Off the Wall Productions explained

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]

History

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]

See also

Theatre in Pittsburgh

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Off The Wall Productions Pittsburgh Theater 2015-2016 season - Off the Wall Productions. 9 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Virginia Wall Gruenert, Actor, Artistic Director, Playwright. 9 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Off The Wall Productions » Past Plays. 2010-12-04. 2010-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20100915232103/http://insideoffthewall.com/?page_id=20. live.
  4. Web site: Without Ruth - Off the Wall Productions. 9 September 2016. 19 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919102309/http://www.insideoffthewall.com/archives/743. live.
  5. Web site: Off The Wall Productions at Carnegie Stage - Pittsburgh. 9 September 2016.
  6. Web site: Stage Notes: Off the Wall Productions creating new home in Carnegie. 9 September 2016. 7 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120707050549/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/theater-dance/stage-notes-off-the-wall-productions-creating-new-home-in-carnegie-643366/. live.
  7. Web site: About PNWF - Pittsburgh New Works Festival. 9 September 2016. 19 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119152407/http://www.pittsburghnewworks.org/about-pnwf/. dead.