Upcoming Productions & Events
Student Lab
New Play Festival
January 25 - February 5, 2012
Current Production
The Gammage Project
February 9-19, 2012
Current Production
Harvest
March 29-April 7, 2012
Student Lab
Double Feature: WASP and Cleansed
April 11 - 15, 2012
News & Productions
Between classes, doing my laundry, waiting in line, in the shower, I constantly find myself running through my lines. People who hear me muttering probably wonder, “Who is Jonny Gammage?” and “Why is this girl talking to herself?”...Read more >
Chris Cameron plays both Ray Seals and Tony Norman in the upcoming production of THE GAMMAGE PROJECT. Chris discusses what it's like to portray a real person, and the responsibility of working on a docu-drama....Read more >
Bruce McConachie's article, "An Evolutionary Perspective on Play, Performance, and Ritual" was recently published in the journal TDR. Here, McConachie examines "biological, anthropological, cognitive, and social/historical scholarship that investigates evolutionary adaptation, animal play, the foundations of performance, and the cognitive basis of ritual."...Read more >
Bruce McConachie, chair of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Theatre Arts, won the prestigious American Society for Theatre Research Distinguished Scholar Award. Professor McConachie received the award during the annual November ASTR conference in Montreal....Read more >
Spotlight
Annmarie Duggan
Assistant Professor and Lighting Designer
Annmarie Duggan has designed Off Broadway and extensively in regional theatres across the United States. She has designed the lighting for more than 300 productions including over 35 productions at Seaside Music Theatre.
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The Department of Theatre Arts offers over twenty years of experience training students in both the practical and academic aspects of live theatre.
Students reap the benefits of a large liberal-arts campus, situated within Pittsburgh's vibrant arts community.
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