Brat Productions
Bold. Rough. Affordable. Theatre.
Since 1996: theatre that breaks the rules, theatre that tests conventions, theatre that rocks! Brat is committed to “thinking outside the proscenium” with performance pieces that are surprising and incendiary, entertaining and unsettling. We create new work and re-envisioned classics, collaborate with established and emerging artists, produce shows in non-traditional venues, and reach out to everyone by keeping ticket prices low.
Brat press
What they're saying about us... Believe everything you hear.
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HAUNTED POE is Philly Weekly's "Best Production of 2009-10" |
"As the 2009-10 theater season comes to a close," J. Cooper Robb writes in the July 7-13 issue of Philadelphia Weekly, "Philadelphia confirms its status as a city with one of the most vibrant theater scenes in the country." |
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Brat named Philly's Best Inexpensive Alternative Theater |
The 2/24/10 issue of Philadelphia Weekly singled out Brat as Philadelphia's "Best Inexpensive Alternative Theater." Check out the article here, which also includes shout-outs to Maukingbird ("Best Gay Theater"), Philadelphia Theatre Company ("Best Secret Theater Deals for Students") and InterAct ("Best Power-to-the-People Theater"). |
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Cast of A 24-Hour THE BALD SOPRANO on the cover of Citypaper |
Brat received big ink from Philadelphia Citypaper, as the cast of A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano landed on the cover of the weekly newspaper. The shoot—with the cast decked out in designer Julia Poiesz's makeup, wigs and costumes—took place in the vacant, trash-strewn lot behind Brat's rehearsal space in south Philly. The temperature was 25 degrees. Photog Neal Santos, with the assistance of Senior Editor Patrick Rapa, Art Director Reseca Peskin and two others, set up lights and camera. |
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HAUNTED POE Gets a Nod in PW's Mid-Season Report Card |
J. Cooper Robb, writing in this week's Philadelphia Weekly, singled out numerous shows as highlights to the theatre season thus far. Admirable productions noted by Robb included The Long Christmas Ride Home (Azuka), Little Shop of Horrors (Theatre Horizon & 11th Hour), Cabinet of Wonders (Gas and Electric Arts) and Company (EgoPo). |
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Philadelphia Weekly Review |
Get too close for comfort in this Brat Productions play. In its strikingly original production Haunted Poe, Brat Productions gives audiences the opportunity to get up close and personal with one of Philly’s most famous men of letters. |
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Haute house of horrors - Inquirer Feature |
"Haunted Poe" turns literary tales of terror into a theatrical production staged in a converted warehouse. |
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Inquiring minds want to know ABOUT COCKROACHES |
Tue, Oct. 6, 2009 From The Philadelphia Inquirer Director/actress Madi Distefano and the crew from Brat Productions last week carted buckets of live cockroaches into the South Philly warehouse that is the site for their world premiere of Haunted Poe, an Edgar Allan Poe-themed haunted house/theatrical event opening tomorrow. |
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Philadelphia Weekly Preview |
Sealed behind the masonry is a cask of amontillado, underneath the floorboards beats a tell-tale heart, and all around the room glides the masque of Red Death. Edgar Allan Poe’s wormwood-soaked brain will be seeping through the rooms and hallways built in a South Philadelphia warehouse space as the master of the macabre’s greatest hits come to life for the 200th anniversary of his birth. Brat Productions’ theater piece is as immersive as the House of Usher, using a cast of actors with music, video and puppetry to build a suspenseful creep. |
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A Tell-tale Tour: Edgar Allen Poe takes spotlight in new Philly show, 'Haunted Poe' |
Brad Helm has some experience working with scary attractions. |
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Feeling Poe-ly: 13 rooms. Live roaches. It's a fright, literally |
TWO DOORS lead off Jackson Street into a large South Philly warehouse. One door leads the visitor to descend into the domain of the long-running Fright Factory attraction; through the other, one wanders into a maze of eerie rooms that at first glance wouldn't seem out of place downstairs. "Bad things happen here; the biggest magic trick of the night happens in here." |