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Actors perform "The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon" presented by Pitt Stages in the Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre.

Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon brings fairy tales to life

By Irene Castillo, Staff Writer November 5, 2023

The classic tales of the Brothers Grimm, like Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella and Rapunzel, left the audience howling with laughter at the Richard E. Rauh Studio Theater in the Cathedral of Learning....

The story, “Vasilisa the Beautiful” is favorite among students that have taken Pitt’s Russian Fairy Tales course. (Illustration by Garrett Aguilar | Staff Illustrator)

Students rush to take Russian Fairy Tales

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor January 19, 2018

Professors within the department of Slavic languages and literatures faculty at Pitt encountered a shrinking student interest in their courses in the mid-1990s. They weren’t alone — many other Slavic...

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