Stage Right!

Stage Right! is a professional theatre company as well as a performing arts school located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Established in 1998 as an organization for young people to take classes in musical theatre by Chris Rizk, Stage Right! also became a professional theatre company in 1999, established by artistic director Anthony Marino, Rizk's brother.^[1] The company produces a full season of musicals, utilizing professional actors from the Pittsburgh theatre scene as well as students from their classes.^[2][3]

In spring 2013, Stage Right moved its studio a few blocks to a larger space at 105 W Fourth Street, Greensburg. ^[4]

The season is supplemented with many other opportunities to utilize the talents of the students, including an "all-county musical" featuring students from local high school theatre programs,^[5] children's plays,^[6] summer camp productions,^[7] and Books Come Alive!, a series of adaptations of children's books performed at libraries throughout the area.^[8] The company is also notable for its annual production of The Rocky Horror Show every Halloween.^[9] Many of Stage Right!'s students have had success in Pittsburgh Public Theater's Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest,^[10] as well as going on to well-respected college theatre programs such as Carnegie Mellon University, Point Park University, New York University, Seton Hill University, Syracuse University, and Shenandoah University.^[11] Stage Right! alums have also had success in professional theatre, working in such venues as York Theatre, Off the Wall Productions, Bricolage Production Company, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Prime Stage Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, St. Vincent Summer Theatre, City Theatre, Terra Nova Theatre Group, MCC Theater,^[12] and 12 Peers Theater,^[13] as well as having had their work featured in the Pittsburgh New Works Festival.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]}

See also

Theatre in Pittsburgh

References