Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company is a professional theatre company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 2003 by artistic director Mark Clayton Southers, the company originally held productions at the Penn Theater in Garfield and moved to a new space on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh's Cultural District. Between 2011 and 2018, it held productions in a space on Liberty Avenue in the same building used by Bricolage Production Company, as well as the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, where Southers was artistic director of theatre initiatives, and at other locations. In 2022, it moved into the former Madison Elementary School in Pittsburgh's historic Hill District.
The theatre's mission is to develop and showcase works by Pittsburgh playwrights, ranging from August Wilson and George Kaufman to new unknown playwrights, and to "nurture a racially and culturally diverse community of playwrights, directors, actors and technical specialists to hone their craft and to network creative opportunities."
The company has had premiere productions of works by such Pittsburgh playwrights as Tammy Ryan, Kim El, Marlon Youngblood, Brendon Bates, Wali Jamal, and Ray Werner. The theatre company is also well known for its annual Theatre Festival in Black & White, in which white directors direct one-act plays by black playwrights and black directors direct one-act plays by white playwrights. The company has also sponsored series of readings by local playwrights.
In 2021, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre was recognized as one of Pittsburgh’s Cultural Treasures! Read more in this in-depth article (PDF)! Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company thanks the following for supporting our season of plays and special projects:
Sanctified celebrates the trials and triumphs of the African-American church, gospel choirs, today’s hip-hop and R&B and how music ultimately brings unity to the church and community.
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Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company is a professional theatre company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 2003 by artistic director Mark Clayton Southers, the company originally held productions at the Penn Theater in Garfield and moved to a new space on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh's Cultural District .
06 Mar 2023 · The Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre’s annual season launches on March 11, showcasing five plays across two theaters over six months. Four of the plays will be performed at Southers’ newly acquired Madison Arts Center, the elementary school he attended before it was abandoned for 16 years.
20 Nov 2024 · Madison Arts Center in the Hill District will be setting for 'Sanctified,' 'Art of Wise' and August Wilson's play set in the 1960s. New year, new season of plays from local playwright, actor,...
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19 Agu 2024 · Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s “Radio Golf” will run through Sept. 14 outdoors at the August Wilson House in the Hill District, with indoor Saturday matinee performances at the...
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company is committed to developing and showcasing the works of local playwrights; from accomplished masters like August Wilson and George S. Kaufman to promising new ...
