Welcome Home | Summer 2022

It has been a delight to welcome audiences back into Kelly Strayhorn Theater and KST’s Alloy Studios all year! And we are thrilled to present a summer of programming that continues to center creative experimentation, community dialogue, and collective action rooted in the liberation of Black and queer people. Welcome Home! 

In June, Theater Communications Group (TCG) will have its first national conference in over two years in Pittsburgh. This event will welcome hundreds of national theater practitioners to town, and for the occasion, we are proudly remounting commissioned performances from Pittsburgh artists Lyam B. Gabel and Adil Mansoor. Also don’t miss parties featuring TQ Live! with SUPA’ NxC, Remy Black, Drake, Jesse Factor and DJ HUNY, and Vibes N’at, a celebration of the Pittsburgh BIPOC theater community with Jacquea Mae, Alumni Theater Company, Mita Ghosal, DJ Samira Mendoza and more! 

The Alloy School is back in July with a 4-week session of classes including Hip Hop, Jazz Ballet, Creative Play: Water World and Dance Fit (18+). July also brings the return of KST’s summer fundraiser, reinvented as House Party on Saturday, July 16! If that weren’t enough, Legacy Arts Project is bringing Dance Africa back to the KST stage July 28-29. There will be performances and a marketplace with off site workshops.

Things quiet down in August while PearlArts’ PearlDiving Movement Residencies take place. Don’t miss the Friday, August 26 showing of projects in development from selected artists.

There is so much joy and artistic expression to experience this summer. Can’t wait to see you at home at KST!

See you at home,

Joseph Hall, Executive Director

For information on our COVID-19 policy and protocols, please visit this page.


THEATER | PERFORMANCE 
Lyam B. Gabel
the dance floor the hospital room and the kitchen table

Thursday, June 16
9:00pm

Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $15-30


PARTY | MUSIC | PERFORMANCE
TQ LIVE!
with Remy Black, SUPA’ NxC, Jesse Factor and HUNY

Thursday, June 16
10:30pm 

Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $5-20

 


THEATER | PERFORMANCE 
Adil Mansoor 
Amm(i)gone
Co-Presented with The Andy Warhol Museum

Friday, June 17
7:00pm 

The Andy Warhol Museum | 117 Sandusky St.
Tickets: $15-30


PERFORMANCE | PARTY
Vibes N’At
with Alumni Theater Company, Mita Ghosal, Jacquea Mae, more!

Friday, June 17
10:00pm – 12:00am

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center
FREE

 


PARTY | PERFORMANCE | MUSIC | VISUAL ART 
HOUSE PARTY 
A Benefit for Kelly Strayhorn Theater 

Thursday, July 16
7:00pm – 9:00pm VIP Reception
9:00pm – 12:00am Dance Party  

Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $50 – 250

 


A young Black adult wearing athletic clothes in a dance studio reaches one arm up in an active stretchDANCE | COMMUNITY
The Alloy School 
Four-Week Summer Session

Saturdays, July 16 – August 6
10:00am – 1:00pm 

KST’s Alloy Studios | 5530 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $10/class with full registration or $12.50/class for a drop-in

 


DANCE | COMMUNITY | WORKSHOPS
Dance Africa Pittsburgh
Past, Present, Future 
Co-Presented with The Legacy Arts Project

Friday & Saturday, July 29 – 30, 8:00pm
Sunday, July 31, 3:00pm 

Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 5941 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $15-30

 


PEARLARTS @ KST | DANCE
Adult Ballet Club
with Andrew Blight

Tuesdays, May 17 – June 28
6:00pm

KST’s Alloy Studios | 5530 Penn Ave.
$10 Drop In / $65 Full Session

 


PEARLARTS @ KST | DANCE
Adult Jazz Dance Club
with Staycee, Pearl, LaTrea Rembert, Simon Phillips & Lindsay McGivern

Thursdays, May 19 – June 30
6:00pm

KST Alloy Studios | 5530 Penn Ave.
$10 Drop In / $65 Full Session

 


PEARLARTS @ KST | DANCE
PearlDiving Movement Residency 
For Local and National Artists 

Artist Application Due: Weds., June 29
Artist Notification: Fri. July 8
Residency Period: Mon., August 1 – Fri., August 26

 

 


PEARLARTS @ KST | DANCE
PearlDiving Showcase
New Works In Process

Friday, August 26
7:30pm 

KST’s Alloy Studios | 5530 Penn Ave.
Pay What Moves You: $10-25

 


Photo Credit: Beth Barbis, Beth Barbis, Beth Barbis, Kitoko Chargois, unknown, unknown, Kitoko Chargois, Courtesy of Legacy Arts Project, Kitoko Chargois, Kitoko Chargois, Kitoko Chargois, Kitoko Chargois.