Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Interview with PigPen Theatre Company members Ryan Melia, Arya Shahi, and Matt Nurenberger
HowlRound: Corey Ruzicano is a senior at Emerson College in their BFA acting program program. She is participating in the Creative Producer program inside the Office of the Arts at Emerson College. She recently got to talk with PigPen Theatre Co. members Ryan Melia, Arya Shahi, and Matt Nurenberger about how a group of guys who got together in college made a band, a theater company, and remained friends.
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I found this article provided some good personal information on how PigPen got to where they are today and their advice to others who are interested in pursuing similar careers. I was fortunate to work with this company this summer on their show The Old Man and The Old Moon. Meeting freshmen year together at CMU I thad many of the same questions as Corey Ruzicano. Being an ensemble was one of the more rememberable aspects to this article. From seeing them work together, you instantly get this ensemble connection. Any successful business, company, theater, etc. is an ensemble of like minded people who genuinely like working with one another. It's important to like the people you work with on a daily basis and if you look forward to work and the people you see everyday then it will be more successful. Would love to see their next production, "Bremen."
This article and the video were really inspiring. It's crazy that this group got together in college because of playground and have created such a name for themselves doing the same things they did here only a few years ago. It goes to show that what we do here can really make a difference. It's so important to be passionate about what you do. Pig Pen is a great example of multiple passions coming together to create something amazing and beautiful. I'm so excited to start designing shows here at CMU because my classmates all have something new and different to bring to the table. I want to be able to leave a show that I designed and overhear the audience members asking questions like "how did they do that?!" or "How did they think of that?!". I think that sense of disbelief and awe is one of the biggest compliments an audience member can give.
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