Hill-arious
A Night of Comedy on the Hill
A fundraiser for Madison Arts Center. Hill-arious Headliner: Samantha Bentley. Starring Kool Aid, Shaquon Williams and Chevy Terrill, featuring David Kaye, hosted by Stefan Braxton. Saturday, September 28th, 7:30 PM.
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre seeks a contract-based Development Associate. Learn more here.
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Earlier This Season
DINAH
A Musical Revue
By Ernest McCarty
Directed by Mark Clayton Southers
At Madison Arts Center, 3401 Milwaukee Street
April 5th – April 28th 2024
Set during the last year of the short life of the remarkable woman called the Queen of the Blues. Dinah includes a riveting array of musical numbers and biographical vignettes. This show provides a powerful insight into the tragic and often controversial life of Dinah Washington, one of the most popular African-American singers of the 1950s.
FISHY WOO WOO
By Monteze Freeland
Directed by Lovell McFadden
At Madison Arts Center, 3401 Milwaukee Street
May 31st – June 15th 2024
World premiere!
Shawn’s best friends will do anything to protect his heart from being broken again. When they accompany Shawn to collect the last of his things from the apartment he once shared with his ex, they discover secrets, lies, and an uninvited guest and make it their mission to keep Shawn oblivious. Fishy Woo Woo is a comedy highlighting friendship, chosen family and a little revenge when the facts stop adding up.
RADIO GOLF
By August Wilson
Directed by Montae Russell
Outdoors at August Wilson House
August 10 – September 14 2024
Friday & Saturday at 8 PM, Thursday & Sunday at 7 PM
Real estate developer Harmond Wilks is determined to become the first black mayor of Pittsburgh, on a mission to revive his blighted childhood neighborhood. As Wilks confronts characters from the past, he is forced to question how pursuing change could put his neighborhood’s history at risk.
More Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre News
September 2024: Check out our time lapse video of the new sign going up for Madison Arts Center’s Carter Woodson Redwood Theatre.
August 2024: Reviews of Radio Golf from onStage Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Tatler, TribLive, Burgh Vivant, Entertainment Central
July 2024: Preview of Radio Golf and more PPTCO news from onStage Pittsburgh.
June 2024: Reviews of Fishy Woo Woo from Entertainment Central, Burgh Vivant, and onStage Pittsburgh.
April 2024: Reviews of Dinah from Burgh Vivant and Pittsburgh Owlscribe, and previews from New Pittsburgh Courier and On Stage Pittsburgh.
March 2024: WQED’s Voice of the Arts podcast interviews Mark Clayton Southers on PPTCO’s 2024 season.
February 2024: We’ve added new photo galleries for our productions of Seven Guitars (2009) and Jitney (2010) as part of our website’s design refresh, plus a new production history page, improved navigation throughout, and more.
December 2023: Two of our plays in our 20th Anniversary 2023 season, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Bluegrass Mile, appeared in Sharon Eberson’s Best of Pittsburgh Theater 2023 at OnStage Pittsburgh, as did Karla Payne and Charles Timbers for their work on our stages! Thanks!
January 2023: Pittsburgh Playwrights names theater for actor Carter Redwood!
September 2022: Check out this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about our future plans at Madison Arts Center! Read Tony Norman’s November 2022 article on Next Pittsburgh. And see Pittsburgh Magazine’s March 2023 writeup with photos and video.
In 2021, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre was recognized as one of Pittsburgh’s Cultural Treasures! Read more in this in-depth article (PDF)!
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company thanks the following for supporting our season of plays and special projects:
And our Donor’s Circle and other individual donors.
Thank you!
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre was selected a Pittsburgh Cultural Treasure by Heinz Endowments in collaboration with the Poise Foundation, a national initiative by the Ford Foundation.
Questions? Email us at contactpptco@pghplaywrights.
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Slideshow photos by J.L. Martello/18ricco, Christopher Chapman Sr., Candace Michelle Perdue, Duane Rieder, Gail Manker, Joy Southers, and Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre.