By BOB HOOVER There’s no more “Irish” in PICT, the reborn theater company that survived the departures of founder Andrew Paul and his successor Allan Stanford. There’s plenty of energy, though, as PICT has scheduled a series of programs inspired by the current… Read More ›
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Review: ‘Andy Warhol’s Tomato’ Is a Love Letter to Blue-Collar Pittsburgh
By SHARON EBERSON It’s hard to imagine how a play with so much Pittsburgh heart and soul was met with such fondness in previous productions in Los Angeles and Chicago, and now that Andy Warhol’s Tomato is at last being… Read More ›
PICT Relaunches With ‘Andy Warhol’s Tomato’
By SHARON EBERSON It took persistence to bring Andy Warhol’s Tomato home, and that, Elizabeth Elias Huffman has in abundance. The artistic director of the new PICT (Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre) first saw the play by McKeesport native Vince Melocchi,… Read More ›
Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre will Present a One-Night-Only Preview Performance of ‘Andy Warhol’s Tomato’ at the Warhol Museum on September 13th
Following the preview, the production will play at Carnegie Stage from September 20th through October 6th, 2024. The Andy Warhol Museum and Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre (PICT) are partnering for a special one-evening presentation of Vince Melocchi‘s play Andy Warhol’s… Read More ›
PICT Announces Two 2024-25 Productions in Carnegie: ‘Andy Warhol’s Tomato,’ ‘The Smuggler’
By SHARON EBERSON The comeback of Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre – PICT, in all of its incarnations – hits a new stride, with the announcement of two productions in Carnegie, PA, venues, the first in September and the next, in… Read More ›
NEWS & NOTES: Bards From the Burgh 2, Adil Mansoor Honored, Pittsburgh CLO Casting and More
By SHARON EBERSON PICT’s Bards From the Burgh 2 Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre’s second Bards from the Burgh, a fundraising reading series of four plays by Pittsburgh playwrights, packed with local actors, runs 7:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-12. The series… Read More ›
Why Theater, and Why Now?
Despite risks magnified by a devastating pandemic, Pittsburgh artists continue to carve out new choices for the theater scene By CAMILLE AGIE Theater companies all over the world are still adjusting to a new reality following the 2020 pandemic that… Read More ›
PICT Ventures Into ‘2500 Years of Theatre and Fashion’
Artistic director Elizabeth Elias Huffman’s efforts to reimagine Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre and take programming to her hometown continue this weekend and next with “a theatrical fashion show extravaganza.” What do I Wear? 2500 Years of Theatre and Fashion Gala… Read More ›
PICT Gathers a Local Who’s Who for ‘Bards From the Burgh’ Reading Series
The theater company known as PICT for short – now Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre, under the leadership of Elizabeth Elias Huffman – is going hyper-local for a fundraising reading series. Featuring four new works, the Bards from The Burgh features… Read More ›
PICT Names Elizabeth Elias Huffman as Artistic Director
By SHARON EBERSON The Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre announced today that PICT will return, with Elizabeth Elias Huffman as its new artistic director.Huffman, a longtime theater artist and Monongahela native, posted the announcement on… Read More ›
