New Hazlett Theater

The New Hazlett Theater is the primary occupant of the Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny in the Allegheny Center part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After the Pittsburgh Public Theater moved to the O'Reilly Theater in 1999, the Hazlett Theater was transformed into the New Hazlett Theater and opened in 2004. Since 2013, the Theater has also been home to the Community Supported Art (CSA) Performance Series, designed to help support new and upcoming artists in the Pittsburgh area. History The Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny featured the first Carnegie Music Hall in the United States. The Theatre was renovated in 1967 with community-raised money when it was under threat of demolition. In 1980, it was renamed the Hazlett Theater in honor of Theodore L. Hazlett Jr. The Hazlett Theater served as the home to Pittsburgh Public Theater For 24 seasons from 1974 until 1999 when the PPT moved to the O'Reilly Theater. Due to the decline of traffic, the local arts community supported the rebirth of the Hazlett Theater as the New Hazlett Theater in 2004, where it serves as a valued community resource for performing artists in the Pittsburgh area. Community Supported Art (CSA) Series Source: Since 2013, the New Hazlett Theater CSA Performance Series has brought over 234 new and emerging artists to the stage. Spanning genres such as dance, music, original plays, musicals and experimental animation. 2013 Kelli Stevens Kane: Big George Miniature Curiosa: Birds of America Special CSA Workshop: merrygogo Continuum Dance Theatre: Objects of DESIRE 2014 Dane Wilcox: Onward to Mars Wavemakers Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra: The Radiophonic Fantasies Maree ReMalia: The Ubiquitous Mass of Us Frederico Garcia-De Castro: Livre Pour Deux Pianos (Book for Two Pianos) Moriah Ella Mason: Contained Jennifer Meridian: Translations 2015 Jil Sifel and Ben Sota: WaywardLand Anya Martin & JH: Mechanics of a Legend Teena Marie Custer & Roberta Guido: My Good Side & RETREAD/together/apart David Bernabo: The Reduction Matthew Tembo Chachacha Anthony Williams: Loving Black 2016 Ricardo Iamuuri: A BRAND NEW WORLD: kill the artist Trillium Ensemble: The Silent Spring Project slowdanger: memory 4 Cole Hoyer-Winfield: midnight in Molina Tameka Cage Conley, PhD & Jason Mendez, PhD: Redemption - Sons 2017 Anqwenique Wingfield & Julie Mallis: A Love Supreme Lindsay Fisher: Over Exposed Monteze Freeland: Kalopsia Clare Drobot & Nathan Zoob: Between Us and Grace John Petrucelli: Presence 2018 H. Gene Thompson, Arvid Tomayko, Anna Azizzy, & Ru Emmons: Apart from Me Carl Anonowicz: Büer’s Kiss Double Blind Productions: Escape Velocity Afro Yaqui Music Collective: Migrant Liberation Movement Suite Felicia Cooper: Porto Domi 2019 Ali Hoefnagel: You Can Call Me Al Kasia Reilly: Dolina Kamratōn: Her Holiness, The Winter Dog Brittney Chantele: A Fire on Venus Anna Azizzy: The Secret Life of Gym Girls 2020 Philip Wesley Gates: Terminer Gil Teizeira: The Mind-Body Problem Dave English & Will Schutze: The Dragon of Polish Hill 2021 Nick Navari: Local Singles Kaylin Horgan: Milton Samuel Boateng: Sunsum is Spirit Dr. HollyHood & Jon Quest: Quest and the Girl with the Yellow Jacket Tlaloc Rivas: The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano Bryce Rabideau: Meanwhile NaTasha Thompson: Lavender Terrace 2022 Princess Jafar: The Princess is Right! Feralcat: Disassembly Bailey Lee: Papa Vida Chai: Somewhere Strange Nathan Wagner: Perdita 2023 YS1 (Yusef Shelton da First): IGNITE Jasmine Roth: Painting Lessons Kelly Trumbull: Morning Reckoning Brian Pope: Himbos Yan Pang: One-Log Bridge 2024 Melannie Taylor: Teaira Whitehead Kontara Morphis: UNDERLAND x Alice Lindsay Gornason: Apis 2025 Anna King Skeels: My Sister's Lipstick Ramin Akhavijou: Ego Joanna Abel: Dragonfly Dawn Christine CMC Bethea: Birthday at Tiffany's References External links Official website