The cast of “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord,” the “ferocious, darkly funny” coming-of-age play opening this weekend at barebones productions, answer questions about their first professional production, women working with women in theater, and more. The Alexis Scheer drama at the Braddock Black Box theater, June 12-June 28, 2026 is set in a treehouse, where a quartet of teens tries to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar.
MANFRED HONECK SIGNS PSO CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH 2032-33.
Manfred Honeck will become the longest-serving Music Director in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 131-year history, after signing a contract extension that takes his tenure to 25 years, through the 2032-2033 season.
GREAT NEWS OUT OF CARNEGIE!
Claire DeMarco has put her money where her theater dreams are, and partnered with theater artist and administrator Erika Cuenca to save Carnegie Stage, that vital black box at 25 W. Main Street in Carnegie.
“My hope,” DeMarco said, “is that it will remain a theater forever.”
By HANNAH WING-BONICA It’s been twenty years since Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home made itself known in the graphic novel scene. It was only ten years later that Bechdel’s work became a hit on Broadway, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and… Read More ›
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of August, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly. Opening This Week Continuing Their Run Opening Next Week (June… Read More ›
By JESSICA NEU Not many plays open with the storyline of the President of the United States (POTUS) using a controversial four-letter word that begins with the letter C to describe his wife (FLOTUS) during a press conference that subsequently… Read More ›
With 2026 Dollar Bank Three RIvers Arts Festival opening in its new Arts Landing home, the next phase of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Downtown renovations turn to Katz Plaza and the Byham and O’Reilly Theaters.
Alumni Theater Company has announced a venue change for its summer production of Once on This Island. Originally scheduled to be presented at the O’Reilly Theater, the production will now take place at the University of Pittsburgh’s Charity Randall Theatre.
Pittsburgh CLO has announced the casts of productions for its 2026 summer season, a mix of frequent PCLO performers, Pittsburgh-based artists, and newcomers. After 80 seasons as the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, this is the company’s final season of locally produced professional musicals under that name. A new entity that combines elements of Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO will be announced in January 2027. Also this summer, PCLO also will presents the National Tour of Suffs, July 21-16, 2026.
It’s Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and Tony Awards weekend!
Also on the Call Board:
🎭 Pittsburgh Playwrights ‘Art of the Wise’ is headed to the International Black Theatre Festival, where 2026 honorees include local stage manager Renee B. Sorrell.
🎭 City Theatre Seeks Artistic Producer
🎵 Pittsburgh Opera names Rehearsal Hall in Honor of Christopher Hahn
🎭 New Product Company’s ‘Whistleblowers’
⭐️ And More!
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