Discuss “Pippin returns to Carnegie Mellon”

Carnival weekend was filled with talk of booths and buggy races, but there was another event to get people talking: Scotch ’n’ Soda’s performance of Pippin. Scotch ’n’ Soda is Carnegie Mellon’s student-run theater group — that includes acting, directing, costume and set design, and tech crew. According to director Matt Joachim, there were 85 students involved in this weekend’s presentation of Pippin.

Pippin was originally written for Scotch ’n’ Soda in 1967 by Ron Strauss and Stephen Schwartz, both of whom were Carnegie Tech students at the time. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the original premier. “Scotch ’n’ Soda has a special connection with Pippin; we were the first in the world to produce it,” said...