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PUSH Physical Theatre Continues 20th Anniversary Celebration

PUSH@20: A Community Conversation about “RACE” on May 13 Rochester, NY – Rochester’s internationally renowned PUSH Physical Theatre continues its 20th anniversary celebration with PUSH@20: A Community Conversation about “RACE” on Thursday, May 13 at 7 p.m. ET.  The one-hour, live-streamed, interactive event is free, with a suggested donation of $20 to the company’s 20th […]

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PUSH Physical Theatre Celebrates 20 Years

Photo of Darren & Heather Stevenson by Marc Safran. Virtual kick-off February 26, then 20 weeks of memories “PUSH @ 20” anniversary campaign’s goal: $20,000   Rochester, NY – Rochester’s internationally renowned PUSH Physical Theatre will celebrate 20 years of PUSHing the boundaries of conventional theatre, starting with a virtual event hosted by Co-Founders/Directors Heather […]

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PUSH Physical Theatre’s Trunk Show in Virtual Fringe

On-demand show includes world premiere of “RACE or ‘You’ve Seen Me Before’”   Rochester, NY – Rochester’s internationally renowned PUSH Physical Theatre hasn’t missed performing in a Rochester Fringe since the festival debuted in 2012, and this year’s virtual Fringe is no exception. PUSH Physical Theatre’s Trunk Show will be available on demand throughout the […]

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PUSH Physical Theatre Unveils PUSH Forward Project

“You Know Me” will explore gender, race & more New work will premiere at Virtual Fringe   Rochester, NY – Like so many performing arts groups, the shut-down of all but essential services back in mid-March due to COVID-19 has rendered Rochester’s world-renowned PUSH Physical Theatre jobless. Forced to cancel nearly $50,000 in contracted performances […]

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REACH OUT AND VIRTUALLY TOUCH SOMEONE…

Rochester’s PUSH responds to COVID-19   Rochester, NY – For the past year, Rochester’s world-renowned PUSH Physical Theatre has been prioritizing projects that address loneliness and social isolation, such as its recent partnership with the Roanoke (VA) Arts Commission’s “The Lighthouse Project.” The 2019 national study which inspired it, entitled “Loneliness and the Arts in […]

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PUSH BRINGS ‘POWER TRIO’ TO 2019 FRINGE

Recent struggles create new opportunities for PUSH Physical Theatre Post-Fringe: national DRACULA tour & Virginia loneliness project  Rochester, NY – Rochester’s internationally renowned PUSH Physical Theatre will make its eighth annual appearance at the eighth annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Tuesday, September 10 – Saturday, September 21) for three, all-ages performances at School of the […]

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FORMER YAR ARTISTS LAUNCH TEACHING ARTISTS ROC

Photo:  PUSH Physical Theatre’s Heather Stevenson , credit Clark Conde   Group reaches out to area educators with website and fall showcase Arts-in-Education programs provide proven positive results   Rochester, NY – (August 22, 2018) Area teaching artists who were affiliated with the now-defunct Young Audiences of Rochester (YAR) have banded together as Teaching Artists ROC (TAROC) […]

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YING QUARTET + PUSH = CREATIVE COLLISION

Photo: PUSH Physical Theatre & the Ying Quartet, credit Michelle Martorell   Eastman School hosts groundbreaking collaboration World Premiere: March 29 & 30 in Kilbourn Hall   Rochester, NY (February 20, 2019) – Put Eastman School of Music’s world-class string quartet-in-residence, the Ying Quartet, together in a room with Rochester’s award-winning masters of motion theatre, […]

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PUSH REPRISES STUNNING SEASON AT 7TH FRINGE

Photo:  “The Planet” from PUSH’s Galileo, credit: PUSH Physical Theatre Three performances at SOTA before national DRACULA tour PLUS: Three new PUSH performers make their stage debuts Rochester, NY (July 25, 2018) – Rochester’s internationally renowned PUSH Physical Theatre returns to the seventh KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Wednesday, September 12 – Saturday, September 22) for […]

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