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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Magicians stream shows live Friday nights as part of “Liberty Magic @ Home.”

“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.
“Appropriate,” written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 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.

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.
The Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park group stages an improv performance called “Sister’s of Atlanta.”

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...

Sean Cook poses with Pitt students at the EQT Young Playwrights Festival at the City Theatre, where he cast all Pitt students and had a staged reading at a professional equity theater.

Pitt students hit the road: What it’s like to be a travelling actor

By Beatrice McDermott, For The Pitt News • February 5, 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.
Directed by Andrea Gunoe, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in theater arts, and written by playwright Susan Glaspell, “The Verge” will run from Feb. 6 to Feb. 16 at the Charity Randall Theater.

A tragedy of botany and madness in Pitt’s production of “The Verge”

By Simon Sweeney, For The Pitt News • February 5, 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.
Director Sean Cook’s production of “Oblivion” will open Feb. 5 and run until Feb. 9 in the Henry Heymann Theater.

Fading into ‘Oblivion’

By Ananya Pathapadu, For The Pitt News • February 3, 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 is a student-run club in the University’s theater department that focuses on promoting student-created work.

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.
The Phipps Conservatory will have its “Orchid and Tropical Bonsai show: Out of the World” from Jan. 18 to March 8.

From Phipps to the Carnegie Museum of Art: all the culture new to Pitt in 2020

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor • January 5, 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.
“The Wolves” storyline follows six weeks in the lives of a girls’ soccer team.

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.
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s production of “Mean Girls” will run through Nov. 3 at The Benedum Center for Performing Arts.

“Mean Girls” musical fetches laughs at the Benedum Center

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor • October 30, 2019
Generating tons of merch, inside jokes and a place in film history as arguably one of the best teen movies of the early aughts, “Mean Girls” finally got the musical makeover treatment and came to Pittsburgh Tuesday night.
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