Mid-Strut - World Premiere
By Eric Burns
Directed by Ronald Allan-Lindblom
Preview February 2, 2012
February 3 – February 19, 2012
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Studio Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse - There is NO LATE SEATING for this production.
Tickets: $24-27 / Students $7-$8
Pay What You Will - Saturday, February 4 @ 2:00 pm (tickets subject to availability)
The REP Discussion Series - Friday, February 10 following the show
Facing the devastating news that her longtime husband, Jack, has had an affair, Wendy finds herself at a crossroads when she receives an unexpected blast from her past. Seems an admirer from her baton-twirling glory days three decades earlier seeks to once and for all kindle his unrequited love. Also named Jack, this charming man sweeps the former majorette off her feet and offers Wendy a welcome distraction in her life just as her husband has broken her heart. Funny, real and poignant, Eric Burns' world-premier play strikes a very human chord.
Mid-Strut was the winner of the prestigious Eudora Welty Emerging Playwrights’ Award in 2010.
Marathon 33 (M33) - World Premiere
Based on the play Marathon 33 by June Havoc
Original and Adapted Materials by Tome´ Cousin and Peter Gregus
Directed and Choreographed by Tome´ Cousin and Peter Gregus
Original Music and Arrangements by Douglas Levine
Go behind the scenes of Marathon 33 (M33)
Preview February 23, 2012
February 24 – March 4, 2012
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Rockwell Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse
Tickets: $18-20 / Students $7-$8
Pay What You Will - Saturday, February 25 @ 2:00 pm (tickets subject to availability)
Young June, fresh off her career as a child vaudeville performer, arrives at a Depression-era dance marathon prepared to take on the world. Starting with exaggerating her age to be allowed to compete, she learns all about the ways of the world - or at least the dance marathon - where participants endure grueling days of dance, heartache, locals, shenanigans, bunions and each other for a shot at the prize money, and a hot meal. Tome' Cousin (class of 1982) and Peter Gregus artfully honor June Havoc and her original play, Marathon 33, in this riveting world premiere.
Conservatory Dance Company at Point Park University
March 2 – 4, 2012
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
GRW Performance Studio – PPU Campus
Featuring the works of accomplished dance faculty including Kiesh Lalama-White, Garfield Lemonius, Peter LeBreton Merz, Nicolas Petrov and Ron Tassone, our students shine on the stage at Point Park University.
MIA - World Premiere
By Bruce J. Robinson
Directed by John Amplas
Preview March 22, 2012
March 23 – April 7, 2012
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Studio Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse - There is NO LATE SEATING for this production.
Tickets: $24-27 / Students $7-$8
Please note this show will close on Saturday, April 7 - there is no performance on Sunday, April 8. We have added a show on Wednesday, April 4 at 8:00 pm.
Pay What You Will - Saturday, March 24 @ 2:00 pm (tickets subject to availability)
The REP Discussion Series - Friday, March 30 following the show
In a small Ohio town, respected insurance man Frank Schooler is being honored as the VFW's Committee on MIAs "Man of the Year." Behind the scenes, Frank and his wife, Emmy, are roiling. The weekend marks what would have been the 40th birthday of their son, Mike, missing since 1991 in Operation Desert Shield and also the time their youngest child, Randy, shares his intentions to enlist. This world premiere by prize-winning playwright Bruce J. Robinson is a masterful blend of drama and comedy about real people, love and what it means to be a member of a family and society.
Dark of the Moon
By Howard Richardson and William Berney
Directed by Jack Allison
Preview April 12, 2012
April 13 – April 22, 2012
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Rauh Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse
Tickets: $18-20 / Students $7-$8
Pay What You Will - Saturday, April 14 @ 2:00 pm (tickets subject to availability)
In the mystical hills and hollow of the backwoods, a witch boy, John, falls in love with the beautiful mortal, Barbara. He longs to be human and spend his life with her, so he makes a pact that will threaten their love and their very lives. Their extremely different worlds - the supernatural existence known by Jack and the god-fearing mountain folk who surround Barbara - clash in a dramatic, powerful way, making Dark of the Moon one of the most haunting, tragic tales ever to grace the Playhouse stage.
