Press Releases

2020-2021 Season

2019-2020 Season

August 21, 2018
City Theatre begins 44th Season with historical comedy THE REVOLUTIONISTS
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2017-2018 Season

May 10, 2018
City Theatre Announces Details of  MOMENTUM ‘18 New Plays at Different Stages
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April 26, 2018
City Theatre closes 2017-18 season with NOMAD MOTEL By Carla Ching
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March 30, 2018
City Theatre Springs Forward with THE NEW DO
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March 15, 2018
City Theatre explores addiction and recovery with the autobiographical  THE WHITE CHIP  By Sean Daniels
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March 5, 2018
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2018-19 SEASON OF  THRILLING, HILARIOUS, AND INNOVATIVE NEW PLAYS
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February 6, 2018
City Theatre to continue 43rd season with the world premiere of: CITIZENS MARKET
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December 27, 2017
City Theatre presents the Pittsburgh premiere of THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY
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November 28, 2017
City Theatre presents: THE SKIVVIES in SLEIGH MY NAME
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October 13, 2017
City Theatre presents the Pittsburgh premiere of THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON
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October 9, 2017
City Theatre Announces MOMENTUM READING SERIES
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September 19, 2017
City Theatre announces City Event: AN EVENING WITH JENNY ALLEN
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August 29, 2017
City Theatre to kick off 43rd Season with A FUNNY THING
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August 16, 2017
Kimberly Richards returns to City Theatre for 800^th appearance in LATE NITE CATECHISM
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2016-2017 Season

May 1, 2017
City Theatre ends 2016-17 season of new plays with IRONBOUND
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April 25, 2017
Announcing the City Theatre 2017-18 Season
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April 14, 2017
City Theatre announces first ever EQT Young Playwrights Festival Anthology
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March 23, 2017
City Theatre presents: Wild With Happy
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March 15, 2017
City Theatre Announces Three Adventurous New Plays for the 2017-2018 Season
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February 17, 2017
City Theatre presents a time-bending journey: The Guard
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December 20, 2016
City Theatre presents historically-inspired drama: The Royale
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December 15, 2016
City Theatre to Receive $10,000 grant from the  National Endowment for the Arts
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November 14, 2016
Announcing CityEvent: TAMARA TUNIE: LEGENDS FROM THE ‘BURGH
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November 9, 2016
EQT YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL 2016
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October 28, 2016
Bryan Cranston In Conversation with Tracy Brigden
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October 21, 2016
City Theatre Welcomes Playwright Steven Dietz
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October 11, 2016
City Theatre Announces Extension of Hit Comedy
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October 10, 2016
Announcing a CityEvent at City Theatre: BENJAMIN SCHEUER: Live in Concert
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September 30,2016
City Theatre Presents the World Premiere of FEEDING THE DRAGON
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August 29, 2016
Broadway Hit Comedy Hand to God to Open City Theatre Season
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Past Seasons

2015-2016

December 28, 2015
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE SOME BRIGHTER DISTANCE BY KEITH REDDIN
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September 24, 2015
CITY THEATRE KICKS OFF 41st SEASON WITH THE NIGHT ALIVE BY CONOR MCPHERSON
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2014-2015

March 3, 2015
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS OBLIVION BY CARLY MENSCH
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February 25, 2015
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES FIRST THREE PLAYS IN 2015/2016 SEASON
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February 3, 2015
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS ELEMENO PEA BY MOLLY SMITH METZLER
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December 29, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE  MR. JOY BY DANIEL BEATY
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December 11, 2014
CITY THEATRE PARTNERS WITH KENNEDY CENTER AND FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY IN VSA PLAYWRIGHT DISCOVERY PROGRAM
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October 30, 2014
CITY THEATRE APPOINTS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR
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October 13, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF SMART BLONDE BY WILLY HOLTZMAN
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October 3, 2014
TRACY BRIGDEN NAMED FINALIST FOR 2014 ZELDA FICHANDLER AWARD
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September 11, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS OUTSIDE MULLINGAR BY JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY
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August 4, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE PAJAMA MEN
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June 10, 2014
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2014 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST WINNERS
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April 25, 2014
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES ITS ENTIRE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON OF SIX BOLD NEW PLAYS, FILLED WITH INSPIRED STORYTELLING, MUSIC, AND WIT
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March 7, 2014
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST THREE OF SIX ALL NEW PLAYS OF ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
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2013-2014

