Dennis has been invited to participate in Bricolage's 8th Annual B.U.S. fundraising event.  B.U.S. (or Bricolage Urban Sprawl) puts a handful of playwrights on a 90 minute bus ride through different areas of Pittsburgh, then we all meet back up to cast actors and then have less then 12 hours to write a 10 minute play.  We hand that play in at 9 am Saturday morning and the directors and actors rehearse all that day, presenting the plays that evening.  

This year, the short plays of B.U.S. 8 will be performed at the New Hazlett Theater on Saturday April 6th at 8:00 pm. There is also a VIP party and show on Friday night, April 5th.

B.U.S. is like no other fundraising event in the city and Dennis is excited to be involved again this year after writing for B.U.S. 6.

For more information and to buy your tickets, click here!

Dennis's play DOG PARK OR SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN MAGNUSON, which premiered in Seattle and has now been performed in Alaska, Pennsylvania, New York, Morroco, and the U.K. will have its Icelandic debut in Kopavogur, Iceland on January 10th.  It was translated into the new title Girnd á Geirsnefi and directed by Hörður Sigurðarson and produced by the Kopavogur Theatre (Leikfelag Kopavogs). 


Photos courtesy of the director.  Actors pictured are:


Arnfinnur Daníelsson, Bjarni Daníelsson, Sunneva Lind Ólafsdóttir, and Þórarinn Heiðar Harðarson

Last month, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published their "Best of" list and named the Pittsburgh Playhouse production of AUGUST:OSAGE COUNTY as number one (tying with Bricolage's production STRATA and Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre's Chekhov festival.  The P-G said, "This is gothic comedy on a grand scale, but deeply moving as well, with a fine cast led by Mary Rawson". Dennis was honored to be part of this amazing ensemble, playing the part of "Little Charles".

Read the list here.

The play DOG PARK OR SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN MAGNUSON by Dennis Schebetta, which originally premiered at Theatre Schmeater in Seattle as part of Mamet Schmamet is about to be performed in two parts of the globe in December.

First it will be performed in Kopavogur, Iceland (In Icelandic, which marks the first time one of Schebetta's plays will have been translated into a foreign language).  

It will then be performed at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, PA.

The run of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at The Pittsburgh Playhouse was a tremendous success, playing to nearly sold out houses.  Dennis played "Little Charles" in this production directed by John Shepard and featuring local Pittsburgh talent like Mary Rawson and David Whalen.

Dennis' character is described as "sweetly hapless" by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Read this great review in the Pittsburgh City Paper.