Pittsburgh Theater: See the Best of the Best!

See the Best of the Best!
Pittsburgh New Works Theater Festival Highlights Local Talent and Talent from Afar.
Over the last several months, hundreds plays, all original works, were submitted by playwrights from near and far. Of those, a select 18 were chosen for production. Those 18 were whittled down even more to a selection of 12 original plays to be performed on stage.

 CARNEGIE STAGE, conveniently located six miles from downtown Pittsburgh, will provide the stage for the selected winners to showcase their original one-act productions. Three plays will performed on each of the selected dates during the month of September. Click here for an overview of the ticketing packages. Click here to purchase tickets or to view dates, times and ticket prices. Keep scrolling for an overview of each program.


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*****Program A*****

  • Prodigal Returns - by Garry Kluger - La Crescenta, CA – produced by CCAC South
  • Empty Plots by Chris Gavaler - Lexington, VA - Produced by Stage Right
  • Two - by Eugenie Carabatsos - Pittsburgh, PA - Produced by Thoreau NM

This program is all about the TWO's.  From two estranged sisters, who following the death of their father, work to lay to rest events that upheaved their relationship, to a pilgrimage to the past by a pregnant couple, to two rag dolls boxed in the attic, unsure of their future, everything in this series is based on the relationship of two’s.

Thursday, September 3 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 5 @ 4pm
Sunday, September 6 @ 2pm
Friday, September 11 @8pm
Saturday, September 12 @8pm
http://www.pittsburghnewworks.org/on-stage/program-a/


*****PROGRAM B*****

  • Queen Steffi - by Zac Thompson - Chicago, IL - Produced by Actors Civic Theater
  • Sweet Tea and Cadillacs - by Ben Torbush - Barcelona, Spain -Produced by Cup-A-Jo Productions
  • The Old Maid and Her Old Goose -by Kyle John Schmid - Austin, TX -Produced by The Theatre Factory

Perhaps this series can be considered the Prima Donna series.  Someone from a queen's past threatens to blow her present to smithereens. An aging actress doesn't sell the director by her charm during her audition, but past truths may change his mind.  Two feuding aunts duel over the romantic education of their niece. Whose love is best?

 Friday, September 4 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 5 @ 8pm
Thursday, September 10 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 12 @ 4pm
Sunday, September 13 @ 2pm
http://www.pittsburghnewworks.org/on-stage/program-b/

 *****PROGRAM C*****

  • Gravity Between Us - by Josie Rush- Pittsburgh, PA - Produced by The Red Masquers
  • Rules of Discovery - by Andrew Ade - New Wilmington, PA - Produced by The Summer Company
  • The Man That Got Away - by Jeffrey James - Toronto, Canada - Produced by Phase 3 Productions
Enjoy the diversity in this series as two sisters confront the imperfection of their family, a routine witness preparation session becomes a total meltdown after the defense witness reveals suspicious information, and the spirit of a Canadian drag queen comes back to shine some light on his childhood and adolescence.


 Thursday, September 17 @ 8pm 
Saturday, September 19 @ 4pm
Sunday, September 20 @ 2pm
Friday, September 25 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 26 @ 8pm
http://www.pittsburghnewworks.org/on-stage/program-c/


*****Program D*****

  • Grim Tidings - by Dennis Jones - Powhatan, VA - Produced by The Heritage Players
  • Nana’s Home Movies - by F.J. Hartland - Johnstown, PA - Produced by McKeesport Little Theater
  • The Green Eyed Monster - by Michael Wolfson - Valley Village, CA - Produced by The South Hills Players

In this series, you’ll experience three life changing scenarios as one man attempts to escape the grim reaper after warnings from two prophecies, then one individual’s life is changed forever after receiving a ‘strange inheritance’ – his grandmother’s movie projector.  And third, a woman suspects her partner has been unfaithful and she is mad enough to kill.

 Friday, September 18 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 19 @ 8pm
Thursday, September 24 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 26 @ 4pm
Sunday, September 27 @ 2pm
http://www.pittsburghnewworks.org/on-stage/program-d/

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