onStage Pittsburgh - Whether the hustle and bustle of the holiday season has left you feeling like the Grinch, or you are one candy cane away from becoming Buddy the Elf, Attack Theatre’s Holidays and Hops is guaranteed to spread relaxing holiday cheer to all ages. With the clever tagline, “a dance event with cheer and craft beer,” Holiday Hops combines the best of Attack Theater’s innovative dance styles with Trace Brewing’s crafted libations and mocktails.
Read MorePittsburgh Union Progress - Attack Theatre has created a special performance this Sunday that promises to level up participants’ imaginations as they move, play and create stories.
“Imagination Station: Game On” will create a “a vibrant world inspired by the magic of video games” from 2 to 3 p.m. at the company’s Lawrenceville studios.
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Read More‘Burgh Vivant - Attack Theatre’s “Some Assembly Required” was first commissioned by the Carnegie Museum of Art in 1996. It’s being brought back to celebrate the company’s thirtieth anniversary. Congratulations to the founders of Attack Theatre, Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope, on thirty successful years. This signature Attack Theatre experience is described as, “part performance, part conversation and entirely alive.” It is every bit as intriguing as it sounds!
Read MorePittsburgh Post-Gazette - Attack Theatre, one of Pittsburgh’s smaller dance and performing companies, is celebrating 30 years.
The company began its new season on Oct. 4. That first show, “Some Assembly Required,” blends dance and visual art together in live performance. The work, commissioned by the Carnegie Museum of Art in 1996, is being brought back to mark the anniversary. Performances run through Oct. 17.
Read MoreWQED - Attack Theatre is celebrating it’s 30th Season this year, and they have an exciting lineup to kick it all off!
Executive Director, Andres Franco, talks about his first 6 months on the job, and the all the exciting events coming up at Attack Theatre. Their first performance of the season, “Some Assembly Required: At Home” was first commissioned by the Carnegie Museum of Art in 1996, is a signature Attack Theatre experience. The show involves live music, dance, visual art, audience participation, and improvisation.
Read MoreNEXTpittsburgh - Andrés Franco has been Attack Theatre’s new executive director for only a few weeks, but he’s already excited about the milestone year to come.
“This coming season is going to be our 30th anniversary. So there’s going to be a lot of celebration. A lot.”
Read MoreWQED - Attack Theatre has a new executive director!
Well known Pittsburgh conductor, Andres Franco, talks with Anna Singer live about his new role in the city. He talks about how he first met co-founders Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope on stage during a Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Fiddlesticks concert.
Read MorePittsburgh Post-Gazette - Attack Theatre, a small, dance-focused arts company in Pittsburgh, has announced Andres Franco as its new executive director.
Read MoreTribune-Review - “It’s … a delicious and smooth blend of dance and live music.”
That’s how co-founder and artistic executive director of Attack Theatre Michele de la Reza described the company’s upcoming “Sessions” performance.
Read MoreEntertainment Central Pittsburgh - Attack Theatre continues its 2024-25 Season of Fire with Sessions on February 8 at the Attack Theatre studio featuring NYC-based, Billboard-charting, alt-pop artist and multi-instrumentalist Rachael Sage and world-renowned Grammy® Award-winning cellist Dave Eggar.
Read MorePittsburgh Post-Gazette - Christian Warner has taken on many dancing roles with heavy themes, but in 2019 he decided he wanted to create a work with himself at the forefront. He proceeded with the recognition that “our bodies hold everything for us,” including deep emotions from which the human mind sometimes protects itself.
Read MoreWQED - Attack Theatre has been collaborating with Christian Warner for close to a year, and is now ready to show Pittsburgh the culmination!
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