Dreamweaver Marketing News, THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS I AM NOT SAM A ONE MAN PLAY

Dreamweaver Marketing News, THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS I AM NOT SAM A ONE MAN PLAY

Media Contact: Lily Rybarczyk, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-471-5196 / Rybarczyk@TrustArts.org

Image Available: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Pressroom
Search: I Am Not Sam

THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS

I AM NOT SAM
A ONE MAN PLAY

BY AWARD WINNING PLAYWRIGHT
MICHAEL PHILLIP EDWARDS

JANUARY 27 & 28 | 8:00 PM | AUGUST WILSON CENTER

Pittsburgh, PA – The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces I AM NOT SAM, a timely and critically acclaimed play by playwright, director, actor and screenwriter Michael Phillip Edwards. The one-man play will be performed at the August Wilson Center (980 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh) on January 27 and 28 at 8:00 p.m.

I Am Not Sam is written and performed by Michael Phillip Edwards, winner of the Edinburgh Fringe First Award and the NAACP Award, and directed by Tamika Lamison. This hard-hitting multi-character solo performance highlights the current climate of race relations in America, eloquently depicting the psychological and spiritual damage sustained by men of color.

“Michael Phillip Edward’s fiery one-person play is a blistering rumination on identity and race, and the toll racism takes on American men of color. Its urgency erupts from the inner dialogue of an elderly black man named Sam who burns with racial pride and shame,” comments Deborah Klugman of L.A. Stage Raw Magazine. Edward’s characters include Sam, his white middle-class son-in-law, and his mixed-race grandson, Benjamin. Though Edwards alternates among these, it is Sam who commands the stage most often, deliberating on the question, “What is black?” posed by his grandson. The urgency of the play spawns not from the unfolding of events, but from inner dialogue and turmoil. The play’s explosive language and compelling rhythms are matched by a fevered performance and an exploration of the manifestation of race in society through familial relationships.

Tickets ($28.25) are on sale now, and may be purchased at the Theatre Square Box Office (655 Penn Avenue, Downtown), by calling 412-456-6666 or online at TrustArts.org.

August Wilson Center
The sleek and modern August Wilson Center offers multiple exhibition galleries, a 472-seat theater for performances in all genres, an education center for classes, lectures and hands-on learning, and dazzling spaces for community programs and events.  The African American Cultural Center is the non-profit organization that owns the August Wilson Center. For rental inquiries, visit the African American Cultural Center pages on CulturalDistrict.org.  For more information and a calendar of events presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust taking place at the August Wilson Center, call 412-456-6666or visit www.TrustArts.org,www.trustarts.org/visit/facilities/august_wilson.

Pittsburgh Cultural TrustThe Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity. Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.

Follow us @CulturalTrust and on Facebook.

About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer

Dreamweaver Marketing News, NATIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION OF THE SOUND OF MUSIC IN PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES 

THE NEW NATIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION OF

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Music by RICHARD RODGERS

Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE

Suggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp

Directed by JACK O’BRIEN

PREMIERES IN PITTSBURGH, MARCH 22-27, 2016

AT THE BENEDUM CENTER

TICKETS ARE ON SALE! 

Pittsburgh, PA— Tickets are on sale for the brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien. This lavish new production will make its Pittsburgh premiere March 22-27, 2016, at the Benedum Center,

Kerstin Anderson as 'Maria Rainer'
Photo: Matthew Murphy

237 7th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, as part of a North American tour.

Performance times are Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Friday at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tickets ($45-$95) for THE SOUND OF MUSIC can be purchased at the Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue and online atTrustArts.org/Broadway. To charge tickets by phone, call (412) 456-4800, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from Noon – 4:00 p.m. Orders for groups of ten (10) or more may be placed by calling (412) 471-6930.

On Wednesday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m., PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh ticket holders are invited to attend a 30 minutes free pre-performance talk, Know the Show Before You Go, held at the Trust Arts Education Center, 805-807 Liberty Avenue.  To make a reservation and for more information, visit: www.TrustArts.org/knowtheshow.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC is part of the 2015-2016 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Broadway Across America. For more information about the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, please call 412-456-6666 or visitwww.TrustArts.org.

Ben Davis, Captain von Trapp

BEN DAVIS (Broadway’s Violet, A Little Night Music, La Bohème) will play Captain Georg von Trapp and MELODY BETTS will play The Mother Abbess with MERWIN FOARD as Max Detweiler, TERI HANSEN as Elsa Schraeder, DAN TRACY as Rolf and PAIGE SILVESTER as Liesl. The von Trapp children will be played by JEREMY MICHAEL LANUTI (Friedrich), MARIA SUZANNE KNASEL (Louisa), QUINN ERICKSON (Kurt), SVEA ELIZABETH JOHNSON (Brigitta), MACKENZIE CURRIE (Marta) and AUDREY BENNETT (Gretl).

