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The following article by Ariel Dorfman (playwright) was published 10/14/11 in  "the guardian" Death and the Maiden's haunting relevance The play I wrote 20 years ago about Chile's torture and trauma has a painful, global relevance today It happened yesterday but it could well be today. A woman awaits the return of her husband as the sun goes down. The dictatorship that plagued her land has just fallen, and everything is uncertain. The woman is full of fear, gripped by a secret terror that she only shares with the man she loves. During the night and the day that follows she will have to confront that fear, she will bring to justice in her living room the doctor she believes is responsible for having tortured and raped her years ago. Her husband, a lawyer in charge of a commission investigating the deaths of thousands of dissidents under the previous regime, must defend the accused man because without the rule of law the transition to democracy will be compromised...

April 1, 2012  at 2.00pm at Off The Wall Theater Where do you belong?    What does it feel like?   What does it mean to belong? Trying to find one's niche in life, the idea of belonging floats to the surface of many minds. Through the use of multiple creative mediums, queer youth and allies come together on stage, transforming Off The Wall Theater in to a space of exploration around belonging, while exploring this journey through spoken word such as this at the preview show:  I belong in the sound of the song of myself  I belong in my own groove  I belong/ in the sound of my joints cracking  to the feeling of my hands in mittens  I belong in the ragtime tongue twist of my next verse  I BELONG Come to Off The Wall Theater to see our Season show to experience what young queer youth and allies feel and think about belonging as the Dreams of Hope's Performance Troupe in Being in, Being OUT, an original...

Off The Wall is a theater production company whose mission is to enrich, enliven, educate, amaze and entertain our audiences, to help create a more conscious and compassionate community while increasing the public knowledge and appreciation of theater in South Western Pennsylvania, and to nurture, challenge, inspire and empower women theater artists from our area and beyond to collaborate as playwrights and directors, explore new ideas, and develop new works. Please follow this link . The article by Marsha Norman (we proudly staged her play 'night, Mother in 2010) helped with our decision to add the focus on women theater artists to our mission statement.

If you missed Baby click the video for a few funny moments during rehearsal and check below for critics reviews. " I've never heard an audience at Off the Wall laugh more raucously or with more frequency than they did last Friday, at the play and at the finesse and versatility that were obvious in the performances given by Robyne Parrish, Tressa Glover and Tony Bingham." Observer - Reporter "The cast is brilliant with pitch-perfect comic timing. But it is Glover who gives the tour-de-force performance of the show." Pittsburgh Theater Today "Off The Wall Productions again lives up to its name, offering a play which clambers and crawls over provocative space, defying conventions, prodding us to ponder what's inside." Pittsburgh City Paper " High Strung Menage a Trois Makes Myriad of Mirthful Moments...Washington's Off The Wall Theater comes up with yet another delightful way to spend the evening." Pittsburgh OWL Scribe ...

February 24-25, March 2-3, 8-10 at 8:00pm and March 4 at 3:00pm Written by Paula Vogel – Directed by Linda Haston Starring Tony Bingham, Tressa Glover, and Robyne Parrish Move way over, Brady Bunch. Anna’s baby is a week late.  Ruth, her longtime partner, is jealous that Anna’s gay friend Peter fathered the child in a very conventional way.  And, oh yes, the three imaginary children Anna and Ruth have created (and embody), not to mention impending fatherhood, are totally freaking Peter out.  What’s a non-traditional family to do?  Simple: kill off the imaginary kids to make room for the real one. As it turns out, that’s easier said than done.  Paula Vogel’s outrageous comedy, And Baby Makes Seven, celebrates a family in which members freely materialize and dematerialize, offering love, comfort, and the occasional kick in the ass if needed.  Devising ways to do away with the fictional children becomes problematic. The very sane Anna and Rut...

Interview with the Playwright, Virginia Wall Gruenert and the Director Robyne Parrish. Oct. 7-8, 14-16, 20-22, 2011 Off The Wall Theater, Washington Oct. 26-29, 2011 Theatre 54, New York, NY. Tickets: Click Here

Written by:  Virginia Wall Gruenert Directed by:  Robyne Parrish With:  Karen Baum, Erika Cuenca, Virginia Wall Gruenert, Robyne Parrish  Off the Wall’s Theater’s highly successful debut production, Shaken & Stirred, is back! Voted Readers’ Choice “Best of 2007″ in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , Virginia Wall Gruenert’s powerful play recounts the stories of indomitable women struggling with the toll alcohol has taken on their lives, and the lives of those they love. Carrying all the despair, devastation, and fear that accompany addiction, these ladies valiantly attempt to summon up the strength to overcome. Don’t miss the re-staging of this compelling play before its New York City premiere at Theatre 54.