By Brian Pope What’s better than one opening night? Four opening nights! For the last 29 years, the Pittsburgh New Works Festival has been a champion of the one act play. Each festival sees 12 plays receive full productions across… Read More ›
PNWF
PNWF Program D: 2018
Pittsburgh New Works Festival opened their Program D one acts on Friday, September 14, 2018, putting together a group of plays that asked the big questions about the meaning of existence, and the not so big questions about how to… Read More ›
PNWF Program C: 2018
Why am I here? Who should I be? What am I allowed? Program C was three shows in total, with less than a 2 hour total run time, and in case you’re the type to only read the first few… Read More ›
PNWF Program B: 2018
Enjoying its impressive twenty-eighth year, the hotly anticipated and highly regarded Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) is in full swing and delivering a new array of exciting, original one-act plays. PNWF, which involves a number of the outstanding theatre companies… Read More ›
PNWF Program A: 2018
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 ›
Fall Preview: 3rd Edition
A letter from the Editor, Hello friends and welcome to our third annual Fall Preview! If you’ve been sticking with us for a while, you know the drill! If you’re new to the PITR game, welcome! We’re glad you’re here…. Read More ›
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 – New Works from Around the World: Part 3
This third post covers the Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) Programs C & D! Six new one-act plays will be produced during this portion of the festival, all performed at the Carnegie Stage in Carnegie. If you missed the first post on PNWF check… Read More ›