THE SOUND OF MUSIC is also introducing Jack O’Brien’s brand new discovery, KERSTIN ANDERSON as

Maria Rainer. A current student at Pace University, Ms. Anderson won the coveted role from hundreds who auditioned.  This is her first national tour.

Director O’Brien had this to say about his leading lady. “In looking over a great American classic, like THE SOUND OF MUSIC, sometimes you stumble on something you wonder if anyone ever saw before.  For instance, I was privileged to actually see Mary Martin in the original production — as I was myself just a junior at the University of Michigan.  She was a great star, and she was giving a ‘great star’s’ performance.  She was at the apex of her career, and she was both brilliant and 46 years old.  But in reading it privately, something caught my eye:  Maria is probably, as a postulant, no more than six or seven years older than Liesl!

 She may be many things — a country lass, a climber-of-trees, a young renegade, but she is clearly NOT an established star!  How interesting!  I’ve always believed Maria was a ‘star-making’ part, rather than the leading role we remember from the movies and our experience; so I went looking for someone with star-making magic.  And in through the audition door one day walked Kerstin Anderson, still studying at Pace University in New York.  She opened her mouth, she sang, and the tears welled up in my eyes.  If ever there were an enchanting young woman standing on the brink of discovery — this was it!  And now, the discovery is about to be all of ours!  Please, as I do — welcome her!”

The ensemble includes Carey Rebecca Brown, Ronald L. Brown, Cáitlín Burke, Christopher Carl, Kyla Carter, Patton Chandler, Daniella Dalli, Elisabeth Evans, Donna Garner, Meghan Hales, Jenavene Hester, Adam Hill, Darren Matthias, Kelly McCormick, Julia Osborne, Andrea Ross, Brent Schindele, Jim Schubin and Lucas Schultz.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, suggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp. This new production is directed by Jack O’Brien (credits include: Hairspray, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Coast of Utopia), choreographed by Danny Mefford (Fun Home, The Bridges of Madison County and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) and music supervision by Andy Einhorn (Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Brief Encounter, The Light in the Piazza). The design and production team is comprised of Douglas W. Schmidt, set design (Tony Award® nominee: 42nd Street, Into the Woods); Jane Greenwood, costume design (2014 recipient of the Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), Natasha Katz, lighting design (Five-time Tony Award® winner: An American in Paris, Once, Aida, The Coast of Utopia, The Glass Menagerie) and Ken Travis, sound design (Aladdin, Newsies, Memphis). Casting by Telsey + Company/Rachel Hoffman, CSA.

"Do, Re, Mi"

According to director Jack O’Brien, “THE SOUND OF MUSIC has been in our ears for decades, as it deserves to be. But it might be time to look once more, and more closely, at this remarkable work which, I feel, begins to reveal itself as deeper, richer, and more powerful than ever. It’s no longer ‘your mother’s’ familiar SOUND OF MUSIC. We are tearing off the varnish of the past from one of the great glories of our theatergoing experience and making it fresh! This is an opportunity we’ve all longed to create!”

Producer Beth Williams (Grove Entertainment) said, “It’s a great privilege to bring this beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical to theaters across North America. We hope that people of all ages will continue to fall in love with it for the first time, or all over again, and that it will truly become one of their ‘favorite things.’ From our distinguished team led by the creative master Jack O’Brien, audiences can expect a truly magnificent production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.”

"Edelweiss"

In the words of Ted Chapin, President of Rodgers & Hammerstein, “THE SOUND OF MUSICcontinues to be the world’s most beloved musical.  When a major national tour was suggested, I not only agreed, but was willing to roll up my sleeves and do whatever I could to fashion a new stage production that would re-engage today’s theatergoing public. The show was originally created for Broadway, and seeing it on stage only reinforces the power of the story and the score. And with Jack O’Brien at the directorial helm – well, we simply couldn’t do better. Landing somewhere between The Coast of Utopia and Hairspray (shows for which Jack won the Tony®), his production is smart, focused, and surprising.” 

THE SOUND OF MUSIC enjoyed extraordinary success as the first live television production of a musical in over 50 years when “The Sound of Music Live!” aired on NBC in December, 2013; and 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the film version, which continues to be the most successful movie musical in history. The spirited, romantic and beloved musical story of Maria and the Von Trapp Family will once again thrill audiences with such songs as “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Edelweiss” and the title song.

For more information, please visit www.TheSoundOfMusicOnTour.com.

www.facebook.com/TheSoundOfMusic

www.twitter.com/SoundOfMusic

www.instagram.com/SoundOfMusicOnTour 

About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releasesDreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer and AuthorAuthorShineOutLoud.

Dreamweaver Marketing News, Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents The Second City’s Fully Loaded

Contact Margie Romero, Communications Manager at Pittsburgh Public Theater

412.316.8200 ext. 707 or mromero@ppt.org

Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents

The Second City’s Fully Loaded

PITTSBURGH (Aug. 11, 2015) Fresh, fast and spectacularly funny, Chicago’s legendary comedy troupe, The Second City, returns to Pittsburgh Public Theater with a new show on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, 2015.

