PigPen Theatre Company takes collaboration to a whole new level
In 2008, 14 students in the highly selective acting program of Carnegie Mellon University's drama school gathered for a class in "Collaboration" taught by Stuart Carden. The class was designed to provide a creative contrast to the strict conservatory-style training of the school's program. As Carden explained: "It gave these students an opportunity to mine their internal life in a way that went beyond realism. It was…