Our Story

There is not a form of theatre that I do not like. Nor is there a form of theatre that I think is better than another. I have been lucky in my career thus far to have touched almost every form of live entertainment that is out there. I have done musicals, plays, dance, opera, concerts, variety, and of course I have run away with the circus a few times. 

I was inspired to start Pickle Factory Productions when I was young, barely even in college. It has been a dream that I have grown up with. My dream grew so big and so strong that Pickle Factory also started to become the dream of my closest friends. "When we have Pickle Factory" and "Pickle Factory will do" became common phrases my friends would say. I did not grow up with easy access to the arts, and neither did many of my closest friends. We always knew that if we wanted to do and see the kind of theatre we love, we would have make it from the ground up. My dream is for Pickle Factory Productions to produce live entertainment of every genre and discipline. A place where artists who may never work together elsewhere can come together and create something truly unique. The name itself comes from the idea of Preservation and Creation. I want to preserve the teachings and writings of theatre makers past while also creating our own stories and ways of storytelling. 

Something in me, even from a young age, always knew I would start my own company. And I always knew my fellow creators would happily join me in that journey. The final inspiration came from seeing my hometown have an obvious hunger for this but nowhere to go. Pickle Factory Productions will be that place for my community. 

-Alan J. Stogin
Executive Artistic Director
Pickle Factory Productions
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Our Team

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  • Founder

    Executive Artistic Director

    Alan J. Stogin is from the Pacific Northwest and holds a bachelor’s degree in Theatre: Directing & Stage Management from Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre: Stage Management from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Some of his Stage Management credits include work with Usher, Katy Perry, Opera Las Vegas, Opera Columbus, Opera Idaho, GLOW, iLuminate, Atomic Saloon Show, OPIUM, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth in Concert, The Witcher in Concert, and STONC. In addition to Stage Management, Alan served as the Production Coordinator for Terhal by Dragone in Saudi Arabia, the first ever purpose-built spectacle production in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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  • Founder

    Associate Artistic Director & Music Director

    Dramatic Mezzo-soprano Anne Maguire has been heralded by the Houston Press “One of the best singers of (her) generation…Titanic in retribution, yet able to float shimmering passages of tenderness.” Easily recognizable for her “dark” and “opulent” vocal timber, she is the recipient of the 2020 George London award, as well as awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Counsel, Jensen Foundation, Opera Birmingham, and various others. She recently made her Verdian debut as Azucena in Il Trovatore at Opera In the Heights and has also been seen as Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress, Die Hexe in Hänsel und Gretel, Frau Mary in Der Fliegende Holländer, and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible.

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