The Cheap Seats program is available to University of Pittsburgh students, faculty, and staff with a valid Pitt ID. Each person can purchase up to four tickets for all shows (with a few noted exceptions), and you can take non-Pitt people. You must be going to the performance yourself and show your Pitt ID.
Your tickets will be waiting for you one hour prior to the performance at the appropriate venue. Again, be prepared to show your valid Pitt ID at the Will Call box office. All sales are final. No returns, no exchanges.
Pitt Arts works with arts organizations to ensure that the best available seating is offered for a low price. Individuals with special needs should contact the arts organization directly in order to purchase tickets and ensure accessible seating.
Pittsburgh Cultural District Offerings
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The Pittsburgh Cultural District includes:
- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- Pittsburgh Opera
- Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
- Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
- Pittsburgh Public Theater
- Pittsburgh CLO
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
All performances at Heinz Hall, Downtown Pittsburgh
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Fifteen & Firebird: The Season Finale
June 14 – 16
Students $10, $15, $20 & $25; Faculty/Staff $16.69 - $66.74 with fees
A star studded ending to the season starts with composer Michael Daugherty’s ode to Pittsburgh icon, Andy Warhol, which transforms Warhol’s colorful creations into symphonic masterpieces. Then pianist Yefim Bronfman performs Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. The concert concludes with Stravinsky’s dramatic Firebird that brings listeners from the fiery Infernal Dance to the magical transcendence of the finale.
Let's Groove Tonight: Motown & The Philly Sound
June 21 - 23
Students $10, $15, $20 & $25; Faculty/Staff $16.69 - $68.69 with feesMagic melodies come to life as the pop, soul and R&B sounds of Motown and the famous hits from the Philly Sound face off in this exciting concert experience. Led by Broadway superstar Chester Gregory - who was last on the Heinz Hall stage in June 2022 with the Music of Motown - and vocal powerhouses Ashley Jayy and Brik Liam, this incredible evening is full of class hit songs made famous by The Spinners, They Stylistics, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Lou Rawls, Diana Ross, Gamble & Huff and Percy Sledge.
The Force Awakens
July 13 & 14
Students/ Faculty/Staff $31.63 - $99.13
Since the release of the first Star Wars movie over 45 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic musical scores! The GRAMMY®-winning soundtrack by legendary composer John Williams will be performed alongside the Oscar®-nominated film to thrilling effect in a live concert experience.
Summer Shorts: La Dolce Vita
July 18
O'Reilly Theater, Downtown
Students: $10; Faculty/Staff $21.44 - $42.69 with fees
The Pittsburgh Symphony is crossing Penn Avenue again to play in the O’Reilly Theater and continue last year’s inaugural Summer Shorts series. This brisk, Italian program features Rossini, Marianna Martines, Mendelssohn’s “Italian” symphony, and PSO’s Principal Bass Nicholas Myers on an exacting Bottesini bass concerto. Associate Conductor Jacob Joyce leads the orchestra from the playful overture to L’Italiana in Algeri to the light and flying strings that begin Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony for a Summer Short that evokes the sweet life.
Pittsburgh Opera
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There are no Cheap Seats offering for the Pittsburgh Opera at this time. Please, check back in late August to purchase tickets for their 2024 - 2025 Season.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
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There are no Cheap Seats offering for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre at this time. Please, check back in late August to purchase tickets for their 2024 - 2025 Season.
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
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Evil Does Not Exist
June 14 - 27
Harris Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats $9 General Admission
The latest film from the director of the Academy Award-winning film Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist follows Takumi and his daughter Hana living in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. They live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi’s house. It becomes clear that the project will have a negative impact on the local water supply, causing unrest.