Conservatory Dance Company at the Byham
April 19 – 21, 2012
Show Times: Thursday - Friday at 8:00 pm / Saturday at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh Cultural District
Showcasing the diverse and impressive talents of the Conservatory dance students, this performance features an exciting array of dance legends and styles. Each has influenced the dance world’s past and tonight, inspires its future.
Remarkable works featuring:
Martha Graham
Ohad Naharin
Ann Reinking
Val Caniparoli
Point Park Connections
April 27 – 29, 2012
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
GRW Performance Studio – PPU Campus
In Point Park University’s adjunct dance faculty, our dance students have access to a wide range of styles and experiences. With artful choreography, this performance features very special works created for this season’s culminating performance.
Yo Vikings!
Book and lyrics by Marcus Stevens
Music by Sam Willmott
Directed by Penelope Miller Lindblom
Choreographed by Jeremy Czarniak
Rockwell Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse
May 12 - 27, 2012
Saturday at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm / Sunday at 2:00 pm
After taking on a school assignment to learn more about Erik the Red, Emma's world is transformed into an epic Viking adventure accompanied by her sketchbook, her helmet constructed of aluminum foil and her little-brother-turned-trusty-sidekick. When Emma spots a newspaper ad for a real Viking ship, she sets in motion her grandest voyage of all. Based on a true story, Yo Vikings! is for everyone who's gotten lost in a tale and believes dreams do come true.
The Outsiders
Adapted to the stage by Christoper Sergel
Based upon the novel by S.E. Hinton
Directed by Rich Keitel
Rauh Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse
May 12 - 27, 2012
Saturday at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm / Sunday at 2:00 pm
Fourteen year-old PonyBoy knows that in his high school, kids fall into two categories: the greasers, named for how they wear their hair, and the Socs, short for Socials. His struggle with class division violence, honor, and family comes to a boiling point in a clash between the two, a 'rumble.' S.E. Hinton wrote the acclaimed book in 1967, when she was an Oklahoma high school student struggling with the same issues PonyBoy does. This wonderful Playhouse Jr. adaptation is a poignant tale that rings just as true today.
13 Bells of Boglewood
Written by Max Bush
Directed by Yoli
Studio Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse
May 26 - June 10, 2012
Saturday at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm / Sunday at 2:00 pm
In a magical forest, Casey Smith hires teenager Brian to help him dig for gold. Once Brian meets the fairies in the forest, however, he thinks that maybe the gold rightfully belongs with them. With a buried treasure in sight, we meet the Greedy Bogle, as well as spriggins, fairies and Lara, queen of Hollow Hill. It's an enchanting adventure that asks the audience to consider the difference between doing what's right and doing what's greedy.
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A Child’s Guide to Heresy - World Premiere
By Kendrew Lascelles
Directed by Robert A. Miller (Point Park University 2011 Distinguished Master Artist in Residence)
Preview September 8, 2011
September 9 – September 25, 2011
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Rauh Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse
Tickets: $24-27 / Students $7-$8
Pay What You Will - Saturday, September 10 @ 2:00 pm (tickets subject to availability)
The REP Discussion Series - Friday, September 16 following the show
In 13th century Yorkshire, England, 9 year-old Tom is sent away from his family to meet the powerful Bishop, Constantus. He then wills the boy to a trio of terrifying acts involving an alchemist who conjures both angels and demons, a beautiful witch, her mysterious daughter and a host of chilling rituals. This world premiere of Kendrew Lascelles' masterful epic is an adult-themed fairy tale of innocence lost and an unforgettably dark battle of good and evil.
Student Choreography Project
September 30 – October 2, 2011
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm / Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
GRW Performance Studio – PPU Campus
The Conservatory Dance Company opens the season with Student Choreography Project, a showcase of original choreography from its top students. Regularly recognized for national festivals and awards, this edgy and inspired concert features selections from a variety of dance genres by some of today’s most promising young artists.
Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods -
Pittsburgh Premiere
By Tammy Ryan
Directed by Sheila McKenna
Preview September 29, 2011
September 30 – October 16, 2011
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Studio Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse - There is NO LATE SEATING for this production.
