NEXTpittsburgh – Friday, April 5: ‘Scenes from an Execution’ at Abiding Missions | 7:30 p.m.
Head up to the Hilltop to be transported to 16th-century Venice. For its first time in Allentown, Quantum Theatre uses the community nonprofit Abiding Missions as a portal for reimagining a provocative work by British writer Howard Barker. Directed by Andrew William Smith, “Scenes from an Execution” stars Lisa Velten Smith, as a “rebel female painter who is commissioned by the Doge to paint a vast canvas celebrating a triumphant battle.” Tickets.