Student Labs
These imaginative student-directed productions include classic, contemporary, and original works.
Studio
Theatre, in the basement of the Cathedral of Learning
Wednesdays–Saturdays
at 8 p.m.
Saturday
and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
For tickets call 412-624-PLAY (7529) or visit the links below.
Lively Stones
The reading is free and open to the
public, and will be followed by a talk-back with the cast and audience.
Lively Stones by Sarah Bowden places the audience
in Puritanical Massachusetts. Founding Americans such as Joseph Cotton, John
Winthrop, and...Read more >
prayer for death and bicycle
our roles in life makes us characters where we have as
little control over our words and actions as do actors in a scripted play. an
attempt at escape leads to violence that is only a reinforcement of our original
roles. The Performance...Read more >
Kiss Imprint
The Performance Collaborative kicks off its summer season with two original shows, written and directed by theatre arts students. Kiss Imprint and prayer for death and bicycle will be performed in the loading dock of the Cathedral of Learning...Read more >
Tongues of Men and Angels
"...whether
there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall
cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."--1 Corinthians
13:8
The prophets of the New Testament and the alchemists of the Dark Ages knew the
atom...Read more >
Auditions
Spring AuditionsOctober 29-30 If you are interested in auditioning all you have to do is fill out an Audition Form, turn it in and sign up for a time on the 16th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. If you have a resume, please feel free...Read more >
columbinus
Bullying, cliques, and teenage-depression. Over thirteen years have passed but the tragic events of the Columbine High School shooting still resonate today. Part parable, part docu-drama, columbinus explores "the dark recesses...Read more >
The Sandalwood Box
A
props girl without a voice. A collector of catastrophes. A mysterious and
philosophical bus driver. The brutal Osvaldo. A concatenation of events
orchestrated—perhaps—by the power of the Unseen brings them, and us, to the
rain forests of New York...Read more >
In the Still of the Night: Andromeda's Dark Stuff
Vera is an astronomer famous for discovering dark matter. Vivian is a struggling puppeteer who would really like to get this play about Vera written! Both women are distraced from their work by daydreams, errant phone calls, adn the...Read more >
A Cloud in Trousers
Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky storms into the lives of a Russian
couple, and the trio struggle to rewrite the rules of love as the world around
them is thrown into upheaval. Love, art, and Communism collide in this 2006
play by Steve Trafford."...Read more >
Spotlight
Cynthia Croot
Assistant Professor
Cynthia Croot is a director, writer and humanitarian activist. Her current work, City of Asylum, runs April 4-14 on the Pitt Rep stage.
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