What Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre will be reading in May:
May 16-17: A fundraiser and staged reading of “A Winter’s Tale.”
May 19, 21, 23 & 24: 4th annual Bards From the Burgh.
Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre
Review: PICT’s One-Man Thriller ‘The Smuggler’ Features a Tour de Force by Michael Patrick Trimm
In PICT’s “The Smuggler,” a solo show by Ronán Noone about the underbelly of immigration, Michael Patrick Trimm’s Tim Finnegan gives off a pirate-like energy, in a fast-paced and energetic performance — Trimm won’t let you take your eyes off him for a second.
Pouring It On for PICT: Michael Patrick Trimm Takes on ‘The Smuggler,’ a Solo Thriller in Rhythmic Verse
The Smuggler – a one-man thriller in rhythmic verse – is finally ready for its closeup. Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre first announced Michael Patrick Trimm in the role of bartender/smuggler/immigrant Tim Finnegan for March of last year, working with director Patrick Cannon and expected at Riley’s Pour House in Carnegie. Fate and fire intervened, and Riley’s burned to the ground in November 2024. Starting March 13, 2026, Trimm is now ready to get fully under the skin of Finnegan, with a new director (Melissa Grande) and a new venue (Carnegie Stage), after more than a year of stop-and-start preparation.
PICT’s ‘Aspirational’ 2025-2026 Season Opens With Satirical Romp ‘First Lady’
On a lovely Sunday evening in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh international Classic Theatre introduced a three-play “aspirational,” with music to provide a taste of each of the show’s international and American flavors.
Coming up Oct. 2 is “First Lady,” by the Turkish-French playwright Sedef Ecer and directed by Adil Mansoor. The play is described as “a satirical romp through the last vestiges of power of an imaginary Mesopotamian country, [where] Queen Ishtar lives in a bubble, oblivious to the uprising of an enslaved people.”
Review: PICT’s production of ‘Miss Julie’ at Carnegie Stage
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 ›
For Amy Ng’s ‘Miss Julie,’ PICT Takes a Deep Dive into Asian Culture
By SHARON EBERSON Elizabeth Eliza Huffman wanted Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre to open 2025 with a classic, and had her heart set on Miss Julie, the 1888 play about power and desire among the haves and have-nots. But which Miss… Read More ›
An Audience Staycation Week: Pittsburgh Playhouse, Lindsay Theater, City Theatre and Carnegie Stage
Plus: GPAC Funds the Arts and PICT 2025 COMMENTARY You go away for a week, you could come back humming, What’d I Miss? Or, when it comes to Pittsburgh theater, you can check out What’s On Stage and say, “What’s… 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 ›