Seeing live, local theater is a piece of ‘The Cake’
By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor
June 2, 2020
A small town bakery becomes a battleground for marriage equality as family ties, religious identity and progressive values clash in the latest comedy from Pittsburgh Public Theater.
“Liberty Magic @ Home” dazzles audiences from a distance
By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor
May 12, 2020
Robert Ramirez balances a bucket on a keyboard in his living room, mixing and magically unmixing brightly colored liquids while bantering with audiences via webcam. This setup may seem humble, but it’s the new reality for Ramirez and his fellow magician, Siegfried Tieber.
Pitt Stages production keeps it “Appropriate”
By Diana Velasquez, Staff Writer
February 19, 2020
“Appropriate,” written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, an American playwright and MacArthur Fellow, and directed by Ricardo Vila-Roger, a professor in Pitt’s Department of Theatre Arts, will premiere Thursday at 8 p.m. and continue through March 1.
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks announces ‘Cymbeline’ for 16th season
By MJ LaRocque, Staff Writer
February 18, 2020
Two women stood in the middle of a bar playing an improv game where they created a new Shakespeare play they called “The Sisters of Atalanta.” The two acted as a father and his boss, trying to reach a marriage agreement between the man’s daughter and a pile of sand. The theatrics were part of Pittsburgh Shakes...
Pitt students hit the road: What it’s like to be a travelling actor
By Beatrice McDermott, For The Pitt News
February 6, 2020
Margaret Pryor estimates that she performed at least 320 productions of “Damn Yankees” and “Grease” in the span of two years in the late ’90s. But it wasn’t just the amount of shows that made the work hard — having to frequently move cities was also pretty exhausting.
A tragedy of botany and madness in Pitt’s production of “The Verge”
By Simon Sweeney, For The Pitt News
February 6, 2020
A woman stands alone onstage in a greenhouse completely cluttered by pots, dirt and plants. Occasionally, another person or two will join her for a time, but the true stars of “The Verge” are this woman and her plants.
Fading into ‘Oblivion’
By Ananya Pathapadu, For The Pitt News
February 4, 2020
"Oblivion" opens Feb. 5 and runs until Feb. 9 in the Henry Heymann Theater. Cook said he found the dichotomy to be particularly relevant within what he describes as a divided country.
Performance Collaborative brings student productions to life
By Matthew Monroy, Senior Staff Writer
January 27, 2020
Launched in 2011, the Performance Collaborative focuses on promoting student-created and lesser-known work through a variety of workshops and festivals.
From Phipps to the Carnegie Museum of Art: all the culture new to Pitt in 2020
By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
January 6, 2020
As the spring semester begins and classes resume, finding something to do is a challenge for many in the dreary, often cold and wet weather in the Pittsburgh wintertime.
Spend six weeks with “The Wolves” in one night
By Sinead McDevitt, Staff Writer
November 21, 2019
Pitt Mainstage’s performance of “The Wolves,” directed by Kelly Trumbull, a visiting assistant professor in the Theatre Arts Department, opened this past Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre.