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Do you want to know who Dizzy Gillespie  idolized? Did you ever wonder who inspired Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey? Who was the pianist that mentored Monk, Bud Powell, Tad Dameron, Elmo Hope, Sarah Vaughan and Mel Torme? Who was Art Tatum’s idol and Nat Cole’s mentor? What musical quartet pioneered the concept adopted later by the Modern Jazz Quartet? Were you ever curious to know who taught saxophone to Stanley Turrentine or who taught piano to Ahmad Jamal? What community music school trained Robert McFerrin, Sr. for his history-making debut with the Metropolitan Opera? What virtually unknown pianist was a significant influence on young John Coltrane, Shirley Scott, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Timmons and Ray Bryant when he moved to Philadelphia from Pittsburgh in the 1940s?  Would you be surprised to know that Erroll Garner attended classes at the Julliard School of Music in New York and was at the top of his class in writing and arranging proficiency?

 

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Duke Ellington is first African-American and the first musician to solo on U.S. circulating coin

    MARY LOU WILLIAMS     

            INTERVIEW

       In Her Own Words

PLAYWRIGHT'S THEATER SEASON opens with DINAH by Ernest McCarty, Jr.

Dinah: a musical revue

Tickets now available!

Dinah (2015) production photoBy Ernest McCarty
Directed by Mark Clayton Southers
At Madison Arts Center, 3401 Milwaukee Street
April 5th – April 28th 2024

Set during the last year of the short life of the remarkable woman called the Queen of the Blues. Dinah includes a riveting array of musical numbers and biographical vignettes. This show provides a powerful insight into the tragic and often controversial life of Dinah Washington, one of the most popular African-American singers of the 1950s.
 

Dinah poster
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Starring Delana Flowers as Dinah Washington


With top Pittsburgh musicians:


 
Dwayne Fulton on piano
 
Tony Campbell on saxophone
 
Dwayne Dolphin on upright bass
 
The incomparable Roger Humphries on drums
Special guest Royce Jones


Also featuring:
 


 
Cheryl El-Walker
Katy Cotten
Les Howard
Sam Lothard

 
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Announcing PPTCO's 2024 Season!

Save $25 off single ticket prices with a season subscription!

 

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Our 2024 Season

 

Dinah (2015) production photoDINAH

By Ernest McCarty
Directed by Mark Clayton Southers
At Madison Arts Center, 3401 Milwaukee Street
April 6th - April 28th 2024

Set during the last year of the short life of the remarkable woman called the Queen of the Blues. Dinah includes a riveting array of musical numbers and biographical vignettes. This show provides a powerful insight into the tragic and often controversial life of one of the most popular African-American singers of the 1950s, Dinah Washington.

Details and Tickets

 

Playwright Monteze FreelandFISHY WOO WOO

By Monteze Freeland
Directed by Lovell McFadden
At Madison Arts Center, 3401 Milwaukee Street
May 31st - June 16th 2024
World premiere!

Shawn’s best friends will do anything to protect his heart from being broken again. When they accompany Shawn to collect the last of his things from the apartment he once shared with his ex-partner Jonathan they discover secrets, lies, and an uninvited guest and make it their mission to keep Shawn oblivious. Fishy Woo Woo is a comedy highlighting friendship, chosen family and a little revenge when the facts stop adding up.
 

Radio Golf (2013) production photoRADIO GOLF

By August Wilson
Directed by Montae Russell
Outdoors at August Wilson House
August 10 - September 14 2024
Friday & Saturday at 8 PM, Thursday & Sunday at 7 PM

Real estate developer Harmond Wilks is determined to become the first black mayor of Pittsburgh, on a mission to revive his blighted childhood neighborhood. As Wilks confronts characters from the past, he is forced to question how pursuing change could put his neighborhood’s history at risk.

festival mask logoTHEATRE FESTIVAL IN BLACK & WHITE

At Madison Arts Center, 3401 Milwaukee Street
October 5th - 27th 2024

Eight one-act plays by local playwrights in two programs.

Festival Coordinator Ashley Southers
 

 

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Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company thanks the following for supporting our season of plays and special projects:

Mid Atlantic Arts Regional Resilience Fund 
Hillman Foundation
Allegheny Regional Asset District
The Heinz Endowments:
Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh
Opportunity Fund
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Eden Hall Foundation
And our Donor's Circle and other individual donors
Thank you!

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