That’s right, PCT @ STEELTOWN is a new black box project where Pittsburg Community Theatre presents full length shows in an intimate setting. PCT @ STEELTOWN’S inaugural season is called “The Year of the Hound.” Two productions are planned, a murder mystery comedy “The Real Inspector Hound” and the 3-man British comedy “The Hound of the Baskervilles.”
“The Real Inspector Hound,” directed by Gregory Brown is scheduled for March 20-29, 2020. This Tom Stoppard farce is a hoot! It pokes fun at theatre critics, stage mysteries such as Mousetrap, and it is a lesson in absurdism satire. In this production, we meet two theatre critics Birdboot and Moon as they are reviewing an Agatha Christie-style melodrama whodunit. Playwright Stoppard infuses this show with several levels of deception so that one is never sure where the mystery elements and reality are. This is a clever use of parody, satire, absurdism and reality. The laughs keep coming as the deceptions unfold and the theatre critic’s jargon and clichés abound.
Sherlock Holmes meets Airplane! is the best way to describe this riotous 3-man comedy – “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover in this riotous adaptation. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death, and investigate the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles. This show is packed full of verbal and visual ingenuity with all characters played by the 3 male actors.
Tickets go on sale in January for both shows. Ticket prices are $15 per person when purchased in advanced or $20 at the door. If you have already purchased a season subscription for PCT’s main stage production, or for the upcoming 2020-2021 season, you receive a special PCT @ STEELTOWN package price of $26 for both shows. Call 925-439-PLAY (7529) for tickets.
Limited seating so get your tickets in advance.