The 20th season of Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks – which coincides with The Bard’s 460th birthday – gets under way with the 11th annual Week of Will and includes an indoor reading of the new one-act play This Could… Read More ›
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
A few days ago, on a beautiful Sunday Afternoon, I made my way to Frick Park to see Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Beneath a canopy of trees, I sat before a circle… 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 ›
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks does “Two Gents”
As the fall descends on the region, Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks prepares to open The Two Gentlemen of Verona. I had the pleasure of sitting in on a rehearsal and talking shop with a few of the creative minds… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ Week of Will Preview
We’re almost a month away from William Shakespeare’s birth and death day, April 23rd, and that means we’re coming up upon Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ fourth annual Week of Will. Yvonne Hudson, a board member of PSIP and the… Read More ›
Henry V
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks marks its thirteenth year running with a production of Henry V, directed by Alan Irvine. It is the last in a cycle of plays that mostly focuses on the youthful Prince Henry, or Hal, who… Read More ›
PSIP Continues Its Mission to Offer Fun, Accessible Theatre with Henry V
No one can say Artistic Director Jennifer Tober and the Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks hasn’t been busy over the past twelve seasons. The company has been producing free public performances of Shakespeare’s works in the Pittsburgh city parks since… Read More ›
The Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare. What a hack, right? He forms a few couplets; uses iambic pentameter as a parlor trick; creates a convoluted plot a la Larry David that utilizes misunderstandings, unjustified grudges and idiots to compel a grand denouement. In the end… Read More ›
Fun with Shakespeare in the Parks!
This Saturday marks the beginning of the 12th annual Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks show; this year, they’ll be presenting one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, The Comedy of Errors. PSIP’s history includes the more well-known Shakespeare works like Macbeth and… Read More ›
Losing Our Heads Over Shakespeare, Part 2: Pittsburgh Shakespeareans Admit Lifelong Attraction
When we left Part 1 of this mini-series on why Pittsburgh artists lose their heads over Shakespeare’s works, I took the liberty of supposing that his wife Anne might have held the clue to the reportedly missing skull from the… Read More ›