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Established during the 2020 COVID crisis as a way to engage and support regional writers, the Pittsburgh Public Theater Playwrights Collective exists to elevate playwrights with ties to the Pittsburgh region and increase the visibility of Pittsburgh’s past legacy and future potential as a home for extraordinary playwrights.
Feb 1, 2022 · But though Wilson is a defining voice, his work is only one part of a rich community of Black playwrights, directors and actors with roots in the city. Founded by Vernell Lillie in the 1970s, the Kuntu Repertory Theatre hosted playwrights like Rob Penny in its run of nearly 40 years.
- Renee Aldrich
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company has produced works by many playwrights from the greater Pittsburgh area. In the following lists of PPTCO productions of each playwright’s work, “B&W” refers to a one-act play produced as part of PPTCO’s Festival in Black & White. “Pride” refers to a one-act play produced as part of PPTCO’s ...
Jan 25, 2024 · Jan. 25, 2024 | The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today the approval of a $35,000 award to support the world premiere of Pittsburgh theater history-maker and August Wilson mentee Mark Clayton Southers’ THE COFFIN MAKER at Pittsburgh Public Theater, on stage May 29 – June 16 at the O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Avenue, in ...
Playwrights was established in 2003 at the Penn Theater in Bloomfield/Garfield by Mark Clayton Southers. In 2005, with funds supplied by the Pittsburgh Foundation and the RK Mellon Foundation, we opened a 75 seat theater in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh.
The City of Pittsburgh established the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in the Cultural District in 2009. Hollywood created a film version of Wilson’s best known work, Fences. It was released in theaters in 2016.
Mar 6, 2023 · The Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre’s annual season launches on March 11, showcasing five plays across two theaters over six months. Four of the plays will be performed at Southers’ newly acquired Madison Arts Center, the elementary school he attended before it was abandoned for 16 years.
