RealTime Arts connects human beings through unique theatrical experiences.

From ghosts of the furnace, photo by Dominique Murray

NEXT UP:

Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers

THE FUNHOUSE AT MR. SMALLS - MILLVALE PA

Oct 24-25 + 30-31

doors 7pm, opening band 8pm, show 9pm

Back by popular demand: our true-crime concert musical that explores the moments and motives of female serial killers through history. With music ranging from post-punk to indie rock to country and beyond, this concert-play is a howl full of bad luck, pathos, and feminine rage.

With blistering R&B singer Jacquea Mae and music-theater favorites Julianne Avolio and Drew Leigh Williams, with guitarist/ clarinet-shredder Lenni Green, bass player Allier Reefer and drummer Cassie Prentiss, the show will ask you to hold in one hand your righteous anger at senseless violence, and in the other, an awareness of the humanity inside of each of us.

Because after all, everyone deserves one song.

with guests

LIZ BERLIN

MAI KHÔI

MARI FRAZÉ-FRAZÉNKO

BUY TIX FOR OCTOBER 24

with Mai Khôi & Mari Frazé-Frazénko

Opening: PosterChild

BUY TIX FOR OCTOBER 25

with Mai Khôi & Mari Frazé-Frazénko

Opening: Frazé-Frazénko and the Happy Lovers

BUY TIX FOR OCTOBER 30

with LIZ BERLIN & Mari Frazé-Frazénko

Opening: Frazé-Frazénko and the Happy Lovers

BUY TIX FOR OCTOBER 31

A HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA— costumes encouraged

with LIZ BERLIN, Mai Khôi & Mari Frazé-Frazénko

Opening: LIZ BERLIN

Most Recent

KHURAKI: A Celebration of Afghanistan in Pittsburgh

From April 12–14, 2024, at the Hillman Center for Performing Arts, audiences from all over Pittsburgh experienced the flavors, music, and culture of Afghanistan as they followed a group of women from their lives during Taliban rule to a new beginning in Pittsburgh. This award-nominated immersive theatrical experience, created by Afghan immigrants and RealTime Arts, illuminates Afghan traditions of Ramadan, birth, and death. Each night patrons enjoyed the live performance, a delicious Afghan tasting meal prepared by the women whose stories they saw performed, and a post-show discussion with members of the resettlement, public arts, and Afghan communities. The show was a collaboration with Shady Side Academy.

Photo Credits

Heather Mull; Dominique Murray; Handerson Gomez; Allie Amoaye; Matt Metrovich; RealTime Arts.

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