Press Releases
Stage Review: PICT’s ‘The Heiress’ is ‘well made’ in all regards
By Ted Hoover Pittsburgh Current Theater Critic info@pittsburghcurrent.com For some it was finding out the Easter Bunny wasn’t real; for others it occurred when Brad and Jen split up. Even more people were shocked when they discovered that, despite their belief, it really wasn’t butter … but my big moment of disillusionment came when I… Read more »
ADVICE FOR THE HEIRESS FROM PITTSBURGH’S BEST
PICT Classic Theatre and Host Alan Stanford invite you to Advice for the Heiress From Pittsburgh’s Best What life and love choices should the Heiress make? Welcome spring and get ready for the closing production of PICT’s 22nd season! Celebrated guests from Pittsburgh media join PICT artists and fans for an elegant soirée. Enjoy the views… Read more »
PICT Happy Hour at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle
PICT Happy Hour at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle Irish Pub FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd 5pm – 7pm Join the cast and crew of PICT’s upcoming production of Charles Dickens’ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP for happy hour and enjoy complimentary wings and small bites, drink special: bucket of 5 domestic beers for $10, and live acoustic entertainment… Read more »
PLAY WITH PICT! September 21st
PICT Classic Theatre and Host Alan Stanford invite you to PLAY WITH PICT Friday, September 21st, 6:30pm An evening at Pittsburgh Glass Center featuring: Say farewell to summer and welcome PICT’s 22nd season at this fun and informal soirée. FEATURING: Delectable edibles and bountiful beverages. Dramatic desserts by PICT’s own Karen Baum (Jane Eyre, Shirley Valentine,… Read more »
PICT announces 2018-2019 Season: Classics in our times
PICT Classic Theatre has announced its 2018-2019 Season, “Classics in our times.” Having celebrated its 100th production last season with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, PICT will present a collection of three plays beginning in the Fall of 2018 at WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio in Oakland. “Each year we offer some of the finest… Read more »
Perfection in the making: PICT’s 100th Production
FROM THE DESK OF THE ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: It’s Happening Already. “ROMEO AND JULIET” is selling fast. From PICT at WQED in Oakland. I am always proud of the productions we present to you at PICT Classic Theatre. And I am always proud… Read more »
Welcome to PICT Classic Theatre’s 2017-2018 Season: Expect the Best
PICT Classic Theatre announces its 2017-2018 Season, with a focus on classic authors William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and Charlotte Brontë, in new performance venues in Crafton, Oakland, and Point Breeze. The season will begin in August with a preliminary special event, MURDER AT THE CRAFT HOUSE: WHO KILLED ALAN STANFORD?, a reception and interactive murder… Read more »
Casting Notice: PICT Classic Theatre 2017-2018
Dates: Friday, July 28th 10am to 6pm Saturday, July 29th 12pm to 4pm Tuesday, August 1st 10am to 6pm Location: PICT Classic Theatre’s Office and Studio: 2403 Sidney St. Suite 285, Pittsburgh PA 15203 Requirements: Please prepare two one-minute monologues – one of heightened text (Shakespeare, Greek, Classical, etc.) and one contemporary. Please bring… Read more »
PICT presents a turbulent tale for the holidays with THE LION IN WINTER
On December 1st, PICT Classic Theatre will continue its 2016-2017 season at Union Project with THE LION IN WINTER. The play, written in 1966 by James Goldman, depicts Henry II’s transition of power during Christmas in the year 1183 amid family dysfunction and political maneuvering. Though Goldman’s play is fictional, it is based upon actual… Read more »
“Two Tales of Terror” features two evocative short stories by Edgar Allan Poe.
PICT returns to the Stephen Foster Memorial to thank its 2015 patrons. Pittsburgh, PA, February 24, 2016- Though still suppressing any telltale clues to its upcoming season, PICT Classic Theatre is pleased to announce the world-premiere of Two Tales of Terror by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by PICT’s Artistic & Executive Director, Alan Stanford. The… Read more »
PICT Classic Theatre names Steven Alschuler President of the Board.
Pittsburgh, PA, January 14, 2016– Steven Alschuler, President of Pittsburgh-based public relations firm Alschuler Communications, has been named President of the Board of Directors of PICT Classic Theatre. PICT, founded in 1996 as Pittsburgh Irish and Classic Theatre, produces high-quality classic theater and considers educational programs and outreach to underserved communities to be among its… Read more »
“Oliver Twist” is a story of redemption for PICT Classic Theatre.
