In Quantum Theatre’s “10 Out of 12,” the audience is privy to what goes on onstage, behind the scenes and in the booth during the technical rehearsal for the play with the play.
Karla Boos
Theater-Maker, Risk-Taker Karla Boos Sets Exit From Quantum Theatre
An effervescent brew of curiosity and creativity personified, Karla Boos is a risk-taker in the risky business of theater. For 35 years, the founder and artistic director of Quantum Theatre has been a driving force of originality for the region’s arts scene. Boos will be relinquishing her role at the end of 2026, after arriving in 1990 with Pedro Paramo, an anticipated one-off project, based on the short novel by Mexican author Juan Rulfo.
Oh, the places she would go, and take adventurous theaters along for the ride.
Review: Quantum Theatre’s ‘Hamlet’ Features a Star Turn Under the Stars
By SHARON EBERSON To be Hamlet is to be a student prince bound to seek revenge for his father’s death, and to be indecisive in the task. Anything else is as you like it. More to the point, to borrow a… Read More ›
Quantum Theatre Finds ‘Quintessential Hamlet’ in Pittsburgh’s Treasure Treasure
The setting at the Carrie Furnaces site has moved outdoors during preproduction By SHARON EBERSON For all those who believe in destiny, it was preordained that Treasure Treasure was meant to be Quantum Theatre’s Hamlet.“On a whim,” she had randomly… Read More ›
Quantum Sets 2023-24 Sites: ‘Hamlet’ at Carrie Furnaces, Chagall Musical Fantasy at Rodef Shalom, Plus ‘Scenes From an Execution’
By SHARON EBERSON With a unique display of First Folios as a backdrop, Quantum Theatre previewed its 2023-24 season, which includes Hamlet and the return to the scene of another Bard tragedy. Quantum will be taking up residence again at… Read More ›
Quantum’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ Blooms by Steel Rails
By Yvonne Hudson The profound parallels of family memories and survival intersect in both life and art. Quantum Theatre’s The Cherry Orchard, running through July 31, resonates with the churn of individual lives and society, exploring how uncontrollable change can… Read More ›
Karla Boos plunges into the changing world of ‘The Cherry Orchard’
Quantum Theatre founder and artistic director Karla Boos takes on thee iconic role of Madame Ranevskaya in “The CherryOrchard.” I relate to her, in that she’s on a different
wavelength,” Boos says, “where certain things make sense that come from her heart.”
Preview: Time and Reality Get Trippy as Quantum takes ‘Plano’ to East Liberty
By Sharon Eberson It would be nice if time travel was as easy as saying: “See you later. It’s later.” In Will Arbery‘s Plano, people go from now to then just that quickly. “That sucked me in at first, that… Read More ›
Review: Quantum Theater’s Chimerica
Chimerica Reviewed by Jessica Neu It is often said that great writing begins with a question. As our world becomes increasingly globalized, digitized, but also volatile, questions related to public memory, heroism, censorship, and the importance of historical interpretations move… Read More ›
Preview: Quantum Theatre’s ‘Chimerica’ imagines the fate of the Tiananmen Square Tank Man
By Sharon Eberson Karla Boos knew she wanted Chimerica as a Quantum Theatre production since she saw its London debut in 2013. When Boos landed the rights five years later, her first call was to Susan Tsu. In that pre-pandemic… Read More ›