Pittsburgh CLO

New Impulse Festival Pairs CMU Center for New Work With Local Theater Companies and Artists

The Impulse Festival, new this spring from Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for New Work, includes among its in-development offerings a musical collaboration with Pittsburgh CLO, and a new TJ Young play, with Pittsburgh Public Theater. In partnership with City Theatre, the festival also boasts a “local artist-focused” New Work Slam, with “scenes, songs, and monologues from some of Pittsburgh’s up and coming playwrights.” The Impulse Festival runs April 30-May 3, 2026 at various Pittsburgh Cultural Trust venues.

We’re Off to See ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Costumes at Little Lake

At age 23, costume designer, wardrobe supervisor and entrepreneur Dylan A. Blussick’s resume reads like an accomplished retiree’s. The well-traveled Washington County native boasts extensive National Tour experience that will soon include the Tony Award-winning “The Outsiders.” But just now, he is at Little Lake Theater, proving the Ozian adage that there’s no place like home.

%%footer%%