2023-2024 Season
5-Play Subscription Season
Somewhere Over the Border by Brian Quijada
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
South Side Stories Revisited by Tami Dixon
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Andy Warhol in Iran by Brent Askari
Plus, Special Events
The BASH
Sister’s Summer School Catechism: God Never Takes a Vacation! by Maripat Donovan
PRESS
City Theatre unveils 2023-24 season
By Paul Guggenheimer, TribLive
City Theatre Announces 2023-24 Season Will Open with Pulitzer-Winner ‘Fat Ham’
by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh
City Theatre has announced its upcoming 2023-2024
season.
What’s up with the South Side? Playwright Tami Dixon drops in — again
City Theatre Taking It to the Streets for The Bash, Then Heads ‘Somewhere Over the Border’
by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Today Live
City Theatre Staging ‘Somewhere Over the Border’
by Prentiss Orr, Entertainment Central
Nos vamos a ver al coyote – a review of “Somewhere Over the Border”
by Michael Buzzelli, ‘Burgh Vivant
Review: Take the Quickest Path to City Theatre for a Magical Musical Migrant Journey
by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh
Review: SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER Adds New Grooves to an Old Story at City Theatre
by Greg Kerestan, BroadwayWorld
Youth Express: City Theatre Young Playwrights Festival
Saturday Light Brigade
City Theatre Celebrate Christmas Season With ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Sequel
by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh
CMU students, faculty and alumni help City Theatre celebrate ‘Christmas at Pemberley’
by Joshua Axelrod, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Review: City Theatre Decks the Stage with a Hearfelt Austen-esque Comedy for the Holidays
Mary’s Christmas – a review of “Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley”
by Michael Buzzeli, Burgh Vivant
Holiday Spirits Captivate Pemberley for this City Theatre Production
by PGH Lesbian Correspondents
“Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley” (Letter from a Fellow ‘Tatler’)
by The Pittsburgh Tatler
Tami Dixon Finds a Different Vibe in Revisiting ‘South Side Stories’
Pittsburgh actor Tami Dixon returns with “South Side Stories Revisited“
He brought me flahrs- a review of “South Side Stories”
by Michael Buzzelli, ‘Burgh Vivant
“South Side Stories” Revisited at City Theatre
by Wendy Arons, The Pittsburgh Tatler
Review: Tami Dixon Dazzles in Solo ‘South Side Stories Revisited’
by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh
New Works Champion Marc Masterson Retires as Co-Artistic Director of City Theatre
by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh
Preview: Pulitzer Winner ‘Fat Ham’ Comes to City Theatre
by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh
Fat Ham at City Theatre puts a Black, queer spin on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Review: ‘Fat Ham’ Turns Hamlet on Its Head at City Theatre
by Bob Hoover, onStage Pittsburgh
A Hamlet Roast: ‘Fat Ham’ at City Theatre
by Mike Vargo, Entertainment Central
Review: FAT HAM Serves Cookout Chaos Realness at City Theatre
by Greg Kerestan, BroadwayWorld
One ‘Fat Ham,’ hold the patriarchy — new play premieres at Pittsburgh’s City Theatre
by Bill O’Driscoll, 90.5 WESA
by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh
TICKETS
Tickets are currently available as part of a subscription package only. Single tickets go on sale on August 15, 2023.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER
September 23 – October 15, 2023
Directed by Laura Alcalá Baker
A co-production with Pittsburgh CLO and People’s Light (Malvern, PA)
Inspired by the true story of the playwright’s mother’s journey from El Salvador to the US, Somewhere Over the Border brings audiences down a different yellow brick road in a new musical. Infused with Cumbia, Mexican Mariachi Boleros, American Rock, and Hip Hop, it’s an uplifting tale about the power of determination, family, and love.
“I’ve been waiting to see a brown, Central-American Dorothy, and soon, the American Theatre will be introduced to her.” – Brian Quijada
MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY
November 25 – December 17, 2023
Directed by Kyle Haden
A charming celebration of beloved characters, Miss Bennet takes place two years after the end of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Join the Bennets, Darcys, and Bingleys, as they gather for Christmas at Pemberley when an unexpected guest’s appearance sparks dreams of love.
“…an unstuffy, highly entertaining and warm-spirited work, the kind of thing multiple generations can enjoy together.” —Chicago Tribune.
FAT HAM
March 2 – 24, 2024
Directed by Monteze Freeland
A co-production with TheatreSquared (Fayetteville, AR)
This uproariously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play comes to City Theatre straight from Broadway! A modern revamp of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Fat Ham follows Juicy, a queer, pensive, young Black man finding his way in the world when the ghost of his father demands Juicy avenges his murder. Set at the family cookout, this “hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy” (The New York Times) examines love, loss, and a particular set of daddy issues.
SOUTH SIDE STORIES REVISITED
January 13 – February 18, 2024
Directed by Matt M. Morrow
In 2012, Tami Dixon sat on the sidewalks of the South Side of Pittsburgh asking residents to tell her stories. The resulting one woman play delighted audiences and was described as “dazzling” and “a big, fat evening of bliss” (City Paper). Ten years later, Dixon returns to the streets of the South Side to revisit her vivid set of tales and explore how the community where City Theatre resides has changed.
ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN
April 20 – May 12, 2024
Directed by Marc Masterson
In 1976, celebrity artist Andy Warhol traveled to Iran to take Polaroid pictures of the Shah’s wife. This imagined experience of an encounter with a young Iranian radical is a fiery, thought-provoking drama about art, revolution, and discovering a world beyond yourself.
“And in a story when people get what they want, that’s a happy ending, right?”