The 28th annual Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) once again awes with an admirably ambitious line-up. The festival features four programs (A-D) over a three and a half week span. Each program showcases three new one-act plays, each produced by… Read More ›
Pittsburgh New Works Festival
Celebrating the 28th Season of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival
Plenty of good ideas are born and batted about in living rooms. However, few of them emerge and endure with the kind of impact and longevity that the Pittsburgh New Works Festival has enjoyed. Now entering its 28th year, the… Read More ›
PNWF 2017: Program D
For 27 seasons, the Pittsburgh New Works Festival has brought new one act shows to the stage from playwrights both local and from far away. Last weekend, I got to check out three non-local writers’ new shows during Program D… Read More ›
PNWF 2017: Program C
The 27th season of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival at Carnegie Stage continues with a trio of new one-act plays in Program C. The first show is Julie Zaffarano’s Destiny is a Careless Waiter, as presented by R-ACT Productions. The… Read More ›
PNWF 2017: Program A
The Pittsburgh New Works Festival kicked off this past weekend with a trio of original one acts: CCAC South Campus Theater’s Roosevelt’s Ghosts, The Summer Company’s The Pivot and The Theater Factory’s Doing Time. None of them are quite what… Read More ›
Fall Preview 2017
A Letter from the Editor, Our dear readers, we’ve made it through another summer season! After 40 reviews and 14 features this summer, we’re ready to dig out our sweaters, put on the kettle and continue to keep you up to… Read More ›
PNWF 2017: Program B
The 27th annual Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) Program B offers is a mixed bag of theatrics. On stage, three world premiere one act plays, produced by local theater troupes. I reviewed the line up beforehand on PNWF’s website and… Read More ›
PNWF Program B
There is a certain acuity and adroitness in presentation and delivery that must be fostered in order for one act plays to be successful. To conceive of a one act play—a scenario, a collection of characters, an absurd or provocative… Read More ›
PNWF Program A
September 1, 2016 was opening night of the 26th annual Pittsburgh New Works Festival. The tiny lobby of Carnegie Stage was full of chatter. I saw Lora Oxenreiter, all smiles, sitting near the front door. Lora introduced me to Festival… Read More ›
PNWF Returns for 26th Annual Showcase
On a rainy Sunday I sat down with Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) director, Lora Oxenreiter. A board member for well over a decade, Lora instantly began talking about the time commitment involved in planning a six- week long annual… Read More ›