AN INSIDE VIEW TO THE FUTURE OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER AND PITTSBURGH CLO
When their marriage becomes legal sometime this summer, only then will the new name and details of the Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO unification be fully revealed. Until that time, they are in the engagement period of a process that will culminate in the region’s two largest professional theater companies merging into one.
City Theatre is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for New Work Development to bring back the Momentum Festival, a public reading series and laboratory for playwrights to workshop new scripts with directors, dramaturgs and actors.
Presentations of four works in different stages of development and a“new works slam!” celebrating local playwrights will take place December 13 and 14, 2025 at venues on City Theatre’s South Side campus and Downtown. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended.
Momentum will feature a Mainstage presentation of “East Carson Street,” a musical by Joe Grushecky, including two songs co-written with Bruce Springsteen.
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