Off the Wall Productions has ‘Ugly Cry’; Pittsburgh Ballet’s Open Air Fest at Hazelwood Green (Fri., 9/29/23)

UGLY CRY by Katie Mack. Presented by off the WALL productions. Through Oct. 14. 

Katie Mack performs ‘Ugly Cry’ at off the WALL. (Photo courtesy of the artist)

Off the WALL productions, a leader in Pittsburgh’s alternative theater scene, often presents one-person shows by performers from across the country. Katie Mack’s Ugly Cry comes with an implicit trigger warning. This one is about death. But the piece also comes recommended, because New York-based Mack is a singularly dynamic writer and performer. As an actor she has played an amazing variety of parts—from Sally Bowles, the female lead in Cabaret, to the title role in Shakespeare’s Richard III. Her award-winning podcast, F*cking Sober: The First 90 Days, provides comic-but-informative listening for anyone interested in recovery. Ugly Cry is a new piece that summons the voice of Mack’s friend Eric Anthamatten, a philosophy professor who died tragically in 2021. It’s also a participatory show, for which Mack invites you to bring and use your phone. She bills Ugly Cry as “an interactive night of theater, technology, and resurrection of the dead.” 8 p.m. Carnegie Stage, 25 W. Main St., Carnegie. (M.V.)

OPEN AIR: A SERIES IN CELEBRATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS produced by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and collaborating arts organizations. September 29 through October 1. 

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is producing its annual Open Air slate of outdoor programs with its performers and artistic pieces. Additionally other arts organizations participating include Texture Contemporary Ballet, Hill Dance Academy Theatre, Krunk Movement, Narobi, Eagleburger Marching Band, Steel City Ukuleles, and more. For more information and performance times see the PBT Open Air web page. The PBT mobile stage will be set up  at the Hazelwood Green. 4501 Lytle St. (R.H.)

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