Local companies are producing world premieres of one-act plays during week three of the five-week-long Festival. Sex after surgery, mother-daughter relations, and lost luggage are among the themes of three world premieres, as the Pittsburgh New Works Festival partners with local theater companies to present… Read More ›
By BOB HOOVER Plaudits go to the South Park Theatre for taking on this difficult play about American history by playwright and screenwriter Melanie Marnich. Known for her work on the HBO series Big Love, Marnich has also written plays produced at leading… Read More ›
An initially comic and ultimately tragic look at how individual women find employment within a system more concerned with profit than safety.” ~ Variety These Shining Lives, by playwright Melanie Marnich, is based on the true story of Catherine Donohue, who begins… Read More ›
