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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The Theater Kids Are All Right: Alumni’s ‘Once on This Island’; CMU’s ‘Midsummer’ Showcase Youthful Talent
July went out like a lion in local theater, including two showcases of Pittsburgh’s top-of-the-line education and training at work. Limited runs of Alumni Theater Company’s “Once on This Island” and the premiere/preview of “Midsummer,” a collaboration of The CMU Center for New Work and Play on Shakespeare, showcased the hotbed of youthful talent and creativity at work on our stages.
Must-See Pittsburgh: Call Board for July 16, 2026
With news about … Casting for Front Porch Theatricals’ Come From Away and Alumni Theater’s Once on This Island, The Theatre Factory’s farewell to Trafford, and Go See a Show goes on. 🎭 ICYMI ‘BOOK OF MORMON’ ACTRESS TO STAR… Read More ›
Alumni Theater Company Moves ‘Once on This Island’ From O’Reilly Theater to Oakland Venue
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 Public Theater Concludes 51st Season, Opens Doors to Alumni Theater Company
Pittsburgh Public Theater, following the finale of its 51st season, has announced that Homewood-based Alumni Theater Company will present “Once on This Island” at the Public’s Downtown home, the O’Reilly Theater, with dates and tickets sales TBA. “This production is everything The Public stands for,” said Managing Director Shaunda McDill.
onStage Pittsburgh Call Board: November 13, 2025
Call Board News and Notes: MCG Jazz’s Marty Ashby Honored, Ticket Scams, Resonance Works, Front Porch Cabaret, New Hazlett Premiere, Quantum’s Enron and More
Alumni Theater Company and City Theatre Today Jointly Announced Monteze Feeeland, City’s Co-Artistic Director, will Become Alumni’s New Artistic Director
Freeland Embraces the Opportunity to Advance the Future of Black Arts in Pittsburgh. He will assume this new leadership role and kick off ATC’s season in June 2025. ATC’s Board Chair Tracy Edmunds states, “We “are thrilled to announce Monteze as… Read More ›
Alumni Theater Company Celebrates Their 100th Show: ‘Be More Chill’
The production features a falented cast of sixteen black teen actors. On July 26-28 and August 2-3, 2024, the Alumni Theater Company (ATC) Teen Ensemble will present their 100th show, Joe Tracz’s Be More Chill, at their home theater, The Bill Nunn Black… Read More ›
Alumni Theater Company presents Dave Harris’ Off-Broadway Play ‘Exception to the Rule!’
“We all have memories of that one teacher that got us into trouble. When “I wasn’t even doin’ nothin’!” Adapted from SHAE WOFFORD’s story in the ATC Insider Nothing’s worse than being stuck in detention on the Friday before a long… Read More ›
Alumni Theater Company Presents ‘Disney’ Descendants’ at the New Hazlett Theater
Alumni Theater Company breathes new life into this remixed fairy tale as a stellar all Black cast delivers a stunning portrayal of cultural celebration that elevates what it means to be in control of your destiny. The Plot: Changes are… Read More ›