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By Sally Quinn | Tribune-Review

Two popular but very different children's books series offer two very different theater adaptations. One is a kid-focused detective story. The other is a musical about a girl in love with all things pink. Both are entertaining, full of laughs and priced right to be able to afford to see both over the next three weeks. And with a run time of about 45 to 60 minutes each, the squirm factor is minimal.

By Amanda Waltz | NEXTpittsburgh

Playhouse Jr.'s Pinkalicious and Nate the Great are amoing the top 10 family events this month in Pittsburgh.

By Sara Bauknecht | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Each spring, the Byham Theater showcase presented by Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company is considered a crowning moment for student dancers. This year’s show -— which opens Thursday and runs through Saturday -— is shaping up to be extra special, and a little bittersweet. Students will pay tribute to Douglas Bentz with a revival of his jazz piece “Let’s Swing,” featuring the Benny Benack Big Band. Works by Antony Tudor, Jose Limon and Stefanie Batten Bland will round out the program.

By Steve Sucato | Pittsburgh City Paper

The Point Park University Conservatory Dance Company’s annual production will be extra-special this year. Along with the usual quality dance works, the production honors dance professor Doug Bentz, who is retiring after 41 years on the faculty.

By Victoria Lemon | The Globe

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” written in 1852, is an anti-slavery story that follows the life of a middle-aged slave, Tom. The adaptation of this novel by Jason Jacobs and Tome Cousin will be presented on the Rauh stage at the Pittsburgh Playhouse to finish out the 2016-17 Conservatory Theatre Company season.

'Burgh Vivant

From New York to Pittsburgh, Jason Jacobs joins the cocktail conversation on ‘Burgh Vivant and discusses his collaboration with Tomé Cousin in adapting Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin for The Conservatory Company of Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse. See UNCLE TOM’S CABIN OR THE MOST POPULAR AMERICAN PLAY YOU’VE NEVER SEEN April 7th through 16th, 2017.

BY BWW News Desk | Broadway World

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company closes its 2016-2017 season with Uncle Tom's Cabin, or The Most Popular American Play You've Never Seen.

By Robert Gerger | The Globe

On March 31, the Pittsburgh Playhouse will host its first rock concert with an artist outside of Point Park, featuring Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties and Drop the Act.
Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties is the solo project of Dan “Soupy” Campbell, lead singer of Philadelphia pop punk band, The Wonder Years. 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Being at the helm of the classic Broadway musical ‘Sweet Charity’ here at Point Park, the students have brilliantly shown me their complete passion and commitment in bringing to life the story of Charity Hope Valentine, a girl who just wanted to be loved,” said Mr. Rupert, who previously directed “The Crucible,” “Ragtime” and “Parade” for Point Park.

By Victoria Lemon | The Globe

The Conservatory Theatre Company is bringing Fosse-style choreography and the aura of the 60s to the Rockwell stage in “Sweet Charity,” directed by Tony-Award winner Michael Rupert.

By BWW News Desk | Broadway World

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents "Sweet Charity," a classic American musical based on the Federico Fellini film, "The Nights of Cabiria," about finding genuine love in a world of deceit. With big, brassy numbers and Fosse-esque choreography, "Sweet Charity" is a pivotal show that has defined jazz musicals.

By Bill O'Driscoll | Pittsburgh City Paper

Point Park University’s dance department has long had a reputation for turning out talented dancers. So when looking at the program, it’s easy to focus on its distinguished performing alumni and overlook the talents of the teaching staff. In the department’s annual Conservatory Dance Company at Point Park University production, the spotlight will turn on five staff members as they showcase their choreographic skills in new works created for student troupe the Conservatory Dance Company.

By Victoria Lemon | The Globe

The story is about fifty women that are told they must marry their cousins; thus, they flee from Greece to Italy in an attempt to escape the men. This contemporary version of “The Suppliants” focuses on three couples and topics such as gender equality, love and domestic violence.

By BWW News Desk | Broadway World

"Big Love" gives a fresh twist on Aeschylus' "The Suppliant Women," one of the oldest plays in the western world.

