A Period of Animate Existence
An experimental theater production from the creative team of 2017 PPEH Artists-in-Residence Troy Herion, Mimi Lien, and Dan Rothenberg
Composer Troy Herion, designer Mimi Lien, and director Dan Rothenberg were the 2017 PPEH Artists-in-Residence, who used this residency to continue the development of A Period of Animate Existence (PAE), a music-theater hybrid for physical actors and two generations of choirs. PAE presents a series of meditations on planetary cycles and life cycles, set in a time of dire ecological predictions and rapid technological change. Children, elders, and machines look at the future in five movements that echo the character and pacing of a 19th century symphony.
Photo Gallery
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)
Dress rehearsal images for the world premiere of Pig Iron Theatre Company's "A Period of Animate Existence", presented by FringeArts at the Annenberg Center during the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Photographs by JJ Tiziou)