Appearances

2022

(All times Eastern)

Mystery Theatre Event
New Hazlett Theatre
March 4 & 11, 7:00 p.m.
6 Allegheny Square East
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Talk Back: FRANKENSTEIN
New Hazlett Theatre
November 5, 8:00 p.m.
(Show runs November 4-13)
6 Allegheny Square East
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Mystery Theatre Event
New Hazlett Theatre
Preview and Opening Night of Prime Stage’s Frankenstein
Friday, November 4 & Saturday, November 5, 7:00 p.m.
6 Allegheny Square East
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Presentation: Adapting Frankenstein
October 17, 945-10:30 am
Location: TBA

Author Reading (Host)
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA)
October 9, 2:00-3:30 pm
Virtual Event

Author Reading (Presenter)
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA)
October 7, 2:00-3:30 pm
Virtual Event

HWA Pittsburgh Reading
Point Park University
201 Wood Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222
October 6, 6:30-8:30 pm

Sneak Peak: Frankenstein
New Hazlett Theatre
October 3, 3:30-5:30 pm
6 Allegheny Square East
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Presentation: Thinking Like a Writer
Duquesne University
September 15, 9:15-10:40 am
Francis Liberman Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15282

Podcast Discussion: Frankenstein Adaptations
Horror Drafts
Available August 2

Panel Discussion: Trends in Science Fiction
Confluence Science Fiction Convention
July 30, 5:00-6:00 pm
Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel
Moon Twp, PA 15108

Panel Discussion: The Pandemic’s Impact on Horror Fiction
Confluence Science Fiction Convention
July 29, 6:00-7:00 pm
Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel
Moon Twp, PA 15108

Mystery Theatre Event
New Hazlett Theatre
Preview and Opening Night of Prime Stage’s Arsenic and Old Lace
Friday, May 6 & Saturday, May 7, 7:00 p.m.
6 Allegheny Square East
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Mystery Theatre Event
New Hazlett Theatre
Preview and Opening Night of Prime Stage’s A Wrinkle in Time
Friday, March 4 & Saturday, May 5, 7:00 p.m.
6 Allegheny Square East
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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2021

St. Paddy’s Day Interview
The Funky Werepig Show
Wednesday, March 17, 7:00 p.m. 
Host: Greg Hall

Q&A Session
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
Friday, March 19 09:00 a.m. – 09:50 a.m.
Host: James Patrick Kelly

Reading
Dissection Literary Journal
Friday, March 19, 05:00 p.m. – 07:00 p.m.
Hosts: Gina Wisker

Meeting
HWA Pittsburgh
Saturday, March 20, 2:00 p.m.
Hosts: Sara Tantlinger and Michael A. Arnzen

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2019

St. Patrick’s Weekend Shows
Riley’s Pour House
Saturday, March 16: 8PM to Midnight – Pub Stage
Sunday, March 17: 5:00 to 8PM – Pavilion Stage
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

Nightmare Cinema – Cast & Crew Event
Hayworth Theatre
Thursday, June 20: 10PM
2511 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057

Nightmare Cinema – LA Release
Arena Cinelounge Hollywood
Friday, June 21: 8:35 PM PDT
6464 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90028

Nightmare Cinema – Screening & Q&A
The Frida Cinema
Saturday, June 22: 8PM
305 E. 4th St.
Santa Ana CA 92701

Nightmare Cinema – Pittsburgh Premiere Q&A
Parkway Theater
Saturday, June 29: 8PM & 10PM
644 Broadway Avenue
McKees Rocks, PA

Confluence
Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel
July 26-28
1160 Thorn Run Road
Coraopolis, PA 15108

Sustefest X
October 25-27
Guanajuato, Mexico

Nightmares Book Release
Presented by Sustefest Ediciones
October 26: 5 PM CST
Valle de Santiago Municipal Auditorium
Guanajuato, Mexico

World Fantasy Convention
Los Angeles Airport Marriott 
October 31 – November 3
5855 W Century Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045

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2018

ParaMania Radio 
January 5 – 9:00 PM
Interview with Greg Hall

Riley’s Pour House
March 17:
TWO SHOWS:
1:00-3:00 pm – In the Pub on Riley’s Indoor Stage.
4:00 – 7:30 pm – Under the big top on Riley’s Garden Stage.
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

Fantastic Fiction Series @ KGB 
June 20
85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10003

Fantasia International Film Festival 
July 12
World Premiere: Nightmare Cinema
Henry F. Hall Theatre
1455 de maisonneuve Blvd. W, Montreal

Post Mortem with Mick Garris (Live)
July 13
York Amphitheatre
Montreal, Quebec

Riley’s Pour House
July 19:
Connolly Brothers Reunion Show
8:00-11:00 pm – Under the big top on Riley’s Garden Stage.
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

Burgh’ers Harmony
July 28:
Connoly-David Band (with special guest John Connolly)
7:00-9:00 pm.
100 Perry Hwy Unit
Harmony, Pennsylvania 16037

Uniontown Public Library Author Series
Three Great Things about Scary Movies
August 18
24 Jefferson Street
Uniontown, PA
Canceled appearance, but you can watch the promotional video here.

