Squonk Opera was chosen by the editors of Pittsburgh Magazine as the “Best Marriage of Sights and Sounds” in their annual ‘Best-Of-The-Burgh’ issue. The magazine hits the newsstands soon but you can also read it online here.
Return to Providence
We are excited to be returning to Providence, RI to perform in the Providence International Arts Festival on June 13. We last performed there in 2012 with our Roadshow. Read a preview interview with Squonk Co-Artistic Director Steve O’Hearn in Providence Monthly
2015 Touring Begins!
We are taking ‘Pneumatica’ on the road. Our 2015 touring season begins next week with shows at the Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival in Fort Worth, TX from April 9-12. Then in May we head north to the Calgary International Children’s Festival from May 20-23. We return to Newark, OH for the second year in a row for the Strawberry Festival from May 29-31. Hope to see you! Keep checking our website and Facebook page for more dates.
Last Pittsburgh Region Shows of the Season Happening This Weekend!
If you’re in the Pittsburgh region, come check out Pneumatica this weekend!
These will be our last shows around town until next spring/summer.
Saturday, October 11
Schenley Plaza in Oakland
Oakland Forever Celebration
Shows at 12, 2 & 3.45 pm
Workshops following the 12 & 2 pm shows
More info on the event can be found here.
And for our friends in Waynesburg/Greene County, PA…
Sunday, October 12
Harvest Festival
Shows at 1 & 4 pm
Workshops following each show
More info on the event can be found here.
A special bonus for those of you who make it out…
We’ll have our brand new CD Pneumatica available for sale.
For those of you who can’t make it…
The CD will be available online soon – we’ll keep you posted!
Pneumatica Premiere! Kickstarter Goal Met! Shows This Weekend!
The world premiere of Pneumatica at the Three Rivers Arts Festival last weekend was a great success! Thanks a bunch to everyone who came out to share in the fun! Photos and video clips are coming soon!
And thanks also to the 87 generous folks who helped us reach our Kickstarter goal! We are forever grateful!
We will be starting our regional outreach with free shows this weekend – on Saturday, we’ll be in Wheeling, WV and on Sunday, we’ll be in Johnstown, PA. Links to the events can be found on this page on our event list.
During the last week of July, we have 5 days of free shows and workshops in Pittsburgh. We will be doing 2 full shows and a workshop at a Community Day in Braddock on July 29 in partnership with Braddock Redux and Unsmoke Systems. Other activities that week include workshops at Summer Dreamers camps at Carmalt (July 28), Faison (July 30) and Langley (August 1) and also an art camp at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts on July 31.
Hope to see you all this summer!
Pneumatica premieres this weekend!
If you’re in Pittsburgh this weekend, come down to Point State Park to catch the premiere of our new work, Pneumatica, at the Three Rivers Arts Festival. Show times are Friday, June 13 at 7:00 pm; Saturday, June 14 at 12:00 pm, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm and Sunday, June 15 at 12:00 pm, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm.
Stay tuned!
Happy 2014! Since returning from our NYC run in December, we have been recharging our batteries and starting work on a brand new show which we will debut this summer! Keep an eye on our calendar on this site or check in with our Facebook page for info when it becomes available. See you soon!.
Greetings from New York City!
We are currently halfway through our run of Mayhem and Majesty at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan and the critics are weighing in.
“Images of strange and startling beauty percolate through Squonk Opera’s Mayhem and Majesty, a small spectacle of a show occupying that hard-to-classify intersection where live music meets visual art.” – The New York Times.
“They show an impressive range, from blindingly fast, hard hitting progressive rock, to the more delicate, yearning tones.” – New York Theatre Review.
“An eclectic mix of styles, sounds and talents that cannot do anything but amaze those who bear witness to one of the most unique shows New York has ever seen.” - Broadway World.
Our shows continue through December 29.
Squonk in the holidays in NYC!
Squonk Opera returns to New York City with a 3-week run of Mayhem and Majesty at 59E59 Theaters from December 10-29, 2013. Hope to see all of our NYC friends at one of the shows, it’s been awhile. We last performed there in 1999-2000 with an off and then on Broadway run of Bigsmorgasbordwunderwerk. Click here for tickets and more info about the theater.
Catch Mayhem and Majesty in Pittsburgh before we take it to NYC!
Mayhem and Majesty returns home to Pittsburgh, before going to a 3-week run off-Broadway this winter. The show has wowed audiences around the country with its daring musical athleticism and visual exploits. Come join the Squonkers in preparing the Mayhem AND the Majesty to deliver to New York City.