PICT is back with a classic about the spirit of charity in time for the holidays. Pittsburgh, PA, November 4, 2015- After a total staff lay-off, the cancellation of a production and a series of very real discussions about whether PICT should close its doors forever, PICT Classic Theatre is pleased to announce its return… Read more »
Educating Rita is a heart-warming story about personal fulfillment.
PICT celebrates its relationship with the University of Pittsburgh in this important piece about higher education. Pittsburgh, PA, August 13, 2015– Oakland will be bustling this September when the students return to their dormitories to begin a new year of study. During this time, from September 3 through 19, PICT Classic Theatre will present… Read more »
Sharon’s Grave is a great Irish yarn about love, legends and the land.
PICT’s Harvard-educated director, Aoife Spillane-Hinks, transports audiences to Ireland’s coast. Pittsburgh, PA, June 25, 2015- July is peak vacation season, and for two hours, audiences can travel with PICT Classic Theatre to the wild southwest coast of Ireland. Sharon’s Grave, by Irish audience-favorite John B. Keane, runs July 16 – August 1 in the Henry… Read more »
PICT Classic Theatre announces 2015 is its final season at University of Pittsburgh
PICT embraces the opportunity to explore new horizons. Pittsburgh, PA, June 8, 2015- PICTClassic Theatre will enter its twentieth year in 2016, and today PICT announced a number of changes to its current and upcoming seasons, including an expanded schedule, additional productions and a move to a more flexible model of performance venues. Many changes… Read more »
“How the Other Half Loves” is a laugh-out-loud farce about infidelity set in 1971.
PICT moves from musical to comedy. Two living rooms share the same space in PICT’s first 2015 Mainstage production. Pittsburgh, PA, May 6, 2015 – A little infidelity goes a long way in PICT Classic Theatre’s How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn, running from May 28 through June 13 upstairs in the Stephen… Read more »
PICT offers affordable theatre classes starting Monday, May 4.
Register for classes now or scroll down for more information. Pittsburgh, PA, April 20, 2015 – PICT Classic Theatre, now in its nineteenth season, is pleased to unveil a series of Adult Theatre Classes— its newest program under the PICT Educates banner. Aimed at connecting the PICT professional theatrical community with the Pittsburgh community… Read more »
“Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” comes to PICT and performances are selling out.
A cabaret-style revue concludes PICT’s new Downtown Series. Pittsburgh, PA, March 30, 2015 – It’s springtime, and PICT Classic Theatre blossoms with the musical revue, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, which has already sold out for two performances, and many more have only a handful of seats remaining. This cabaret-… Read more »
PICT’s Artistic Director adapts and directs a global smash hit.
Alan Stanford’s Pride and Prejudice sells out at the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Pittsburgh, PA, March 20, 2015- PICT Classic Theatre’s Artistic & Executive Director Alan Stanford just used up his three weeks of 2015 vacation days, but few people would classify taking the Gate Theatre’s production of Pride and Prejudice to the 43rd Hong… Read more »
The Stars Are Cast for PICT’s UnCommon Pleas: An Evening of Legal Theatrical Entertainment
Former Governor Tom Corbett as Prospero Former County Executive Dan Onorato as Caliban CEO and President of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Helen Hanna Casey as Ariel Pittsburgh, PA – February 18, 2015. A storm is brewing in Pittsburgh as PICT Classic Theatre sets the stage for its second annual UnCommon Pleas. The event will… Read more »
For the Tree to Drop is a breath-taking world premiere by a Pittsburgh playwright.
PICT kicks off its 2015 Season in a new venue. Pittsburgh, PA, January 23, 2015- It’s a new year, and PICT Classic Theatre opens its nineteenth season out of the gate with a world-premiere, For the Tree to Drop, written by celebrated local actress Lissa Brennan. Part of PICT’s brand-new Downtown Series, it is no… Read more »
Great Expectations is the extraordinary alternative to traditional holiday entertainment this December.
