By SHARON EBERSON Even as hell breaks loose in the Mamet masterwork American Buffalo, it is funny as hell, and full of heart. How perfect, then, that Patrick Jordan’s barebones productions ends its 20th year with this actor’s actor piece,… Read More ›
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 ›
By Sharon Eberson You may wonder, is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas movie or a Halloween movie? The stop-motion musical has a spot on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the top 15 Christmas films of all time, where the question… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON The seductiveness of The Sound Inside takes hold with a sneaky persistence. Daring to forgo the fireworks of most mysteries, the cerebral drama instead engages with characters who slowly reveal bits of themselves, as pieces of an… Read More ›
The final two shows of barebones productions’ 20th season will be The Sound Inside by Adam Rapp (August 11-26) and David Mamet’s American Buffalo (November-December 2023). The Sound Inside was a six-time Tony Award nominee in 2020, including a best… Read More ›
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 ›
By Sharon Eberson Some of the best edge-of-your-seat moments within the Misery unfolding in Braddock are wordless. Without the inner monologue of page or screen, through often excruciating actions and silent suffering, the dread that fills barebones production’s intimate blackbox… Read More ›
By Sharon Eberson Patrick Jordan is giddy with anticipation these days, having spent much of the past two-plus years keeping up our spirits while working tirelessly toward this moment when barebones productions is back in action. So why on earth… Read More ›
barebones productions returns for in-person performances with Misery, by William Goldman May 13 – June 5, 2022. This show premieres almost precisely two years to the date they were supposed to open their 2020 season. (During the hiatus the blackbox… Read More ›
It’s all familial turmoil at barebones productions with their current production of Sam Shepard’s dra-medy, True West. The Pulitzer Prize winning play focuses on a sibling rivalry between two estranged brothers, and the pent-up emotions they feel for each other,… Read More ›