Texture Contemporary Ballet presents: Untraveled Odyssey
Texture Contemporary Ballet concludes the season with Untraveled Odyssey, a powerful program reflecting on journeys yet to be taken. Through expressive contemporary ballet works, the program explores the courage to move beyond familiar paths and embrace the unknown. From introspective moments to sweeping, dynamic movement, Untraveled Odyssey celebrates discovery, resilience, and the possibilities that await when we dare to explore new horizons.
About Texture Contemporary Ballet
Texture Contemporary Ballet is a Pittsburgh-based dance company that fuses the power and precision of classical ballet with the freedom and creativity of contemporary dance to surprise and delight audiences and empower the next generation of dancers and choreographers.
We were founded in 2011 by Alan Obuzor, and since then we have been creating and presenting predominantly new and original dance works for people who love to be inspired through dance. In our work, we enable our artists to take creative risks, and we help our audiences to experience their thoughts and emotions by forming connections through live movement and dance.
What to expect from a Texture show? Exciting dance, creativity, energy, passionate artists, great music, and magical moments that will move you and inspire you. We champion self expression, the joy of movement, diversity in ballet, and the power of dance to explore important stories, thoughts, and emotions
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Kente Arts Alliance presents: The Revival: DJEMBE In the New Millennium
The Bessie Award-winning Asase Yaa African-American Dance Theater is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. This milestone will be marked by their first national concert tour since 2017. The tour will feature performances of The Revival: Djembe in the New Millennium, which will premiere at their 3rd Annual Rhythms & Movements Festival on February 28, New York City.
The original production initially developed in 2010 by master Djembe drummer and choreographer Yao Ababio, Founder and Director of the company. Ababio has teamed up with his brother, K. Osei Williams, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the AsaseYaa Cultural Arts Foundation.
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Director: Aaron Galligan-Stierle
Music Director: Melissa Yanchak
Come From Away tells a remarkable true story of the week following the September 11 attacks when 38 planes carrying approximately 7,000 passengers were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, where the small town welcomed strangers, shared its resources, and formed human bonds in a moment of global crisis. Theatrically, the musical creates a vivid ensemble piece: multiple characters drawn from real interviews (both Gander locals and stranded passengers) appear, change roles, share stories, and together form a tapestry of resilience, hospitality, and community. The show features a chorus of voices and a minimal set design, allowing the emotional truth of the moment to shine. The result is an uplifting yet honest piece of theatre that affirms human connection amid crisis.
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Director: Daina Michelle Griffith
Music Director: Doug Levine
Working (the 2012 updated version) is based on Studs Terkel’s landmark 1974 oral-history book Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. The original stage adaptation was conceived by Stephen Schwartz, with contributions from a remarkable collection of composers and lyricists. The revised 2012 version includes songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Taylor, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and Susan Birkenhead. This Tony nominated musical weaves together real stories from workers across professions—teachers, steelworkers, waitresses, tech support staff, caregivers, and more. Many stories in the show are relatable to Pittsburgh from mill workers to tech and healthcare workers, and of course waitresses.
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Please note: due to extremely low temperatures,
Prime Stage Theatre‘s Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy: A Concert Celebrating the Spirit of Freedom House (originally scheduled for tonight at the New Hazlett) has been rescheduled to 7:30 PM on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at MCG Jazz.
All current tickets will be valid for the new date and location.
If you cannot attend due to the change in location or date, please contact our Box Office for a refund by January 30.
-Box Office: 412-320-4610 x.10
–Email: nathan@newhazletttheater.org
For more information about the updated event, call 412-322-0800, email estoner@manchesterbidwell.org, or visit
mcgjazz.org
We sincerely appreciate your continued understanding and flexibility, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
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Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy:
A Concert Celebrating the Spirit of Freedom House
Experience an unforgettable evening of Live Jazz hosted by Marty Ashby as Prime Stage Theatre and MCG Jazz bring four Pittsburgh Jazz Legends to the stage on the stunning set of Freedom House. One night only, Historical music in a Historical space.
Our Monday Night Special features historic video clips and images from the MCG Jazz PBS documentary on Pittsburgh.
Featuring the following musicians
Jeff Grubbs – Bass
Roger Humphries – Drums
Mark Jackovic – Saxophone
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Witness the 1967 creation in Pittsburgh’s Hill District of Freedom House Ambulance Service – America’s first mobile Emergency Medical Unit.
Written by L.E. McCullough
Directed by Scott P. Calhoon
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A moving story about a teenage girl who uses art to find her voice and redefine her identity. The play is an empowering testament to resilience and finding one’s voice and strength; it is a seminal performance not to be missed.
“I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
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Based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson
Written by Tammy Ryan
Directed by Dana Hardy
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Master storyteller Edgar Allan Poe reimagines four classic tales that reveal as much about the nature of horror as they do about the dark genius that created them.
Written by Lawrence C. Connolly
Directed by Art DeConciliis
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