Freedom House: Giving Life a Second Chance at Prime Stage Theatre

FREEDOM HOUSE: GIVING LIFE A SECOND CHANCE To Make PBS Debut

June 20, 2026 Prime Stage Theatre's play about the 1967 founding of Freedom House Ambulance Service, America's first paramedic-staffed EMS program, is set to stream on WQED+ after its world premiere at New Hazlett Theater.

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Prime Stage Theatre Will Present World Premiere of SPEAK at New Hazlett

April 09, 2026 Prime Stage Theatre will present its world premiere adaptation of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel SPEAK, running May 1-10, 2026 at New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh, with Anderson attending a post-show discussion on May 2.

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THEATRE LOVES JAZZ to Celebrate The Spirit Of Pittsburgh's Historic Freedom House

December 26, 2025 Get ready for an evening of epic jazz and landmark local history when MCG Jazz and Prime Stage Theatre present 'Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy: A Concert Celebrating the Spirit of Freedom House'.

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Prime Stage Theatre To Premiere FREEDOM HOUSE: GIVING LIFE A SECOND CHANCE In January 2026

November 20, 2025 Prime Stage Theatre will premiere Freedom House: Giving Life a Second Chance from January 23 to February 1, 2026, at the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh.

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Prime Stage Theatre's Cemetery Walk Adds Theatrical Touch to Pittsburgh History

August 31, 2025 The rain-or-shine event offers 13 one-hour walking tours from noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 at Homewood Cemetery, 1599 S. Dallas Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA in Point Breeze.

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World Premiere of MR. EDGAR A. POE PRESENTS to Open at New Hazlett Theater

August 10, 2025 The year is 1849, you're strolling through New York City on a brisk autumn evening and decide to take in a lecture by a rising young author and literary critic named Edgar Allan Poe.

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Prime Stage Theatre to Present Fall Fundraiser AN EVENING OF POE POURRI

July 16, 2025 Prime Stage Theatre's fall fundraiser An Evening of Poe Pourri will pay tribute to a most singular guest of honor: best-selling 19th-century crime and horror author Edgar Allan Poe. Learn more!

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Prime Stage Theatre 2025-26 Season Features Three World Premieres by Pittsburgh Playwrights

May 05, 2025 Prime Stage Theatre will celebrate its 29th season with three world premieres commissioned from three Pittsburgh playwrights. Performances begin in November.

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Prime Stage Theatre Presents FREEDOM HOUSE: GIVING LIFE A SECOND CHANCE

February 25, 2025 On May 5 Prime Stage Theatre will premiere a new stage work that tells a uniquely Pittsburgh story of innovation, compassion and civic empowerment.

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Prime Stage Theatre Presents Two Holocaust Plays Of Hope And Healing

February 03, 2025 Prime Stage Theatre tells the story of those children and one of their extraordinary teachers in Celeste Raspanti's I Never Saw Another Butterfly & The Terezin Promise running for seven shows Feb. 28-Mar. 9, 2025 at New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, on Pittsburgh's Northside.

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Winners Revealed At Prime Stage Theatre's 5th Annual High School Drama Awards

January 15, 2025 Prime Stage Theatre's 5th Annual High School Drama Awards took place Jan. 11, 2025 at Hillman Center for the Performing Arts in Fox Chapel. Learn more about the winners.

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August Wilson's HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED Comes to Prime Stage Theatre

December 22, 2024 Prime Stage Theatre will present Wali Jamal performing August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned next month. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

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Prime Stage Theatre's 2025 High School Drama Awards Nominees Announced

December 19, 2024 Nominees were announced this week for Prime Stage Theatre's 5th Annual High School Drama Awards taking place Jan. 11, 2025 at Hillman Center for the Performing Arts in Fox Chapel.

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LOOK FORWARD: THE RUBY BRIDGES STORY Comes to Prime Stage Theatre

December 02, 2024 Bridges' remarkable journey of resilience and eventual triumph is told in Prime Stage Theatre's presentation of Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges Story running for seven shows at New Hazlett Theater.

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