The Theatre Factory

The Mousetrap

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Casting is a crucial element in the success of any production. It’s a crapshoot, and even more of a gamble in community theatre as the pool of actors is usually more limited.  Alyssa Bruno Walls, the director of the Theatre… Read More ›

Young Frankestein

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If you are looking for some comedic relief from the seriousness of life then visit Trafford, Pa where The Theatre Factory has brought Young Frankenstein to life on its stage. The comedic musical with book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan… Read More ›

Big Fish

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There often isn’t the emotional or pragmatic space anymore to dedicate the time to storytellers and fantastically capricious tales. Deeply nostalgic in nature, plays and films and books that illuminate and glorify the fantabulous storytellers, the people who weave yarns… Read More ›

Forbidden Broadway

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Forbidden Broadway is a charming musical revue that unmasks some of the magic of musical theatre by spoofing the shows, songs, and performers from the great white way. It does so out of love for the genre which, brings smiles… Read More ›

Sylvia

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The Theatre Factory production of A.R. Gurney ‘s Sylvia is a charming and funny story of a man, his wife, and the love triangle their new dog Sylvia creates. It’s the early 1990’s, and Greg and Kate have just moved… Read More ›

The Last Five Years

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It’s difficult to be close friends with both halves of a couple, because you become the ultimate Third Wheel; you are, in fact, the Third Wheel incarnate. The best case scenario for the Third Wheel is that your friends develop… Read More ›

A Christmas Story

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The Theatre Factory’s holiday offering of A Christmas Story opened Thursday, December 7, 2017 to a small, but enthusiastic audience. Adapted for the stage by Philip Grecian, and directed for the Theatre Factory by Catherine Kolos, the play attempts to… Read More ›

Winter Preview 2017

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A letter from the Editor: Our dearest readers, Winter is only 24 days away and we’re already dashing through Christmas decorations and Cyber Monday sales as 2108 creeps up on us. 2017 has gone fast and we at Pittsburgh in… Read More ›

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