Love Unpunished

A dance-theatre contemplation of death and grief, set on the evacuation staircase of the World Trade Center.

Businesspeople, firefighters, bike
messengers, and construction workers cycle through stages of unconcern and fear
into a surreal, unsteady world of memory and loss. Love
Unpunished is a resolutely apolitical attempt to reclaim the humanity of
the dead, and to raise the possibility of community in 9/11-era America.

Directed by Dan Rothenberg; Choreographed by David Brick; Designed by Mimi Lien

Reviews

“This is a mighty mouthful, but the starkly minimalist 55-minute piece may be the most interesting work staged in Philadelphia this year.”

— Broad Street Review
“Like the events of 9/11, Unpunished is both personal and communal. Rothenberg and Brick have avoided politicizing the event, and though we watch Unpunished as a group, each audience member will interpret the play's images, movements and sounds uniquely.”

— Philadelphia Weekly
“Pig Iron's “Love Unpunished” honorably accepts a challenge eschewed by many other companies — to reflect contemporary events on stage.”

— WBUR (Boston Public Radio)

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