The expatriate Hungarian theatre company known as Squat Theatre became a major presence within the contemporary at world downtown New York, shortly after their arrival in 1977. They rented a building on west 23rd Street where they lived and worked. Performances in the building's storefront window with the street as its backdrop became their trademark.
Squat Theatre, a book by Eva Buchmuller and Anna Koós, commemorates an homage exhibit of Squat Theatre at Artists Space. Published in 1996 by Artists Space, New York, 1996, First Edition, ISBN 0-9636372-2-3. LCCN 96-83937.
Pig, Child, Fire! , 1977, is a play in 5 parts. The first, a drama based on the confessions of Nikolai Stavrogin in Dostoyevsky's Demons. The second, is inspired by 40's gangster movies. The third is a reading of Antonin Artaud's letter to Andre Breton. The fourth part is a mother and her children having supper on stage. The last part is a comic act.
The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, 1975-79. Three men dressed in white play the sisters. A prompter reads the lines, the actors repeat the words expressionless.
Andy Warhol's Last Love, 1978, Ulrike Meinhof meets Andy Warhol in 3 acts: Aliens on the Second Floor, An Imperial Message ( a 16mm B&W film) and Interview with the Dead.
Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free1981.
The work of the Theatre including sets, manuscripts and video documentary of the performances are located at:
University of California, Davis Special Collections
Ms. Daryl Morrison, Head, Special Collections /
[email protected] / 530 752 2112, videos, documents, set pieces.
Országos Színháztörténeti
National Theatre History Museum and Institute. manuscripts, videos
Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center video archive collection
Electronic Arts Intermix, EAI, video archive collection
Andy Warhol's Last Love, 1978-81, 60 min, b&w and color, sound
Pig, Child, Fire!, 1981, 60 min, color, sound
Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free, 1982, 83 min, b&w and color, sound
