AWARD-WINNING INDIE-FOLK BAND PIGPEN THEATRE CO. TO TOUR U.S. NEXT YEAR
STOPS INCLUDE NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, DC, SAN FRANCISCO, PHILADELPHIA, SXSW
THE WAY I’M RUNNING OUT NOW
“PigPen Theatre Co. is the best kept secret around but that’s not going to last for much longer…”—The Huffington Post
“Acoustic guitar, accordion, harmonies and enough Brit-folk melodies to make Mumford & Sons jealous.”—American Songwriter
“…these guys are masterful musicians...”—Time Out New York
Fresh off a summer festival tour and successful fall residency at Schubas in Chicago, award-winning seven-member indie-folk band/theater troupe PigPen Theatre Co. hits the road next year headlining dates nationwide. The tour takes the band to major markets across the U.S., including a stop in Austin for SXSW (details to come). A tour preview video produced by the band is available at http://youtu.be/7kHrJar3rrw. Please see below for full tour itinerary.
2013 has been a busy year for the group. In addition to regular touring and the fall Schubas residency, PigPen spent the fall performing the Chicago production of their critical and commercial hit Off-Broadway show The Old Man and The Old Moon at Writers Theatre. Time Out Chicago called the show, “A Redmoon spectacle multiplied by a Decemberists concert,” and noted, “It’s tough to shake the notion that you’re in at the launch stage of a group that could soon escape orbit.” In the midst of the three-month run, the band also released their latest EP, The Way I’m Running, as the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2012 debut album, Bremen.
The guys of PigPen began creating their unique brand of music, film and theater as students at Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. As a band they’ve played residencies at Schubas in Chicago and Joe’s Pub in NYC and gigs at venues including New York’s Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge, DC’s Jammin’ Java and Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live. Their recordings have garnered praise from the likes of American Songwriter, Relix and the Huffington Post, among others.
As a theatre company, PigPen bears the distinction of having been the first group to win top honors at the New York International Fringe Festival two years in a row (2010 and 2011), and their first commercial Off-Broadway production The Old Man and The Old Moon received critical raves, running from September 2012–January 2013 at The Gym at Judson (located in the iconic Judson Memorial Church). They’ve been in residence at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Orchard Project, and in addition to their two acclaimed commercial runs ofThe Old Man and The Old Moon, have performed at New York’s famous Barrow Street Theatre, The Irondale Center, the Boston Center for the Arts, and have sold out theaters nationwide with their shows The Nightmare Story and The Mountain Song. Their work has earned them critics’ picks from the likes of The New York Times,Time Out New York, New York Magazine and The Huffington Post, with reviewers ranking their productions among the top ten theatrical events of both 2011 and 2012. The group recently gave a TEDx Talk on storytelling, which can be viewed/shared at http://youtu.be/mV5ZY-eAU9I. They are also thrilled to be developing their debut children’s novel with Writers House, one of the world’s leading young adult literary agencies.
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TOUR DATES
TOUR DATES
March 1 /// Barboza /// Seattle, WA
March 2 /// Mississippi Studios /// Portland, OR
March 3 /// Brick and Mortar Music Hall /// San Francisco, CA
March 5 /// The Echo /// Los Angeles, CA
March 6 /// The Casbah /// San Diego, CA
March 8 /// Pub Rock Live /// Phoenix, AZ
March 9 /// Venue TBA /// Tucson, AZ
March 11–15 /// SXSW (details TBA) /// Austin, TX
March 16 /// Fitzgerald's /// Houston, TX
March 19 /// Workplay Theatre /// Birmingham, AL
March 20 /// Vinyl /// Atlanta, GA
March 21 /// The Evening Muse /// Charlotte, NC
March 22 /// Emerald Lounge /// Asheville, NC
March 23 /// The High Watt /// Nashville, TN
March 24 /// Off Broadway /// St. Louis, MO
March 26 /// 7th Street Entry /// Minneapolis, MN
March 27 /// The Frequency /// Madison, WI
March 28 /// Lincoln Hall /// Chicago, IL
March 29 /// The Basement /// Columbus, OH
March 30 /// Grog Shop /// Cleveland Heights, OH
April 1 /// Mr. Smalls Theatre /// Millvale, PA
April 2 /// U Street Music Hall /// Washington, DC
April 4 /// Johnny Brenda's /// Philadelphia, PA
April 5 /// Music Hall of Williamsburg /// Brooklyn, NY
March 2 /// Mississippi Studios /// Portland, OR
March 3 /// Brick and Mortar Music Hall /// San Francisco, CA
March 5 /// The Echo /// Los Angeles, CA
March 6 /// The Casbah /// San Diego, CA
March 8 /// Pub Rock Live /// Phoenix, AZ
March 9 /// Venue TBA /// Tucson, AZ
March 11–15 /// SXSW (details TBA) /// Austin, TX
March 16 /// Fitzgerald's /// Houston, TX
March 19 /// Workplay Theatre /// Birmingham, AL
March 20 /// Vinyl /// Atlanta, GA
March 21 /// The Evening Muse /// Charlotte, NC
March 22 /// Emerald Lounge /// Asheville, NC
March 23 /// The High Watt /// Nashville, TN
March 24 /// Off Broadway /// St. Louis, MO
March 26 /// 7th Street Entry /// Minneapolis, MN
March 27 /// The Frequency /// Madison, WI
March 28 /// Lincoln Hall /// Chicago, IL
March 29 /// The Basement /// Columbus, OH
March 30 /// Grog Shop /// Cleveland Heights, OH
April 1 /// Mr. Smalls Theatre /// Millvale, PA
April 2 /// U Street Music Hall /// Washington, DC
April 4 /// Johnny Brenda's /// Philadelphia, PA
April 5 /// Music Hall of Williamsburg /// Brooklyn, NY
April 6 /// The Sinclair /// Cambridge, MA
April 8 /// Ironhorse Music Hall /// Northampton, MA
April 9 /// The Haunt /// Ithaca, NY
April 10 /// Iron Works /// Buffalo, NY
April 11 /// The Ark /// Ann Arbor, MI
April 8 /// Ironhorse Music Hall /// Northampton, MA
April 9 /// The Haunt /// Ithaca, NY
April 10 /// Iron Works /// Buffalo, NY
April 11 /// The Ark /// Ann Arbor, MI
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