News

Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training is gathering its inaugural class of emerging theatre-makers. We are currently planning for our October 10, 2011 opening day. We have recently been licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the new studios and student lounge are being renovated, the faculty are meeting to fine-tune the curriculum, guest artists are being selected and the momentum is growing for the school launch. Check back here for news updates as the whole plan unfolds.

Apply for Fall 2013

03/07/2011

We are now accepting applications for Fall 2013. Click here for inquiries.

APT Public Showing- March, 2012

05/03/2012

Enjoy these images from APT's first public showing, March 15 and 16, 2012. The students showed their original creations which included mask work, pieces inspired by Italo Calvino's INVISIBLE CITIES and works that pushed physical limits with titles like "Trip to the Moon", "The Chase" and "Animal Family Dinner".

Pig Iron School Featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer

07/29/2011

See the buzz about Pig Iron's school opening; Pig Iron Launches New Program for Teaching Avant-Garde Theater in Philadelphia

"We're creating affordable spaces for the production of art and creativity products, as opposed to, say, the consumption and sale of art. There's so much energy here, at both the grassroots and highest levels. We're on the cusp of a really great wave of creativity, of which Pig Iron's school is just one wonderful example."

School Renovations in full swing

03/07/2011

Click on the photo album to check out pictures of the current renovations to the two new studios, the student lounge and the new Pig Iron offices. We are set to move into the offices in May and the studios in June, just in time for the Summer Session!

Pig Iron Premieres Twelfth Night

03/07/2011

We don't usually do this. But here's the story: Girl washes up on beach, disguises herself as boy. Girl, disguised as boy, falls in love with a Duke. Woos a lady on behalf of Duke. Lady falls in love with girl-disguised-as-a-boy. Longing ensues. Add excessive drinking, throw in some outrageously melodramatic breakdowns, and set it to the "saddest music in the world."