By MINGSI MA Playwright Ann Baker‘s Infinite Life depicts a group of five women and a man on a wellness retreat at a fasting facility. They sunbathe on lawn chairs, with only a parking lot behind a bakery in their line… Read More ›
Tami Dixon
Review: Comfort From Infinite Pain Abides in the Indomitable Women of ‘Infinite Life’
Chronic pain has invaded the bodies of every character in “Infinite Life,” a constant companion as they lounge in the sun, ruminating on their paths to a fasting clinic, sipping water, hungering for peace, conjuring distractions and supporting each other in their separate journeys. In a quietly compelling 110 minutes, the Annie Baker play now at barebones productions in Braddock, does not tick off any boxes of expectations; rather, it lives and breathes in a singular realm of slow-burn storytelling.
Barebones Assembles a Starry Cast for ‘Infinite Life’
In rehearsal these days, an abundance of riches faces back at Patrick Jordan as he directs some of the leading ladies of the Pittsburgh stage — Tami Dixon, Sheila McKenna, Karla Payne, Helena Ruoti, and Cary Anne Spear — in “Infinite Life.” The Annie Baker play, opening Friday, March 6, 2026, at barebones productions’ Braddock black box, focuses on a group of mature women in physical pain. They share their stories, and their longings, while lounging on the patio of a Northern California fasting clinic.
Reviews: Christmas Comedies Come to Town
In Braddock, Midnight Radio has Bricolage following it’s own Die Hard holiday parody with A Christmas Vacatyinz, lampooning the Lampooners at barebones’ Braddock Black Box. And in the Hill District, you can find the sketch comedy group Mr. Goodbird USA — once a staple at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s venue in Garfield — back in action with The Chuck Dickens Annual Christmas and/or Holiday Spectacular!
Review: ‘Die Hard’ Marks a Fun-Filled Midnight Radio Return, N’At
By SHARON EBERSON Head to Google, and you will find tens of thousands of folks asking the burning question, “Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” Bricolage Productions, back in the Midnight Radio business after a five-year hiatus, has this to… Read More ›
‘Die Hard N’At’ Brings Bricolage Back With a Vengeance
By SHARON EBERSON Everything old is new again isn’t just a saying this holiday season. It’s a promise of more of what has proven popular, and in one case in particular, a welcome back. Bricolage Production Company’s popular Midnight Radio… Read More ›
Bricolage in Braddock: Midnight Radio Returns with ‘Die Hard’ Parody
Bricolage Productions’ Midnight Radio is set to burst back on the theater scene with Die Hard N’At, billed as a “Pittsburgh-ified holiday romp” that parodies the action film and presented with the company’s trademark Foley sound effects. “Finally, we’re back,”… Read More ›
REVIEW: ‘POTUS Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive’
By Bob Hoover Don’t you love farce? Of course you do, and City Theatre is giving you one of the most raunchy, pratfall-filled comedies ever staged in Pittsburgh. With its awkward subtitle, POTUS opens City Theatre’s 50th season, starting with a word I can’t repeat and throws in a dozen… Read More ›
City Theatre at 50: Looking Back With Pride, Planning for the Future, and Opening With ‘POTUS’
By SHARON EBERSON City Theatre has answered the question, “Where to begin?,” as it launches its 50th season this weekend, with the official opening of POTUS or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. That… Read More ›
Wilkinsburg’s Community Forge, Home to Bricolage, Will Relaunch as a Performance Venue
A new space dedicated to “performance, culture, conversation, community, and food” is coming to Wilkinsburg, in the Community Forge space that is home to Bricolage Production Company. The announcement today stated that, “Thanks in part to investments from the Henry L…. Read More ›