Apr 13 - 14 2018
Thaddeus Phillips :: Inflatable Space

Thaddeus Phillips :: Inflatable Space

Presented by Kelly Strayhorn Theater at Alloy Studios

World Premiere KST Commission
For his latest work, award-winning director/designer/performer Thaddeus Phillips teams up with critically acclaimed actor Ean Sheehy to deploy an assemblage of custom-crafted inflatable scenery that expands, contracts and collapses as he explores a universe of creation and destruction. Starting with a reprinted edition of Carl Sagan’s legendary Golden Record—humanity’s most viable message to other worlds, launched into space in 1977—Phillips theatrically examines a selected archival history of life on earth.

Visually stunning, Inflatable Space features Phillips’ playful work weaves together idiosyncratic juxtapositions in a dramatic tale about possible extraterrestrial life, moments on earth and new interstellar discoveries. Colombian pop star, Juan Gabirel Turbay creates a sonic landscape using the tracks on the Golden Record while LA based video artist, Spencer Sheridan delivers a playful and evocative video design that launches this work beyond normal theatrical conventions.

Admission Info

Pay what makes you happy

Phone: 4123633000

Email: micha@kelly-strayhorn.org

Dates & Times

2018/04/13 - 2018/04/14

Location Info

Alloy Studios

5530 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206