For Educators
Tix for Teachers Open House
The Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue
Refreshments * Great Prizes * Giveaways
Registration is required: call 412-471-6079 or email wagner@pgharts.org
Enjoy an evening in the Cultural District with your fellow educators and learn about the upcoming PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh, Trust Presents, Pittsburgh Dance Council, Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts and Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival presentations. All K-12 educators are welcome.
Tix for Teachers currently helps thousands of area K-12 teachers share and enjoy the arts. This free program offers discounted tickets to performances, meet-and-greet opportunities with artists and pre-performance receptions for selected shows. Participating educators can save up to 50% with more than 50 arts organizations in the region. Tix for Teachers members enjoy the benefits of learning about The School Day Matinee Series, Act 48 approved workshops and student workshop first. To apply now, click here.
Welcome to the PNC Broadway Across America - Pittsburgh 2008-2009 season! We are proud to present the best of touring Broadway, direct from the Broadway stage! Subscribe today and enjoy some of the best seats in the house, priority ticket purchasing for Broadway specials, and optional guaranteed parking. Call 412-456-1390 for subscription information.
November 5-9, 2008 MAMMA MIA! Benedum Center
November 25-30, 2008 Monty Python’s SPAMALOT Benedum Center
December 2–7, 2008 FROST/NIXON Benedum Center
December 23-28, 2008 ANNIE Heinz Hall
January 7 – February 1, 2009 JERSEY BOYS * Benedum Center
February 17–22, 2009 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Benedum Center
February 27-March 1, 2009 MOVIN’ OUT Benedum Center
March 10 – 15, 2009 CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Benedum Center
April 7-12, 2009 A CHORUS LINE Heinz Hall
April 14-19, 2009 RENT Benedum Center
May 26-31, 2009 SPRING AWAKENING Heinz Hall
Tix for Teachers discount - 10% off Tue and Wed evenings for all shows except WICKED and JERSEY BOYS. 8 ticket limit. Discount not available at the Box Office. Other restrictions may apply. Benedum Center: Call 412-471-6930; Heinz Hall: Call 412-392-4819.
November 6, 2008 1 pm MAMMA MIA! Benedum Center
December 24, 2008 1pm ANNIE Heinz Hall
December 26, 2008 2pm ANNIE Heinz Hall
January 8, 2009 1pm JERSEY BOYS Benedum Center
Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series
Trust Presents, a programming division of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, brings a wide and diverse array of art and entertainment from live music to uproarious comedy and literary luminaries to world-famous artists. The great mix of performances promises something for everyone.
September 26-27, 2008 Forever Tango*
September 28-29, 2008 Aquila Theater Company, The Iliad
October 3-4, 2008 Magic Tree House, (Kids Day in the District)
October 13, 2008 Vieux Farka Toure
October 16, 2008 Walter Mosley
October 17-18, 2008 Defending the Caveman*
October 29, 2008 Angelique Kidjo*
November 2, 2008 Capitol Steps
November 14, 2008 Al Jarreau
November 29, 2008 American Idols X-mas Show*
February 7, 2009 Lily Tomlin*
February 8, 2009 Smokey Robinson
February 18, 2009 Drumline
February 28, 2009 The National Acrobats of China
March 7, 2009 Mariza
March 8-9, 2009 Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre
March 15, 2009 Bernice Johnson Reagon (She Said)
March 28-29, 2009 Russian American Kid’s Circus
April 1, 2009 David Sedaris*
April 5 One Night of Queen*
Tix for Teachers members are eligible to receive $ 5 off most performances.
*Indicates No Tix for Teacher Discount
Other restrictions may apply
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Pittsburgh Dance Council
Enjoy the most physical, provocative, and daring dance season to date, and an entire season of Pittsburgh premieres!
November 1, 2008 Inbal Pinto
November 22, 2008 Doug Varone and Dancers
February 5, 2009 Batsheva Dance Company
March 14, 2009 Ballet Boyz
April 4, 2009 Compagnie Marie Chouinard
May 1-3, 2009 Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts (PIFOF)
The Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts (PIFOF) is a city-wide, 16-day performing and visual arts festival featuring exclusive U.S. premieres by highly-acclaimed international artists and contemporary performing arts companies. Festival events will be presented in association with other Pittsburgh cultural organizations and will offer intimate experiences for audiences at various traditional and non-traditional performance venues within the downtown Cultural District and throughout the city.PIFOF is a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in association with The Andy Warhol Museum. Tickets start at $10. PIFOF.ORG
Oct 10-30, 2008 Gravity of Light
Oct 10-11, 2008 Rudresh Mahanthappa
Oct 13-15, 2008 Peter Reder
Oct 15-25, 2008 Theater of the Senses
Oct 16-18, 2008 Kassys
Oct 23-24, 2008 Jo Stromgren Kompani
Oct 24-25, 2008 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
The 2008 Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts is supported by an Anonymous donor, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Carol R. Brown Performance Fund, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, Joan Humphrey, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Ellis School,The Rubinoff Company and Computer Enterprises, Inc.
