Pig Iron in NYC and Philly (This Time With 75% More Elk!)

Now THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is a heckuva postcard.

What it says is that Pig Iron's about to uncork an astounding "mini-project," a collaboration with the ridiculously talented Cynthia Hopkins on the Public Theater-curated 365 Days/365 Plays, the NYC branch of the largest collaborative theatre project in the history of our planet. And then we're bringing it to Philly! And it's 100% free!!!!*

OK. Let's rewind a little. In 2002 and 2003, Suzan-Lori Parks ("Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Topdog/Underdog) " - our press release) wrote one play per day for an entire year. The writing became a daily meditation, a prayer, celebrating the rich and strange process of an artistic life. This past year, an international festival has sprung up devoted to staging the plays everywhere from Westport, CT, to Nashville to Austin to Boulder, CO to San Francisco. It's the low-fi theatrical version of "Hands Across America."

Companies are allowed an exceptional degree of latitude in interpreting their 7 short plays, and Pig Iron's in the midst of creatings a cabaret of rites and wrongs, a mash-up of movement and music featuring original music and songs by Cynthia Hopkins ("imagine Lotte Lenya's kid sister shacking up in a cheap Atlanta hotel with Tom Waits," says Time Out New York), the creator of Accidental Nostalgia and Must Don't Whip 'Um.

WHERE: BROOKLYN: Brick Theatre, 575 Metropolitan Ave, PHILADELPHIA: The Latvian Society, 7^th and Spring Garden.

WHEN:
Brooklyn: November 2, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn: November 3, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Philadelphia: November 4, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia: November 5, 7 p.m.

WHO: Sarah Sanford/James Sugg/Dito van Reigersberg/Alex Torra/Hinako Arao/Cynthia Hopkins

TICKETS: (215) 627 1883 or at www.pigiron.org

*Pig Iron's Director of Development will now try to dampen your excitement by reminding you that it is NOT free to put this production together, and that you should definitely consider the suggested donation of $10 - you can donate here if you're not the sort that carries cash around. (But still, FREE!)