The very hip and popular PigPen Theatre Co., the theatrical indie-folk favorites from New York City, will be in concert presented by “The Mainstay at The Garfield” at The Garfield Center for the Arts on High Street in Chestertown, Maryland on Saturday August 27 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $15.
Tickets are available at The Garfield box office, 410-810-2060 or can be purchased online at https://www.garfieldcenter.org/gcaevent/mainstay-garfield-presents-pigpen-theatre-company/
For more information you can call the Garfield or The Mainstay at 410-639-9133. Information is also available at the Mainstay’s website https://www.mainstayrockhall.org.
Calling themselves “A Band of Storytellers,” PigPen Theatre Co. blurs the lines between acoustic indie folk-rock and ensemble theatre. Their imaginative writing, gorgeous vocals, irreverent humor and their creative theatricality have built them a strong concert following and gained them enormous popularity in the NYC theatre scene.
In addition to new covers of old favorites and songs from their recent recording “Whole Sun”, their concerts this summer have previewed five songs-in-progress for their new theatre piece “The Hunter and the Bear” which opens in New York in December.
The group began creating their unique brand of theatre, music, and film as freshmen at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 2007. They have since produced their original plays in New York City and toured the country – earning them critic’s picks from The New York Times, Time Out New York, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, and many more.
PigPen’s debut album, “Bremen”, was named #10 album of the year in The Huffington Post’s 2012 Grammy preview. Following that, they went on tour playing to sold-out crowds across the country. American Songwriter premiered their follow-up EP, “The Way I’m Running,” in 2013 while the band was playing a series of concerts that became one of the most popular residencies of the past decade at the legendary Schuba’s Tavern in Chicago.
In 2015, PigPen released their sophomore album, “Whole Sun” and performed at Mumford & Sons’ return to the Gentlemen of the Road Festival. They also made their feature film debut last year in Jonathan Demme’s “Ricki and the Flash” starring Meryl Streep and are working with Writers House, one of the world’s leading literary agencies, to develop their debut children’s novel.
“The Mainstay at The Garfield” is a new arts partnership in Kent County. Rory Trainor, Executive Director of The Mainstay says “The Mainstay at the Garfield brings two important arts organizations together and allows them to bring new and exciting works to Kent County.”
Tess Hogans, Theatre Manager for the Garfield spoke glowingly of the band and of the partnership that is making this concert possible, “This is absolutely fantastic. Not only do we get to partner with The Mainstay, but we are bringing this incredible, Brooklyn-based group to Chestertown! I was able to see them a year ago in Annapolis and they completely blew me away. I knew we had to try to find a way to bring their unique sound and perfect harmonies to the Eastern Shore.”
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