{"id":286377,"date":"2026-09-15T09:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286377\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:58:20","slug":"pittsburgh-new-works-festival-features-football-legacies-cpr-and-a-funeral-parlor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286377\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh New Works Festival features football legacies, CPR and a funeral parlor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not too late for theater-lovers to catch the last program of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghnewworks.org\/program-d-2026\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pittsburgh New Works Festival\u2019s 36th season<\/a>. From Sept. 17-20, three one-act plays are set to premiere at the <a href=\"https:\/\/genesiusdifference.org\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Genesius Theater<\/a> at Duquesne University, one of which comes from local Coraopolis playwright Geo Lawton.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s program starts with \u201cDelayed Blitz\u201d by Grant Mitchell, which sets the stage in an interview between an old football legend and a young nonfiction writer. The Connecticut-based writer\u2019s play ruminates on \u201clegacy, ego, and the stories people tell themselves to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival continues with Lawton\u2019s \u201cAre You Okay?\u201d \u2014 a play that transforms a CPR lesson into an impromptu support group for the main character. Lawton\u2019s work centers on the experience of lifesaving, as CPR mannequins transform into the characters\u2019 loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing up the run is New York City playwright J.B. Heaps\u2019 \u201cDeath Becomes a Writer,\u201d which involves a funeral parlor, an unusual request and a literary scandal. Heaps\u2019 scandal can perhaps be explained, but \u201cnot on this earthly plane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shows will be held at 7:30 p.m. from Thursday through Saturday, with 2 p.m. showings on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door, with student pricing at $15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not too late for theater-lovers to catch the last program of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival\u2019s 36th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-286377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286377","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=286377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}