Jon Tai in Road Signs
Margot and Robert Ogden Main Stage
Directed and Co-created by Alex Gruhin
January 8 – 10, 2027
Fri – Sat: 7:30PM | Sat – Sun: 2:00PM
All Ages: $
While there’s no mature content in the show, we recommend this production for ages 12+.
Not suitable for guests under the age of 10.
For accessible seating availability and booking please contact the Box Office.
Accessible seating on the Main Stage is located on either side of Row J. Click here to view the Main Stage seating map.
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About the Show
Get carried away by the wonder and wanderlust of Road Signs, starring magician and storyteller Jon Tai. Co-created and directed by Alex Gruhin, Road Signs takes audiences on a journey into the great American wilderness, where past and present blur and audience members’ dreams are brought to life around a campfire. After mesmerizing theatergoers in Chicago at the MacArthur Award-winning A Red Orchid Theatre and in Estes Park, Colorado at Aiden Sinclair’s Underground, part of the world-famous Stanley Hotel, Road Signs travels to Washington for a limited run at Spokane Civic Theatre January 8-10. Buy your tickets now for what The Chicago Reader calls a “beguiling and astounding show”.
Reviews
“…a carefully crafted piece of theatre that asks audiences to simultaneously explore their own emotional connection to the universe and to open their minds to things that, honestly, ought to be impossible… I’ve never before been to a show that creates such a metaphysical connection between audience and performer.”
“Tai is a gracious and unassuming host, and his interactions with the audience members are thoughtful as he creates his theatrical equivalent of a campfire story. The dim light offers its own soothing environment for our dreams to connect and evolve over the course of this beguiling and astounding show.”
“…a remarkable and often moving experience… while some magic performances may leave you wondering how a specific illusion was prepared, Road Signs is simply too affecting and effective. You are told, explicitly, that you are going to go along for the ride – and you do.”
“Road Signs is described as a magic show, but that moniker does not do the production justice. It’s magic married to theater, with all the wonder, drama, intensity and surprise that is offered by theater’s best.”
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Creative
Jon Tai is a magician and storyteller whose mission is to foster community between people through shared moments of astonishment. These moments have been felt and experienced across the country at award-winning theaters (Chicago’s A Red Orchid Theatre, NYC’s 59E59), conference mainstages, and several of his favorite neighborhood coffee houses. More than just tricks, Jon’s work explores what it means to be human and confidently embrace the unknown. A graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Psychology, he lives in Pittsburgh where you may find him biking around Swissvale or eating hotcakes at Pamela’s.
Alex Gruhin’s favorite endeavors include Road Signs (seen at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago, Aiden Sinclair’s Underground at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, and here at The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Liberty Magic) and Missed Connections (presented by A Red Orchid Theatre, Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders, Oddly Correct, and 59E59 in New York City), both co-created with and starring magician and storyteller Jon Tai. Also Nightcap Riot: Mombucha at Magick City and his work with the late visionary chef David Bouley. He recently made his international theatre debut with The Intermission, developed in collaboration with the playwright and performer Richard Walls, which premiered at the Old Red Lion Pub & Playhouse in London. Alex is currently Programming Director at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. His proudest production (and light of his life) is Daphne Shel, age four, co-created with (other light) Ariel Reid.