Pitt Stages to produce live theater this fall
By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor
July 20, 2020
According to Annmarie Duggan, the department chair for theater arts, the department has yet to decide whether the shows scheduled for the upcoming academic year will take place in person or be moved to a virtual platform due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
Next to Normal sells out to emotional audiences
By Matthew Monroy, Staff Writer
October 10, 2019
“Next to Normal,” the first production in Pitt Stages’ Mainstage 2019-2020 season, opened on Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Richard E. Rauh Studio Theater and will run through Oct. 13.
Pitt Stages: what we’ll see this fall
By Justin Gardner, For The Pitt News
August 23, 2019
This upcoming semester, Pitt Stages is offering a total of four different shows. Two are Mainstage productions, directed professionally, while the others are student labs, which are directed by students at the University of Pittsburgh.
Pitt Stages preps for ‘Into the Woods’ opening night
By Tamara Alchoufete, Staff Writer
April 4, 2019
Get ready for princesses, fairies, and lots of dark woods. The Pitt theatre arts department will perform “Into the Woods” as a mainstage production. The show opens tonight at 8 p.m. and runs through April 14.
Review: “Flyin’ West” soars to a standing ovation
By Tamara Alchoufete, For The Pitt News
February 21, 2019
The Pitt theatre arts department told a story beautifully on Wednesday night, showing that “Flyin’ West” really is a journey of flying “as free as a bird” from the oppressive South to the open prairies of the West.
Review: Pitt Stages takes spring semester by storm with ‘Woyzeck’
By Tamara Alchoufete, For The Pitt News
February 7, 2019
Tragedy meets insanity to create the chaotic atmosphere that was the Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre on the opening night of “Woyzeck.”