By SHARON EBERSON Escape the holiday bustle and hustle over to the South Side, where you can join those crazy kids from Pride and Prejudice in a heartfelt romp, tinseled and with Austen-esque charm. A fine mix of youth and… Read More ›
Kyle Haden
City Theatre Celebrates the Christmas Season With ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Sequel
By SHARON EBERSON City Theatre is taking a seat at Pittsburgh’s traditional holiday table, adding a dash of Jane Austen-inspired romance to a menu where Dickensian fare and Christmas-themed comedic offerings are ever bountiful. The South Side company turns to… Read More ›
2023 Momentum Festival Mixes Past and Future
City Theatre’s New Play Fest includes Screening of ‘Feeding the Dragon’ doc; Tami Dixon Revisiting ‘South Side Stories’; Martin Giles’ Solo Show and More City Theatre’s 2023 Momentum Festival of New Plays will run May 18-21, coinciding with the final… Read More ›
Review: Quantum Gives Innovative ‘Devil’ Their Due in Exciting Premiere
Technology Allows Audience to Play Important Role in Immersive ‘The Devil Is a Lie’ By SHARON EBERSON If you choose to see The Devil Is a Lie, and I sincerely hope you do, you will be asked to make choices. … Read More ›
Quantum Invades Frick Building With Modern-Day Faust Tale
You’re Invited to a Devilish Party in Immersive ‘The Devil Is a Lie’ Experience By SHARON EBERSON Within the pristine marble halls of the Frick Building, the stage is set for a whole lot of soul searching, in more ways… Read More ›
Quantum Theatre Concludes Its 2022-2023 Season with Jennifer Chang’s Fresh Take on Faust’s ‘The Devil Is A Lie,’ opening April 7th
Quantum sets playwright Jennifer Chang’s innovative and edgy Faustian play at The Tenant Innovation Center at the Frick Building. Pittsburgh-born Kyle Haden directs a stellar 4-person cast, including Quantum regular Sam Turich (An Odyssey) and Emmy-nominated Lisa Sanaye Dring. The audience has been invited to… Read More ›
Applications are now open for Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama’s ColLABo, a one-of-a-kind laboratory for theater makers from May 22 – June 5, 2023
Led by Kyle Haden, Senior Associate Head and Assistant Professor of Acting at CMU School of Drama, ColLABo invites theater makers from multiple disciplines to come together and wrestle with production questions and challenges before going into rehearsal. Working out of the… Read More ›
Review: Quantum Theater’s Chimerica
Chimerica Reviewed by Jessica Neu It is often said that great writing begins with a question. As our world becomes increasingly globalized, digitized, but also volatile, questions related to public memory, heroism, censorship, and the importance of historical interpretations move… Read More ›
Preview: Quantum Theatre’s ‘Chimerica’ imagines the fate of the Tiananmen Square Tank Man
By Sharon Eberson Karla Boos knew she wanted Chimerica as a Quantum Theatre production since she saw its London debut in 2013. When Boos landed the rights five years later, her first call was to Susan Tsu. In that pre-pandemic… Read More ›
Quantum’s Chimerica finds its performance space at East Liberty’s The Maverick Hotel.
An award-winning and resonant political thriller Quantum Theatre announced Lucy Kirkwood‘s Olivier Award-winning play Chimerica will be presented at the newly opened Maverick Hotel, former East Liberty YMCA, from November 27 to December 19. Directed by Quantum Theatre’s Founding Artistic Director Karla Boos and featuring… Read More ›