As we dive into the fall season of 2025, you’ll want to fill your schedule with theater shows and productions that brighten the lengthening nights. Pittsburgh hosts a number of theater companies and fall is prime time for these theaters to hop into action. We asked Barebones Productions founder Patrick Jordan to give us a run down of your must-see shows starting today and extending to December. Whether it’s a famous work you know and love or something new that you have not heard of before, each production takes you into a creative and memorable world.
2025 Fall Theater Shows in Pittsburgh
Another Kind of Silence
September 20–October 12, City Theatre
City Theatre is known for producing great new works. I am really looking forward to this rolling world premiere that is kicking off in Pittsburgh. The play is bilingual – English and American Sign Language – and will feature both a hearing and Deaf cast and creative team. The play is described as “an epic journey of language, desire, and dreaming.” Kudos to City on this ambitious and important undertaking.
Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
October 14-November 08, CLO, Greer Cabaret Theater
It’s always a blast to do the Time Warp at this time of year and the Greer is a perfect setting to celebrate. CLO has assembled a top notch group of performers including frequent barebones collaborator Connor McCanlus and Broadway vet (plus childhood friend of mine), Matthew Hydzik. The vocals from this cast will have you singing and dancing through Thanksgiving. The CLO has also paired great programming with this production– like drag brunches, college nights, and costume contests.
Enron
October 30–November 23, Quantum Theatre, Oxford Centre
Quantum Theatre has been creating dynamic experiences for Pittsburgh audiences for over 30 years and Enron is another huge and ambitious show to add to the long list of offerings this Fall. This work is centered around one of the most infamous scandals in financial history. Mixing classical tragedy with comedy, the play follows a group of flawed men and women in a narrative of greed and loss and free-fall of American capitalism.
Enron features a 14-person cast in Oxford Center in collaboration with Attack Theatre, Pittsburgh’s iconic, risk-taking, cool-as-hell dance company.
God of Carnage
November 7-23, Barebones Productions, barebones black box
We’re ending our 22nd season with a banger… and a Tony winner. Not only is God of Carnage timely, but it’s fun, with barebones’ signature bite (still can’t shake those Jaws references after The Shark is Broken). God of Carnage exposes the absurdity bubbling beneath the surface of so-called civilized society. Civility devolves into hysterical chaos – but then you get to leave it, not live it. A welcome escape right now.
I’m excited to perform alongside some of my absolute favorite collaborators and some of the best people and finest actors I know– Daina Griffith, David Whalen, and Gayle Pazerski. The show will be led by our fierce and fearless director, Melissa Martin, a barebones’ favorite. Don’t forget to indulge in the best pub fare, brews, and cocktails in town before and after the show at Braddock Public House, which is quite literally down the hallway from the theater.
Bricolage and Holiday Midnight Radio
December dates & theme announced soon–stay tuned to Bricolage social media channels, barebones black box theater
To say I am partial to Midnight Radio and the Bricolage crew in general would be an understatement. I performed in some of their very first Midnight Radio productions and, most recently, hosted them at our theater in Braddock when they brought back (a super sold-out) Midnight Radio Die Hard N’At for the 2024 Holiday Season. It’s really some of the most fun you can have on or off the stage. Even people who don’t like theater love this production.
Story by Patrick Jordan
Photo Courtesy of Quantum Theatre
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