Dickens’ classic is the final 2014 PICT production before the February Downtown Series. Pittsburgh, PA, November 10, 2014- On the heels of the most-attended production in PICT’s 18-year history, PICT Classic Theatre presents Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations from December 4 – 20 at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Oakland. The final production before PICT’s 2015… Read more »
Job Posting: CFO of the Arts Finance Cohort
POSITION TITLE: Chief Financial Officer REPORTING TO: Executive Directors of Arts Finance Cohort LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA THE COMPANY: Arts Finance Cohort (AFC) – a group of five Pittsburgh-based arts organizations COMPANY PROFILE: The AFC is a group of five Pittsburgh-based arts organizations that have come together to hire a shared CFO. The AFC’s goal is… Read more »
PICT Plays…with Witches and Wizards is PICT Classic Theatre’s ‘Sweet Oblivious Antidote’ to the typical Pittsburgh gala
Featuring emcee Brian Edward from ‘Burgh Vivant and an awards ceremony honoring Rich Fitzgerald, Gene O’Sullivan, and Joan Markert. Pittsburgh, PA – September 30, 2014. For one night, on the eve of Halloween, PICT Classic Theatre will transform J. Verno Studios on the South Side into a den of dastardly delights! Dinner, dancing, and “spirits” of… Read more »
PICT Announces an Expanded Season in 2015
Aptly Themed “Saints and Sinners” Series Brings New Stage and Seven Classics. Pittsburgh, PA, September 20, 2014- PICT Classic Theatre approaches its nineteenth year and is experiencing growing pains! With more theatre than one venue can hold, PICT expands to seven “classics” in 2015- with two Downtown Series performances kicking off the season in the… Read more »
“Macbeth” will delight Shakespeare purists and contemporary “Game of Thrones” fans alike.
PICT Theatre’s October 9- 25 presentation of Macbeth features a large cast and novel concepts. Pittsburgh, PA, September 17, 2014- Bringing you the summer blockbuster of 1606 like never seen before, PICT Classic Theatre presents William Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, Macbeth, October 9- 25 at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Oakland. The “something wicked” that inspired… Read more »
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is Unforgettable Story of an Irish “Band of Brothers” Entering One of WWI’s Bloodiest Battles.
PICT Theatre’s September 4-20 presentation of Sons of Ulster coincides with 2014 WWI Centennial. Pittsburgh, PA – August 13, 2014- PICT Classic Theatre’s Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, by Frank McGuinness, opens just about 100 years after the historical WWI events that are authentically portrayed in the performance. Running September 4-20… Read more »
Leading Irish Dramatist Marina Carr in Pittsburgh for Premiere
Leading Irish Dramatist Marina Carr Visits Pittsburgh to Celebrate Premiere Special dinner and events planned to celebrate her visit Pittsburgh, PA – July 3, 2014. The Pittsburgh premiere of Marina Carr’s Woman and Scarecrow is even more noteworthy since the acclaimed playwright is coming to Pittsburgh for the production. Artistic and Executive Director Alan… Read more »
Pittsburgh Premiere of Woman and Scarecrow by leading Irish Dramatist
Playwright Marina Carr visits Pittsburgh July 7-14 Special dinner and events planned to celebrate her visit Pittsburgh, PA – June 26, 2014. Marina Carr’s play Woman and Scarecrow is a perfect embodiment of the bittersweet humor and comical tragedy that pervades the plays of the Irish, much like PICT’s production Waiting for Godot that… Read more »
Waiting for Godot Marks Many Noteworthy Returns
PICT’s Waiting for Godot offers many welcome returns to stage Martin Giles’s first role following extended illness. Alan Stanford reprises role of Pozzo. Director Aoife Spillane-Hinks returns to direct. Pittsburgh, PA – May 22, 2014. When Artistic & Executive Director Alan Stanford was planning the 2014 PICT season, Managing Director Stephanie Riso suggested the addition… Read more »
New Name, New Faces at PICT Classic Theatre
PICT announces a new brand – PICT Classic Theatre – and new faces to build a stronger organization and secure its future Focusing PICT’s mission and place in Pittsburgh’s theatre community Pittsburgh, PA – May 7, 2014. Aiming to broaden awareness and appeal of its market brand, the Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre will move forward under… Read more »
PICT UnCommon Pleas Finds Stars Among the Legal & Tech Communities
Dennis Unkovic and Audrey Russo shine as the Macbeths. Who knew judges could be so funny? Pittsburgh, PA – April 3, 2014. On Thursday, March 27, PICT Theatre and the Arts and Law Committee of the Allegheny County Bar hosted more than 150 guests at the Duquesne Club for the inaugural PICT UnCommon Pleas, a… Read more »
PICT Theatre opens 2014 season with Blithe Spirit
PICT Artistic & Executive Director Alan Stanford to direct ghostly comedy First professional production of Blithe Spirit in Pittsburgh since 1971 Pittsburgh, PA – March 11, 2014. PICT Theatre’s Artistic and Executive Director Alan Stanford has selected a bold assortment of classic plays for PICT’s 18th season, Something Wicked This Way Comes. Each play contains its own version of wickedness, with… Read more »
PICT UnCommon Pleas: Let’s Thrill All the Lawyers!
