Theresa Rebeck’s many plays have been widely produced on and off Broadway, regionally and internationally.  This fall, her fourth Broadway play, Bernhardt/Hamlet, premiered on Broadway and her play Downstairs opened at Primary Stages starring Tim Daly and Tyne Daly. Other Broadway works include Dead Accounts; Seminar and Mauritius. Other notable NY and regional plays include: Seared, The Scene, The Water’s Edge, Loose Knit, The Family of Mann and Spike Heels (Second Stage), Bad Dates, The Butterfly Collection and Our House (Playwrights Horizons), The Understudy (Roundabout), View of the Dome (NYTW), What We’re Up Against (Women’s Project), Omnium Gatherum (Pulitzer Prize finalist). As  a director, her work has been seen at The Alley Theater of Houston, Dorset Theater Festival, the Orchard Project and the Folger Shakespeare Theater. She recently wrote and directed the independent feature Trouble, starring Anjelica Huston, Bill Pullman and David Morse. In television, she is best known for her work on “NYPD Blue” and for creating the NBC series “Smash.” As a novelist, Rebeck’s books include Three Girls and Their Brother and I'm Glad About You. Rebeck is the recipient of the William Inge New Voices Playwriting Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award, a Lilly Award and more.

MARC MASTERSON returned to City Theatre in 2018 after serving in the same capacity at Actors Theatre of Louisville and at South Coast Repertory Theater in Costa Mesa, CA before retiring in 2024. He previously served as City Theatre’s artistic director from 1981 to 2000. In over three decades as an artistic leader, he has produced the world premieres of some of the most produced plays in the American Theatre, along with innovative productions of the classics. He has championed pioneering work in community engagement, arts education, and diverse voices for the American stage.

Martin Giles is a Pittsburgh-based actor, director and teacher.  At City Theatre he has performed in TEMPTATION, GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE, THE SANTALAND DIARIES, INVENTING VAN GOGH, FUDDY MEERS and THE SEAFARER, among others.  Recent other work includes THE HARD PROBLEM and TRANSLATIONS (Studio Theatre, DC), CHATTERTON (Quantum Theatre), AN OCTOROON (Kinetic Theatre), THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP and THE WOMAN IN BLACK (PICT Classic Theatre).  He has taught in the Schools of Drama of Ohio University and Carnegie-Mellon University, and teaches currently in COPA of Point Park University.

Helena Ruoti is thrilled to be returning to City Theatre where she last appeared in A Funny Thing Happened  on the Way to the…Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City. As an actor in the Pittsburgh region her career encompasses leading roles in more than a dozen productions at City as well as Pittsburgh Public Theater where she appeared most recently as Anne Marie in A Doll’s House, Part Two. Favorites at City include Maria Callas in Master Class, Fuddy Meers, Molly Sweeney and Sideman.  At the Public: Noises Off, The Royal Family, The Little Foxes and Ann Landers in The Lady with All the Answers. She has made many notable performances with Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, Quantum Theatre, barebones productions and Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre; as well as appearances with the International Poetry Forum, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.  She is a recipient of a Post-Gazette Performer of the Year Award, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Creative Achievement Award and City Theatre's Robert M. Frankel Award for commitment to the creation of new plays. Helena was recognized by the Allegheny County Council with a proclamation honoring her contribution to women in the arts.

John Shepard has performed in a number of productions for City Theatre. Most recently as Jerry in Downstairs. For the past four years he has played Adult Ralph in the Public’s A Christmas Story. John has also been seen in many shows for Quantum, REP and PICT. He was named the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Performer of the Year for his performance of Willy Loman at the REP. He has also directed for the REP and Quantum. John has also performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway and at many of the country’s major regional theatres. He has worked in films and TV and the upcoming web series, “The Human, Will.” His book “Auditioning and Acting for the Camera” is used across the country. He taught at Point Park for 20 years and served as chair of its theatre department for 10 of those years.