By Harry Funk | The Almanac

After such career highlights as playing Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter on Broadway and guest starring on “Seinfeld,” Ann Talman is going solo. The 1975 Upper St. Clair High School graduate – she’s a charter member of the school’s arts hall of fame – is debuting her autobiographical one-woman show, “Woody’s Order!” Performances run Feb. 3-19 in the Studio Theatre at Pittsburgh Playhouse.

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

You could say Ann Talman has been working on her one-woman show, “Woody’s Order!,” since birth. “Or you could say before birth, actually,” said the actress known for roles on “Seinfeld,” “General Hospital” and as Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter in Broadway’s “The Little Foxes.”

By Victoria Lemon | The Globe

The Pittsburgh Playhouse REP Professional Company is starting 2017 off strong with a unique performance of a one-woman show about the struggles an all-American family faces when dealing with special needs. “Woody’s Order!” is a biographical play written and performed by Ann Talman and directed by John Shepard.

Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
Pittsburgh native Ann Talman has a long and impressive list of credits, ranging from Broadway to Seinfeld to films such as Wall Street and Bob Roberts. She has played Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter, had a recurring role on General Hospital, and sung and danced in regional theatres across the country. Her biggest role, though, has been as caregiver for her older brother, Woody, who was born in 1948 with severe cerebral palsy.

By Sally Quinn | Tribune Review

There's that one family down the block in every neighborhood. In this story, it's the Herdmans. The six siblings shoplift, smoke and generally make life miserable for others. But when they hear there are free snacks at church, they sign up for the Christmas pageant.

By Sara Bauknecht | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ballet is often synonymous with tutus, pointe shoes and old master choreographers such as George Balanchine — but it’s so much more than that. In its latest production,“Ballet Off-Center,” Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company will shake up some preconceptions.

By Claire Juozitis | Pittsburgh in the Round
Point Park University’s Conservatory Theatre Company brings you this unconventional Christmas comedy.

Broadway World News Desk
Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical, a laugh out loud, funny holiday play that puts the joy in Christmas for all ages. 

By Steve Sucato | Pittsburgh City Paper 

For the annual Contemporary Choreographers program of Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company, Department of Dance chair Rubén Graciani dug a little deeper into the well of talented professional choreographers to select four who are steadily making names for themselves on the national scene.

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Robert Turano’s long association with The Rep and Pittsburgh Playhouse continues with the local premiere of “I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard,” Halley Feiffer’s drama about navigating father-daughter relationships.

Broadway World News Desk

The REP Professional Theatre Company presents the Pittsburgh Premiere of Halley Feiffer's I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard, the navigation of the complicated divide of father-daughter relationships, as each struggles in one way or another, to make the other proud.

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A year before “RuPaul’s Drag Race” splashed the spectacle of a drag queen battle royale onto television screens, “Wig Out!” was onstage to pull back the curtain on the fierce competitors who make drag balls their life. From his perch at The New York Times, critic Ben Brantley gushed over “this gutsy, pulsing portrait of uptown drag queens and the men who love them” when “Wig Out!” debuted off-Broadway in 2008. The play also had a London run that same year, and that was it.

By Eva Phillips | Pittsburgh in the Round
Audacious drag queens, a surreal reimagining of The Tempest, the devastatingly pointed Harriet Beecher Stowe slave narrative, and the indomitable grimy charm of a deaf and blind pinball wizard are only a few of the exhilarating highlights set to tantalize audiences in the fantastic upcoming Fall 2016/Spring 2017 season of Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse. 

By Steve Sucato | Pittsburgh City Paper
A solid bet the past several dance seasons, Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company’s annual At the Byham program once again offers up another bold collection of works by four of today’s hottest choreographers.

By Sara Bauknecht | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Point Park University Conservatory Dance Company’s annual performance at Byham Theater is a taste of the real world for students. Not only is it a unique opportunity for aspiring dancers to perform onstage in the heart of the Cultural District, but also it’s a chance to learn masterworks from seasoned performers, and sometimes from the choreographers themselves.

