Jack Horrigan

EQT Young Playwrights Festival Kicks Off This Month

City Theatre will showcase the playwriting talents of emerging young artists in the EQT Young Playwrights Festival, October 24 November 4, 2017. This year's festival will premiere six one-act plays and a reading of four honorable mentions all written by middle and high school playwrights from Southwestern Pennsylvania. Directed by Maggie Sulka, the plays will be performed in two programs with an ensemble cast and professional design team. Student matinee performances are October 24 November 3 and public performances October 28-29, 2017. Tickets are on sale now; $10 for ages 18 and under, $15 for adults. In partnership with the theater departments at University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Point Park University, a free reading of four Honorable Mention plays will take place on Saturday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m.

Announcing the 2017 EQT Young Playwrights

City Theatre Director of Education & Accessibility Kristen Link is thrilled to announce the finalists in the annual EQT Young Playwrights Contest. The six finalists, all middle and high school students from Southwestern Pennsylvania, will receive a professional production of their original one-act plays during the EQT Young Playwrights Festival, running October 24 - November 4, 2017, in the Lester Hamburg Studio at City Theatre. Four honorable mention plays were also chosen and will receive a staged reading during the festival.