By SHARON EBERSON a.k. payne sets the stage for their new play with a voiceover about the 2019 study that revealed Black women in Pittsburgh experience poverty at rates higher than in 85% of similar U.S. cities. Then they list… Read More ›
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Preview: Award-Winning Playwright a.k. payne Journeys Through Time With ‘BURNBABYBURN!’
The world premiere of the award-winning playwright a.k. payne’s “BURNBABYBURN! the american dream” is a co-production of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and the August Wilson House. In the play, generations of women confront truths about motherhood, love, loss, and Pittsburgh — “a city that both holds and haunts their dreams” — as they ask questions across time.
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre in 2026: Four New Plays, Plus August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ in Italian, and More
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company has revealed a four-play 2026 season, including a premiere by award-winning playwright a.k. payne, while also co-hosting a unique international take on August Wilson’s Jitney. The four-play season of premieres — Ty Greenwood’s “The Paradox of Education,” “10,000 Rides” by Cynthia Dallas, “Fishy Woo Woo, Part 2” by Monteze Freeland, and “BURNBABYBURN: an american dream by a.k. payne — plus two add-on productions was curated by Monteze Freeland. Next year, the two add-ons to the season are the Italian translation of “Jitney” and the return of “A Dinah Washington Christmas.”