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“ ‘The Flick’ is a compelling piece with terrific writing that really pulls you in,” said The Rep director Robert Miller. “Audiences who take the ride will connect with the characters as each layer of them is revealed. Those who are willing to take the ride will be pleasantly surprised as the show unfolds. Going against the typical drama, it is both funny and moving, in Baker’s unique and quirky style.”

By Stuart Sheppard | Pittsburgh City Paper

Point Park’s Conservatory Theatre Company’s production of The Bluest Eye is a work of great depth and pathos, like a symphony of adagios. Monica Payne’s direction is inspired, even cubist. She brings the action from all angles simultaneously, with multiple narrators, speakers and singers — the cast surrounds the audience as if to say: We are in a womb. Watch. Listen. Feel the story kicking.

By Jane Vranish | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
For those with a desire for dance, the biggest must-see in Pittsburgh may be located at Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company. With the latest in American choreographic trends, hundreds of student performers knee-deep in talent and bargain-rate ticket prices, the program has generated the kind of excitement that befits its national reputation.

Pittsburgh Today Live

The cast and creators of "Five" visit KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live to share an inside look at "Five."

By Sara Bauknecht | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

To open 2016, the Point Park Conservatory Dance Company will premiere “Five,” an original evening-length show by dance department chair Ruben Graciani and fellow faculty member Kiesha Lalama.

By Alice Carter | Pittsburgh Tribune Review

For director Tome' Cousin, the play “Choir Boy,” written by Tarell Alvin McCraney, offers a trip back in time and a new approach to his craft.

Broadway World

The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, continues its 2015-2016 season with "Genius Grant" recipient Tarell Alvin McCraney's play Choir Boy.

By Karly Rivera | Point Park Globe

The REP Company will start off its season together as a family on stage Sept. 4 through Sept. 20 in a new show at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. “The Country House” is a relatively new play to Broadway and was written by Pulitzer Prize-winner, Donald Margulies, a contemporary playwright.

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

John Amplas has heard the comparisons of “The Country House,” the play he is directing for the Playhouse Rep, to Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” He gets the similarities, but when he looks at the page, what he sees is a story about family.

By Alice Carter | Tribune-Review

Anyone who has spent time around actors and other theater artists knows that gathering them together for an extended visit in a country house is bound to lead to social mayhem.

Pittsburgh Playhouse

This season includes pieces by Sonya Tayeh of ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ all-male contemporary dance company MADBOOTS, and Artistic Director of the Washington Ballet, Septime Webre. 

Pittsburgh Playhouse

Crowd-pleasing musicals, classic plays, works by award-winning playwrights highlight Conservatory Theatre Company’s 2015-2016 season.

The Point | Point Park University

Point Park will soon embark on the first phase of the Playhouse construction process: meticulous deconstruction of three historic Forbes Avenue façades that will be reconstructed as major focal points in the new building.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The REP, Point Park University's professional theater company, will present three contemporary plays in its 2015-16 season.

Broadway World

The 2015-2016 season of The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, will include critically acclaimed and recent popular comedies and dramas by some of the best contemporary playwrights.

By Linda Harkcom | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A local woman with dreams of professional acting will travel to England this summer to continue to hone her craft. Donegal Township's Nicole Stouffer, a Mt. Pleasant Area graduate, has been accepted into the study of film program at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art, where she will study acting for the camera.

Broadway World
Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company closes its 2014-2015 season with a production of Tennessee Williams' timeless steamy classic, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Classics never lose their luster with theater companies. And Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company is no exception.

Broadway World 

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company closes its 2014-2015 season with a production of Tennessee Williams' timeless steamy classic, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Directed by Martin Giles, A Streetcar Named Desire previews April 16, and runs April 17 - 26 in the Rauh Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave.

By Bill O'Driscoll | Pittsburgh City Paper
Point Park Connections, a showcase for Point Park University's student dancers in new short works choreographed by adjunct dance faculty, has four performances Downtown starting tomorrow.

