By Guilherme Meletti Yazbek Last night, I found myself laughing—a lot. Sitting in the audience at City Theatre, watching The Second City’s Laugh Harder, Not Smarter, I was carried along by the show’s fast pace, the performers’ agility, and the audience’s… Read More ›
Virginia Wall Gruenert, Ericka Cuenca and Ingrid Sonnichsen Reunite for company’s finale at Carnegie Stage By SHARON EBERSON Seated in a cozy corner of the Carnegie Stage lobby, three women who continually raise the bar for women in local theater… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU Walking into the Playhouse theater for their current production of Thornton Wilder’s classic play, Our Town, you are greeted with a barren stage immersed in three-quarters-in-the-round seating, with various light fixtures perched above the stage. As the cast takes… Read More ›
With news on Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park celebrating the Bard’s birthday, independent productions ‘Shakespeare R&J’ and ‘Hamlet: The Bad Quarto,’ Rage of the Stage Players 25th Anniversary. 🎭 ICYMI from oSP: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE! Now is the time for Shakespeare… Read More ›
What Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre will be reading in May:
May 16-17: A fundraiser and staged reading of “A Winter’s Tale.”
May 19, 21, 23 & 24: 4th annual Bards From the Burgh.
In Ty Greenwood’s powerful new drama, “Paradox of Education,” a group of Black students discover that scholarships to a PWI — predominantly white institutions — come with student debt, living up to academic expectations and piles of obligations, along with shouldering racially-charged, passive-aggressive encounters and outright hostility.
Produced by Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, in a dynamic directorial debut by Maurice Redwood, the play comes out of the gate swinging, and doesn’t let up.
By JESSICA NEU Pittsburgh native Maria Caruso is known for many things – owning the dance company Bodiography, performing her own solo shows, educating, choreographing, producing, directing, creating, mentoring, and giving. Handling boredom, however, is not at the top of her… Read More ›
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh stages this week and through the end of May from onStage Pittsburgh. We strive to highlight as many performances as possible, but there’s always more to discover! For full season lineups and additional… Read More ›
Theater is an art form that continues to expand humanity’s understanding of reality through many different formats. We’ve seen the changes that theater has gone through and continues to do so, adapting to encapsulate the reality of modern times and tell stories that grab attention and bring us, the audience, into the world. Quantum Theatre’s production of 10 Out of 12 does exactly this. A meta script brought to life through immersive blocking, mixed with sound design that makes the audience feel that they’re in the booth, 10 Out of 12 is a masterclass in what theater today can be.
10 Out of 12 — the working and break hours in a day prescribed by union rules — celebrates the unsung behind-the-scenes heroes who make sure the magic happens. It’s also a time when mundane, often funny conversations flow through headphones, bored or boorish actors stir up trouble, along with the emergence of old wounds and outside distractions.
Disruptions abound, with those 10 hours proving to be necessary if ever the doors will open on opening night, as they did on Friday, April 3, for Quantum Theatre’s production of Anne Washburn’s laugh-out-loud and often maddening play, now at Mellon Institute.
Having the audience wear headphones and be in on every conversation worked beautifully, judging by the laughter all around me. Simple instructions at the entry were all we needed to be in on the unseen action.
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