One in Four, One in Eight

Presented in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University School of Music

A concert performance featuring new music written through the lenses of infertility and pregnancy loss.

"One in Four, One in Eight" takes its title from two statistics: one in four known pregnancies ends in loss in the U.S., and one in eight people need medical intervention to get to the journey of pregnancy. The piece is a 60-minute performance, featuring new music that engages aspects of the human and emotional experience — as well as the more procedural and scientific aspects — of infertility and pregnancy loss. It builds a sonic space to explore a deeply personal, physical, and embodied experience that is externally invisible and often socially stigmatized.

“One in Four, One in Eight" insists that there is room for both the human being and science in the same space, and it recognizes the complexities of how these two elements co-exist.

The event will include pre- and post-concert talks, as well as newly commissioned visual artwork by Pittsburgh artist Morgan Overton.

Thursday, October 23

  • 6:30 - 7:30pm Pre-Concert Talk with composer Katherine Pukinskis

  • 7:30 - 8:30pm Concert

  • 8:30pm Post-Concert Talk and Reception

Attack Theatre Studios, 212 45th Street, Lawrenceville

 

ENRON

Presented in collaboration with Quantum Theatre

Power. Deceit. Money. Enron isn’t just a play — it’s a high-octane look into the glittering freefall of American capitalism. In cool old Oxford Centre, this immersive, wild ride of a production blurs the line between the boardroom and theater. The result is a cautionary tale about the sexy 1990s that we’d do well to heed in the ‘reevaluate regulation present.’

Directed by Kyle Haden, Quantum Theatre and Attack Theatre join creative forces to take audiences inside the high-stakes hustle of our financial institutions, revealing the jaw-dropping secrets kept by a company whose fiduciary shell games shocked the foundations of corporate America.

Playwright Lucy Prebble, three-time Emmy Award-winner for Succession, shines with this biting satire of suits and spreadsheets. Her ‘Debt-Eating Raptors,’ Lehman Brothers cameos, and twists on Florida’s ‘hanging chads’ unfortunately don’t feel quaintly past, but frighteningly predictive.

October 30 - November 23
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday and Sunday at 2pm
One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant St, Pittsburgh

Attack Theatre's Season Pass holders receive 15% off Enron tickets.