Shows:
Friday, September 27 at 8 pm
Saturday, September 28 at 2 pm & 8 pm
Sunday, September 29 at 2 pm.
Party with the Squonkers at 6 pm on Saturday, September 28 before the 8 pm show. We will be accepting advice about how to behave on a subway, and diet and headwear tips for Manhattan. We had some problems last time. Food and drink and a sneak peek backstage tour included.
For tickets to all events, click HERE.
GO Roadshow in Pittsburgh this weekend!
Come to Mellon Park in Shadyside to see us Squonk it up at the 44th annual A Fair in the Park. We will be performing multiple shows every day of the festival. Show times are Friday 9/6 at 2 & 4 p.m., Saturday 9/7 at 12, 2, 4 & 6 p.m. and Sunday 9/8 at 12, 2 & 4 p.m. If you haven’t seen GO Roadshow, this might be your last opportunity to catch it in Pittsburgh.
Wrapping up a Squonkin’ Summer
After many months on the road touring our GO Roadshow, we’re bringin’ it home to Pittsburgh this coming Friday, August 16 at Schenley Plaza in Oakland. Shows are FREE and at 3.30 & 5.30 pm. Next week, we’re back on the road for our first trip to Detroit! We’ll be performing in Grand Circus Park as part of the Woodward Festival on Saturday, August 24. Show times are 12.45, 3.30, 6.00 & 9.00 pm.
Squonking at Columbia Festival of the Arts
We return to Columbia, MD this weekend to perform GO Roadshow at Columbia Festival of the Arts. We performed there at the 2007 festival with our site specific ‘Hometown Series’. This time we are one of the performers at LakeFest, the kick off of the 2 week long festival. Show times: Friday, June 14 – 7:45 & 9:45 p.m. Saturday, June 15 – 2:15, 4:00, 7:00 & 10:00 p.m. Sunday, June 16 – 2:45 & 4:45 p.m.
Squonkin’ at Artsplosure
This weekend we take GO Roadshow to Artsplosure in Raleigh, NC. We will set up our truck in City Plaza and will perform on Friday, May 17 at 1:00, 4:00 & 7:00; Saturday, May 18 at 11:00, 1:00 3:00 & 5:00 and Sunday, May 19 at 12:00, 2:00 & 4:00. All shows are free to the public.
GO Roadshow heads south again
On April 12-14 we head back to North Carolina to perform at the Azalea Festival in Wilmington, NC. There will be events happening all over downtown, including performances by the Avett Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd! We will be performing at the street fair. Show times are: Friday, April 12 @ 7:00 and 9:00 PM; Saturday, April 13 @ 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 and 8:15 PM; Sunday, April 14 @ 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 PM.
GO Roadshow in Arizona and Mississippi
From March 13-17, we will be performing GO Roadshow at the Festival of Creativity in Mesa, Arizona. Show times are March 13-16 at 1:00, 3:30, 4:45 and 6:45 and March 17 at 1:00, 3:30 and 4:45. Then on March 21, we will be performing at the Mississippi School of the Arts in Brookhaven, Mississippi at 6:00. Some of the school’s students will be joining us for a few scenes in the show.
A Happy New Year of Touring!
We will be kicking off our 2013 touring with several performances of Mayhem and Majesty in the Carolinas in February and then we’re off to Arizona and Mississippi with our truck-mounted GO Roadshow. Check for dates and venues in our Event List to the right of this post!
Final GO Roadshow of the season
This Saturday, September 29 we take GO Roadshow to Providence, RI for the FirstWorks Festival. FirstWorks is a free festival of art, music and dance happening in Kennedy Plaza. Check out their website for more info. Our shows are scheduled for 5:00, 8:00 and 10:00.
Ingenuity Fest this weekend
On September 14-16 we return to Ingenuity Fest in Cleveland, OH. We performed last year and had a great time. This year we will take GO Roadshow to the shores of Lake Erie for 7 shows over 3 days. Show times are: Friday 5PM and 10PM, Saturday 3PM, 6PM and 9PM, Sunday 2PM and 5PM. Check out the Ingenuity Fest website to learn more about this terrific festival.
Final Pittsburgh shows of the year
Hey Pittsburgh…this weekend will be your last opportunity to catch ‘GO Roadshow’ this year. We will be performing at ‘A Fair in the Park’ on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. September 7-8-9. Check this link for showtimes. All shows are free. You can also pick up your copy of our new cd at the show. If you can’t make it, you can buy the cd here.
