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Peter and the Wolf
By Allison Gregory
Based on the Musical Tale by Sergei Prokofiev
Music by Hummie Mann
Lyrics by Allison Gregory and Hummie Mann
Directed and Choreographed by Jeremy Czarniak

Rockwell Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse
Weekends, May 14 – 29, 2011
Saturday at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm / Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $7

Young Peter lives at his grandfather’s house in the forest.  Defying the rules one day, Peter ventures out of the clearing and encounters all the creatures of the woods. Including the wolf. The original beloved musical tale was created by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 and has been adapted for generations around the world. Never before seen in Pittsburgh, this wonderfully reinterpreted, reinvented rendition introduces children to the magic of the theatre, complete with a tango, a waltz and a two-step shuffle.

World Premiere
Pittsburgh’s Mr. Aviation!
Written and Directed by Yoli

Studio Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse / Seating is limited to 65 seats per performance
Weekends, May 14 – 29, 2011
Saturday at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm / Sunday at 2:00 pm
Tickets: $7

American aviation history comes alive on stage in Pittsburgh’s Mr. Aviation!, the story of Pittsburgh hero Clifford Ball, who in 1925, with the help of his friends built Pittsburgh’s first airport, giving adventure pilots steady jobs flying Pittsburgh’s first private air mail and passenger service, so everyone could take a ride in the skies.

Diary of Anne Frank
By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Newly Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Shirley Tannenbaum

Rauh Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse
May 27 - June 12, 2011
Friday at 7:00 pm /Saturday at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm / Sunday at 2:00 pm

You have never seen The Diary of Anne Frank like this before. A new adaptation for a new generation, the story of unprecedented atrocities come to life in the writings of a girl who lived in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. At times both poignant and funny, this play depicts the tragedy that befell so many people during the Holocaust through one young girl’s only way to get through each day. By writing. A Pittsburgh premiere for this adaptation, audiences will see anew the bleak terror and Anne’s awareness of what was happening around her.