The Benedum Center in downtown Pittsburgh is the longtime home of the Pittsburgh CLO. That company has joined forces with Pittsburgh Public Theater to create Confluence Theater. [Brad Hundt]<\/p>\n
The Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh is the name that has been chosen for the theater company that brings together the Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater.<\/p>\n
The new name was announced Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cPittsburgh is a city built by people who make things, innovate, and reimagine what\u2019s possible,\u201d said Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford, interim president and executive producer for the company. \u201cConfluence Theater of<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh honors that spirit, bringing together artists, audiences, and educators to create a theater company that can grow with this city for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh brings two distinct theatrical traditions together into one company: the musicals that have defined Pittsburgh CLO\u2019s legacy, and the classics and contemporary plays that have been produced by Pittsburgh Public Theater.<\/p>\n
A news release stated that by \u201cpooling audiences, staff, strategies, and expertise, Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater will be better able to sustain operations without sacrificing theatrical excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than 3,000 submissions were put forth in a naming poll launched at the end of July.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea of confluence is deeply artistic,\u201d said Kyle Haden, the company\u2019s interim artistic director. \u201cWhen different voices, traditions, and audiences meet, something new becomes possible. Confluence creates a<\/p>\n
space where Pittsburgh Public Theater audiences, Pittsburgh CLO audiences, and new generations of theatergoers can discover a shared future shaped by rich artistic experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n
The search for a permanent president and executive producer is underway.<\/p>\n
The first production by Confluence will be \u201cHow Shakespeare Saved My Life,\u201d at the O\u2019Reilly Theater starting Nov. 11.<\/p>\n
More information on Confluence Theater can be found at confluencetheater.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Benedum Center in downtown Pittsburgh is the longtime home of the Pittsburgh CLO. That company has joined…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[116412,73,29029,75,74,51627],"class_list":["post-277968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-confluence-theater","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-clo","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-public-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277968","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=277968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}