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.