Directed by Ryan Archibald, Fully Loaded is bursting at the seams with brand-new sketches, songs and improv, as well as classic material written by The Second City alums such as Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and Steve Carell.

Some of America’s best and brightest comedians will perform Fully Loaded. Onstage will be Jo Feldman, Julie

Adam Schreck

Marchiano,Chucho Perez, Nick Rees, Adam Schreck (who is originally from Pittsburgh), Julia Weiss, and Music Director Nick Gage.Margot Momoi-Piehl is the Stage Manager.

Show times for Fully Loaded are 8 pm on Friday, August 28 and 5:30 and 9 pm on Saturday, August 29. Pittsburgh Public Theater’s home is the O’Reilly Theater, in the heart of Downtown’s Cultural District. For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit ppt.org.

Ticket prices start at $30. The ticket price for ages 26 and younger and full-time is $15.75. Discounts for groups of 10+ are available by contacting Katie Conaway at 412.316.8200 ext. 704 or kconaway at ppt.org.

For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit ppt.org

Dreamweaver Marketing News, Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents How I Learned What I Learned

Attached is a picture of actor Eugene Lee.

Contact Margie Romero, Communications Manager at Pittsburgh Public Theater

412.316.8200 ext. 707 or mromero@ppt.org

Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents

How I Learned What I Learned

August Wilson’s one-man play about coming of age in Pittsburgh.  Co-conceived and directed by Todd Kreidler. Starring Eugene Lee.

PITTSBURGH (February 13, 2015) Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 

40^th anniversary Season of Legends continues with the Pittsburgh premiere of How I Learned What I Learned, the final play by August Wilson. How I Learned was co-conceived and will be directed byTodd Kreidler, a Duquesne

University graduate, former Pittsburgh Public Theater staff member, and author of the recent Broadway musical, Holler If Ya Hear Me. How I Learned What I Learned runs March 5 – April 5, 2015 at the O’Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater’s home in the heart of Downtown’s Cultural District. For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit ppt.org.

Eugene Lee plays August Wilson

Mr. Wilson performed his one-man show at Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2003. The New York premiere was produced by Signature Theatre in New York City in 2013. Starring in The Public’s production will be Eugene Lee, a stage, film and television actor, writer, and artist in residence at Texas State University. Last year he performed the role at Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre in Atlanta, GA.

How I Learned begins in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1965 when Mr. Wilson was 20 years old. He tells of dropping out of school at age 15 to write poetry, and how he supported himself by cutting grass and working at Klein’s and Kroger’s. He talks about the neighborhood and its people, and how he was inspired by what they saw in him. He dishes about his girlfriend, Snookie, and how he almost fought a duel in her honor at Downtown’s Oyster House. From the Christmas pageant in Sister Mary Eldephonse’s seventh grade class to hearing John Coltrane at the Crawford Grill in 1966, Mr. Wilson reveals his outrage and passion. Sometimes shockingly provocative and often hilariously funny, How I Learned is an amazingly generous portrait of this uncompromising artist as a young man.

The designers for How I Learned What I Learned are David Gallo (Scenery and Projections), Constanza Romero (Costumes), Thom Weaver (Lighting), and Dan Moses Schreier (Sound). Fred Noel is the Production Stage 

Manager.

graphic from AugustWilson.net

About the Playwright

August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District and was raised there. He went on to become one of the world’s most acclaimed playwrights. His most visionary work, known as the American Century Cycle, comprises 10 plays about the African-American experience in each decade of the 20^th century. Since all but one of the plays are set in his hometown, they are also known as the Pittsburgh Cycle. The play are: Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II, and Radio Golf. He received numerous awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes and a Tony. He was also given the only high school diploma ever issued by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. At the time of his death in 2005, Mr. Wilson lived in Seattle, WA. Later that year the Broadway venue located at 245 West 52^nd Street was renamed The August Wilson Theatre.

Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents

How I Learned What I Learned

March 5 – April 5, 2015

Performance Schedule

Tues. at 7 pm.

Wed. thru Sat. at 8 pm (except March 18).

Sat. at 2 pm (except March 7 & 14). Also 2 pm on Thurs., April 2.

Sun. at 2 & 7 pm (expect April 5 when the final performance is at 2 pm).

Press Night is Thursday, March 12. Opening Night is Friday, March 13.

Ticket prices: $23 - $62. Tickets for students and age 26 and younger are $15.75.

Discounts for groups of 10+ are available by contacting Katie Conaway at 412.316.8200 ext. 704 or kconaway at ppt.org.

For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit ppt.org

If you would like to learn about promoting your events, organization or business, 

contact Joanne Quinn-Smith, ala TechnoGranny Creative Energy Officer of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates

 412-444-5197

or Email Here