Off the Wall Productions is a theater production company located in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, USA. A non-profit 501 C3 and Carnegie Stage’s Resident Professional Theater Company, working under contract with Actors' Equity Association, producing on average four plays during their season.[1] Recent focus has been the production of new plays, written by women playwrights.[2]
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Established in 2007 in Washington under managing director Hans H Gruenert, the theatre started out producing established plays and musicals as well as Virginia Wall Gruenert's original plays Shaken & Stirred,[3] and Without Ruth.[4] Off the Wall's productions have consistently received positive reviews from local critics, having had its actors and designers recognized in the yearly "Best of" articles in Observer-Reporter and Pittsburgh-Outonline as well as having had praise from Pittsburgh City Paper and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.[5]
In 2012, the theatre company moved to a new location in Carnegie that also serves as a multicultural center for use by other performance groups, including the Pittsburgh New Works Festival.[6][7]
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References edit
- ^ "Off The Wall Productions Pittsburgh Theater 2015-2016 season - Off the Wall Productions". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Virginia Wall Gruenert, Actor, Artistic Director, Playwright". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Off The Wall Productions » Past Plays".
- ^ "Without Ruth - Off the Wall Productions". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Off The Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage - Pittsburgh". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Stage Notes: Off the Wall Productions creating new home in Carnegie". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "About PNWF - Pittsburgh New Works Festival". Retrieved 9 September 2016.