Dennis is proud to announce that his two short plays Hipsters in Love and Half Full, which originally premiered as part of Bricolage Company's Urban Sprawl (or B.U.S.) festival fundraiser, which be published as part of an anthology of plays entitled B.U.S. (Bricolage Urban Sprawl): 10 Years of 10-Minute Plays.

The book will be released on March 5, 2016, coinciding with the B.U.S. 11 event, happening at the August Wilson Center. For more information and tickets to bus, check out their website.

Spanning the years 2005 to 2015, the anthology features 34 individual playwrights and over 160 actors and directors who have lived or worked in Pittsburgh’s theater scene during the past decade. Inspired by a 90-minute PAT bus ride, it’s no surprise that many of the plays highlight Pittsburgh haunts such as the Thunderbird Café, the Southside Dollar Store, the ACE Check Cashing in Lawrenceville, and the Allegheny Cemetery. Well-known playwrights like Gab Cody, Wali Jamal, Gayle Pazerski, Tammy Ryan and Mark Clayton Southers authored multiple plays in this unique collection. Although widely variant in subject and form, the totality of the anthology shares the common thread of being by, for, and about the people of Pittsburgh.

Book Design by Tyler Crumrine
Cover Design by David Pohl
Foreword by Christopher Rawson

Dennis has begun rehearsals on the musical NINE by Arthur Kopit and Maurey Yeston, which he is directing. The production features teaching artist Ricardo Vila-Roger and special guest star Dr. Kathy Humphrey, Senior Vice Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. The production begins its run in the Charity Randall Theater on April 7th and closes on April 17th.

The play is based on Fellini's acclaimed and surrealistically autobiographical 1963 movie 8 1/2. The story revolves around film-maker Guido Contino and his search to come up with an idea for his next movie while juggling relationships with his wife, his mistress and a movie star. The play features prominent dance and song numbers such as "Folies Bergere", "Be Italian" and "Grand Canal".

For more information and tickets, please visit the University of Pittsburgh Stages website: play.pitt.edu.