If you are serious about it, art helps make sense of the world. Ten years ago (!!) a group of earnest young 20-somethings entered my classroom at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Acting School and announced they’d formed their own theater company. That left me with little to do. The purpose of the class was to […]
Monthly Archives: December 2018
As an emerging artist, the most difficult thing to find is a place where people will tell you “Yes.” It seems like a simple thing, a quick answer; but it’s often tricky to come by, especially in the theater. This is what artists are searching for, people who can enthusiastically say, “Yes!” But yes is hard. And […]
If you’re reading this, I’m betting you’ve already heard of Pipeline Theatre Company. Duh. And I’m betting you’ve seen at least one of the many fantastic shows they’ve produced these past 10 years. Myself, I’ve taken part creatively in two of them – so far. (Folk Wandering and The Gray Man, for those of you […]
The big brass sounds could be heard from far away. A relentless rhythm of joy conjuring up even the most dreary of souls to move and groove. A wave of unbridled passion and boundless laughter moving through the streets, gathering up more power with every two step and twirl of the umbrella raised high in […]
Us: “Hey Pipeline! We have this musical. We started writing it 8 years ago. We’ve got 10 or so composers on it. It’s filled with impossible moments to stage, and it definitely requires one non-negotiable sequence with roller skates. And so sorry, we forgot to mention, but there is a MASSIVE fire, and a song […]
I first encountered Pipeline Theatre in the fall of 2015, when Ari Schrier emailed me out of the blue, saying she was a fan and asking me if I had any unproduced plays. When I sent her Beardo, I didn’t really think anything would come of it….the show was an obscure and weird exploration of the […]
I want to talk to you about Pipeline Theater Company — and about imagination. There is a moment in the theater— a holy moment— when the house lights dim and the audience quiets and the performers take a breath— and then a leap. What happens after that moment is any audience member’s guess. My hope— […]
What must it have been like to get in on the ground floor at a big company like Apple? What was it like to see child girl group Destiny’s Child perform at some outdoor fair in Texas and think “Hey! That Beyoncé has something special!”? Well, I can tell you what it’s like to be […]
It’s Sam Gonzalez. I’m an actor, producer, teaching artist, and one of Pipeline’s newest ensemble members. From my first few weeks as an undergraduate in NYC pursuing a life in theatre I was lucky enough to have Pipeline in my periphery. I saw a company of artists that insisted on having as much fun as […]
Jaki Bradley here, I’m a Pipeline ensemble member and a director — if you’ve been to a Pipeline show in the last few years, you might have seen me pacing nervously in the back or running backstage to give an actor a prop. I have been lucky enough to direct for Pipeline several times in the last […]