Mark Whitehead, Executive & Artistic Director
3139 Dobson Street, 2nd Floor - Pittsburgh, PA 15219 - (412) 378-0331 - mark@saintsandpoets.org
“a player in Pittsburgh's off-Cultural District alternative theater scene.”
- Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Our Current Production:
Please join us for the world premiere of
Saffronia
by Christiane D
Illustration: David Pohl
Saffronia examines the world of the “mulatto balls” of the ante-bellum south - slave auctions dressed up as debutante balls, where young slave women, groomed in charm schools to be perfect mistresses, were sold as concubines to wealthy plantation owners. At The Kelly-Strayhorn Theater January 12-22, 2006
Special Matinee Performances:
$17.00 General Admission
Tickets Available Online Through
5941 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM
Sundays at 2:00 PM
Martin Luther King Day: Monday, January 16 at 2:30 PM
Thursday, January 19 at 11:00 AM
$12.00 Students, Seniors, and Starving Artists
(At the link above: under “Arts Organization” select “Saints & Poets Theater”)
Or order tickets by phone: (412) 394-3353
Supported by grants from
The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation
The Multicultural Arts Initiative
Mount Ararat Baptist Church Community Tithe Ministries
The PA Partners in the Arts through ProArts
The Heinz Endowments Small Arts Initiative
The Woodbury Fund
Media Sponsors:
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History:
Spring 2001
Mission Statement:
Artistic & Production Staff: Board
of Directors:
Contact Us:
Poet - $750.00:
Muse - $500.00:
Mystic - $250.00:
Sage - $100.00:
Philosopher - $75.00:
Seeker of Truth - $50.00:
Spring 2004
The Late Henry Moss by Sam Shepard
Secret Honor: The Last Testament of Richard M. Nixon
by Donald Freed & Arnold M. Stone
“Saints & Poets Theater is a performing arts company which seeks to present challenging and rarely-performed works that integrate the work and ideas of artists from diverse backgrounds and various media, to find unique ways of exploring and illuminating the human condition.”
Mark Whitehead,
Executive & Artistic Director
Elaine V.
Preston, President
Louise C.
Sciannameo, Secretary
Leslie Kozler,
Treasurer
Lance-Eric Skapura, Member
Mark
Whitehead
Executive & Artistic
Director
Saints & Poets Theater
3139 Dobson Street
2nd Floor
Pittsburgh,
PA 15219
(412)
378-0331
mark@saintsandpoets.org
