The Next Act: Updates from PPT & CLO

Making the Invisible Visible

Four weeks into the new organization, and we’ve quickly leapt from “we need to do that” to “done” in some big categories.

Aug 28 • Laura Greenawalt

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Thank you for voting!

Nearly 3,000 of you cast a vote or dropped an idea into our Mentimeter box between July 31 and August 8, and we mean it when we say we read every single…

Aug 14 • Aja Jones

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July 2026

Together, at Last.

It’s official: as of July 31, 2026, Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO are one company. Two organizations have become one, and together we’re…

Jul 31 • Aja Jones

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A New Chapter Begins July 31

We’ve said the word “merger” a lot in this newsletter.

Jul 25 • Aja Jones

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Artists: The Heart of the Work

As regional theaters across the country change, how do we simultaneously grow audiences while keeping artists employed and supporting their growth and…

Jul 17 • Brett Ashley Crawford

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Deep Roots, Wide Doors: An Education Foundation

Back in May, in one of our “just the facts” updates, we wrote a sentence we want to make good on out loud: “Education and Academy programs from both…

Jul 3 • Aja Jones

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June 2026

Anatomy of a Theater Merger: Why We're Doing This

What do we owe our city, and how do we build something worth more than the sum of what we're giving up? This week, a deeper exploration of the "why…

Jun 26 • Laura Greenawalt

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The Anatomy of a Theater Merger: Meet the Unification Team

Part one of a multi-part series on our process and how decisions are being made for the future organization.

Jun 19 • Laura Greenawalt

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May 2026

A Note to Our Pittsburgh Community

With humility, from the folks preparing to unify the Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO.

May 22 • Laura Greenawalt

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The Prologue

Bringing together the Sharks & the Jets for a night at the theater...

May 15 • Laura Greenawalt

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April 2026

Welcome to the Next Act

A Regular-ish dispatch from inside the unification of Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater

Apr 10 • Laura Greenawalt

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