2006–2007 Productions
The Red Shoes
by Karla Boos and Carolina Loyola-Garcia after Hans Christian Andersen
The Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church
Boos leads a humorous journey through Hans Christian Andersen’s absurdly macabre cautionary tale about artistic impulse, using flamenco as the dancing idiom. Dancers, actors, singers, and musicians embodied the story about a girl’s need to speak her mind with every pore and muscle, with Carolina Loyola-Garcia’s fierce flamenco as The Shoes.
Previews and Reviews
QUANTUM'S 'RED SHOES' ADDS SOME FLAMENCO PASSION TO SEASON
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, February 15, 2007
THE RED SHOES
By Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh City Paper, Wednesday, February 14, 2007
QUANTUM HEATS UP CHURCH WITH FLAMENCO FOR STORY OF 'THE RED SHOES'
By Jane Vranish, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, February 8, 2007
QUANTUM THEATRE DANCES IN 'RED SHOES'
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Thursday, February 8, 2007
El Paso Blue
by Octavio Solis
The 55th Street Warehouse
Buddies-on-the-road and a dirty-mouthed goddess live on dreams instead of cash and make the wrong choices every time. Award-winning playwright Octavio Solis’ dark, rapturous look at the immigrant experience explores the borderland between Mexico and the United States, and between comedy and tragedy, to a score for live blues guitar.
Previews and Reviews
'EL PASO' PURSUES UNUSUAL ITINERARY
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wednesday, December 6, 2006
QUANTUM TRAVELS THROUGH THE MYTHIC IN 'EL PASO BLUE'
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Tuesday, December 5, 2006
QUANTUM'S 'EL PASO' IS A ROAD SAGA DEALING WITH THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, November 30, 2006
QUANTUM THEATRE MAKES A RUN TO THE BORDER WITH 'EL PASO BLUE'
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Thursday, November 30, 2006
After Mrs Rochester
by Polly Teale
The Braddock Carnegie Library
After Mrs Rochester is the searing backstory of Wide Sargasso Sea, peopled with characters from the real life of literary phenomenon Jean Rhys and the fictional life of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. This stunning play brings Rhys, the unconventional author of the mid-twentieth century, together on stage with the alter-ego character she created in her novel Wide Sargasso Sea, based on mad Bertha Rochester in the attic of Jane Eyre.
Previews and Reviews
QUANTUM TAKES JEAN RHYS, THE MADWOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, TO BRADDOCK
By Anna Rosenstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, October 5, 2006
STRUGGLES OF 'MRS. ROCHESTER' RETAIN AUDIENCE'S INTEREST
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Tuesday, October 3, 2006
LIGHTS GO UP AGAIN: BRADDOCK LIBRARY'S MUSIC HALL BEING USED FOR THEATER FOR FIRST TIME IN 45 YEARS
By Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, October 19, 2006
INSIDE IMAGINATION
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Thursday, September 28, 2006
YALE GRAD RETURNS TO PLAY JEAN RHYS FOR QUANTUM
By Anna Rosenstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, September 28, 2006
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Outdoors at Mellon Park
Arthur Miller’s play is more than classic American drama – The Crucible is a classic of the American Story. A tale of collective fear and the triumph of love and truth, it reads as if written today. Quantum returned to a richly evocative site, the Rose Garden of Mellon Park, to stage Miller’s masterpiece in this year following his death.
Previews and Reviews
EMOTIONAL FIREWORKS FLAME QUANTUM THEATRE'S 'CRUCIBLE'
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wednesday, August 2006
'CRUCIBLE' PLAYERS SAY THE MESSAGE - SADLY - NEVER GETS OLD
By Anna Rosenstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, July 27, 2006
HUMAN AND NATURE
By Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Thursday, July 27, 2006
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