Ask Baba Yaga
Presented by Uncumber Theatrics at Irma Freeman Center for Imagination
Mar 22 - Mar 30, 2024
Problems with your love life? Unsatisfied in the work place? Haunted by a gruesome specter who's name you dare not speak? Bring the questions that plague you into the dark domain of the forest witch of Slavic lore. Sit by her fire as she spins her ineffable wisdom. Cackle with her at the trials and tribulations of mere mortals. Devour all the hot goss. Devour all. Devour. Yes, we did say puppets! Just remember: an eldritch horror is just a friend you haven't met!
Pittsburgh Opera Fashion Show
Presented by Pittsburgh Opera at Bitz Opera Factory
Apr 08, 2024
Pittsburgh Opera combines the best in couture with top-shelf operatic entertainment. Always chic, always surprising!
Khūrākī
Presented by RealTime Arts at Hillman Center for Performing Arts’ Kountz Black Box Theater
Apr 12 - Apr 14, 2024
This immersive cultural experience includes live Afghan and classical music and stories illuminating Afghan traditions of Ramadan, birth, and death, as told by Pittsburgh’s female Afghan immigrants. Through this remount of RealTime Arts’ popular theatrical experience Khuraki—meaning “eat” or “meal” in the Afghan language Dari– you’ll learn what Afghan refugees wish Americans knew about their country and culture. You'll discover how the creation of this unique theater work (a 2019 nominee for the Mayor’s Award for Public Art) led to the forming of a cooperatively-owned catering business, Zafaron, begun by the women whose stories you’ll hear. And you’ll enjoy a delicious, fresh-cooked Afghan tasting meal prepared by the women themselves. In addition to the performance and meal, each evening includes a post-show discussion and a “Where are they now?” of the women whose stories the show tells.
Sharing Experiences of Black Creatives
Presented by Pittsburgh Opera at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters
Apr 14, 2024
Special guests will share their insights into this work as well as their own experiences working in the arts. A panel of Black-identifying creatives and arts leaders who will share the story of their successes and struggles while working in the arts. Our panel is to include: Thomas Douglas, Director of Opera Studies, Director of Choral Studies – Carnegie Mellon University, Artistic Director – Bach Choir of Pittsburgh Shaunda McDill, Managing Director – Pittsburgh Public Theater Joanna Obuzor, Vice President of Operations – Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Izear Winfrey, Professional expert stylist and make-up artist Claudia Brownlee, Costume Director – Pittsburgh Opera Carlton Ford, Chief Philanthropy Officer – Taproot Foundation (formally Interlochen Center for the Arts and Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts), Board Chair – NuDeco Ensemble, Board Member – Chamber Music America, Founding Member – Victory Hall Opera
Dinner with the Queen of Crime Fundraiser
Presented by Prime Stage Theatre at Revival on Lincoln
Apr 18, 2024
Dinner with the Queen of Crime Fundraiser Three-course dinner fundraiser to support our production of Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM Revival on Lincoln 366 Lincoln Ave Bellevue, PA 15202 $130 per person with fine dining, mystery trivia, entertainment, silent auction, and cash bar RSVP by April 11th If you're not able to attend, please consider making a donation.
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson
Presented by Pittsburgh Opera at Byham Theater
Apr 27 - May 05, 2024
In 1943, the National Negro Opera Company is set to perform on a floating barge to evade racially-segregated venues. But when bad weather threatens—pushing the performance to a segregated performance hall—visionary impressaria Mary Cardwell Dawson must find a way forward. Mary Cardwell Dawson’s dream to provide access for African Americans to perform on stages for all audiences changed the future of opera. Having founded the longest-running, all-Black opera company here in Pittsburgh and organizing opera guilds in the country’s biggest cities, Mary Cardwell Dawson would go on to train hundreds of African American youth to sing. Written by Mark Twain Award-winning playwright and librettist Sandra Seaton, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson celebrates the remarkable founder of Pittsburgh’s historic and groundbreaking National Negro Opera Company. This play with music includes selections from Carmen as well as original music by award-winning Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon.