"As an exercise inexperience, it is a throwback to Happenings. "Pig, Child, Fire!" is a performance in which the audience is half of the performance, our reaction is a primary ingredient."
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Squat Theatre
1977 – 1991
Squat Theatre (1977–1991) was a Hungarian theatre company from Budapest which left Hungary for Paris and then New York City where they performed experimental theatre in a storefront on 23rd Street.
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