As part of our mission to develop and showcase the works of local playwrights, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company is proud to present three world premiere plays by local playwrights in 2017!
Pittsburgh Playwrights continues to be a leader in presenting world premiere productions by area writers. “Specifically, this season will introduce the voices of playwrights Arlene Weiner, Steve Hallock and Michael A. Jones to our devoted audience,” said Monteze Freeland, PPTC’s Artistic Associate. “We are proud to offer our growing list of patrons an accurate depiction of cultural collaboration through the lens of a Pittsburgh playwright.”
PPTC’s Founder and Producing Artist Director Mark Southers is also excited about the 2017 season. “With our historic production of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars we’re off to a great start. I’m looking forward to the balance of our season.” 2017 will showcase:
Findings by Arlene Weiner, directed by Lisa Ann Goldsmith, opens our season of world premieres with its March 4-19, run. Jennifer prides herself on being able to see every crisis as an opportunity. Can she keep on “bright-siding” when her doted-on daughter runs away, her sister’s behavior threatens the family with ruin, and a secret from the past may burst into the open?
Lights Out by Steven Hallock, directed by Cheryl El-Walker, is our second world premiere. A power outage that stalls a Pittsburgh trolley in a tunnel beneath Mount Washington on a late Friday night leads to a set of encounters among a train of strangers that spark fear, accusations, confessions, guilt, and love as the riders share thoughts of wisdom, philosophy, music and religion, mixed in with a few drinks and some jazz and blues riffs. Performances are April 1-16
Hercules Didn’t Wade in the Water by Michael A. Jones, directed by Wali Jamal, is our last mainstage premiere of the season (May 6-21). It is 2005. Two men cling for life on a rooftop, surrounded by murky water, festered with disease and the unknown. Two women are hundreds of miles away, striving to see their dreams of life, love and the pursuit of happiness come to fruition. All of this set against the threat of one of America’s greatest disasters.
The 2017 Pittsburgh Playwrights’ 13th Annual Theatre Festival in Black & White takes on a new format. Middle and high school students will submit original one-act plays, and if the student’s script is selected, they’ll work with dramaturges to improve their scripts and then see them produced at Pittsburgh Playwrights during the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, directed by theater professionals.Script submission details will be available on our website www.pghplaywrights.org starting in early 2017.
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