reviews
“During the show, audience members are polled on which route to take at various points in Candra’s life… [This] brings the viewer into the story, considering not how it impacted its subject but rather feeling how it must’ve felt to be there.” —Sean Collier, Pittsburgh Magazine “Top Pick” on People of Pittsburgh: The Alchemist of Sharpsburg
“...Afghanistan as America had never seen it, and that's with all its beauty, all its culture, the music, the food, the full experience of this beautiful country.” —H. Lynn., Pittsburgh City Paper on Khuraki
“This theater company is one of my favorites because they take their love of theater, intimate experiences and fold it into topics that are hard to swallow in today’s world.” —Marta Napoleone, Marta on the Move on Khuraki
“This show is the epitome of ‘hyperlocal-meets-universal’… it dances that line between distance and intimacy, between the real and the imagined.”— Meagan J. Meehan, HVY Journalists on The Birth of Paper
“If it’s provocative to have empathy for killers, the troupe pulls it off, thanks largely to Rice’s lyrical gifts” — Bill O’Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper on Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers
“Eye-, mind- and heart-opening, I should say, and a little dizzying, as well…Normally, as you drive quickly through Braddock, it may look like nothing more than a depressed Mon Valley steel town, but it sure won’t after you experience this whimsical, imaginative, eye-opening tour.” —Chris Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on The Saints Tour Greater Braddock
“The most ambitious initiative yet may well be Post Theatrical, which encompasses 13 ‘mail-based theatrical experiences’ from companies in the United States, Lebanon and Hong Kong.”— Elizabeth Vincentelli, New York Times on Post Theatrical Festival
“It’s a powerful and touching reminder of the many people who keep our children’s faces in their memories, even after our kids forget them, and it’s told in miniature with tiny toy figures.” —Sean Collier, Pittsburgh Magazine on Sharon
“Spanning post-punk, indie rock and country, the compelling show features 10 original songs exploring the “moments and motives of female serial killers throughout history.” —Jennifer Baron, NextPittsburgh on Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers
“The very idea of organizing this tri-borough trek with so many private and public parties involved is mind-boggling…A tip of the hat to Real/Time cofounders… So much of the magic is created by local visual artists, including David Pohl and Lenka Clayton, James Simon, and Vanessa German.” —Michelle Pilecki, Pittsburgh City Paper on The Saints Tour Greater Braddock
From the Audience
“The experience was wonderful, I do wish I could’ve learned more. My excitement was to see this big doll but there was so much more to her.” on Little Amal: Ghosts of the Furnace
“…For me, this play hit me in a particular spot. My parents immigrated to this country from Mexico, and I still remember what it was like to assimilate and...that balance of trying to figure out what new is, and also what I want to pass on to my children. So when my mother was cooking for us, like that was, like, her way of sharing culture and, like what the homeland was... and to see this done in theater, it really struck me on so many levels.” on Khuraki
“…What can I say! It was the strangest, loveliest, soul-healing activity that I've ever participated in. My heart was full to bursting by the end...I was captivated from the start.” on The Birth of Paper
“The use of puppets to tell the story was masterful. Knowing that Mary's family was involved was inspiring.” on People of Pittsburgh II: The Constellationist
"Holy sh*t. Pittsburgh. This is really, really awesome. Do not miss this amazing piece. It is one of the best things I have seen in Pittsburgh…” on Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers
“You have written such a magical piece and you and Rusty have imagined and made real a dimension that dwells just beneath the surface of things, places, ourselves that the mundane beats back day after day, year after year, generation up generation.” on The Saints Tour Greater Braddock
From Actors & Participants
“...the learning process for the actors involved bonding with the women, cooking with them at their homes, and trading stories about their lives. It helped create the kind of intimacy needed to step into performing as someone who is not only in the room, but cooked the food the audience is eating.” on Khuraki
“I met so many people, people that I still talk to today, and I got to try new things I'd never done before, I got to showcase skills that I've never really shown publicly before. And I also got to have my creative ideas shared onstage for others to see. And I feel like that in itself was just really, like kind of magical, because not how often do you have such, like a thought, and you know people like Molly and Rusty who can bring that thought to life and have it showcased for other people.” on People of Pittsburgh II: The Constellationist
“I was surprised by the welling of emotion as I read and wrote a letter to a person I don't know at all. From the paper they chose to write on to the near cursive they wrote with, each tiny decision they made felt like an invitation to get to know them little by little. I am so grateful I had the chance to share pieces of me in response.” on The Birth of Paper
“…RealTime always find stories that tell us more about the world around us and the people around us in a way that helps us understand, really, the full picture of what is happening, and a different side of it that we're not going to get it from any other source, which is really what the best art can do.” on RealTime Arts
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Photo Credits
Christine Bethea; Dominique Murray; Heather Mull.