The Pitt Arts’ Cheap Seats program makes discounted tickets to cultural events available to staff, faculty, and students. Ticket buyers may pay by cash, checks, and debit and credit cards. This is a self-serve ticketing service; tickets can be reserved anytime the William Pitt Union is open. Instructions and reservations forms are located in a prominently marked display outside the Pitt Arts office at 929 William Pitt Union. Each person can purchase up to four tickets for each event (with a few noted exceptions), and non-Pitt people can attend. For more information, call 412-624-4498.

Cultural organizations in the Cheap Seats program are as follows.

• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, $12 for students, $16 for faculty and staff
• Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, $10 for students, $15 for faculty and staff
• Pittsburgh Opera, students only, $15
• Renaissance & Baroque Society, $8 for students, $15 for faculty and staff
• Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, students only, $10-$27
• Calliope Folk Music Society of Pittsburgh, starting at $15 for students and $25 for faculty and staff
• City Theatre, $10 for students, starting at $20 for faculty and staff
• Pittsburgh Public Theatre, $12 for students, $25 for faculty and staff