Immersive ‘Project Amelia’ Onstage at Bricolage Productions; Heinz Hall Has ‘The Price is Right Live’ (Wed., 9/25/19)

1) If you enjoy high-tech mystery you’re a candidate for Project Amelia. It is the latest work of on-site immersive theater from Bricolage Production Company, which two years ago performed DODO in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Project Amelia is more concerned with the unnatural future. Conceived by Michael Skirpan, the play envisions a new AI product that will, says the promo material, “Replace all the disparate devices that clutter your life and streamline your physical, emotional, intellectual, psychological, spiritual, and time-management needs.” Since the experience is immersive, you participate. And once you reserve online, you even find out where to go. Project Amelia is limited to audience members 18 or older, with the location disclosed to ticket holders by email before they come. We know only that it’s somewhere “in Pittsburgh’s South Side.”  7 p.m. Performances continue through November 3. (MV)

2) Do Americans buy too much stuff? Maybe, but we love to shop, and there’s no denying that “The Price Is Right” is the nation’s longest-running TV series. The game show, which involves bidding on goods from groceries to new cars and exotic experiences, has had multiple incarnations. An early version aired from 1956 to 1965. The current run began on CBS in 1972. With the global spread of U.S. culture and rising prosperity, adapted versions have been produced in countries from Bulgaria to Vietnam. And since 2003 in this country there’s been a live stage-show version, The Price Is Right Live! An added attraction here: If you buy a ticket or register for the chance, you may be picked as a contestant. The touring production of The Price Is Right Live! visits Pittsburgh for a one-nighter. 7:30 p.m. Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Cultural District. (MV)

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