off the WALL productions at Carnegie Stage A Pittsburgh Theater

Oct. 12, 13 & 14 & 8:00 pm Matinee Oct. 15 3:00 pm Written by and Starring: Anne Stockton Directed by: Austin Pendleton We are welcoming the long-awaited return of writer/actor Anne Stockton and director Austin Pendleton (The Speed Queen), in collaboration once again, to present our season opener. Nikki is being interviewed by a detective in the high level financial firm where she works about the disappearance of two very valuable rings earlier that morning. A witty look at the ways in which we are swept away by the scenarios we imagine for our lives.

The International Centre for Women Playwrights celebrate theatres promoting women playwrights in 50% of their Season! NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, September 20, 2017 The 2017 International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) 50/50 Applause Awards celebrates gender parity for women playwrights at 58 theatres throughout The United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Tasmania. These 58 recipients will receive the prestigious 2017 50/50 Applause Award, for producing 50% or more plays by women playwrights in their 2016/17 season. The major criteria for the awards in 2017 were that a theatre had to have three or more productions, both male and female playwrights in their season, and at least 50% of the full-length plays and performances must be the work of female playwrights. For the 2016-17 season, approximately 32% of the qualifying theatres are repeat recipients.. Awardees range from community and college theatres to internationally renowned public theatres...

  A dancer, choreographer and former stripper explores sex work in new dance piece  “It really changed who I am as a performer and my comfort with the stage.”   more...

Thu Jul 27th 8:00pm - 9:00pm sex werque is a one-woman show about working as a stripper in Pittsburgh. Choreographer Moriah Ella Mason explores how we perform eroticism and consume intimacy, both in the club and at home. Through theater and dance, she unpacks the world of sex work: the emotional and economic forces, the movement vocabulary, the masks, and the moments of authentic connection. Mason is joined by collaborating sound artist J.F. Winkles, video artist Liz Barentine,  and the voices and expertise of other sex workers.

Summer Chamber Winds at off the WALL Annex (25 W. Main St., Carnegie) Woodwind and brass students of all ability levels will have the opportunity to keep their chops in shape over the summer while performing an exciting variety of chamber music, and can expand their musical boundaries by exploring conducting, arranging, and improvisation.  The class will culminate with a recording session open to friends and family, and all students will receive a souvenir CD of the performance.  Maximum class size: 15 students.  Reserve now! Mondays and Wednesdays, July 3 – Aug 9 (6 weeks) Middle School Session (5th-8th grade): 10:00-11:30am High School Session (9th-12th grade): 1:00-2:30pm $175.00 per student – Early Bird Rate through May 15 (Sign up NOW and SAVE!) $200.00 per student  –  beginning May 16th Sibling Discount – If registering more than one child, save $50 EACH! Emily Cook About the instructor: Emily Cook is a Pittsburgh-based clarinetist and educa...

Director Robyne Parrish talks process for 4.48 Psychosis When Virginia Wall Gruenert approached me with 4.48 Psychosis, I must be honest, I was petrified. I Robyne Parrish was literally scared of the responsibility of it – of the magnitude of the subject matter – the lack of scene delineation and character breakdown and most of all, the dark place it asked the actors to go. I kind of despised the play in a way because it didn’t tell me what to do. There was no clear path. How would we get to this dark place without losing our minds? Without exhausting ourselves daily, perhaps hourly, on a psychological and spiritual basis? I was afraid of what I didn’t know. It so happened that I had begun training at the Double Edge Theatre at around the same time as Psychosis came into my life. Double Edge is an experimental company which creates original theatre through the long-term imaginative work of its ensemble and based on the teachings of Grotowski and his students. DE is nestled in...

Acting Studio – off the WALL at Carnegie Stage     Ages 12-17 ACTING CAMP PHOTO (002)Summer Acting Camp from August 14-19, 2017 Enroll the child in your life TODAY! Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9:00AM-3:00PM. Students will enjoy a whirlwind week of Improvisation, Comedy, Acting and Movement Classes!  The camp week will culminate in TWO showcases for friends and family (Fri. Aug. 18th and Sat. Aug. 19th). Acting Instructor: Robyne Parrish, plus other guest artists to be announced! Summer Acting Camp cost for the week: $250.00 per student – Early Bird Rate through May. 31 (Sign up NOW and SAVE!) $300.00 per student  –  beginning June 1st Sibling Discount – If registering more than one child, save $50 EACH! To take advantage of the sibling discount when registering online, please use the drop down menu below. Two children in family: $100 off total Three children in family: $150 off total Registration begins March 15 and continues throu...