Guilty or Not Guilty? Macbeth Appeals His Conviction PICT Theatre’s UnCommon Pleas: An Evening of Legal Theatrical Entertainment Dennis Unkovic as Macbeth; Audrey Russo as Lady Macbeth Watch interview Pittsburgh, PA – February 25, 2014. Shakespeare’s most wicked couple, the Macbeths, will appeal their murder convictions in front of six noteworthy judges. Attorney Dennis Unkovic… Read more »
PICT Presents the Pittsburgh Premiere of The Crucifer of Blood by Paul Giovanni
PICT Theatre’s final production of the season is the Pittsburgh premiere of Paul Giovanni’s The Crucifer of Blood, a Sherlock Holmes adventure featuring characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Matt Torney directs. David Whalen returns to reprise the role of Sherlock Holmes since his 2011 turn as the master detective. Also returning from the… Read more »
PICT Plays…A Costume Gala with Special Guest Jack Gleeson
PICT Plays…with Mystery and Mayhem, a Costume Gala by PICT Theatre *Awards ceremony honoring Sara Steelman and Ray Werner* **Special Guest Host Jack Gleeson of Game of Thrones is King of the AE Dance Party** Pittsburgh, PA – October 16, 2013. PICT Theatre, presenting sponsors PNC Bank and Jones Day, and Dance Party sponsor American… Read more »
PICT Announces a ‘Wonderfully Wicked’ 2014 Season
PICT Theatre (Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre) packs its eighteenth year of classic favorites and pure Irish genius, a return to its original mission under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Alan Stanford. The selection of plays all fit the theme, “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” a line taken from the fifth show of the… Read more »
PICT Theatre Presents the Pittsburgh Premiere of A Skull in Connemara
PICT Theatre Presents the Pittsburgh Premiere of A Skull in Connemara *One of a trilogy of stories by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh* **Directed by Martin Giles** Pittsburgh, PA – September 5, 2013. PICT Theatre’s fifth production of the season is the Pittsburgh premiere of Martin McDonagh’s hilarious whodunit A Skull in Connemara, one of a… Read more »
PICT Board Selects Alan Stanford as Producing Artistic Director
Pittsburgh, PA – August 30, 2013. Following an extensive search process, PICT Theatre’s board of directors has appointed Alan Stanford as the company’s producing artistic director. Stanford has been serving as the interim producing artistic director since February. Board president Eugene O’Sullivan said, “We were fortunate to find someone of Alan’s caliber to lead this… Read more »
U.S. Premiere of Don Juan Comes Back from the War
PICT Presents U.S. Premiere of Don Juan Comes Back from the War **Alan Stanford directs Duncan Macmillan’s new version of the Odon von Horvath play** ***Featuring David Whalen and Nike Doukas *** Pittsburgh, PA –July 31, 2013. British playwright Duncan Macmillan was asked numerous times to adapt Don Juan Comes Back from the War by… Read more »
More Modern Milieu for Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan
More Modern Milieu for Lady Windermere’s Fan **Alan Stanford adapts and directs Oscar Wilde’s comic gem ** ***Featuring Leo Marks, Nike Doukas, Jodi Gage and John DeMita in 17-member cast *** Pittsburgh, PA – UPDATE July 3, 2013. Renowned Oscar Wilde expert Alan Stanford, PICT’s interim Producing Artistic Director, will direct his adaptation of the… Read more »
Martin Giles Stars in PICT’s Thriller The Kreutzer Sonata
Contact: Michelle Belan Sales & Marketing Director 412-561-6000 x. 203 mbelan@picttheatre.org www.picttheatre.org For Immediate Release Martin Giles Stars in PICT’s Thriller The Kreutzer Sonata **Irish playwright Nancy Harris transforms Leo Tolstoy’s novella for the stage ** ***Featuring the music of violinist Juan Jaramillo and pianist Alaine Fink*** Pittsburgh, PA – May 14, 2013. Noted Pittsburgh… Read more »
Good Neighbors/Bad Neighbors FREE Panel Discussion
**PICT Theatre hosts noted Princeton Historian Jan Gross** ***Former U.S. Ambassador & Post-Gazette columnist Dan Simpson to moderate Good Neighbors/Bad Neighbors Panel Discussion*** Pittsburgh, PA – April 25, 2013. In conjunction with its production of Tadeusz Slobodzianek’s Our Class, PICT Theatre has coordinated a panel discussion that includes noted historian Jan T…. Read more »
PICT Theatre Announces Full Company for Our Class
