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
Coming Spring 2020
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater

Ancient myths. Modern agriculture. Tribalism. War. Climate change. White supremacy. In 2012 and 2032, two diverse sets of characters experience the impact of these things on their lives in an exploration of the rise — and fall? — of civilization.

Show dates and ticketing coming soon!

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