our community and encourage you all to take any steps within your reach to protect yourselves and the people around you.
Love,
Your Bricolage Team
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Thanks to NEXTpittsburgh for including WordPlay! Tickets at bit.ly/Wordplaytix
17 things to do this weekend in Pittsburgh
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#Twinning
Lighting up our Downtown stage next Friday with their wit, humor, creativity and candor: Kelly Trumbull, Sarah Wood, Megan Lindsey, Maria Simbra, and Jane Graille. 🎟: bit.ly/Wordplaytix
We're ready for WordPlay next week! Are you? Snag your tickets and get ready for an amazing all-female show!
Pictured: Box Office Manager Fred Frances and volunteer extraordinaire Emma Oaks
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Huge thanks to our collaborator Ayne Terceira and our talented cast and crew for making last Friday's immersive commission at the Duquesne Club such an incredible experience!
Avid writer, mom of two, and founding partner of Franktuary, Megan Lindsey will be telling her real-life story at WordPlay March 13 and 14! Tickets: bit.ly/Wordplaytix
"My ziplock bag started ringing - I answered the phone, dripping with newfound confidence…" - Alan Olifson
Get your storytelling fix at WordPlay on March 13 & 14! 🎟http://bit.ly/Wordplaytix
The results are in! More people donated to our 2019 end of year appeal than EVER before in our history. What a way to end a decade!!! So, with deep love and immense gratitude, thank you to everyone who supported us. Thank you for fueling our fire, for igniting our creativity, and for lifting up Bricolage and our big, weird Brico-family!
Love,
Emily, Fred, Tj, Michael, and Nicole
We’ve been quietly working away on an immersive commission for the Duquesne Club to benefit United for Women, and this Friday is the big night! This one-night-only private event was made in collaboration with the intrepid Ayne Terceira and features over 40 cast and crew members. Here’s a little sneak peek…
What does award-winning medical reporter Maria Simbra do while not on the air? She tells her real-life story on our stage at WordPlay! Don't miss her on March 13 & 14. Grab tickets at bit.ly/Wordplaytix
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