{"id":137371,"date":"2026-03-13T13:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/137371\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:33:12","slug":"city-theatre-is-presenting-eureka-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/137371\/","title":{"rendered":"City Theatre is presenting \u201cEureka Day\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The show that The New York Times called the \u201cfunniest play to open all year\u201d is being presented by City Theatre through March 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEureka Day\u201d is about an ultra-progressive California school that finds itself in a bind when a mumps outbreak exposes varying opinions <\/p>\n<p>on\u2026everything. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEureka Day\u201d premiered in 2018 and explores the challenges of finding common ground in a polarized world. The play has received rave reviews, productions around the globe, and numerous awards, including a 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for its Broadway <\/p>\n<p>production and recognition from Drama Desk awards and the Drama League. <\/p>\n<p>City Theatre is partnering with several community organizations in conjunction with the production including Allegheny County Immunization Coalition, Casa San Jose, and Literacy Pittsburgh. Patrons are encouraged to meet these community partners prior to the performance on <\/p>\n<p>Thursday for \u201cCity Connects Night\u201d or join the post-show <\/p>\n<p>talkback on Sunday featuring Dr. Amesh Adalja, whose work focuses on emerging infectious disease, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEureka Day\u201d will be presented Wednesdays at 1 p.m. and\/or 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 1 p.m. and\/or 5:30 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>For a complete listing of show times, visit CityTheatreCompany.org or call 412-431-2489 (CITY). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The show that The New York Times called the \u201cfunniest play to open all year\u201d is being presented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8714,73,75,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-137371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-city-theatre","9":"tag-pittsburgh","10":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","11":"tag-pittsburgh-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}