Join Real Time Arts and Rivers of Steel for a sunset performance that welcomes Little Amal to the Carrie Blast Furnaces from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 20.
Join Real Time Arts and Rivers of Steel for a sunset performance that welcomes Little Amal to the Carrie Blast Furnaces from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 20.
As the sun sets, Amal stumbles upon the Carrie Blast Furnaces, a hulking remnant of Pittsburgh’s steel-forging past. Odd lights flicker and music beckons—are there spirits here? Are they frightening or friendly? Help Amal discover others who once found themselves at the furnace, far from home during this one-hour performance. Admission to the event is free, but space is limited and registration is required.
ghosts of the furnace is written by Molly Rice and directed by Rusty Thelin and Cynthia Croot. The performance features The Happy Lovers, with Mariya Trush & Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko (recipient of City of Asylum’s Fellowship for Ukrainian Writers), Lovely Lady Lydia & Emily Ruth Barlow, Katy Dement (The Paper Lady), Alison Weisgall as the Ghost Queen and you, the audience as the ghosts of the furnace.
Please come wearing white.
Wednesday September 20, 2023, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Free; registration required.
Little Amal is a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl who has traveled across 13 countries meeting more than a million people, and watched by tens of millions more online. From September 7 through November 5, 2023, Little Amal will journey 6,000 miles across the United States in one of the largest free public festivals ever created. More than 300 artists, museums, local community organizations, and cultural institutions are hosting welcome events in the 37+ towns and cities that Little Amal will visit.
RealTime is thrilled to continue our work with immigrants and refugees by welcoming her in an intimate performance at a towering Pittsburgh landmark: the Carrie Blast Furnaces.
ghosts of the furnace at the Carrie Furnaces is produced by RealTime Arts, in partnership with Rivers of Steel, JFCS, and City of Asylum.
Amal Walks Across America is produced by The Walk Productions in association with the Handspring Puppet Company. U.S. Producing Partner THE OFFICE performing arts+film. Impact + Outreach The Soze Agency. Marketing Cause Lab. PR + Communications DKC.
RealTime’s welcome performance for Little Amal is made possible by generous support from The Pittsburgh Foundation, Opportunity Fund, and Swissvale Borough Council’s “Artist-In-Residence” program.
Amal Walks Across America was made possible through the generosity of the Doris Duke Foundation and the Bezos Family Foundation, with additional support from the Backstage Trust, the Barr Foundation, Sunny Bates, Bloomberg Philanthropies, CARE, Choose Love, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, El-Hibri Foundation, Landry Family Foundation, Ruby Lerner, the McMillan Stewart Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Opportunity Fund, The Shapiro Foundation, Students Rebuild, the Thorne Cox Family Foundation, Barbara Tober in honor of Diane Love, and The W Trust.
The Carrie Blast Furnaces are located in the communities of Swissvale and Rankin in the Monongahela River Valley.
The address is 801 Carrie Furnace Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15218.
As a former industrial site, there are a few things to keep in mind to ensure an enjoyable visit.
Thank you for following these guidelines. We wish you to have the best visit possible and appreciate your patience as we continue to improve the visitor experience.
For more information, contact info@riversofsteel.com.
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