May 20, 2014
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE LINEUP FOR MOMENTUM 2014, A FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS AT DIFFERENT STAGES
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April 10, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HOPE AND GRAVITY BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER
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March 17, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS GROUNDED, A HIGH-INTENSITY DRAMA BY GEORGE BRANT
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February 12, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS TRIBES BY NINA RAINE
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February 3, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS DANIEL BEATY:TRANSFORMING PAIN TO POWER
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January 15, 2014
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE SKIVVIES
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December 20, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE MOUNTAINTOP BY KATORI HALL
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December 11, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE ENCORE PRODUCTION OF SOUTH SIDE STORIES WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY TAMI DIXON
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November 6, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS CO-CREATED BY TED DYKSTRA AND RICHARD GREENBLATT
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October 22, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS CHARLES IVES TAKE ME HOME BY JESSICA DICKEY
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September 11, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG
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September 6, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE 2013 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
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August 14, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS SISTER’S SUMMER SCHOOL CATECHISM: GOD NEVER TAKES A VACATION
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August 6, 2013
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2013 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST WINNERS
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July 30, 2013
CITY THEATRE RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE CLAUDE WORTHINGTON BENEDUM FOUNDATION TO FUND ARTS EDUCATION OUTREACH
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May 1, 2013
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES ITS ENTIRE 2013-2014 SEASON OF SIX BOLD NEW PLAYS
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March 6, 2013
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST THREE ALL NEW PLAYS OF ITS COMPELLING 2013-2014 SEASON, FULL OF CHALLENGING CHARACTERS, MADCAP COMEDY, AND IMAGINATIVE STORYTELLING
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2012-2013

May 20, 2013
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE LINEUP FOR MOMENTUM 2013, A FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS AT DIFFERENT STAGES
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April 9, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS ABIGAIL/1702, THE THRILLING NEXT CHAPTER OF A THEATRICAL LEGEND, BY ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
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March 18, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS LITTLE GEM, AN IRISH COMEDY CHOCK FULL OF DUBLIN SLANG AND HILARITY BY ELAINE MURPHY
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February 13, 2013
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE MUSIC-FILLED WORLD PREMIERE OF BREATH & IMAGINATION BY DANIEL BEATY
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December 19, 2012
CITY THEATRE CONTINUES ITS 2012-2013 SEASON WITH SEMINAR, A SHARP, BROADWAY COMEDY BY THERESA REBECK
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December 7, 2012
CITY THEATRE EXTENDS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF SOUTH SIDE STORIES
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November 13, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS SISTER’S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM
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October 23, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF SOUTH SIDE STORIES
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October 1, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS SETH’S BIG FAT ’70S SHOW
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September 18, 2012
CITY THEATRE OPENS ITS 2012-2013 SEASON WITH MAPLE AND VINE, A PROVOCATIVE ’50s FANTASY BY JORDAN HARRISON
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September 11, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE 2012 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
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August 14, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION: THE KINSEY SICKS FOR PRESIDENT
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July 26, 2012
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2012 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST WINNERS
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April 17, 2012
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES ITS ENTIRE 2012-2013 SEASON OF SIX BOLD, NEW PRODUCTIONS
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March 9, 2012
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST THREE OF SIX ALL NEW TITLES FOR THE UPCOMING 2012-2013 SEASON
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2011-2012
May 17, 2012
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE LINEUP FOR MOMENTUM 2012 A FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS AT DIFFERENT STAGES, MAY 31 – JUNE 3, 2012
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May 14, 2012
CITY THEATRE HOSTS ITS 19TH ANNUAL GALA & AUCTION
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April 9, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS POP!, A NEW MUSICAL ABOUT ANDY WARHOL AND HIS LEGENDARY FACTORY, BY MAGGIE-KATE COLEMAN AND ANNA K. JACOBS
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March 19, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS KIM ROSENSTOCK’S SMART, NEW COMEDY, TIGERS BE STILL
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February 15, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF THE MONSTER IN THE HALL
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January 17, 2012
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS WHY I’M SCARED OF DANCE BY JEN CHILDS
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January 10, 2012
CITY THEATRE TO HOLD OPEN AUDITIONS FOR POP!
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December 13, 2011
CITY THEATRE LAUNCHES 2012 WITH POETRY, SOUL, AND STORYTELLING OF THROUGH THE NIGHT
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November 15, 2011
CITY THEATRE CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS WITH OY VEY IN A MANGER
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October 20, 2011
CITY THEATRE PRESENTS MUSIC-FILLED WORLD PREMIERE OF SAM BENDRIX AT THE BON SOIR BY KEITH BUNIN
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September 19, 2011
CITY THEATRE WELCOMES NEW ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MATT M. MORROW
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September 12, 2011
CITY THEATRE LAUNCHES 2011-2012 SEASON WITH TIME STANDS STILL, CONTEMPORARY AND RELEVANT BROADWAY HIT BY DONALD MARGULIES
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September 7, 2011
LUKE MACFARLANE, OF ABC’S BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO STAR IN CITY THEATRE’S SAM BENDRIX AT THE BON SOIR
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August 23, 2011
CITY THEATRE TO HOST 18TH ANNUAL FRANKEL AWARDS CEREMONY
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August 10, 2011
CITY THEATRE LAUNCHES “CITY EVENTS,” A NEW SERIES OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
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July 6, 2011
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2011 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS
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April 27, 2011
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES ENTIRE 2011-2012 SEASON
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March 10, 2011
CITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST THREE TITLES IN A THRILLING LINEUP OF NEW WORK FOR 2011-2012 AND THE RETURN OF MOMENTUM
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