By Alice T. Carter | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” the writer Leo Tolstoy famously opined. He might have added that those unhappy families make great subjects for dramas. That's certainly true for the family depicted in Anthony McKay's drama “Endless Lawns,” produced by The Rep, opening this week.

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Rep, Point Park University's professional theater company, closes its 2014-15 season with the world premiere of Pittsburgh playwright Anthony McKay's "Endless Lawns."

By Sara Bauknecht | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When Ruben Graciani accepted the position of dance department chair at Point Park University, he hoped to make a program that’s already highly esteemed even better.  In his first academic year on the job, he has helped with changes to the degree programs and created a more flexible schedule for students to take some technique classes. The department also had a great response to its first-time streaming its student choreography production in October. Analytics showed that more than 5,000 people from around the world clicked on to watch.

By Steve Sucato | Pittsburgh City Paper

Audiences most often get a feel for a new dance-company director from his or her choices in repertory. In the case of Point Park University's new dance-department chair, Rubén Graciani, an indication of the direction he'll take the student dance company can be seen in the Conservatory Dance Company's annual At the Byham program.

By Brandon Flournoy | The Globe
The classic 1950’s musical “The Boy Friend” hit the Pittsburgh Playhouse stage and is now a part of the Point Park’s theater archives.

By Laura Byko | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ron Tassone had told Jodi Welch that he would retire when she did. So in 2013, when Ms. Welch stepped down as a dance professor at Point Park University, she asked Mr. Tassone if he would do the same. Maybe he’d just work for one more year, he replied.

By Tom Fontaine | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Point Park University's plans to build a Pittsburgh Playhouse in Downtown received approval Tuesday from the city's Planning Commission despite objections from preservationists.

By Justine Coyne | Pittsburgh Business Times
Point Park University received unanimous approval Tuesday from the Pittsburgh Planning Commission to move forward on construction of the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

By Mark Belko | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Playhouse is about to take center stage in Downtown.

Brian Edward | Burgh Vivant Podcast

Tonight: the gifts of Gab! Theatre Artist and Filmmaker Gab Cody visits ‘Burgh Vivant’s happy hour on the eve of the world premiere of her play PRUSSIA: 1866. Deep philosophies abound, the space between art and science is challenged – and all in the presence of an ominous seashell lamp!

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Gab Cody is drawn to the wall of chairs in the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Ailsa Mellon Bruce Gallery. She’s looking for examples of the 19th-century Biedermeier furniture style incorporated in the set design of her new play, “Prussia: 1866.” As she moves through the gallery, she stands before a chaise longue with an arm along one side, set forward in an exhibit of parlor furniture from a circa-1830s Pittsburgh mansion.

By Alice Carter | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Farces written by female playwrights are few and far between. Local playwright, actor, improviser and stand-up comic Gab Cody is adding her voice to the genre with her farce, “Prussia: 1866,” which will have its world premiere in a production with The Rep, Point Park University's professional theater company.

By Bill O'Drsicoll | Pittsburgh City Paper
It's a romantic farce about the young Friedrich Nietzsche and 19th-century feminism.

By Mark Belko | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When the Stock Exchange Building on Fourth Avenue, Downtown, was built in 1903, critics called it a “swagger bank” because the brawny neoclassical architecture made a big impression despite its small footprint. A century later, Point Park University is looking to return some of that swagger with plans to restore the vacant building and integrate it into the school’s Pittsburgh Playhouse project.

Broadway World

As we all know, when you think of comedy, you immediately think of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, rings in 2015 with the world premiere of Prussia: 1866, Pittsburgh playwright Gab Cody's hilarious examination of Nietzsche and his proto-feminist friends.

Broadway World

As we all know, when you think of comedy, you immediately think of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, rings in 2015 with the world premiere of Prussia: 1866, Pittsburgh playwright Gab Cody's hilarious examination of Nietzsche and his proto-feminist friends.

