Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2018)

“It's extraordinary watching the exchange of energies and talent between them in exceptionally powerful performances.”
— Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh Current

Photo: Ricco Martello

King Hedley II (2018)

“A tense and moving depiction of lives caught in a quicksand of desperation and violence.”
— Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Photo: Candace Michelle Perdue

In The Heat of the Night (2018)

“Unwavering in confronting the racism and violence that permeates the story.”
— Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Photo: Christopher Chapman Sr.

East Texas Hot Links (2017)

“Among the 10 best plays of the year. It's an intense experience in an intimate theater, acted with compelling authenticity.”
— Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Photo: Gail Manker

Seven Guitars (2016)

“A raw dose of reality…a tug of war of hope and despair.”
— Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Miss Julie, Clarissa, and John (2016)

“A celebration of the enormous and unique power of drama and how a brilliant playwright writing at the top of his game can levitate an audience.”
— Ted Hoover, City Paper

The Piano Lesson (2015)

“A thorough, caring production of a great play, directed with verve by Mark Clayton Southers.”
— Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Next From Pittsburgh Playwrights

PYRAMID BUILDERS

By Kyle Bostian
April 2020

Tribalism. War. Climate change. White supremacy.

The recent past. A potential future.

Change the story.

Believe.

Show dates and ticketing coming soon!

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre! On December 31, Mark Clayton Southers will direct a reading of August Wilson’s Radio Golf by students from Pittsburgh CAPA (Creative and Performing Arts magnet school) at the August Wilson Center. They’ll present Act One from 7-8pm and Act Two from 9-10pm as part of First Night Pittsburgh.

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*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association