University Of Pittsburgh-Main Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Professional
Major: Pitt's Professional Theatre in Residence
Minor: at the Stephen Foster Memorial
Clubs: Charity Randall and Henry Heymann Theatres
About me: From Stoppard to Orton, classic literature to zany comedy, we have it all in 2009!! See www.picttheatre.org to download our season brochure and explore the upcoming season.
PICT - Great Stories. Well Told.
Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre is committed to the creation of high quality, professional thought-provoking theatre of substance. We accomplish this mission by investing in and promoting the community and region, and by producing and presenting classics and the "modern" classics of Irish and world theatre. We continue to explore innovative ideas that showcase the emotional power of a play and its ability to stir the soul in unimaginable ways.
We remain true to the vision by focusing on the following:
Actor-centered, text and language-driven theatre.
Commissions and adaptations of scripts and music.
Arts education and enrichment for children and adults.
Wishful Thinking Paintings by Victoria Cessna and David Wallace
Opening Friday, August 7, 2009. 6-10pm. Zombo Gallery. 4900 Hatfield St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201 www.zomboworld.com With live music by Slim and George Cessna with Rob Loveclutch. Showing through Friday, August 28.
With great excitement and a touch of wise doubt, local painters Victoria Cessna and David Wallace present ‘Wishful Thinking’ at Zombo Gallery on August 7, showcasing works that were completed by the artists over the past year.
Both artists have an affinity for using found imagery from bygone eras as inspiration for their work.
Cessna’s paintings explore the mysterious allure of the random snapshot and capture the quality of a long-forgotten photograph in paint. Her work takes these photographs out of their original context and suggests that there is more than meets the eye in these seemingly tranquil domestic environments.
As a graphic designer, Wallace has always been interested in the power of images and words in advertising. The pairing of innocent, naïve images from mid-century home magazine ads with more modern, direct text create a more complex world than those ‘50s magazines imply. New meanings are derived and questions are posed. As in Cessna’s work, things are not always as they seem or as we wish they could be.
Just as the phrase ‘Wishful Thinking’ can either cheerfully conjure a joyful hope or sarcastically imply a skeptical doubt, the work of Cessna and Wallace explores the duality of meaning inherent within mundane, everyday imagery.
‘Wishful Thinking’ opens Friday, August 7 at Zombo Gallery in Lawrenceville and continues through August 28. For more information on Zombo Gallery visit www.zomboworld.com To view David Wallace’s artwork visit www.salaczar.com To view Victoria Cessna’s artwork visit www.vicskitschn.com
Come and party with Squonk Opera on Friday May 22nd at 8:00 pm at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room for the Galaxy Premiere of Astro-rama!
Astro-rama is a joyous large scale outdoor event that unifies an audience in creating humanity’s message for far-flung galaxies. The show features live music, dynamic video, 3 stories of scaffolding, a 40' radio telescope, cherry pickers, scissor lifts and a giant robot. Astro-rama was filmed over 2 chilly nights in October 2008 at Pittsburgh's Schenley Plaza.
Astro-rama premiere and party with the Squonkers. Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. for $25 Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
I don't know HOW you did it, and I don't know who has the pull, but man am I GLAD you did it! I can't wait to see Stritchie! I have the DVD of her show, but nothing beats seeing 'Ladies Who Lunch' being sung by the queen herself! A friend and I have tiockets, and we cannot wait!
Squonk Opera and the Lively Arts College of Fine Arts Performance Plus present Indiana County: The Opera.
Come celebrate Indiana County with a new installment in our ‘Hometown Series’, a show that has been called “noisy, colorful, funny, outrageous” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and “a quirky, playful, music- and image-driven piece of performance art “ by the Tribune Review.
Our show is not exactly ‘opera’, but a multi-media live concert that weaves music with video projections, props and puppets. To see more of what we do, check out our website at http://www. squonkopera. org.
Indiana County: The Opera includes amazing Indiana based dance and choral groups, and lots of video interviews with Indiana County residents.
Friday, January 30 at 8:00 pm Fisher Auditorium IUP Performing Arts Center
Tickets are available in advance at the Hadley Union Building, at iuptickets. com, the door starting at 7:00 p.m. or call (724) 357-2547 for information
Come join us and say Hi! Hope to see you there! Squonk Opera
What people have been whispering about is TRUE! Strange sightings… Unexplained phenomena. . . scientific anomalies… Squonk Opera will be responding to the cover-ups with… ASTRO - RAMA!
With 3 stories of scaffolding and a 40 ft radio telescope, Squonk Opera will take you on a wild visual and musical celebration of the universe and our place in it.
Part symphony, part cacophony, Astro-Rama dares to go where no multi-media/theater/performance group has gone before.
Rising in scissor lift platforms and cherry pickers, Squonk will compose a proud message from our species, power up and transmit.
Stand with us, and the truth will be revealed.
Pittsburgh, PA at Schenley Plaza, Oakland October 15-18, 2008
Weather permitting, all broadcasts begin at 8:00 p.m., are outdoors and are FREE for all bipedal primates!
Holy Meow. The photo for Ideal Husband is amazing. Anwen is such a hot toddy. I wish I could have come up to see the production, but life in college is not for living but rather for saying yes to every project that comes along.
Hope life in Pittsburgh is treating my friends right, and I hope (read:know) you're making great art. I love you both.
PRESERVE AND PURSUE Three world premieres in one exciting evening
Please join us and experience Attack Theatre's expansive choreography, stunning visual imagery, and compelling live music.
A dance event featuring the world premiere of newly commissioned scores by esteemed Japanese composers Somei Satoh (Tokyo) and Miyuki Ito (Nagoya) and Attack Theatre Music Director Dave Eggar. Ancient myths collide with contemporary images while classic sounds and high-energy physicality coalesce in a passionate look at modern life.
FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY! February 1 and 2 (Friday and Saturday) at 8 p.m. February 5 and 6 (Tuesday and Wednesday) at 7 p.m.
New Hazlett Theater (Northside)
For Tickets visit www.proartstickets.org or call 412.394.3353
Ticket Information
$20 in advance $24 at the door $15 for students and seniors $40 Opening Night Reception (includes admission to performance)** **Please join us for the Opening Night Reception - Preserve and Pursue on Friday, February 1st at 6:30 pm at the New Hazlett Theater
Hosted by Attack Theatre and the Japan America Society of Pennsylvania, the reception will feature authentic Japanese fare and libations, Koto music, and inspired Asian décor. Meet composers Somei Satoh (Tokyo) and Miyuki Ito (Nagoya) while perusing Attack Theatre's process boards, offering a glimpse of the artistic journey in the creation of this world premiere performance. Tickets are $40 - includes admission to the performance. Please call 412.394.3353 or visit www.proartstickets.org for tickets.
What do you give a city that has everything? Why not its own opera! Help kick off the 250th birthday year of the 'burgh with the return of Squonk Opera's roast/toast of the formerly smoky city in a little show we call Pittsburgh: The Opera! We debuted this show in June of 2006 and sold out the run, so we're bringing it back for 4 shows only, January 17-20 at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty (or Eastside as some people like to call it). Since the last run of Pittsburgh: The Opera, we’ve done operas for Baltimore, St Louis, Albany, College Park, Columbia, Chester County and South Orange as part of our touring series (put your hometown's name here): The Opera. But none of them compare to Pittsburgh. So redd up your room, grab your terrible towel and tap your inner yinzer for a rollicking good time with all of the other jagoffs. Yinz better be there!
Thursday, January 17 at 8 pm Friday, January 18 at 8 pm Saturday, January 19 at 8 pm Sunday, January 20 at 3 pm
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater 5941 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Tickets: $12 in advance $15 at door general admission $8 students, seniors $10 groups of 10 or more (all group sales must be in advance)
Available at the door or from ProArts Tickets via telephone at 412.394.3353 or secure website www.proartstickets.org
For more information about Squonk Opera or to see scenes from Pittsburgh: The Opera visit www.squonkopera.org
"In order to be really hip, you can’t have any notion of being hip. And that’s what Pittsburgh is. No one thinks this place is hip. So, it is the hippest place on earth!” -Rick Sebak from Pittsburgh: The Opera