Tickets: $24-27 / Students $7-$8
The REP Discussion Series - Friday, October 7 following the show
Christine, a recently divorced East Ender, makes a remarkable discovery one day in the produce section of Whole Foods. A papaya in the hands of Gabriel, a refugee of Sudan. Soon, Gabriel's world becomes enmeshed with hers - and daughter Alex - leading to a remarkable journey of awareness, struggle and hopefulness. Pittsburgh playwright Tammy Ryan's eloquent story is simultaneously provocative, beautiful and haunting, leaving us to wonder about the effect of one soul on another.
Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods received its premiere with a co-production at Premiere Stages and Playwrights Theater of New Jersey, and was a featured play in the National New Play Networks 2009 National Showcase of Plays. Following its premiere, Anita Gates of the New York Times wrote, “Remarkably touching,” and Peter Filichia said for The New Jersey Star Ledger, “Stirring new play…a most potent play.”
A Chorus Line
Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante
Music by Marvin Hamlisch (Point Park University 2011 Distinguished Master Artist in Residence)
Lyrics by Edward Kleban
Directed and Choreographed by Danny Herman
Preview October 20, 2011
October 21 – October 30, 2011
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Rockwell Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse
Tickets: $18-20 / Students $7-$8
Pay What You Will - Saturday, October 22 @ 2:00 pm (tickets subject to availability)
Drama. Angst. Optimism. And a hint of T & A. Backstage at a Broadway audition, hopefuls bare their souls, songs and dance moves in one of America's most beloved musicals. A Chorus Line first hit the stage in 1975, winning nine Tony awards and a Pulitzer Prize before becoming one of the longest-running shows ever on Broadway. Just as fresh in 2011, this special performance features the return of Danny Herman, Mike in the original Broadway production, as Director and Choreographer, as well as Marvin Hamlisch, the show's award-winning composer and Distinguished Master Artist in Residence this year at Point Park University.
Illyria
Book, Music and Lyrics by Peter Mills
Adapted by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Directed by Scott Wise
Choreographed by Jeremy Czarniak
Preview November 10, 2011
November 11 – November 20, 2011
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Rauh Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse
Tickets: $18-20 / Students $7-$8
Pay What You Will - Saturday, November 12 @ 2:00 pm (tickets subject to availability)
Since its inception in the 1600s, Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, has inspired works around the world on stage, screen and in song. Perhaps none is as original as Peter Mills' Illyria, which is given its name by the mysterious land shared with Twelfth Night, "a land of fools, where clarity's a rarity and madness rules." A story of love and longing, secrets and antics, Illyria's energetic musical score transcends Shakespeare's play, taking the audience to a place as extraordinary as the mythic land.
Contemporary Choreographers
November 11-13 & 18-20, 2011
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
GRW Performances Studio – PPU Campus
Luminaries of the dance world collaborate with Point Park University students in a performance like you’ve never seen before. Today’s most sought-after choreographers bring their unique perspectives to an evening that will leave you in awe. This is an exciting, innovative fusion of styles you can’t find anywhere else.
Featured Choreographers:
Alan Hineline
Alan Obuzor
Darrell Grand Moultrie
Sidra Bell
The Jazz Nutcracker
Original Concept and Choreography by Doug Bentz
Music by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Joe Campus after Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Featuring the Benny Benack Band
December 9-11 & 16-18, 2011
Show Times: Friday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $18-$20 / Students $7-$8
This is not your father’s Nutcracker. Sexier and jazzier than any version you’ve seen before, Doug Bentz’s fresh twist and choreography bring to life a sultry slew of characters, including the Sugar Rum Cherry. With a musical arrangement based on Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, this unrivalled dance masterpiece features live music by the Benny Benack Band.
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Bridget Connors
Preview December 8, 2011
December 9 – December 18, 2011
Show Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm / Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm
Rauh Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse
Tickets: $18-20 / Students $7-$8
Pay What You Will - Saturday, December 10 @ 2:00 pm (tickets subject to availability)
Tossed ashore in a shipwreck, Viola masquerades as a man, becomes a trusted confidante of the Duke and finds herself in the middle of a triangle filled with mistaken identity, secret love and plenty of merriment. Perhaps Shakespeare's most festive comedy, Twelfth Night features debauchery, trickery and general marauding by a colorful crew of miscreants. The play's themes are often referenced in more contemporary works, including the films, Shakespeare in Love and She's the Man, as well as the musical, Illyria, also in The Conservatory's 2011 - 2012 season.
