The Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company presents:
SCHENLEY HEIGHTS JAZZ EXPLOSION
FEATURING THE ENTIRE MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE
FEATURING THE SCHENLEY HEIGHTS ALL STARS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2026
Madison Arts Center in the Carter Woodson Redwood Theater
3401 Milwaukee Street - Schenley Heights

STARRING:
SCHENLEY HEIGHTS ALL-STARS

TONY CAMPBELL (SAXOPHONE)
DWAYNE DOLPHIN (BASS)
POOGIE BELL (DRUMS)
JOE SHEEHAN (PIANO)

WITH SPECIAL GUEST:
SPECIAL GUEST TRUMPETER SEAN JONES

OPENING ACT

TUBBY DANIELS

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This has been a dream of mine. Watching my childhood friends come together and perform my all time favorite jazz album. Miles Davis's "Kinda Blue". My father took me to Heinz Hall to see Miles Davis during the summer of 1983. My father also played the trumpet. It's how he and my mother met at Camp James Weldon Johnson back in the day. When I was little I would sneak and try to play it while he was at work. I always marveled at my friends who played instruments but I was too busy playing baseball and learning photography. I had an amazing childhood and I watched several friends on Cherokee Street rise to become great musicians. We lived in the 700 block and Saxophonist Tony Campbell and Bassist Dwayne Dolphin lived in the 800 block. When we moved to Rampart street near the park Drummer Poogie Bell lived across the street from me.

Rounding out the group to closely resemble Miles band for the recording will be the amazing pianist Joe Sheehan and world renown trumpeter Sean Jones. Sean and I were Artistic Directors at the August Wilson Center back in the day.

The incomparable vibist Tubby Daniels from Anaheim street and his band will open up.

This December one of my biggest bucket list dreams will come true when I bring them all together to perform Miles Davis's "Kinda Blue" album at our childhood school Madison Elementary where most of them learned their instruments.

Three years ago I was fortunate to purchase Madison with my pension from US Steel. The school had set empty for seventeen years. My Wife, family and I along with a host of friends have fought tirelessly to bring it back to life. It's been renamed "Madison Arts Center" and it is the permanent home of the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company along with a great group of artist that have studios there.

A building this size is a massive undertaking and I'm hoping you will consider attending this fundraiser for Madison Arts Center. I can promise you it will be an unforgettable life experience.

If you would like to be a sponsor please shoot me an email @ msouthers@pghplaywrights.org
Yours in the Arts,
Mark Clayton Southers

Madison Arts Center in the Carter Woodson Redwood Theater
3401 Milwaukee Street - Schenley Heights