Restaurants Discounts with Tix for Teachers membership
Bossa Nova – 123 7th St.
$3.00 off total food bill
The Carlton – 500 Grant St.
10% off menu item; free limo ride to theater and back to The Carlton
Casablanca Bistro – 212 6th St.
One free glass of wine or dessert for each ticket holder
F. Tambellini Ristorante – 139 7th St.
10% off any entrée
Grille on Seventh – 130 7th St.
10% off any menu item
Mahoney's – 949 Liberty Avenue
10% off lunch and dinner
Monte Cello's – 305 Seventh Avenue
15% off food purchase over $10 – not valid on deliveries
Olive or Twist – 140 6th St.
10% any menu item
Opus - 107 6th St.
15% off any lunch or dinner food items, excluding holidays and special events
Palomino – 620 Liberty Avenue
15% off food only. Not valid with first seating menu
Other participating Tix for Teachers organizations
| Andy Warhol Museum | www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300 |
| Apple Hill Playhouse | www.applehillplayhouse.org or call 724.468.5050 |
| August Wilson Center for African American Culture | www.africanacultural.org or call 412.258.2700 |
| Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society | www.calliopehouse.org or call 412.361.1915 |
| Carnegie Mellon Drama | www.cmu.edu/cfa/drama or call 412.268.2407 |
| Carnegie Science Center | www.carnegiesciencecenter.org or call 412.237.3400 |
| Chatham Baroque | www.chathambaroque.org or call 412.687.1788 |
| Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh | www.pittsburghkids.org or call 412.322.5058 |
| City Theatre | www.citytheatrecompany.org or call 412.431.2489 |
| Frick Art and Historical Center | www.frickart.org or call 412.371.0600 |
| Greensburg Civic Theatre | call 724.836.PLAY |
| Heinz History Center | www.pghhistory.org or call 412.454.6000 |
| Junction Dance Theatre | www.junctiondancetheatre.org or call 412.608.8535 |
| Kuntu Repertory Theatre | www.kuntu.org |
| Mattress Factory Museum | www.mattress.org or call 412.231.3169 |
| McKeesport Symphony Society | www.mckeesportsymphonysociety.org or call 412.664.2854 |
| Mellon Arena | www.mellonarena.com or call 412.642.1800 |
| Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh | www.themendelssohnchoir.org or call 412.561.3353 |
| National Aviary | www.aviary.org or call 412.323.7235 |
| Nationality Rooms Program-University of Pittsburgh | www.pitt.edu or call 412.624.6000 |
| North Pittsburgh Philharmonic | www.northpittsburghphilharmonic.org or call 412.418.9662 |
| Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh | www.operatheatrepittsburgh.org or call 412.621.1299 |
| Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens | www.phipps.conservatory.org or call 412.622.6914 |
| Photo Antiquities | www.photoantiquities.org or call 412.231.7881 |
| Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures | www.pittsburghlectures.org or call 412.622.8866 |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | www.pbt.org or call 412.281.0360 |
| Pittsburgh Camerata | www.pittsburghcamerata.org or call 412.421.5884 |
| Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society | www.pittsburghchambermusic.org or call 412.624.4129 |
| Pittsburgh Glass Center | www.pittsburghglasscenter.org or call 412.365.2145 |
| Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation | www.phlf.org or call 412.471.5808 |
| Pittsburgh International Children’s Theatre | www.pghkids.org or call 412.312.5520 |
| Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre | www.picttheatre.org or call 412.561.6000 |
| Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble | info@pnme.org or call 412.889-7231 |
| Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company | pptco@aol.com or call 412.288.0358 |
| Pittsburgh Public Theater | www.ppt.org or call 412.316.1600 |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | www.pittsburghsymphony.org or call 412.392.4900 |
| Prime Stage Theatre | www.primestage.com or call 412.394.3353 |
| Quantum Theatre | call 412.697.2929 |
| Renaissance and Baroque Society | www.rbsp.org or call 412.361.2048 |
| River City Brass Band | www.rcbb.com or call 412-434-7222 x/105 |
| Saltworks Theatre Company | www.saltworks.org or call 412.621.6150 |
| Silver Eye Center for Photography | www.silvereye.org or call 412.431.1810 |
| Society for Contemporary Craft | www.contemporarycraft.org or call 412.261.7003 |
| Sweetwater Center for the Arts | www.sweetwaterartcenter.org or call 412.741.4405 |
| Three Rivers Choral Society | www.3riverschoral.com or call 724.348.5320 |
| Umoja African Arts Co. | www.umojacompany.com or call 412.471.1121 |
| West Overton Museum | www.fay-west.com or call 724.887.7910 |





