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SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER by Brian Quijada

City Theatre Main Stage
September 23 – October 15, 2023
Co-production with Pittsburgh CLO and People's Light (Malvern, PA)

Inspired by the true story of the playwright's mother's journey from El Salvador to the US, Somewhere Over the Border brings audiences down a different yellow brick road in a new musical. Infused with Cumbia, Mexican Mariachi Boleros, American Rock, and Hip Hop, it's an uplifting tale about the power of determination, family, and love.

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon

City Theatre Main Stage
November 25 – December 17, 2023

A charming celebration of beloved characters, Miss Bennet takes places two years after the end of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Join the Bennets, Darcys, and Bingleys, as they gather for Christmas at Pemberley when an unexpected guets's appearance sparks dreams of love. 

SOUTH SIDE STORIES: REVISITED by Tami Dixon

The Dr. Vernell Audrey Watson Lillie Theatre
January 13 - February 18, 2024

In 2012, Tami Dixon sat on the sidewalks of the South Side of Pittsburgh asking residents to tell her stories. The resulting one woman play delighted audiences and was described as “dazzling” and “a big, fat evening of bliss” (City Paper). Ten years later, Dixon returns to the streets of the South Side to revisit her vivid set of tales and explore how the community where City Theatre resides has changed.

FAT HAM by James Ijames

City Theatre Main Stage
March 2 – March 24, 2024
Co-production with TheatreSquared (Fayetteville, AR)

This uproariously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play comes to City Theatre straight from Broadway! A modern revamp of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Fat Ham follows Juicy, a queer, pensive, young Black man finding his way in the world, when the ghost of his father demands Juicy avenge his murder. Set at the family cookout, this "hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy" (The New York Times) examines love, loss, and a particular set of daddy issues. 

ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN by Brent Askari

City Theatre Main Stage
April 20 - May 12, 2024

In 1976, celebrity artist Andy Warhol traveled to Iran to take Polaroid pictures of the Shah's wife. This imagined experience of an encounter with a young Iranian radical is a fiery, thought-provoking drama about art, revolution, and discovering a world beyond yourself.