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SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN is Now Playing at Horizon Theatre

Everyone is invited to “Guys' Night” at Horizon Theatre when the “laugh-out-loud funny” play Support Group for Men takes the stage at the Inman Park theatre. Writer Ellen Fairey (Showtime's Masters of Sex, Nurse Jackie) follows a diverse group of four everyman-type guys who gather on Thursdays to vent over glasses of rosé – with a “No Ladies” policy strictly enforced.

12 Shows Hitting Atlanta Stages This Spring

From classics to reimagined favorites, Atlanta theatre is blooming this spring with more than 10 productions across the city.

MRT Presents New England Premiere Of A WOMAN OF THE WORLD

Merrimack Repertory Theatre will present the New England premiere of A Woman of the World by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rebecca Gilman from May 15-30.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre Offers New Theatre Classes for Adults And Middle Schoolers

Merrimack Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Courtney Sale will teach two new, one-week virtual theatre classes - one for adults and one for youngsters in grades five through eight - in June.

Horizon Theatre Announces Schedule Changes

Horizon Theatre has released the following statement regarding upcoming changes to their schedule:

Horizon Theatre Company is Delaying the Opening of THE LIGHT

Horizon Theatre Company has released the following statement: 

MRT Announces New Artistic Director Courtney Sale

The Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) Board of Trustees and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas announced today that Courtney Sale, Artistic Director of Seattle Children's Theatre, will become the Nancy L. Donahue Artistic Director here in March. She will be the first woman to serve as artistic director and the first to fill the position since it was named in honor of Founding Chair Nancy L. Donahue.

BWW Review: The Guys Are Alright: SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN at Contemporary American Theater Festival

Support Group for Men will send you away happy. There is nothing profound or challenging in this show: just a well-crafted and very funny comedy of manners, specifically the manners of the male of Species Homo Americanus, youthful to mid-life, as observed in a middle-class Chicago habitat.

CATF Welcomes The 2019 Company

With a picnic hosted by the Board of Trustees, the Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University welcomes 2019 company members. Attended by CATF partners, donors, and community members, this annual event is the first time CATF's 2019 company comes to celebrate the six new plays they are about to create. These artists, from around the country, including cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, gather in historic Shepherdstown to create the future of American theater.

CATF's Herendeen Inducted Into College Of Fellows

On April 20th Ed Herendeen, the Founder and Producing Director of the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF), was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the John F. Kennedy Center Awards. This membership is a result of Herendeen's lifetime contributions to American theater and adhering to the Festival's mission of 'producing and developing new American theater.'

American Blues Theater and Goodman Theatre Lead 50th Annual Jeff Awards

The Jeff Awards celebrated their 50th anniversary on Monday, October 22,2018 during a spirited and nostalgic ceremony at Drury Lane Oakbrook.

The Goodman Theatre Leads the Equity Jeff Award Nominations - Check Out The Full List!

The nominations have been announced for the 2018 Equity Joseph Jefferson ('Jeff') Awards.

BWW Review: SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN at Goodman Theatre

Ellen Fairey's SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN, now in a world premiere at Goodman Theatre, finds that sweet spot between hilarious and gently critical of modern society. As might be presumed from the title, Fairey's play concerns a gathering of four Chicago men who come together on Thursday nights in an apartment that borders on the edge of Wrigleyville and Boystown. Fairey's exploration of gender roles and the increasing need to become more open and embracing of those outside the binary means that the play's locale is particularly central to its narrative. And while some of the characters in SUPPORT GROUP seem rather set in their ways, Fairey is careful to never point fingers in a mean-spirited way. The play succeeds in large part because Fairey displays such a great deal of empathy for each of her characters.

Photo Flash: First Look at the Goodman's SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN

'We are brothers, we are men. We do not give advice or comment on other people's feelings or situations. We only talk when we have the stick.' These are the rules of Support Group for Men, a new comedy by Ellen Fairey (Graceland, TV's Nurse Jackie, Masters of Sex, The Sinner) about what it means to be a man in today's America.

Ellen Fairey's SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN Premieres June 23 at Goodman Theatre

"We are brothers, we are men. We do not give advice or comment on other people's feelings or situations. We only talk when we have the stick." These are the rules of Support Group for Men, a new comedy by Ellen Fairey (Graceland, TV's Nurse Jackie, Masters of Sex, The Sinner) about what it means to be a man in today's America.

Goodman Theatre Announces Full Cast for SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN

The world's changing, bro. This summer, Goodman Theatre premieres Support Group for Men, a new comedy by Ellen Fairey, directed by Kimberly Senior. Fairey, whose work has been hailed 'a must-see for anyone who follows important new plays' (Chicago Tribune), explores shifting social and gender roles through the lens of four men who gather every Thursday night to vent about middle-aged maladies.

L.I.P. Service Is Listening In 2018

2017 brought so many female stories to the front of our societal consciousness, most notably stories of brave women finding their voices, standing up, supporting each other & breaking the silence. Stories that had been silenced or even ignored for far too long. L.I.P Service Productions continues to stand in support of these women- especially those in the DFW Artist Community. We know that there is more work to do.

L.I.P. Service Is Listening In 2018

2017 brought so many female stories to the front of our societal consciousness, most notably stories of brave women finding their voices, standing up, supporting each other & breaking the silence. Stories that had been silenced or even ignored for far too long. L.I.P Service Productions continues to stand in support of these women- especially those in the DFW Artist Community. We know that there is more work to do.

L.I.P. Service Is Listening In 2018

2017 brought so many female stories to the front of our societal consciousness, most notably stories of brave women finding their voices, standing up, supporting each other & breaking the silence. Stories that had been silenced or even ignored for far too long. L.I.P Service Productions continues to stand in support of these women- especially those in the DFW Artist Community. We know that there is more work to do.

Photo Flash: First Look at L.I.P. Service's Regional Premiere of GRACELAND

L.I.P. Service will present the regional premiere of Ellen Fairey's touching and beautiful play, Graceland, directed by Van Quattro, November 2-18, 2017 at the Firehouse Theatre, with performances Thursday through Saturday at 8pm. Tickets ($20) can be purchased at www.lipserviceproductions.info.

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Ellen Fairey has written 1 shows including Graceland (Playwright).

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