Pittsburgh New Works Festival is an annual festival where participating
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
-area theatre companies each produce an original one-act play. Established in 1990 by Donna Rae, the Festival features four weeks of productions of new plays as well as two weeks of LabWorks (formerly staged readings).
The Festival has taken place in numerous locations, originally having performances at
City Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio, Open Stage, the Father Ryan Arts Center in
McKees Rocks, and currently Carnegie Stage in
Carnegie.
Each one-act is produced by a different Pittsburgh theatre company; participating theatre companies have included
Phase 3 Productions,
Prime Stage Theatre,
12 Peers Theater,
Cup-A-Jo Productions,
Unseam'd Shakespeare Company,
The Summer Company,
Pittsburgh Playhouse
Pittsburgh Playhouse is Point Park University's performing arts center located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It houses three performance spaces and is home to The Rep, Point Park's resident professional theatre company, as well as three student co ...
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Stage Right
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,
Red Masquers, and
Kuntu Repertory Theatre.
Each year the Donna Awards (named after Donna Rae) are given out to actors, directors, and playwrights whose work has been judged the best of the festival.
The Festival has provided encouragement and valuable experience to many writers, including F.J. Hartland and Scott Sickles.
See also
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Theatre in Pittsburgh
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History
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References
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Theatre companies in Pittsburgh