Grimmfest Film Festival
September 6
UK Premiere: Nightmare Cinema
Odeon Theatre
235 Deansgate, Manchester, UK

New York Horror Film Festival
US Premiere: Nightmare Cinema
November 29
Cinepolis Chelsea, NYC

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2017

Milford Readers & Writers Festival 
Science Fiction / Fantasy Guest of Honor
September 15-17
Milford, Pennsylvania

Albacon 
March 31-April 2
Best Western Albany Airport Inn
Albany, New York

2017 Concert schedule: Click Here!

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2016

January 8:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Chris Laughrey, Duane Davis & Lauren Connolly Moore
8:00 pm – Midnight
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

March 12:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis & Lauren Connolly Moore
TWO SHOWS:
4:00-8:00 pm – Under the big top on Riley’s Garden Stage.
8:00 pm – Midnight – In the Pub on Riley’s Indoor Stage.
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

April 27:
The Penguin Bookshop
Penguin Bookshop Writers Series
6:30-7:30 pm
417 Beaver Street
Sewickley, PA 15143

April 29:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis & Lauren Connolly Moore.
Special guest: Mark Connolly
8:00 pm – Midnight
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June 17:
Sewickley Public Library
10:30 – 11:45 AM
500 Thorn Street
Sewickley, PA 15143

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2015

January 16:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis & Lauren Connolly Moore
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

January 27:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

February 13:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

February 24:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

March 13 & 14:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

March 16:
Third Street Gallery
220 3rd St.
Carnegie, PA 15106

March 31:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

April 4:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

April 11:
PARSEC @ Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill
5801 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

April 28:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

May 15-17:
Pennwriters Conference: Building Bridges
Book Signing: May 16 – 4:15-5:30 pm
Presentation: May 17 – 10:20-11:15 am
Pittsburgh Airport Marriott
Moon, PA 15108

May 22:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

May 26:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June 13:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis, Lauren Connolly Moore, and Friends
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June 25:
Writing Popular Fiction Residency
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

June 26:
In Your Write Mind Workshops
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

June 30:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
Starry Nights, Cosmic Conversations
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

July 10:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Lauren Connolly Moore
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

July 28:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
Life’s Adventures
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

August 17: (Postponed*)
Third Street Gallery
220 3rd St.
Carnegie, PA 15106
*This event is being rescheduled for October. Date: TBA

July 25:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
Mind Games
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

September 16:
Fantastic Fiction at the KGB
85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10003

September 29:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
Movie Stories
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

October 3:
PARSEC @ Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill
Change at the Speed of Thought
with Josh Raulerson, Thomas Sweterlitsch & Lawrence C Connolly
2:00 – 4:30 PM
5801 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

October 10:
Riley’s Pour House
Music Performance with Duane Davis & Lauren Connolly Moore
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

December 29:
Storytelling @ Riley’s Pour House
All-Star Story Night
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

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2014

February 15:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

March 7:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

May 9:
The Funky Werepig Show, with Greg Hall
9:00 – 10:oo pm, Eastern Time

March 15:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

May 23:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

May 27:
Riley’s Pour House
Storytelling at Riley’s
Tonight’s Theme: Writers on Writing
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

May 30 – June 1:
Pennsylvania Literary Festival
Uniontown Mall
Uniontown, PA

June 7:
Riley’s Pour House
Special Performance featuring  The Laughrey Connolly Band
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June 24:
Riley’s Pour House
Storytelling at Riley’s
Tonight’s Theme: Theatre Stories
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June 25-28:
Writing Popular Fiction Residency
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

June 26-29:
In Your Write Mind
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

July 10
Muddy Buck
28065 Highway 74
Evergreen, CO 80439

July 13
Burns Pub
9009 Metro Airport Ave.
Broomfield, CO, 80021

July 18:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

July 26:
Confluence
910 Sheraton Drive
Mars, PA

July 29:
Riley’s Pour House
Storytelling at Riley’s
Tonight’s Theme: Midsummer Night Stories
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106
Storytelling Podcasts

August 2
Rickert & Beagle Book Store
3233 West Liberty Ave
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15216

