The River

“In Richard Brautigan’s classic surrealist novel, Trout Fishing In America, the narrator visits a store selling trout streams by the foot. They are stacked in piles like pieces of lumber,…

“Theater crowds of the past marveled at the sensation of reality when a chandelier or helicopter dropped from the ceiling. Andrew William Smith says he’s not sure how Pittsburgh crowds…

“There are so many layers and word plays in this fish tale. Quantum Theatre’s production of Jez Butterworth’s The River is funny, romantic, poetic — and almost entirely unreviewable without…

“In Quantum Theatre’s striking production of the Jez Butterworth play, the first sign that things may not be that obvious is a chasm in the floor beneath the feet of…

All the human necessities are gathered under one roof in “The River,” an hourlong mystery about love, life and trout. An outdoorsman has taken his new girlfriend to his rustic...

Quantum Theatre's next play is a mystery and a drama with a tinge of magical realism, says its director Adil Mansoor. “The world you are staring at is magical,” Mansoor...

"The River is about a man, two women and fishing. Or is it? Part of the lure of this 2014 work by acclaimed British playwright Jez Butterworth is that the...

"Devotees of The Boss are not the only ones going down to The River this season. Fans of contemporary theater should flock to Aspinwall Riverfront Park to catch Quantum Theatre‘s...