By Alan Petrucelli | The Examiner
The REP, Point Park University’s professional theatre company, rings in 2015 with the world premiere of Prussia: 1866, Pittsburgh playwright Gab Cody’s hilarious examination of Nietzsche and his proto-feminist friends. Directed by Kim Martin, Prussia: 1866 previews on Thursday, February 5, and runs through February 22, in the Rauh Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

The Editorial Board | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When Pittsburgh architect Rob Pfaffmann produced a design to show how three terra-cotta facades from Forbes Avenue could remain in place within Point Park University’s planned Pittsburgh Playhouse, we tossed out a challenge in a November editorial to the school’s architect: Figure out a way to keep those historical pieces in place.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Laurel: To Point Park University. Despite what two preservation groups say, the Downtown school's plan to incorporate a number of old building facades into its new Pittsburgh Playhouse complex is the perfect tribute to the city's past. Indeed, preservation of those facades — as is — would be striking. But, in this case, it would not be practical, neither architecturally nor financially. Point Park has found the best alternative.

By Debra Erdley | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
University President Paul Hennigan said the school, with enrollment of 3,841, weighed proposals for a decade and settled on the plan for the 1.6-acre complex between Wood and Smithfield streets, Downtown. Students, faculty and preservation experts were part of the design process, he said.

By Chris Rawson and Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Post-Gazette Performer of the Year for 2014 is Patrick Jordan, who scored big in two plays by his own company, barebones productions.

Check out the other notable performers and performances of 2014, including a number of Pitstburgh Playhouse productions. 

Point Park University has announced plans for the new Point Park University Pittsburgh Playhouse to be located on Forbes Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh, within an officially designated redevelopment zone, as well as the Pittsburgh Center Keystone Innovation Zone.

By Jennifer Baron | Next Pittsburgh

Directed and choreographed by Zeva Barzell, Urinetown: The Musical brings an irreverent mix of satire, parody and song to The Pittsburgh Playhouse‘s Rauh Theatre for six nights in December.

By Clarece Polke | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The facility will incorporate the University Center and Stock Exchange Building. Buildings at 320, 322 and 330 Forbes Ave. will be deconstructed to make space for the playhouse, with the facades being incorporated as a “significant part” of the two-story courtyard of the playhouse.

By Alice T. Carter | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Point Park University could begin construction next spring on its $74 million theater and education complex planned for its Downtown campus.

By Sarah Arbogast | KDKA-TV
Point Park University is unveiling its designs for the new Pittsburgh Playhouse, and a very special, award-winning actress returned home to help show off those plans.

By Justine Coyne | Pittsburgh Business Times
On Thursday, Point Park University unveiled the design for its $74 million Pittsburgh Playhouse project.

Broadway World

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company continues its 2014-2015 season with a production of one of the most popular comedies, Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Broadway World | Photo credit: Jeff Swensen

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents the world premiere of a new musical -- "21" -- about the life of the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente. The show begins tonight, Oct. 17 and runs through April 26, 2015, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in the city's Oakland neighborhood. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

By Sam Bojarski | Pitt News
It took Alki Steriopoulos more than 30 years to transform the inspiration from his near-death experience into a full-blown musical. But now that his musical, “21,” is slated to premiere at Pittsburgh Playhouse between Friday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 26, his finished product couldn’t come at a more relevant time.

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 

As the title should suggest to Pirates fans, the subject of "21" is right fielder Roberto Clemente, who conjures many things for those who saw the baseball great play -- his rifle arm, his whip-sure bat, his trademark tics as he stepped up to the plate.

By Genea L. Webb | Pittsburgh Courier
 

Point Park Conservatory Theatre opens its 2014-2015 season paying homage to Pirates great Roberto Clemente in the new work “21.”

By Mia Rupani | The Globe
The story of Roberto Clemente’s legacy resonates much farther than the city of Pittsburgh, where he played professional baseball for 18 seasons for the Pirates. Point Park University is partnering with composer and playwright Alki Steriopoulos to present the world premiere of the musical 21, the story of the life and death of Clemente.

By Mark Kanny | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ruben Graciani, the new chair of dance and associate artistic director of Point Park University's Conservatory of Performing Arts, knows the struggle it takes to make a career as a performer. And he gave up a tenured college position to take his new job. He found he loves teaching and wants to help conservatory dancers meet the challenges they will face in a world that has changed a lot since he was starting out.

