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.
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.
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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.
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.”
