“Nice and easy does it” does not fit the Quantum Theatre vocabulary as dictated by its founder, Karla Boos. An intriguing story that presents a theatrical conundrum is much more her style.
Spending time with “Chatterton,” the historic novel and British best-seller by Peter Ackroyd, presented Ms. Boos with both — a story she wanted to tell as a theatrical experience and the conundrum of “How the heck do I do that?”
The answer comes starting Friday, when Quantum Theatre’s “Chatterton” opens in nearly every square inch of Trinity Cathedral, the Downtown Episcopal church built in 1872.
By Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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