Robyne Parrish News

A family of riches and elegance surrounded by the decrepit conditions of a deteriorating estate: the paradox is suitable for the equally paradoxical name of the property, Grey Gardens.

Admission to individual SPARK events April 6-8 is now available online at pittsburghCLO.org/SPARK. For a small donation to Pittsburgh CLO's Audience Development and Education programs, members of the public are invited to peek behind the scenes of a musical in the making as 10 writing teams from across the country converge in Pittsburgh to showcase their work through a series of public presentations featuring local and national actors. Performances will take place at venues throughout the Cultural District.

NJ Rep has announced their 2018 lineup. Check it out below!

Carnegie Stage presents The Carols, book and lyrics by Jennifer Childs, music by Monica Stephenson.

Carnegie Stage presents The Carols, book and lyrics by Jennifer Childs, music by Monica Stephenson.

When you walk into the black box Carnegie Stage, the impressive and overpowering rear wall of text smacks you in the face. In front, on the stage, a scene from a dystopian mental hospital with an old spring bed and metal frame, a broken and dirty bathtub, and torn hospital curtains. This becomes the haunting backdrop for Sarah Kane's eerie 4.48 Psychosis.

In one last act of love to the theater,  Sarah Kane wrote what many consider her greatest play, 4.48 Psychosis.   A subjective story of clinical depression, the audience is given insight into one particular case - a young woman who stands in the place between life and death.

Off the WALL productions presents 4.48 Psychosis by Britsh playwright Sarah Kane.

It's March Madness at Carnegie Stage!  Join in this month as they prove that the future is indeed female with a new play reading, sketch comedy, and more!

What better way to spend a hot summer night than seeing "Steel Magnolias" at Theatre Raleigh's Hot Summer Nights? Theatre Raleigh's summer series is beginning to wind down, but it's definitely not cooling off. July 27 was opening night of its production of "Steel Magnolias," the play by Robert Harling

On the heels of their critically acclaimed musical, The Light in the Piazza, Theatre Raleigh steps up to the plate with their next selection- the southern classic, Steel Magnolias from July 27 - August 7 at the Kennedy Theatre.

There's a lot happening at off the WALL!  As of July of 2015, Hans and Virginia Wall Gruenert, co-founders of off the WALL Performing Arts Center, have donated the building at 25 W. Main St., Carnegie to the off the WALL Charitable Trust. The not-for-profit venue will be renamed Carnegie Stage, as their nod to a supportive community.  The anchor tenants will continue to be off the WALL Productions, whose main theater season is October to May, fireWALL dance theater with two new works annually and the Pittsburgh New Works Festival.

Car Talk, written by Elaine Alexander and directed by Della Freedman was chosen as a finalist for the Manhattan Repertory Theatre's One-Act Playwriting Contest. It is a short one-act comedy that depicts the story of an accountant who goes car shopping with his status seeking fiancee on an expedition to find the perfect car for her, which leads him on the quest to find his true self.

Great plays, bold choices, talented artists. off the WALL is announcing the 2014-15 season, featuring three Pittsburgh premieres in the Acting Company's four-play program, as well as repertory theater.

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.

LOOKING FOR THE PONY by Andrea Lepcio will make its Pittsburgh theater premiere with Off The Wall Productions, tonight, March 1-16, 2013. Directed by Robyne Parrish, the show stars Theo Allyn, Karen Baum, Daina Michelle Griffith and Cameron Knight.

LOOKING FOR THE PONY by Andrea Lepcio will make its Pittsburgh theater premiere with Off The Wall Productions, March 1-16, 2013. Directed by Robyne Parrish, the show stars Theo Allyn, Karen Baum, Daina Michelle Griffith and Cameron Knight.

Since being founded in 1994 by Lynn Pryer, the Gilbert Theater has provided quality contemporary and classical theatrical productions for a diverse community in Fayetteville, North Carolina including: children, the elderly, minorities, and the economically disadvantaged while at the same time giving local artists another venue for displaying and producing their unique talents.

SHAKEN & STIRRED by Virginia Wall Gruenert, which was voted 'Reader's Choice Best of 2007' in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will have its New York City Debut for a limited engagement at the end of October at Theatre 54.

SHAKEN & STIRRED by Virginia Wall Gruenert, which was voted 'Reader's Choice Best of 2007' in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will have its New York City Debut for a limited engagement at the end of October at Theatre 54.