Hiawatha Project

{{Short description|Theatre company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}

Hiawatha Project is a professional theatre company located in Pittsburgh. Established in 2010 by Anya Martin and Michelle Carello,{{cite web|url=http://www.hiawathaproject.org/press-info/ |title=Press Info |publisher=Hiawatha Project |accessdate=November 12, 2011}} the company's mission is to "create original performances exploring specific social questions through myth, free association, and movement."{{cite web|url=http://www.hiawathaproject.org/ |title=About |publisher=Hiawatha Project |accessdate=November 12, 2011}} Hiawatha Project's premiere production of Camino, an original play by Martin, was researched, developed, and had a workshop presentation in 2008 and 2009, had a public reading in August 2010, and received a full production in September 2011 at Dance Alloy Theater.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiawathaproject.org/shows/camino/production-timeline/ |title=Production Timeline |publisher=Hiawatha Project |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.popcitymedia.com/popfilter/ |title=Pop Filter |publisher=Popcitymedia.com |accessdate=November 12, 2011 |archive-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103013321/http://www.popcitymedia.com/popfilter/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A100632 |title=Camino – It's like sticking an Anderson Cooper segment in the middle of "Watership Down." – Stage – Theater Reviews & Features – Pittsburgh City Paper |publisher=Pittsburghcitypaper.ws |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11266/1176877-500.stm |title=Impassioned 'Camino' tells painful immigration stories |publisher=Post-gazette.com |date=September 23, 2011 |accessdate=November 12, 2011 |archive-date=October 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025191925/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11266/1176877-500.stm |url-status=dead }} Inspired by the true experiences of Milton Mejia and Stephany McMullen,{{cite web|url=http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:66885 |title=El Camino – Main Feature – Pittsburgh City Paper |publisher=Pittsburghcitypaper.ws |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09235/992679-455.stm |title=Immigrant's story of hardship, love, deportation |publisher=www.post-gazette.com |date=August 23, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916170121/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09235/992679-455.stm |archivedate=September 16, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11254/1173807-53.stm |title=The travails of a Honduran immigrant in Pittsburgh inspires the play 'Camino' |publisher=Post-gazette.com |date=September 11, 2011 |accessdate=November 12, 2011}} the production is the first in a series of planned productions that connect the experience of living in Pittsburgh to larger social questions.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiawathaproject.org/ |title=About |publisher=Hiawatha Project |accessdate=November 12, 2011}} A production exploring the contemporary role of parenthood titled Helicopter Parents Anonymous is planned for 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiawathaproject.org/shows/ |title=Shows |publisher=Hiawatha Project |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}