Friday April 15, the first night of Pittsburgh Fringe Festival took me to the James Street Gastropub and Speakeasy for Cup-A-Jo Productions, Passing Through. A world premiere play which takes place in a Pittsburgh bar, centered around open mic night… Read More ›
Feature
Local Theatre Group to Represent Pittsburgh in Edinburgh Fringe Festival
After being rejected from the Edinburgh International Festival in 1947, eight theatre companies decided to create their own edgy opportunity by conceiving the Fringe Festival. Fast forward 69 years and you’ll find thousands of acts flocking to Scotland for the… Read More ›
Losing Our Heads Over Shakespeare, Part 1: Mrs. Shakespeare’s Four-Century Journey
Around the world this month, as the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s passing, thespians are especially recalling how they “met” Shakespeare. So, I’m now asking other Pittsburgh Shakespeareans how they met William Shakespeare for a birthday week post here in… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Fringe Festival Returns to the Northside
Pittsburgh’s own Fringe Festival returns to the North Side this April giving audiences the opportunity to explore both international and local one-person shows and performance art. The Fringe Festival originated in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947 when some plucky theater groups… Read More ›
Book of Will: Celebrate the First Folio
When giving tours as a docent at Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, I gleefully relished showing off a digital copy of a 400-year-old book. The words in the book are important for what people have done… Read More ›
“And Suddenly You Know…”
Pittsburgh’s No Name Players’ theater company staged their 8th annual SWAN Day last Saturday, March 5th, in Oakland’s Twentieth Century Club. The SWAN in SWAN Day is an acronym for support women artists now. Martha Richards, an American theater artist… Read More ›
B.U.S. 11 Provides Laughs, Thoughtfulness and an Anthology!
Last Saturday, Bricolage Production Company held its 11th annual Bricolage Urban Scrawl (B.U.S.) event held as an annual fundraiser. Each year, a band of writers take to the bus lines for inspiration as they ride around the city, inspiration they… Read More ›
Strindberg Inspired Play to Premiere at Pittsburgh Playwrights
Mark Clayton Southers experienced August Strindberg’s Miss Julie as translated by Irish playwright Frank McGinnis back in 2008. While attending the Dublin Theater Festival, Southers considered “troubles” of Protestant and Catholic divide as subtext in the production. He became intrigued… Read More ›
What’s to Come for SWAN Day 2016
Years ago, when she still lived in Chicago, Tressa Glover overheard two women talking on a sidewalk. One said to the other, “I want a man that’s attractive, but not that attractive.” Her companion agreed. That moment stuck with Glover… Read More ›
What to Expect in Season 5 from 12 Peers Theater
This year marks 12 Peers Theater’s fifth season and Pittsburgh in the Round spoke to Artistic Director Vince Ventura about the theater’s growth over the years and what audiences can expect in 2016. This anniversary does not mark the end… Read More ›