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  Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company Our City. Our Voices. World Premiere Opens Tomorrow! Indoor Saturday matinee added! BURNBABYBURN! the american dream By a.k. payne Directed by Karla C. Payne August 25th – September 13th 2026 Outdoors at August Wilson House A World Premiere Coproduction with August Wilson House Set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District and Homewood neighborhoods, BURNBABYBURN! the american dream moves fluidly through time as a young woman, Sky II, embarks on a journey to heal herself and the generations who came before her. Just added! Indoor 2 PM matinee! BURNBABYBURN! the american dream will be performed outdoors at August Wilson House, but we’ve now added an indoor Saturday matinee performance at Madison Arts Center! Through photographs that flicker with memory and meaning, she reaches across decades to touch the lives of her ancestors. Four generations of women draw nearer to one another as they confront the truths of motherhood, love, loss, and a city that bot...