Theater | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: It’s Friday night in Downtown Pittsburgh, and Bricolage artistic director/founder Jeffrey Carpenter is directing a rehearsal of the company’s upcoming production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The cast and crew are trying to figure out how to create the sound of the Tin Woodsman’s body being torn in two using scrappy, unconventional tools; after several experiments, Carpenter and assistant director Connor McCanlus think they finally have it figured out.
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I think foley is the coolest and weirdest thing. It is such a spark of creativity that really pushes human thought and ingenuity. You have to suspend your senses and extend your imagination and then let your ideas run wild until you find that perfect stand in for the sound you are looking for. It often sounds more like the thing you want than recording that thing or action itself due to the exaggeration of imagination. I love that Bricolage is able to expose more people to this art form that is largely hidden from general knowledge, as the whole point is to make us believe it is not happening and we are actually hearing the reality of the scene. Bricolage’s Midnight Radio productions have really piqued my interest since I first heard of them last year and I really hope that I have the time to experience one before leaving Pittsburgh.
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