O'Reilly Theater
Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The O'Reilly Theater is a 650-seat theater building, opened on 11 December 1999, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Located at 621 Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District, the O'Reilly Theater is actually a three-part building: The 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2) theater (with a 150-seat rehearsal hall), a large parking garage called Theater Square, and the adjacent 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2) Agnes R. Katz Plaza.[1]
Address | 621 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States |
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Coordinates | 40.4432°N 80.0016°W / 40.4432; -80.0016 |
Owner | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust |
Capacity | 650 |
Construction | |
Opened | 11 December 1999 (1999-12-11) |
Architect | Michael Graves |
Structural engineer | DeSimone Consulting Engineers |
Website | |
www.trustarts.org |
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust built the new theater, designed by architect Michael Graves P.A.,[2] to create a downtown home for the Pittsburgh Public Theater theatrical company, as well as to create additional venues for theater, music, and other art performances. The O’Reilly venue features a thrust stage surrounded by the audience on three sides.[1]
To pay for the $25 million cost of construction, gifts to the project included a naming gift in honor of Dr. Anthony O'Reilly from Mrs. Chryss O'Reilly and several current and past senior executives of the H.J. Heinz Company.[1]
The O’Reilly was built by Turner Construction Company,[3] opened on 11 December 1999, with the world premiere of King Hedley II, by the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson.[1]