Quantum Theatre

The Voluptous Tango

by Dominic Muldowney
The Mellon Institute

A surreal musical journey through Italian Futurism, where fried pink roses grace the dinner table, and seduction is the main course. Operatic choruses reveal hidden agendas and  history is humorously rewritten according to the law of the tango...and the heroine's insatiable desire to conceive a child of every color and creed.

Previews and Reviews

ISADORA DUNCAN, FUTURIST POET SPARK AND SPIN IN COMIC 'TANGO'
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Monday, March 20, 2006

TWO TO 'TANGO' / ESTEEMED BRITISH COUPLE DO A CREATIVE DANCE WITH QUANTUM
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, March 16, 2006

QUANTUM'S 'TANGO' MAKES STRIDES WITH OPERA
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Thursday, March 16, 2006

The Human Chair

by Karla Boos from Edogawa Rampo
The Reese Building

A great craftsman creates a beautiful chair with a secret - he's hiding inside it. The father of the Japanese detective story created this most elegant of horrors, where a unique world and the dark psychology of the characters shape an erotic tale about humankind's search for appropriate contact.

Previews and Reviews

QUANTUM PRODUCTION MAKES A 'CHAIR' THE OBJECT OF OBSESSION
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, January 26, 2006

QUANTUM THEATRE'S 'THE HUMAN CHAIR' IS AS CREEPY AS IT IS SHORT AND ENGROSSING
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Tuesday, January 24, 2006 

QUANTUM DIRECTOR PLAYS NEW ROLE IN NEXT SHOW
By Philip A. Stephenson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Friday, January 20, 2006

QUANTUM GIVES SPACE TO JAPANESE HORROR STORY
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Thursday, January 19, 2006

Dark of the Moon

by Howard Richardson and William Berney
Outdoors at Mellon Park

A cautionary fantasy set in the Smoky Mountains - pitting fanatically insular townsfolk against the elemental forces of neighboring witches. The haunting natural setting of Mellon Park frames this doomed romance of a witch boy and his human love.

Previews and Reviews

THEATER COMPANY EXPLORES THE SUPERNATURAL IN MELLON PARK WITH DARK OF THE MOON
By Anna Rosenstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, August 4, 2005

I.D.

by Anthony Sher
The Pipe Building

In 1966, Demetrios Tsafendas assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the "Architect of Apartheid," on South Africa's parliament floor. Plagued by loneliness and a mad mind, Tsafendas, of mixed-blood parentage, searches longingly for cultural and personal identity, only to be rebuked in his homeland and by his best friend...the tapeworm that made him do it.

Previews and Reviews

SURREAL, SPRAWLING I.D. BURROWS INTO ERA OF APARTHEID
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, May 26, 2005

MUSINGS OF I.D OFFER INTELLECTUAL EXERCISES
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Tuesday, May 24, 2005

PLAY EXPLORES MOTIVES OF TWO HISTORICAL SOUTH AFRICAN FIGURES
By John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, May 19, 2005

QUANTUM EXPLORES REAL HUMAN CHARACTERS WITH I.D.
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Thursday, May 19, 2005