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A Silent Week
Hello Carnegie Stage Theater Goers! I am thrilled by the run of “A view from a Bridge” taking place at Carnegie Stage right now. (See the...
Laura Irene Young
Jul 30, 20222 min read


Movement Theater Returns to Carnegie Stage
This week, our production team gathered for the first designer run of Mark Conway Thompson’s new production, Limits of Things, or The...
Jenna Kunselman
Jan 23, 20221 min read


The 2020 Art Experience
One of our lovely staff members at Carnegie Stage is a playwright, and a few of us gathered in our theater space for the first time in...
Jenna Kunselman
Nov 10, 20201 min read


Pin Up Perfection - An evening of Burlesque
Carnegie Stage returned in true fashion with a fantastic burlesque show, produced by our friends from Pin Up Perfection!
Jenna Kunselman
Sep 4, 20202 min read


The Harvey Wallbangers IX
by Jenna Kunselman Last weekend, The Harvey Wallbangers returned to Carnegie Stage with their 9th show, comprised of some of their most...

Hans H Gruenert
Jan 17, 20201 min read


A Life Behind Bars
Written By: Jenna Kunselman Last weekend, A Life Behind Bars returned to Carnegie Stage with fierce vigor and vivacity as Dan Ruth told...

Hans H Gruenert
Nov 3, 20192 min read


A Life Behind Bars
Dan Ruth's fast-paced dark comedy, A Life Behind Bars opened at the Carnegie Stage on Oct 24th, running for two more nights this week....
marianne473
Oct 25, 20191 min read


Not Medea - Review by Jenna Kunselman
Not Medea, a play written by Allison Gregory, tells a story of an exhausted mother as she aims to mourn and overcome an unbelievably...

Hans H Gruenert
Oct 15, 20192 min read


Creative Ways for Theaters to Attract Younger Audiences
by Jenna Kunselman It’s no secret that theater companies have always struggled to engage and entice younger audiences to become arts...

Hans H Gruenert
Oct 8, 20194 min read


Her Own Route
Zoe Sorrell's newest piece My Own Route opens September 14 and 15.
marianne473
Sep 5, 20192 min read


Queer Jewish - Dancing in Diaspora
by Jenna Kunselman Queer, Jewish - Dancing in Diaspora, a modern dance piece performed at Carnegie Stage August 8-11 and 15-17, opens a...

Hans H Gruenert
Sep 3, 20191 min read


Purple Rain at Carnegie Stage
Don’t know what to do this weekend? NEXT Pittsburgh suggests heading over to Carnegie Stage to celebrate Prince and all things purple at...

Hans H Gruenert
Aug 22, 20192 min read


off the WALL at Carnegie Stage 2018-19 Season
off the WALL Productions, the professional resident acting company at Carnegie Stage, is excited to announce its 2018-19 season,...

Hans H Gruenert
Oct 4, 20183 min read


Past Lives - fireWALL dance theater
Nov 7 through Nov 9 at Carnegie Stage, Carnegie, PA. In past lives we experience many aspects of ourselves playing different roles...

Hans H Gruenert
Sep 26, 20181 min read


The Pittsburgh New Works Festival Aug. 19th - Sep. 23 at Carnegie Stage
The Pittsburgh New Works Festival has been dedicated to producing new plays from all over the world for 28 years! From comedy to drama...

Hans H Gruenert
Aug 17, 20181 min read


Byhalia, Mississippi - Opening April 20
April 20-21, 26-28 @ 8:00 pm, April 22 & 29 @ 3:00 pm, May 3-5 @ 8:00 pm A Pittsburgh Premiere by Evan Linder Directed by Ingrid...

Hans H Gruenert
Feb 25, 20181 min read


sex werque - back by popular demand
Jan 18, 19, 20 at 8:00 pm, Jan. 21 at 7:00 pm sex werque A one-woman show about working as a stripper in Pittsburgh. Choreographer...

Hans H Gruenert
Dec 23, 20171 min read


The Carols - A Musical Comedy
Meet “The Carols” sisters - Moira Quigley as Lilly, Mandie Russack as Rose, and Kate Toole as Sylvia, their Scrooge-like landlady and...

Hans H Gruenert
Dec 15, 20171 min read


The Carols - A Musical Comedy
I was immediately attracted to The Carols, written by Jennifer Childs and composed by Monica Stephenson. A modern-day Christmas Carol of...

Hans H Gruenert
Nov 26, 20172 min read


The Carols - A musical Comedy
Last night was the first music rehearsal for Carnegie Stage’s Pittsburgh Premiere of The Carols, a musical that I composed with lyrics...

Hans H Gruenert
Nov 17, 20172 min read
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