Mike Daisey, writer and commentator for NPR, BBC, and New York Times Magazine, critically acclaimed creator of monologues, and self-proclaimed “Apple fanboy”, trains his patriotic criticism and moral compass on the questionable labor practices of one of the world’s most cherished companies.Through the minimalist form of monologue-based theater, Daisey finds a haven to focus on and emotionally connect to a subject dealing with rapid technological developments and our high-tech obsessions in an increasingly digital age.

Two distinct performances. One unique interdisciplinary artist. Thursday, Rabih Mroué, a key figure in a new generation of artistic voices in Lebanon, presents Looking for a Missing Employee, which combines video imagery, storytelling, articles and other documents to scrutinize the print media’s role in rumors, scandals, public accusations and national political conflicts. Friday, it’s The Pixelated Revolution (co-commissioned by The Warhol), a timely lecture/performance about the usage of mobile phones during the Syrian revolution.

Young Jean Lee returns to The Warhol with her new band, Future Wife, in WE’RE GONNA DIE, a cabaret-style evening that premiered to rave reviews last April at Joe’s Pub in New York City. In her uniquely unnerving, subversive and hilarious style, Lee has created a dark song cycle with an ultimately life-affirming message about life’s futility. You may be miserable, but you won’t be alone.

Alina Troyano (aka Carmelita Tropicana) is a Cuban-born, Obie award-winning performance artist, playwright and actor who since the 80s has used humor, fantasy, and cultural identity to rewrite history. For this one special evening at The Warhol, Tropicana will weave components of two works: Homage to Jack, which reveals her fateful first encounter with the legendary filmmaker and performer Jack Smith, dubbed the “the godfather of performance art” by Laurie Anderson and Ole/Ghost, a story of lost love, obsession and our modern preoccupation with fast fixes.

Spoken word artist, musician, actor, author, radio show host, columnist, iconic cultural gadfly, and frontman for the Rollins Band and the seminal punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins is above all else a self-described “workaholic.” He brings what the New York Daily News describes as “some of the most provocative chit-chat around” to Carnegie Lecture Hall, via spoken word performances that are a seamless mix of humor and outrage; political commentary and personal anecdote; healthy skepticism and rugged optimism.

New York based, butoh-trained and Bessie award-winning dancer/choreographer, Kota Yamazaki makes his Pittsburgh debut with his company Fluid hug hug. Inspired by novelist Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s essay In’ei Raisan (In Praise of Shadows), which describes Japan’s appreciation of the refined beauty found in darkness and shadows, Yamazaki re-examines the fundamentals of butoh. In an unparalleled collaboration with African dancers, American architect Robert Kocik, lighting designer Kathy Kaufmann and Tokyo-based composer DJ Kohji Setoh, six dancers will perform within a set constructed to evoke the soft lighting and dim interior of a traditional Japanese house.

This controversial musical maverick has been called the “Andy Warhol of new music” by the Dutch press. Perhaps because JacobTV (Jacob Ter Veldhuis) has a unique “avant pop” sensibility that exists at the high/low crossroads of rock, pop, jazz and classical music. As part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Distinctively Dutch Festival, JacobTV will premier his new “reality opera”, THE NEWS. This non fiction video opera is a topical form of Gesammtkunstwerk, based on original footage from the international media, including “revealing” one-liners from the likes of Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Silvio Berlusconi, Fox News, TV evangelists and more.