Our 2025-2026
Classes & Workshops
Voices From the Attic:
A Creative Writing Circle for Women Only
Mondays from 10am to 12pm: September 14 to October 19, 2026 (6 sessions)
Sustaining or Artistic Members: Free | Non-Members: $75
with Amy Hartman*
Come join this eclectic, creative writing circle. Discover, uncover, reclaim your writing voice or just hang out and listen with some other interesting women. Drop in to one or come to all 6. Either way, just in case, being a notebook. The writing bug might bite you!
Sign up at the ticket link above. It only shows the date of the final class on October 19th, but your registration is good for all dates:
Sept 14, 21, 28
Oct 5, 12, 19
*Amy Hartman is an accomplished American playwright, director, and voice-over artist known for her deep community engagement and character-driven storytelling. She has served as the playwright-in-residence at Pittsburgh Playworks, developing notable works like Mazel.
The Bard for Beginners & the Curious:
A Fun, Accessible Class
Two sessions 11:00am to 12:00pm on Wednesdays: September 30 & October 7, 2026
Sustaining or Artistic Members: Free | Non-Members: $25
with Alan Austin*
Forget everything you think you know about dusty, intimidating textbooks! Whether you are a total newcomer or just curious about the hype, this quick two-session dive cuts through the confusion to show why Shakespeare's works remain wildly entertaining today.
We will break down his greatest hits across three fun angles:
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His World: Peek behind the curtain at what going to the theatre was actually like in Elizabethan and Jacobean times.
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The Evolution: Discover how audiences down through the centuries have completely reinvented and reinterpreted his stories.
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Modern Echoes: See how these timeless tales still pop up everywhere in our movies, pop culture, and daily lives.
*Alan Austin graduated from Durham University in England and received his MA in Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre from Newcastle University in 1971. He has taught English in Secondary Schools in England, Singapore and the United States for 44 Years during which time he acted professionally onstage and for film and TV, recorded voice overs for radio, wrote and published plays, poetry, and short stories.
Off Stage: A Monthly play discussion group
The American Experience
1st Thursday of every month from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (0ctober 2026 - May 2027)
FREE: Open to Sustaining or Artistic Members, along with their invited guests.
Moderated by Carol MacLeod, TAS Artistic Director
Join us monthly as we meet to discuss a selected play from the lexicon of American Theatre. This season we will be discussing a selection of Pulitzer Prize winning plays from different decades: the voices and stories of The American experience. We promise lively, stimulating, intellectual and emotional discussion from many points of view. A way to come together, hear each other and form a bond of friendship all the while celebrating the power and imagination of theatre.
October 1, 2026 Beyond The Horizon by Eugene O’Neil
November 5, 2026 Our Town by Thorton Wilder
December 3, 2026 Crimes of The Heart by Beth Henley
January 7, 2027 Three Tall Women by Edward Albee
February 4, 2027 The Young Man From Atlanta by Horton Foote
March 4, 2027 Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
April 1, 2027 Sweat by Lynn Nottage
May 6, 2027 Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Members, to RSVP for Any or All dates:
Send an email to Carol MacLeod, thestudio@thestudiophx.org. You will receive a confirmation email with the link and password for The American Experience page. There you will have access to all needed materials.
*Carol MacLeod is a veteran theatre professional, founder and board president, and the Artistic Director of Theatre Artists Studio, with a career spanning over 50 years as an actress, producer, director, and teacher.