By Eva Phillips Harper York, not unlike two infamously fabled star cross’d lovers, had a feverish, impassioned vision that she was driven to bring to life. Thankfully, unlike those two lovers, however, York isn’t a fourteen-year-old in the throes of… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Classic Players
Pittsburgh Classic Player’s “A Streetcar Named Desire”: A Study in Meaningful Theatre
By Eva Phillips Pittsburgh Classic Player’s A Streetcar Named Desire is not an easy thing to sit through. This is in no way a reflection on the quality of the show as a whole—which is extraordinary—nor the performances given by… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Classic Players Challenge Canon in “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Tennessee Williams is a master of diffusely permeating the social consciousness and cultural lexicon. His inimitable style is why his works are held in the esteemed canon for theatre and film scholars alike, and the striking relatability of his stories… Read More ›
“Proof”
By Tyler Prah When presented with an unconventional space, innovation is dire to tailor a show to the environment. Fortunately, Pittsburgh Classic Players handles this task with ease, converting a barren community center room into a homely depiction of a… Read More ›
Spring Preview 2019 Countdown
It is a rare instance in my life that my severe OCD, and my hopeless yet unapologetic love of theatre get to intersect so harmoniously as they do when I get to make a list of theatre things I am… Read More ›
Twelfth Night
By Helen Meade Pittsburgh Classic Players opened their first full season of plays with an appropriately-timed production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night…on Twelfth Night (Friday, January 5, 2019) in the Spartan Community Center, in the space formerly occupied by St…. Read More ›
Winter Preview: 3rd Edition
A letter from the Editor, Well, here we are again, my dear readers. Nearly the end of the year. Nearly winter. Nearly time for new beginnings. It’s also nearly our 5th birthday! In our nearly five years we have written… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Classic Players: A Classic in the Making
The Pittsburgh Classic Players theatre company was founded by three Shakespearean scholars who met in graduate school at Mary Baldwin University. Brett Sullivan Santry, Harper York, and Katie Crandol became friends in graduate school, and in 2013, the trio of… Read More ›
Macbeth
Red is the color of passion, energy, and action. Macbeth is fueled by these same psychological elements on his prophetic and treacherous path to the throne of Scotland. The Pittsburgh Classic Player’s production at the Maker Theater falls on the… Read More ›