Salon with Duncan Macmillan
Duncan Macmillan, playwright, and Stephanie Riso, Founder and Operations Director
PICT Theatre hosted a dinner at the Mansions on Fifth to welcome playwright Duncan Macmillan to Pittsburgh. Duncan’s version of Don Juan Comes Back from the War by Odon von Horvath will have its U.S. premiere with PICT’s production, running from August 8-31, 2013 at the Henry Heymann Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial, Oakland. Nearly 60 friends of PICT, including board members, staff, donors and members of the cast of Don Juan Comes Back from the War enjoyed the stately ambiance of the recently restored mansion and the opportunity to meet the charming playwright. A casual cocktail hour encouraged mingling, while proprietors Mary Del Brady and Richard Pearson led tours of the property. A number of guests, led by Melanie Werner of Galerie Werner, perused the extensive artworks that grace the walls throughout every floor.
Guests enjoyed prosciutto-wrapped figs and a Bibb lettuce salad followed by roasted chicken stuffed with Irish bacon and sage or smoked tofu with a ginger-carrot puree,
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- Evening at the Mansions on Fifth, a salon with Duncan Macmillan July 30, 2013
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- Duncan Macmillan, playwright, and Stephanie Riso, Founder and Operations Director
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- Duncan Macmillan, playwright, and Stephanie Riso, Founder and Operations Director
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- Conversation over dinner.
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- Board president Gene O’Sullivan talks with Evelyn and Mary Murrin; cast member Lissa Brennan and Sandy O’Sullivan chat.
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- Guests of PICT Theatre begin a tour of the Mansions on Fifth.
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- Richard Pearson of the Mansions on Fifth discusses the renovation with Dan and Libby Simpson, Sue Molina and Dick Dugan.
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- Alan Baum speaks with the David and Kathleen Elias; Maggie Forbes talks with Mary Del Brady, proprietor of the Mansions on Fifth.
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- Playwright Duncan Macmillan talks with actress Catherine Moore.
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- Guests of PICT Theatre enjoy the cocktail hour at the Mansions on Fifth.
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- Melanie Werner of Galerie Werner discusses the art collection on display at the Mansions on Fifth.
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- The Oak Room at the Mansions on Fifth provides comfortable accommodations for PICT Theatre’s guests at the end of the evening.
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- Duncan Macmillan and Alan Stanford chat while guests of PICT Theatre enjoy the comforts of the Oak Room.
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- Playwright Duncan Macmillan with PICT board member Kevin Gieder and PICT marketing director Michelle Belan; Sara Steelman, PICT board members Sue Molina and Alan Baum, and PICT Operations Director Stephanie Riso
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- Actor Leo Marks with Duncan Macmillan, Michelle Belan, Kevin Gieder and Alan Stanford.
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- Conversations in the Oak Room at the Mansions on Fifth among supporters of PICT Theatre.
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- Actor Leo Marks (center) speaks with Sara and John Henry Steelman
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- Guests of PICT Theatre enjoy the beautiful foyer of the Mansions at Fifth as they gather to meet playwright Duncan Macmillan.
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- PICT board member Dina Fulmer and actor David Whalen chat at the bar about David’s upcoming performance in Don Juan Comes Back From the War.
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- Board members Erin Shannon Auel (L) and Kevin Gieder with PICT Marketing Director Michelle Belan
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- PICT Theatre gathers friends at the Mansions on Fifth to welcome playwright Duncan Macmillan.
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- Guests of PICT Theatre gather for cocktails and conversation at the Mansions on Fifth.
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- Melanie Werner of Galerie Werner discusses the art on display at the Mansions on Fifth with guests of PICT Theatre.
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- Mary Del Brady, proprietor of the Mansions on Fifth, discusses the extensive renovations to the hotel as guests of PICT Theatre tour the property.
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- PICT Office Administrator Carolyn Ludwig greets Sandy O’Sullivan and Peter Smerd.
and a milk stout creme brulee for dessert.
As Macmillan dined with guest Peter Smerd, the two discovered that Duncan once shared an office with Peter’s nephew, a perfect example of Pittsburgh’s two-degrees-of-separation. After dinner, guests retreated to the library for casual conversation and remarks by the playwright, PICT board president Gene O’Sullivan and PICT artistic director Alan Stanford.
Macmillan is spending his time in Pittsburgh in rehearsals with director Alan Stanford and the cast, and returns to London to work on directing his co-adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984.