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Photo Flash: Road Less Traveled Opens BUFFALO RISES Tonight


Buffalo-based theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) kicks off its monumental tenth season tonight, September 13, 2013 with the world premiere of Buffalo Rises. Comprised of eight, ten-minute snapshots, Buffalo Rises honors what it is to be a Buffalonian through the exploration of our rising past, beautiful present, and hopeful future. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below!

Photo Flash: First Look at Road Less Traveled's BUFFALO RISES


Buffalo-based theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) kicks off its monumental tenth season September 13, 2013 with the world premiere of Buffalo Rises. Comprised of eight, ten-minute snapshots, Buffalo Rises honors what it is to be a Buffalonian through the exploration of our rising past, beautiful present, and hopeful future. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below!

Road Less Traveled Productions to Open 10th Season with BUFFALO RISES, Begin. 9/13


Buffalo-based theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) kicks off its monumental tenth season September 13, 2013 with the world premiere of Buffalo Rises. Comprised of eight, ten-minute snapshots, Buffalo Rises honors what it is to be a Buffalonian through the exploration of our rising past, beautiful present, and hopeful future.

Road Less Traveled to Host BUFFALO YOUNG WRITERS NIGHT 2013, 5/15


Road Less Traveled Productions presents BUFFALO YOUNG WRITERS NIGHT 2013, featuring world premiere short plays by Alanna Smith, Taylor Churakos, Rachel Coddington, Sabrina Kahwaty, Nicole Miller and Gina Notaro on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 at 7:00 PM. (Box Office opens at 6:30).

Road Less Traveled Productions Presents 4th Annual Event Celebrating Buffalo's Emerging Young Dramatists


Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will present its Fourth Annual Buffalo Young Writers (BYW) Night on Wednesday, May 15th at 7:00 pm at The Road Less Traveled Theater, located at 639 Main Street, in Downtown Buffalo's Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre (MAFAC). The evening will feature winners of the 2013 BYW Contest, recognizing outstanding student playwrights in the Western New York (WNY) area.

One-Night Only Reading of EURYDICE Benefits Local Playwrights at Road Less Traveled Tonight, 8/18


Road Less Traveled Productions' (RLTP's) Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop (NPW) today announced a special benefit reading of Eurydice, a contemporary take on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus & Eurydice by acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl (In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play). The reading will be presented at 8:00 PM tonight, August 18th at the Road Less Traveled Theater (RLTT) in the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, in Downtown Buffalo. The reading will benefit the NPW, an integral component of RLTP's mission to develop and produce plays by Western New York (WNY) writers. RLTP will also be producing Ruhl's Clean House in the Spring of 2013.

One-Night Only Reading of EURYDICE to Benefit Local Playwrights at Road Less Traveled, 8/18


Road Less Traveled Productions' (RLTP's) Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop (NPW) today announced a special benefit reading of Eurydice, a contemporary take on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus & Eurydice by acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl (In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play). The reading will be presented at 8:00 PM on Saturday, August 18th at the Road Less Traveled Theater (RLTT) in the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, in Downtown Buffalo. The reading will benefit the NPW, an integral component of RLTP's mission to develop and produce plays by Western New York (WNY) writers. RLTP will also be producing Ruhl's Clean House in the Spring of 2013.

Road Less Traveled Productions Presents Superior Donuts 11/11


Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced its WNY premiere production of Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts will open Friday, November 11 th , 2011.

Road Less Traveled Productions Presents Superior Donuts 11/11


Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced its WNY premiere production of Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts will open Friday, November 11 th , 2011.

RLTP Presents INSIDIOUS, Closes 7/10


Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced that the revival of its smash-hit, world-premiere production of Insidious will close Sunday, July 10, 2011.

WNY World Premiere Picked Up By The Black Rep for 2012 Production


Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced that the smash-hit play Insidious,which debuted in 2010 to critical acclaim and box office success at Western New York's (WNY's) Road Less Traveled Theater (RLTT) and is slated to be revived on the RLTT stage from June 10, 2011 to July 10, 2011, also will be part of The Black Repertory Theater's 2011-2012 Season.

RLTP Revives INSIDIOUS June 10-July 10


Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced that its smash-hit, world-premiere production of Insidious will be revived onstage at the Road Less Traveled Theater from Friday, June 10, 2011 through Sunday, July 10, 2011.

Photo Flash: Road Less Traveled Productions Presents SCREEN PLAY


Screen Play is the second selection of RLTP's A.R. Gurney cycle, dedicated to presenting Gurney's newer, lesser-known, and more political comedies; the first selection, 2010's A Light Lunch, was a smash hit for the company.

RLTP Presents SCREEN PLAY, 3/4


Bogie & Bergman do Buffalo in the Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) presentation of A.R. Gurney's Screen Play, making its Western New York (WNY) premiere at the Road Less Traveled Theater on March 4th, 2011. The play, which opened in NYC in 2005, updates the popular 1943 film Casablanca to a WNY of the near future, in which Buffalo becomes the last stop for political refugees fleeing to Canada.

RLTP Presents SCREEN PLAY, 3/4


Bogie & Bergman do Buffalo in the Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) presentation of A.R. Gurney's Screen Play, making its Western New York (WNY) premiere at the Road Less Traveled Theater on March 4th, 2011. The play, which opened in NYC in 2005, updates the popular 1943 film Casablanca to a WNY of the near future, in which Buffalo becomes the last stop for political refugees fleeing to Canada.

RLTP Announces 2010 Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop


Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) has announced its schedule of public development readings of plays developed in the 2010 Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop (NPW). 2010's NPW reading series includes readings of new plays by Annette Daniels Taylor, Michael Fanelli, Alex Livingston, Justin Karcher, James Marzo, Shawn McLaughlin, Steve Roylance, Vincent Scarsella, Darryl Schneider, Melody Von Smith, and Neil Wechsler, as well as RLTP Resident Playwright, Literary Director, and NPW Founder and Moderator Jon Elston.

INSIDIOUS Ends At The Road Less Traveled Theater


Colin Dabkowski of the Buffalo News calls Insidious a 'Fine production of an edgy play! Heartbreaking ... entrancing, almost magical ....Left the sold-out crowd stunned and enraptured!'

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