Great Expectations

The Mainstage Series

Miss Havisham has sworn revenge on all men. With the beautiful Estella as bait, she ensnares Pip, a kindhearted boy, in a web of deceit. Will Pip become a gentleman and win the love of Estella? Dickens’ classic novel has been adapted for stage with the best parts of Pip’s adventure.

By Charles Dickens | Adapted by Hugh Leonard

December 3-20

Directed by Alan Stanford

The Charity Randall Theatre inside the Stephen Foster Memorial, 4301 Forbes Avenue, Oakland

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"The charm and success of the production is firmly grounded in the legion of Pittsburgh-area actors who enliven it with colorful, detailed performances of supporting characters."

Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune review

"PICT Classical Theatre’s holiday show this year is a trifle — an English trifle, the traditional celebration dessert of pound cake soaked in alcohol with lots of sweet fruit and whipped cream ladled over it."

Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"The large cast is filled with jewels: Karen Baum as shrewish matron and as helpful maiden; Lily Davis as the unreachable Estella; Martin Giles strong as the steadfast smithy; David Whalen prickly as the lawyer Jaggers; Larry John Meyers gruff as the grateful convict; James FitzGerald as the cutely careful clerk; and the inimitable Mary Rawson sympathetic as the much-wronged 'spinster'."

Michelle Pilecki, City Paper