It's Such a Beautiful Day + ME
June 23 - 25
Harris Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats $9 General Admission
Don Hertzfeldt’s newest animated film ME is a 22-minute musical odyssey about trauma, technology, and the retreat of humanity into itself. Indiewire has described it as “soul-shaking” and “a triumph.” Originally released as three short films over the course of six years, It’s Such a Beautiful Day was captured entirely in-camera on a 35mm rostrum animation stand. The picture painstakingly blends traditional hand-drawn animation and experimental optical effects with new digital hybrids, printed out one frame at time and placed under the camera.
The Secret of N.I.M.H.
July 6
Harris Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats $9 General Admission
The first animated feature from legendary filmmaker Don Bluth (The Land Before Time; An American Tail) is a thrilling adaption of Robert C. O’Brien’s acclaimed children’s book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.M.H. The movie follows a brave widowed mouse named Mrs. Brisby (renamed from the book), who must move her children out of their home in a field before the local farmer starts plowing.
Steve Valentine in Life and Other Deceptions
July 17 - August 4
Liberty Magic, Downtown
Cheap Seats $20.75 - $65
After years of honing his comedic chops on the stage and screen, Steve Valentine has finally merged his two loves - magic and acting - to create his autobiographical theater show, Life & Other Deceptions. Fusing his well known, wicked, and cheeky sense of humor with incredible magic and masterful storytelling, this hit one-man show takes you on a wild ride through Steve Valentine’s life. Part performance art and part intricate magic act, this show is hilarious, dramatic, touching, intimate, raunchy, and mind blowing.
Henok Negash in Meant to Be
August 7 - September 1
Liberty Magic, Downtown
Cheap Seats $20.75 - $65
In his show, Meant to Be, Henok Negash will take you on a journey highlighting those instances in life which cannot be explained and leave you with the feeling of magic. Illusions that explore themes of dating, marriage, trust, journaling, and experiences with universal relatability will be explored in Henok’s deeply personal and interactive magic show.
Pittsburgh Public Theater
All performances at the O’Reilly Theater, Downtown Pittsburgh
Students $16.50, Faculty/Staff $27.50
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The Coffin Maker by Mark Clayton Southers
May 29 - June 16, 2024
In this new installment of his century-spanning chronicle of the Black experience inspired by his mentor August Wilson, Pittsburgh theater legend Mark Clayton Southers turns back the clock to 1849 Oklahoma. There, free man Lawrence Ebitts and his wife Eula live peacefully preparing bodies for burial with care and respect, until their world is turned upside down by a bounty hunter who gets more than he bargained for and a fugitive determined to forge his own future.
Pittsburgh CLO
All performances at the Benedum Center, Downtown Pittsburgh
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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
May 17 - June 30
Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats Tickets: $35 & $40
The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances given four months before her death. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty and often humorous reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music.
West Side Story
June 11 - 16
Benedum Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats Tickets: $25, $35 & $40
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is transported to modern-day New York City as two young, idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the American Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of our time.
The Color Purple
June 25 - 30
Benedum Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats Tickets: $25, $35 & $40
This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, and blues, The Color Purple is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life.
The Music Man
July 9 – 14
Benedum Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats Tickets: $25, $35 & $40
The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.
Young Frankenstein
July 19 - September 1
Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats Tickets: $35 & $40
The comedic genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation – Young Frankenstein! Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick and a leggy lab assistant, Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. “It’s alive!” he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather’s. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds.
Seussical
July 30 - August 4
Byham Theater, Downtown
Cheap Seats Tickets: $23.75, $33.75 & $38.75
Celebrate Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss!)’s 120th Birthday with Seussical - a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners, Lynn Ahrens and Pittsburgh’s own Stephen Flaherty have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos. Seussical is fun for the whole family!
City Theatre
All performances at 1300 Bingham Street, South Side Pittsburgh
$15.00 for Students with code CITYUPS
$27.00 for Faculty/Staff/Osher with code CITYUPF
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There are no Cheap Seats offering for the City Theatre at this time. Please, check back in late August to purchase tickets for their 2024 - 2025 Season.