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BUILDING A MOVEMENTPittsburgh’s
Arts and Culture
Community Embracing
Accessibility and
Inclusion of People
with Disabilities
Do you know someone who loves the arts but
stopped going because they couldn’t see the
stage, read the program or hear the dialogue?
Good news! Times have changed!
FISA Foundation has promoted the
inclusion of people with disabilities into
the region’s performing arts, theaters and
museums. Through collaboration with
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Greater
Pittsburgh Arts Council and the Allegheny
Regional Asset District, arts organizations are
training staff on inclusive practices, changing
policies and providing accommodations
to ensure that the arts are available to all
members of the community.
Most of Pittsburgh’s cultural organizations
now have accessibility information on their
websites. It’s becoming common to find
large-print programs, hearing amplification,
accessible seating and adapted performances.
FISA Foundation recently released
Building a Movement: How Pittsburgh’s
Arts and Cultural Community is Embracing
Accessibility and Inclusion of People with
Disabilities. The report can be accessed at
fisafoundation.org/about/centennial-report.
Keystone Oaks
Presented
“Curtains”
Keystone Oaks High School
performed the Broadway hit
“Curtains” this spring.
Shane Hallam, who directed
last year’s “The Drowsy
Chaperone,” which earned
Keystone Oaks a school
record eight Gene Kelly
Award nominations and the
school’s second-ever Gene
Kelly Award (best costume
design), directed this year’s
performance as well.
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He described “Curtains” as a comedy
whodunit set in Boston in the late ‘50s.
“The show is about how a cast and crew and
a few detectives from the Boston P-D work
together to not only save themselves from a
murderer who has infiltrated the theater but
who also find a way to save their show,” said
Hallam. “The entire premise is completely
preposterous and that’s part of what makes it
so funny.”
Hallam admitted to feeling some pressure
coming off last year’s show, which earned so
much acclaim from audiences and critics alike.
However, he was confident that this year’s
show would also deliver.
“Pulling off a comedic musical like
‘Curtains’ is no easy task and not everyone
can do it,” acknowledged Hallam. “You need
to have a lot of people in your cast who
understand how to be funny on the stage
without trampling all over the story itself.”
Keystone Oaks High School senior Darren
Frederick played the show’s lead, Lieutenant
Frank Cioffi. That role was played by David
Hyde Pierce (“Frazier”) in the original
Broadway production.
Green Tree to Hold
Annual Octoberfest
The 18th Annual Green Tree Octoberfest
will be held Saturday and Sunday, September
13 and 14, at Green Tree Park. The weekend
promises to offer food, fun, entertainment, car
cruise, petting zoo, pony rides, and fireworks
on the evening of the 14th. To volunteer
or sponsor the event, call 412.921.1110
or email [email protected]. For
more information on Green Tree, go to
greentreeboro.com.