By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK The first production of Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Freshworks season opened to a full house on Friday, October 2nd—a fitting start for a program dedicated to new work in development. Aura, written and directed by Mal MacKenzie, arrives with a quietly… Read More ›
onStage Pittsburgh catches up with Joseph Hall, Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s co-Executive Director, as the Fall season at the East Liberty theater gets under way tonight with “AURA,” by Freshworks artist Mal MacKenzie.
“KST has always supported new performance that is in conversation with the present moment, even when the present moment is challenging, and that’s exactly what Mal is doing.”
onSTAGE PITTSBURGH CALL BOARD as summer 2026 comes to a close: With news about Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s fall 2026 schedule; Prime Stage rethinking program model at 30; and a welcome summer trend: sold out shows.
PLACES, EVERYONE!
Attack Theatre, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and PearlArts Movement & Sound have launched Place to Space, a shared initiative and pilot program offering subsidized rehearsal space to expand equitable access to professional performing artists throughout Pittsburgh.
With news about New Hazlett Theatre CSA, Kelley Strayhorm, Ensemble Actors Studio, and City Paper HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE New Hazlett Theater Community Support Artists (CSA) Season 13 | Agnus Teaches Acting by Zanny Laird, Lucas Fedele & Treasure Treasure… Read More ›
With news from Arcade Comedy Theater, Off the Record, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh CLO, and Pittsburgh Festival Opera HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE AT ARCADE COMEDY The new comedy show Night of the Moth Man, based on a tabletop role-playing game, soars into… Read More ›
This fall, Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Freshworks creative residency returns to KST’s Alloy Studios, showcasing two new performance works-in-progress that transform deeply personal experiences into collective celebrations of resilience, imagination, and community. On Friday and Saturday, October 3 – 4, Moire del Carmen shares Baquiné, a theater work drawing… Read More ›
Fab 4 Set for barebone’s ‘God of Carnage’ Barebones productions has announced the cast of its next show, Yasmin Reza’s God of Carnage, with artistic director Patrick Jordan joined in the 2009 Tony Award-winning best play by Daina Michelle Griffith, David Whalen, and Gayle Pazerski. Whalen also… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON The four-day symposium hosted by the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater will be filled with performances and legacy showcases, but the focus is the way forward for the East Liberty theater. The title Owning Our Future: A Symposium on BIPOC… Read More ›
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater (KST) presents its 15th annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 20 with In the Spirit of Rev. Dr. King: An MLK Day Celebration Through Art & Advocacy and Let Freedom Sing. In the Spirit of… Read More ›
