By SHARON EBERSON If you’ve ever wondered how it feels to be sitting beside someone, near enough to touch, and yet be miles apart, meet Sam and his family. They have gathered for six therapy sessions at the facility where… Read More ›
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Barebones Gets ‘The Animal Kingdom’ Ready for Its Braddock Closeup
By SHARON EBERSON The Animal Kingdom by Ruby Thomas comes to its first production outside of London and New York through the grapevine. “I reached out to a friend who was in that [off-off-Broadway] production and I was like, ‘Hey,… Read More ›
‘Skeleton Crew’ Goes to Work in Braddock
Tomé Cousin directs and Etta Cox stars for barebones, in the Tony-nominated Dominique Morisseau play By SHARON EBERSON Tomé Cousin’s day launches as a professor of dance at Carnegie Mellon, then moves on to projects with City Theatre and Pittsburgh… Read More ›
Brenden Peifer Stands Tall in Latest Role for barebones’ ‘American Buffalo’
By SHARON EBERSON At a lanky 6 feet, 4 inches, Brenden Peifer is hard to miss, whether offstage or on. And this year, it has seemed he is always on. So far in 2023, Peifer could be seen in productions… Read More ›
barebones’ 20th Anniversary Season Continues With Pittsburgh Premiere of ‘The Sound Inside’
Elena Passarello Returns to the Stage for the Tony-Nominated Drama by Adam Rapp By SHARON EBERSON It doesn’t get much more barebones than the role of a well-known writing professor being played by a renowned writer. That’s barebones as in… Read More ›
Review: RealTime’s ‘The Constellationist’ Spotlights a Bright Star of Braddock
By SHARON EBERSON In a vignette during The Constellationist, the person at the center of the story is represented by a towering puppet with a smiling golden sun for a face. The people in Mary Helen Carey’s orbit have been… Read More ›
RealTime Arts Illuminates a Braddock Community Star in ‘The Constellationist’
BY SHARON EBERSON Don’t let the new name confuse you. Or maybe the old one did. RealTime Arts – the former RealTime Interventions – is back with a “community based” performance, premiering PEOPLE OF PITTSBURGH II: The Constellationist at Attack… Read More ›
RealTime Arts: New Name, New ‘People of Pittsburgh’ Show
“New name. New Show. Same panda. 🐼” RealTime Arts has replaced RealTime Interventions as the name of the “original, community-fueled theater,” the brainchild of Rusty Thelin and Molly Rice. As for their logo, they want you to know, it’s the… Read More ›
Review: Twin Sisters Take the Road to Vengeance in ‘Is God Is’
By SHARON EBERSON Take a family tragedy from Greek mythology, pepper it with Shakespeare most foul and a Tarantino revenge fantasy, tie it together with the unbreakable bond of twin sisters, and then turn up the heat. That will give… Read More ›
barebones’s 20th Season Opens with the Promise of a Bloody Good Time
Modern revenge myth Is God Is comes to Braddock on February 24 By Sharon Eberson Patrick Jordan’s barebones productions is back in business in Braddock, opening season No, 20 with the revenge fantasy Is God Is on February 24. The… Read More ›