September 2007	WORLD PREMIER of HEARTS OF MAN in PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Riot Group will début their new work Hearts of Man September 5th-8th at the Arden Theater, Arcadia Stage, as part of the 2007 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. Visit www.livearts-fringe.org for tickets and performance times. HEARTS OF MAN and PUGILIST SPECIALIST at SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA The Riot Group will perform Hearts of Man on September 9th and Pugilist Specialist September 14th-15th at Pearson-Hall Theatre in the Lang Performing Arts Center. All performances begin at 7:30pm
April 2007	PUGILIST SPECIALIST in SYRACUSE, NEW YORK The Riot Group will perform Pugilist Specialist April 4th – 7th at the Redhouse Arts Center in Syracuse, NY. Visit www.theredhouse.org for information and tickets.
January 2007	PUGILIST SPECIALIST in MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Pugilist Specialist will be performed January 25th-27th at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of their 'Out There 19' festival. Visit www.walkerart.org for information and tickets.
May 2005	Our new production, Switch Triptych will premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 5th at the Assembly Rooms. It is scheduled to open in London at the Soho Theatre on September 5th. We are staging four preview performances of Switch Triptych in New York City this summer. July 20-23 at the Ohio Theater as part of the Soho Think Tank Ice Factory Season. Curtain at 7pm. The Riot Group is also participating in New York Stage and Film Company’s 2005 Powerhouse Season at Vassar to conduct development and rehearsal of Switch Triptych. Hell Meets Henry Halfway, which was written by Adriano Shaplin in collaboration with the Pig Iron Theater Company, was awarded an OBIE for outstanding production. The award was presented by Karen Finley. Read about the 2005 OBIE awards in the Village Voice. Read a recent article on broadwayworld.com about Political Theater. Includes quotes from Tony Kushner, Karen Finley, Greg Kotis and Adriano Shaplin.
December 2004	PUGILIST SPECIALIST IN SAN FRANCISCO The Riot Group is pleased to announce that our production of Pugilist Specialist will continue at The Magic Theater in San Francisco from December 1 - 18.
November 2004	PUGILIST SPECIALIST IN NEW YORK CITY The Riot Group is pleased to announce that our production of Pugilist Specialist will continue its New York run at The Culture Project at 45 Bleecker St. HELL MEETS HENRY HALFWAY OPENS IN NEW YORK Hell Meets Henry Halfway, a play written by Adriano Shaplin for the Pig Iron Theater Company, opens at the Ohio Theater in New York City on November 3rd. Information at pigiron.com
October 2004	THREE PLAYS BY ADRIANO SHAPLIN PUBLISHED Oberon Books has published a volume of three plays by Adriano Shaplin. Available at Oberon Books and amazon.co.uk
September 2004	PUGILIST SPECIALIST IN PRINT Pugilist Specialist is available in print from Oberon Books online or any fine internet book merchant. Look for Riot Group Plays One, including Pugilist Specialist, Victory at the Dirt Palace, and Wreck the Airline Barrier from Oberon Books after November 3rd 2004. PIG IRON'S HELL MEETS HENRY HALFWAY by ADRIANO SHAPLIN The Riot Group would like to announce the completion of Hell Meets Henry Halfway, an adaptation of Witold Gombrowicz's The Possessed written by Riot Group author Adriano Shaplin in collaboration with the Pig Iron Theatre Company of Philadelphia. Hell Meets Henry Halfway will debut at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival September 8-17 before touring Poland, Lithuania, and finally opening off-broadway in November at the Ohio Theater in New York City. LOOK FOR NUMEROUS RIOT GROUP PROJECTS NEXT YEAR Pugilist Specialist opens in Athens, November 2004. Translation by Leonidas Karatzas. The Riot Group presents Pugilist Specialist in Hong Kong, February 2005 The Riot Group presents Pugilist Specialist in Stuttgart Germany, June 2005