This seems to be the summer of unique Pittsburgh collaborations.  Barebones Productions is a Pittsburgh theater company that has been performing since 2003.  Barebones is back this summer and has partnered with another Pittsburgh performer – Joe Grushecky – for the production Killer Joe.

Killer Joe is a play by playwrite Tracey Letts about a family that hires a hitman to kill the matriarch for insurance money.

Joe Grushecky will be preforming live each night as part of the production.  Saturday nights production will be followed by a closing party with a performance by Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers.

Joe Grushecky is a musician from Pittsburgh who has been performing here, around the country and overseas for 30 years.  Joe Grushecky often collaborates and performs with Bruce Springsteen.  Check out this 2005 CNN article about Grushecky titled – Rock’s Best Kept Secret. Continue reading →