Sugar and Soul
Sat, Dec 06
|Pittsburgh Playhouse
After seven years in Brazil, dancer Mia Stallworth comes home to the Hill District. The lights are up, but the landmarks are missing. Chasing the taste of a beloved pound cake, she embarks on a heartfelt quest to revive what gentrification tried to erase—one memory, one block, one dance at a time.
Time & Location
Dec 06, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Pittsburgh Playhouse, 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
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About the event
This holiday season, Hill Dance Academy Theatre presents a new Pittsburgh tradition written by Kim El and music by the dynamic team of Cliff Barnes, James Johnson III, and Carolyne Perteete....Sugar and Soul.
Mia Stallworth is an African American 30 year old dancer living in Brazil. She has been away for 7 years. This year she is coming back home to Pittsburgh's Hill District for Christmas and to stay. Things are different when she gets home. Mia has been thinking of getting her favorite holiday pound cake from a neighborhood bakery. The bakery and many of her favorite places are gone due to gentrification. Mia is on a journey to visit old memories and restore cultural history.
Premiering at the beautiful Point Park University Pittsburgh Playhouse's PNC Theater, this new annual HDAT tradition will become a part of your holiday tradition.
This production is Directed by Debbie Blunden Diggs with Choreography by…