Photos: First Look at JERSEY BOYS Coming to Pittsburgh CLO
The National Tour of Jersey Boys is coming to Pittsburgh CLO June 7-12. Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony Award-winning true-life musical phenomenon, JERSEY BOYS. Get a first look at photos!
New Play Festival Announced for January at New Village Arts
New Village Arts is proud to announce its inaugural New Play Festival, FINAL DRAFT. In partnership with Oceanside's Bagby Beer Company, NVA will offer readings of three new plays, a playwriting workshop, and a panel discussion geared towards advancing the careers of playwrights, as well as local craft brewery beer tasting.
PROJECT DAWN, THE ARSONISTS and BR'ER COTTON Open in NNPN Premieres Across the Country
National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, celebrates the opening of three Rolling World Premieres: Project Dawn by Karen Hartman, The Arsonists by Jacqueline Goldfinger, and Br'er Cotton by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm. Scroll down for details on each production!
Movers and Shakers! NNPN Announces 2017-18 Grant Recipients and More
National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 2017-18 grant recipients, including the 2017 Smith Prize for Political Theatre, seven Producer Residencies, and five Collaboration Fund awards that will support partnerships between multiple Member Theaters, playwrights, and other theater makers in various projects.
National New Play Network to Premiere 4 Plays at 15 Theaters This Year
National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces four Rolling World Premieres: Halftime with Don by Ken Weitzman, Doublewide by Stephen Spotswood, The Arsonists by Jacqueline Goldfinger, and Building the Wall by Robert Schenkkan. The four plays will receive a total of 15 NNPN RWP productions, with each play seeing at least three distinct productions in a discrete 12-month period.
Sundance Institute Sets Projects, Artists for Fall Theatre Labs
Sundance Institute today announced the projects and artists that will participate in its two Fall artist development programs: the inaugural Playwrights Studio at Flying Point in Water Mill, NY (October 19-26), as well as the two-week Theatre Lab (November 30 - December 14) for musical theatre, ensemble-generated projects and solo work at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). Under the supervision of Artistic Director Philip Himberg and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, the initiatives are among the Theatre Program's five annual Labs and Residencies for theatre artists and part of the 24 artist residency labs across many creative disciplines Sundance Institute offers annually.
NJ Rep's ANGELS AND MINISTERS OF GRACE Opens Next Week
New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, will present the World Premiere of Angels and Ministers of Grace by Elaine Smith on October 23 through November 23, 2014. A poignant and compelling story of a close-knit, yet eccentric family's struggle to overcome life's ups and downs, Angels and Ministers of Grace captures the struggles that confront families today throughout the heartland and urban centers of America, and reveals the forces that threaten to destroy the American dream.
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble Presents A MAN'S A MAN, 11/20-21
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, a resident theatre ensemble now in its 7th
season, announces that on Tuesday, November 16 at 7:30 pm it will begin concert reading performances of Brecht's 'A Man's A Man.' It will then have 2 additional matinee performances on Saturday, November 20 at 3:00 pm and Sunday, November 21 at 3:00 pm at The Wild Project at 195 East 3rd Street.
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble Presents A MAN'S A MAN, 11/20-21
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, a resident theatre ensemble now in its 7th
season, announces that on Tuesday, November 16 at 7:30 pm it will begin concert reading performances of Brecht's 'A Man's A Man.' It will then have 2 additional matinee performances on Saturday, November 20 at 3:00 pm and Sunday, November 21 at 3:00 pm at The Wild Project at 195 East 3rd Street.