CMU School of Drama


Monday, December 31, 2018

Funny, Raunchy, and Tender: Philip Gates’ ‘A/B Machines’

Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama: “Feel free to take a selfie,” the ushers chimed to guests entering the Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater, indicating three photo booths in front of a silver tinsel curtain, set for Philip Gates’ A/B Machines, adapted from the work of Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol. The tinsel dropped to reveal the three performers: Hagan Oliveras, Henri Fitzmaurice, and Patrick Davis, spotlit amidst a visual homage to the 1960s and it was immediately evident that this production would be unlike any piece of theater the audience had seen before

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