August 9:
Riley’s Pour House
Special outdoor music performance on Riley’s Main Stage
with Duane Davis of The Laughrey-Connolly Band
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

August 26:
Riley’s Pour House
Storytelling Night with a thematic double bill:
Mannequin Tales & Back to School Stories
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

September 6:
Riley’s Pour House
Special outdoor music performance on Riley’s Main Stage
with Duane Davis and a very special guest (don’t miss this one!)
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

September 26-27:
Context 27
Holiday Inn
7007 N High St.
Worthington, OH

September 30:
Riley’s Pour House
Storytelling at Riley’s
Tonight’s Theme: Flash Fiction 
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

October 10:
PAIS Conference
Presentation: Teaching Science Fiction
The Episcopal Academy
1785 Bishop White Drive, Newtown Square, PA

October 15:
Riley’s Pour House
Special Connolly Brothers Show
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

October 20:
Third Street Gallery
220 3rd St.
Carnegie, PA 15106

October 28:
Riley’s Pour House
Storytelling at Riley’s
Tonight’s Theme: Masks
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

November 6-9
World Fantasy Convention
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Arlington, Virginia

November 18:
Third Street Gallery
220 3rd St.
Carnegie, PA 15106

November 25:
Riley’s Pour House
Storytelling at Riley’s
Tonight’s Theme: Holiday Stories
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

December 30:
Riley’s Pour House
Storytelling at Riley’s
All-Star Story Night
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

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Past Events

2013

January 5-9:
Writing Popular Fiction Residency
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

February 2:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

March 16:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

April 11 :
Seton Hill University
Special presentation:
“Horror and Suspense Writing”
Greensburg, PA

April 18 :
Morgantown Poets
Monongalia Arts Center
107 High Street
Morgantown, WV

May 18:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June 19:
Fantastic Fiction at KGB 
KGB Bar
85 E. 4th Street
New York City, NY

June 21:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June  26-30:
Writing Popular Fiction Residency
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

June 29:
“In Your Write Mind” Book Signing
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

July 17:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

August 15-18:
GenCon
The Indiana Convention Center
Indianapolis, IN

September 28-30:
Baltimore Book Festival
Mt. Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD

October 14:
Pittsburgh Area Independent School Teachers Association
Sewickley Academy
Sewickley, PA

October 19:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

October 30 (5:30 PM):
University of Brighton
Special Presentation & Reading
Brighton, UK

November 2 (12:30 PM):
The Reading Café @
The World Fantasy Convention
Brighton, UK

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2012

January 8-11:
Writing Popular Fiction Residency
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

March 10:
Horror Realm
Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South
Bethel Park, PA

March 29-April 1:
World Horror Convention
215 West South Temple
Salt Lake City UT

March 31:
25th Bram Stoker Awards
215 West South Temple
Salt Lake City UT

April 7:
Jozart Center for the Arts
333 Second St.
California, PA 15419

May 19:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June 16:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

June 21-24:
Writing Popular Fiction Residency
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

July 14:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

July 27-29:
Confluence
Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh Airport
8402 University Boulevard
Moon Township, Pennsylvania 15108

August 3:
The Funky Werepig Show, with Greg Hall
9:00 – 10:oo pm, Eastern Time

September 8:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

September 21-23:
Horror Realm
Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South
Bethel Park, PA

September 28-30:
Context 25
The Doubletree Hotel
175 Hutchinson
Columbus, OH 43235

October 20:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

November 1-4
World Fantasy Convention
600 Highway 7 East
Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1B2
Canada

November 17:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

December 1:
Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

December 15:
Riley’s Pour House
215 East Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

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2011

March 16-19:
International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts 
Orlando Airport Marriott
Orlando, Florida

June 16-19:
Bram Stoker Weekend
Long Island Marriott Hotel
101 James Doolittle Boulevard
Uniondale, New York

June 23-26:
Writing Popular Fiction Residency
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA

July 8
Borders Books & Music
4221 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE

July 9:
Garden State Horror Writers
East Brunswick Library
12 Jean Walling Civic Center
East Brunswick, NJ

July 22-24:
Confluence
Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh Airport
8402 University Boulevard
Moon Township, Pennsylvania 15108

August 4-7
Gen Con
Indianapolis Convention Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

August 26-28
Context 24
The Doubletree Hotel
175 Hutchinson
Columbus, OH 43235

September 24 (3:00 PM)
Eljay’s Books
3233 West Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15216

October 27-30
World Fantasy Convention
Town and Country Resort
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA

F. Paul Wilson,
Thomas F. Monteleone,
and Lawrence C. Connolly
at World Fantasy 2007

photo by Scott Edelman