Award-winning seven-member indie-folk band/theater troupe PigPen Theatre Co. returns to New York City for a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight, April 5 as part of their nationwide tour. The tour takes the band to major markets across the U.S., including stops in Austin for SXSW (details to come) and the acclaimed Firefly Music Festival. Please see below for full tour itinerary.
2013 was a busy year for the group. In addition to regular touring and their 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. 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 ofAmerican 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. 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.
Pigpen Theatre Co.'s Tour Dates are as follows:
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 VIVA PHX
Festival Phoenix, AZ
March 9 Rialto Theatre (March Radness Festival) 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 The Mill Room 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*
June 19-22 Firefly Music Festival, The Woodlands Dover, DE
†with The Tragic Thrills
*with The Spring Standards