By Sara Bauknecht | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Until a few months ago, Ruben Graciani had never been to Pittsburgh. Now he’s leading one of the city’s pre-eminent performing arts programs. Mr. Graciani is Point Park University’s new dance department chair, a position Susan Stowe held for a decade. Previously he was on faculty at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 

Chris Togneri and Tom Fontaine | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Gov. Tom Corbett is expected on Monday to hand out a $4 million redevelopment assistance capital grant to support two more redevelopment projects in the heart of Downtown.
That's on the heels of the $5 million Economic Growth Initiative grant Corbett awarded Friday to support construction of Point Park University's planned Downtown performance venue, the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Mark Belko | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The curtain is about to rise on the construction of the new Pittsburgh Playhouse, Downtown.

Point Park University hopes to start work on the $75 million complex, to be built on Forbes Avenue between Smithfield and Wood streets, before the end of the year, president Paul Hennigan said Friday.

by Alice Carter | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Leave your depth-finder at home when you go to see “Souvenir.”

There's no hidden political agenda, deep message or allegory to be discovered and dissected, says Tome Cousin, who is directing Stephen Temperley's play for The Rep. "It's one of those little gems an audience would enjoy to see.”

by Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Musical theater star Judy Kaye, whose vocals have been celebrated with awards, was nominated for Tony and Drama Desk honors in 2006 for producing a sound described in The New York Times as a noise "so loud, so abrasive that it is remarkable that the audience's stunned boom of laughter comes close to drowning it out."

By Adrian McCoy | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Of Mice and Men" has been required reading for generations of high school students who sometimes dodge or dread it, but John Steinbeck’s Depression-era classic still speaks to audiences today. The stage adaptation opens The REP’s 2014 season at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

By Alice T. Carter | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The world has changed a lot since John Steinbeck's “Of Mice and Men” first appeared in print in 1937 as part of a collection of short stories. But the need for a place to call home, a sense of purpose and someone to care about you hasn't.

Pittsburgh Stage
I grew up on a small farm. It wasn't an "up at the crack of dawn to milk the cows" situation, but I've loaded my share of hay bales into the barn. I was not a true farmer in any definition of the word, but it was hard work. While I moved away and left farming life behind, I can still look back and remember all the sweaty July evenings where I thought we'd never finish loading all those heavy hay bales.

By Sharon Eberson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Leandro Cano met his destiny when he was 8 years old and in John Steinbeck country, Salinas, Calif., where he was attracted to one cover on a display of the author’s works.

The book was of “Mice and Men.”

By Alice T. Carter | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Robert A. Miller is best known to Pittsburgh audiences as a director of the dark side.

He generally directs at least one show a year for The Rep, Point Park University's professional theater company.

Point Park Globe

Point Park University will kick off its 2014-15 theater season with Of Mice and Men, a play written by John Steinbeck and adapted from the 1937 novel of the same name. The University’s professional theatre company The REP will be performing the show Sept. 5-21. Robert A. Miller, son of famous American playwright Arthur Miller, was hired to direct this classic show.

Broadway World
The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, opens its 2014-2015 season with Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck's timeless and heartwrenching tale of two migrant workers in the Great Depression.

The 2014-2015 season will include six productions, including Contemporary Choreographers featuring works by Luke Murphy, David Morse, Ronin Koresh, and Troy Powell in November. 

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company will produce five works, including the world premiere of a new musical about the life of the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, in the 2014-2015 season.

Point Park University’s Conservatory Theatre Company will produce five works, including the world premiere of a new musical about the life of the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, in the 2014-2015 season.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The Rep, Point Park University's professional theater company, will present two world premieres by Pittsburgh playwrights during its 2014-15 season.

Broadway World

The 2014-2015 season of The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, will include two world premieres by Pittsburgh playwrights, a classic by Nobel laureate John Steinbeck and a hilarious comedy about an American singer renowned for her lack of rhythm, tone and especially an ability to sing.