The new musical ‘Shantytown’ is now scheduled to open on March 17 at Madison Arts Center. The following story about the construction of the venue has been updated to reflect the postponements and new dates. By JAMES PAUL, Pittsburgh Magazine… Read More ›
Mark Clayton Southers
Pittsburgh Playwrights Premieres ‘Shantytown’ Musical
‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ added as the season’s August Wilson play The new musical Shantytown. The Ballad of Fr. James Cox by Ray Werner marks a new era for Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company in its new home in the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Playwrights to name theater for actor Carter Redwood
By Sharon Eberson Carter Redwood, star of the CBS TV series FBI:International, received a surprise gift while home for the holidays — a Pittsburgh theater will soon bear his name. Last week, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company founder and artistic producing… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre’s 2023 season to include three premieres, the Mike Webster story and an August Wilson play
By Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company plans to inaugurate the company’s new Hill District venue with a five-play 2023 season, founder and producing artistic director Mark Clayton Southers announced on Facebook. The company’s 20th anniversary schedule will include the… Read More ›
Review: ‘Jitney” at the August Wilson House
Forget Uber and Book a Ride with Jitney Reviewed by Dr. Tiffany Raymond, PhD Playwright August Wilson is a perennial tour de force in the theatre world. I remember studying his plays in graduate school theatre classes at the University of Southern California… Read More ›
Jonathan Berry Returns to August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ and Pittsburgh Playwrights
By Yvonne Hudson August Wilson‘s characters are people whose stories leave a mark. Their journeys, as told in plays Wilson drew from real life, are vividly relatable, multi-layered, and resonant. When Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company presents August Wilson’s classic drama Jitney, its… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Playwrights’ ‘Savior Samuel’ Heads to the 2022 National Black Theater Festival
By Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company will present Mark Clayton Southers’ Savior Samuel at the “world’s largest event in Black theater,” the National Black Theatre Festival, during the first week of August. Among the honorees at the biennial festival in Winston-Salem, N.C., is… Read More ›
“Savior Samuel”
By Brian Pope Faith is in the eye of the beholder. It is an abstract concept. It is reliant on context. It is difficult to hold on to when the harsh realities become overwhelming. The consequences of not having faith… Read More ›
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
“1-2-You know what to do…” With Pittsburgh Playwright Theatre Company’s sterling reputation as the city’s premier interpreter of August Wilson’s work, one would think it’s as easy as counting to three for them to mount yet another searing and soulful… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company Represents In Its New Season
If you enjoyed the historical gravitas of The Homestead Strike of 1892, get ready for a whole group of productions spearheaded by that show’s playwright, Mark Clayton Southers. He is the artistic director and founder of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, and is… Read More ›