**Irish-American Aoife Spillane-Hinks will direct** ***Post-Gazette’s Breakout Performer of 2012 Vera Varlamov returns to PICT*** Pittsburgh, PA – March 12, 2013. PICT Theatre (aka Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre) announces the full cast for Our Class, the powerful Nike award-winning play by Tadeusz Slobodzianek and translated by Ryan Craig. Irish-American Aoife Spillane-Hinks will direct. Our Class opens with a… Read more »
PICT Announces Alan Stanford as Interim Artistic Director
Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre (PICT) is pleased to welcome Alan Stanford as its new Interim Artistic Director. Mr. Stanford is a founder and the past Artistic Director of Second Age Theatre Company in Dublin. He has extensive theatrical experience at the renowned Gate Theatre in Dublin, where he has directed several dozen plays, including Lady… Read more »
PICT 2013 Season
Contact: Michelle Belan Marketing Director 412.561.6000 x203 mbelan@picttheatre.org RELEASE ON OR AFTER AUGUST 15, 2012 “SCANDAL” TAKES CENTER STAGE IN PICT’s 2013 SEASON Tolstoy and Beethoven, a sexy new look at Don Juan, a unique collaboration with The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and the return of Oscar Wilde, Martin McDonagh, and the Victorian crime-fighting duo… Read more »
Ivanov
AMERICAN PREMIERE OF TOM STOPPARD’S HILARIOUS NEW ADAPTATION OF IVANOV CONTINUES PICT’S CHEKHOV CELEBRATION – OPENING AUGUST 4th Media Contact: Michelle Belan Marketing Director Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre mbelan@picttheatre.org 412-561-6000 x203 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE _______________________________________________________________________ Pittsburgh, PA – July 23, 2012. PICT’s celebration of Anton Chekhov continues with the American premiere of Tom… Read more »
Three Sisters
Media Contact: Michelle Belan Marketing Director Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre mbelan@picttheatre.org 412-561-6000 x203 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pittsburgh, PA – July 2, 2012. PICT opens its Festival celebrating the works of Anton Chekhov with Paul Schmidt’s translation of Three Sisters. This production features Nike Doukas as Ólga, Allison McLemore as Másha, as Vera Varlamov… Read more »
Pitmen Painters
Art for the 99% Miners redefine their lives by becoming artists in the Pittsburgh Premiere of Lee Hall’s The Pitmen Painters Media Contact: Michelle Belan Marketing Director Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre mbelan@picttheatre.org 412-561-6000 x203 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pittsburgh, PA – May 10, 2012. PICT continues its season with the Pittsburgh premiere of The… Read more »
In the Next Room
Pulitzer finalist launches PICT 2012 season Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play makes Pittsburgh debut in an electrifying production directed by Alan Stanford Media Contact: Michelle Belan Director of Marketing and Sales Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre mbelan@picttheatre.org 412-561-6000 x203 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE _____________________________________________________________________________________ Pittsburgh, PA – April 4,… Read more »
2012 Casting
Single tickets on sale now for stellar PICT 2012 season “Get Turned On” with local, national and internationally-acclaimed artists who bring the world to our stages in a titillating Pulitzer finalist by a leading American female playwright, a true story, an exploration of the comedic facets of a Russian master (and the great Irishman who… Read more »
New Classics March
Media Contacts: Michelle Belan – 412.561.6000 x203 or mbelan@picttheatre.org Josh Storey – 412.624.0933 or jstorey@pitt.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ New Classics presents free reading of Lively Stones New play by Sarah Katherine Bowden examines role of women in Colonial Massachusetts Pittsburgh, PA — March 12, 2012. The New Classics Series wraps up its season… Read more »
2012 Season
Contact: Michelle Belan Director of Marketing and Sales 412.561.6000 x203 mbelan@picttheatre.org www.picttheatre.org Get turned on by PICT’s electrifying 2012 season! American playwrights, Friel and Chekhov bring five Pittsburgh premieres – and new lower ticket prices! – to town this season . Pittsburgh, PA – October 12, 2011. Flip the switch and watch… Read more »
2013 Casting Announcement
Get turned on by PICT’s electrifying 2012 season! American playwrights, Friel and Chekhov bring five Pittsburgh premieres – and new lower ticket prices! – to town this season Pittsburgh, PA – October 12, 2011. Flip the switch and watch the sparks fly as PICT raises the voltage with their hot 2012 season! Pittsburgh audiences will… Read more »