Category Archives: Art

Great job on this year’s Works PICA! It is a great improvement to last year’s space. The performance area is larger and more accommodating. The industrial location fits great with TBA aesthetic. It is also more accommodating to varying weather … Continue reading →

When the James Brown kicked in and the office chairs became part of the dance, I had a sensation of deja vu that I wasn’t able to shake until the curtain call. What was it about Nature Theatre of Oklahoma … Continue reading →

The Jollyship puppet show set sail to a packed house at the new Someday Lounge Tuesday night. A fun, dark performance of pirate puppets at sea was the 5th in a sequence of a larger, on going epic. And it … Continue reading →

I have to admit – I didnt know how the phenomenon that is Kiki and Herb could inspire me. It wasnt that I questioned whether there was talent to witness or good times to be had – but somehow, quietly … Continue reading →

I love it when an artist’s ideas stick with you long after you’ve seen a piece. Sometime later, whether a week or a year has passed, those ideas can flood back to you in a rush of connections that your … Continue reading →

During the interlude between Sissyboy and Caught in Candy, I tried to make new friends because few of my PICA friends were present, and this was a new crowd which I wanted to engage in. I asked the guy next … Continue reading →

Sissyboy at The Works let the crowd know that tonight would be a wild ride—this night, we were told, was “a gender terrorist revolution.” The opening video was a hilarious montage of five or so Sissyboys, dressed in wigs, miniskirts, … Continue reading →

STAN’S CAFE Mountains of rice. Of All the People in the World. What will become of this rice? Will PICA eat it? Will PICA throw it away? Can it be recycled? Can it be reused? Over 5 tons of leftover … Continue reading →

Dear David, I wanted to reflect back to you a few snippets from your opening night performance. Sometimes I heard more than I could jot down (including the entire section about the mighty Columbia!), but this is most of what … Continue reading →

On a sparsely set stage, five readers share Spalding Grey’s stories from notebooks. I’d never heard a word of Grey’s work before. Maybe that’s why I didn’t expect the Spalding Grey Project to be so funny. I also didn’t expect … Continue reading →