Free Pile Productions: The Living Room

In this evening-length interdisciplinary extravaganza, audiences bear witness as a dysfunctional couple attempts to clean out their living room, sorting through piles of treasured belongings because they know that the portal to the land of the dead is in there somewhere!

Inspired by the founding of the GLBT Historical Society in San Fransisco, which archives the possessions that people who died of AIDS in the 1980s left behind, The Living Room employs Free Pile Productions' signature blend of the heartfelt and absurd to tenderly explore grief, memory, and love through puppetry, music, and crankies (illustrated panoramic scrolls).

Free Pile Productions is a multimedia art collective in the Connecticut River Valley, Massachusetts. We work together to create DIY performance art that smashes together each of our skills in writing, acting, instrumentalism, painting, drawing, puppetry, production, clowning, stagecraft, and assemblage. We're playing off each other to create joyful and accessible performances for everyone; art out of nothing.

In 2025 the collective created two original puppet musicals including, Noh Bailey and the Little Man Who Makes The Music which premiered at The Foundry in West Stockbridge MA, as well as Mr. Free Pile and the Very Normal Puppet Show which premiered to a sold-out crowd at The Brick House in Great Falls, MA. Other shows include Fledge Fest 2025 in VT, Fresh Grass 2025 at MassMoCa, QueerAF 2025 Puppet Slam, and the 2026 Baltimore Crankie Fest.

For more info visit: freepileproductions.org or @freepileproductions/ @thefreeps on IG

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TICKETS
Community Tickets (Limited Amount): $10
General Admission: $20
Pay-It-Forward (Helps Subsidize Community Tickets): $30
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Seating/Bar: 7:00PM
Show: 7:30PM
This event is indoors.
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We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible event environment for all attendees. We strive to provide an event that is welcoming, accommodating, and supportive of diverse accessibility needs.

Venue Accessibility: Our venue is wheelchair accessible. Accessible parking spaces and restrooms are available. And wheelchair accessible seating is available upon request. Please contact us at [email protected] or 413.232.5222 for accessibility coordination.
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Parking is limited at the venue so please utilize the three public parking lots in Town. One is across from the Post Office, one is behind Berkshire Bank and the other is just off Main Street. They are clearly marked. Do not park at Trúc Orient Express Restaurant or the Post Office or you might receive a ticket.

Visit Amici Berkshires for dinner before the show and with your ticket receive 10% off your meal.

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