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Join us for an unforgettable evening of music featuring Carnegie Mellon School of Drama's Music Theater Ensemble (Class of 2028) performing the songbook of two-time Tony Award winner & Pulitzer finalist Jeanine Tesori, who will be in attendance! 

The Music Theater Songbook Cabaret has been a tradition since 2010, giving third-year students the opportunity to work with the industry's leading songwriters & artistic leaders. The one-night only event has become a coveted ticket, filling up the Greer Cabaret in downtown Pittsburgh for an evening of unforgettable songs and performances. This year, the Cabaret will feature the music of renowned composer Jeanine Tesori whose catalogue is one of the most diverse - spanning across Broadway, opera, film, and television.  

VIP table seats come with a special School of Drama swag bag and signed poster. 

Jeanine Tesori is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film. Her musicals include Kimberly Akimbo; Soft Power; Fun Home; Shrek The Musical; Caroline, or Change; Thoroughly Modern Millie; and Violet. She is a two-time recipient of the Tony Award for Best Score and a two-time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Her operas include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck; The Lion, The Unicorn and Me; and Blue, which received the MCANA Award for Best New Opera. For her opera Grounded, she became one of the first two women to be commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera. Tesori served as Supervising Vocal Producer on Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, is the Founding Artistic Director of New York City Center’s Encores! Off-Center series, and is a lecturer in music at Yale University. 

The Music Theater Songbook Cabaret is directed by Rick Edinger & Michael McKelvey and produced by the CMU Center for New Work with support from the CMU School of Drama, the Richard King Mellon Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

This is a rental event presented by an independent organization separate from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The views and opinions expressed in the performance do not necessarily reflect those of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The Trust is committed to its core values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, including freedom of expression. By purchasing a ticket, you are authorizing the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to share your information with the show’s producer. Prices, shows, artists, dates, and times are subject to change.