Erika Cuenca News

City Theatre is excited to welcome playwright Steven Dietz for a writing residency October 31-November 1, 2016.

In keeping with their mission to champion gender equality in the theater, off the WALL productions at Carnegie Stage is excited to welcome two new members to their management staff.  Joining Artistic Director Virginia Wall Gruenert and Associate Artistic Director Erika Cuenca are Sara McCown as Managing Director, and Heidi Nagle as Operations & Production Manager.  Heidi will also continue serving as off the WALL's Resident Stage Manager.

With the gracious support of The Arts for Autism Foundation of Pittsburgh, off the WALL Productions is proud to present Laura Brienza's Scared of Sarah as the second offering of their 2015-16 season.

Pittsburgh Public Theater's season begins with the timeless drama The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Directed by Pamela Berlin (The Glass Menagerie, Clybourne Park, Red), The Diary of Anne Frank runs September 24 - October 25, 2015 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District. For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit ppt.org. The Diary of Anne Frank is presented by PNC. The "Family Matters" ticket package, especially for families attending the performance, is underwritten by The Fine Foundation. The play is appropriate for ages 12 and up.

Tuesday, November 11 My lifelong friend, Jane Parham arrived in town for the invited dress rehearsaltomorrow and I had lunch with her at Sonoma Grill. Have I mentioned that Sonoma Grill is awesome? So is Jane. We had a marvelous time and then I took her to the theater to see the set. While we were standing there, Zach Moore ran a sound cue, Bizet's Symphony in C… loudly. Both Jane and I burst into tears. Got to introduce her to Ted Pappas who greeted her like an old friend. Good times.

Pittsburgh Public Theater's 40th anniversary Season of Legends continues with the world premiere of L'Hotel, written by Broadway veteran Ed Dixon and directed by The Public's Producing Artistic Director, Ted Pappas. L'Hotel runs tonight, November 13 - December 14, 2014 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District.

Tuesday, October 28 We started the new week with the top of act two. We sat around and read it. We've started doing this in comfy chairs in a circle rather than around a table and it's very intimate. Then we started at the top. Everyone's on stage from the beginning and it's so marvelous to see how at this point, everyone is really inside the characters so it goes really quickly in a kind of short hand. We got all the way up to the "eleven o'clock number" moment of the second act and quit there.

Monday, October 20 Day off. I had been hearing about "The Strip" ever since I arrived so Deanne Lorette aka Sarah Bernhardt and I trundled off to have lunch there. The surprise is that it's not some Vegas area as you might imagine from the name. It's a very down home neighborhood with a lot of local produce and outside markets. One set of stalls looked like something you might have found in Omaha in the 1950's. Surprising.

Pittsburgh Public Theater's 40th anniversary Season of Legends continues with the world premiere of L'Hotel, written by Broadway veteran Ed Dixon and directed by The Public's Producing Artistic Director, Ted Pappas. L'Hotel runs November 13 - December 14, 2014 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District. For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit ppt.org.

Off The Wall Productions continues the Year and Season of the Female Playwright with A Feminine Ending, Sarah Treem's bittersweet comedy about a young woman struggling in a profession that only recognizes famous men.

While Off The Wall Theater was busy, Off the Wall Productions has been on hiatus. They have just announced that they will open their season on Oct. 25, 2013 with 'The Zero Hour' , a play written by Madeleine George (Precious Little, City Theatre 2011) as a member of 13P Playwrights Collective.

The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, opens its 2013-2014 season with All My Sons, Arthur Miller's riveting story of a seemingly All-American family caught up in the struggle between personal responsibility and their duty to the nation. Directed by Robert A. Miller, All My Sons runs now through September 22 in the Rauh Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Directed by Robert A. Miller, All My Sons previews on Thursday, Sept. 5, and runs Sept. 6-22, in the Rauh Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave. Performances are 8 p.m., Thursday - Saturday, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries will make its Pittsburgh Theater Regional Premiere at Off The Wall Productions (25 W. Mail Street in Carnegie.)

Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries will make its Pittsburgh Theater Regional Premiere at Off The Wall Productions (25 W. Mail Street in Carnegie.)

The grand opening of the 'new' Off The Wall Theater in Pittsburgh will take place Oct. 12, 2012 at 8:00 pm (25 W. Main Street, Carnegie, Penn.) with the premiere of THE OTHER PLACE. Watch it in Pittsburgh before its upcoming Broadway premiere in December 2012.

The grand opening of the 'new' Off The Wall Theater in Pittsburgh will take place Oct. 12, 2012 at 8:00 pm (25 W. Main Street, Carnegie, Penn.) with the premiere of THE OTHER PLACE. Watch it in Pittsburgh before its upcoming Broadway premiere in December 2012.

The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, launches its 2012 - 2013 season at the Pittsburgh Playhouse on September 7th with a pillar of modern drama, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. The recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and five Tony Awards in 2008, August: Osage County runs Sept. 7 through Sept. 23; John Shepard directs.

City Theatre presents Tigers Be Still, a new comedy by Kim Rosenstock. Directed by Matt M. Morrow, Tigers Be Still runs from March 31 to May 6, 2012 on City Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio Stage, with an Opening Night performance on Friday, April 6 at 8pm.

City Theatre presents Tigers Be Still, a new comedy by Kim Rosenstock. Directed by Matt M. Morrow, Tigers Be Still runs from March 31 to May 6, 2012 on City Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio Stage, with an Opening Night performance on Friday, April 6 at 8pm.