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Jon Marans’ LOTZ’ WIFE to Receive Reading at Greenhouse Ensemble Summer Reading Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 2025

A new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and award-winning playwright Jon Marans will receive a reading on Monday, June 30 at 7:00 PM as part of the Greenhouse Ensemble Summer Reading Festival.

Quintessence Theatre Extends William Shakespeare's MACBETH Due to Popular Demand,
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2024

Audience reaction to Quintessence Theatre’s Season XIV production of Macbeth has been electric, and the company has announced a five performance extension to run through April 28th.

Photos: First Look at Quintessence Theatre Group's MACBETH
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 23, 2024

Quintessence Theatre’s Season XIV is currently presenting William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, on stage through April 21st at the Sedgwick Theater in Mt. Airy. Check out a first look at the production here!

Quintessence Theatre to Present Shakespeare's MACBETH This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 22, 2024

Quintessence Theatre’s Season XIV will continue with a production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, on stage this March and April at the Sedgwick Theater in Mt. Airy. See performances dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

Scott Parkinson and Robert Stanton to Star in THE GOLD ROOM by Jacob Perkins at HERE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 18, 2022

i am a slow tide, a performance and media collective founded by director Gus Heagerty, is  presenting the world premiere of The Gold Room by Jacob Perkins, which marks the playwright’s professional debut. Starring Scott Parkinson and Robert Stanton, The Gold Room is an acerbic, mind-bending fall into the genesis of queer identity.

BWW Review: Studio Theatre's COCK is a Raw, Raunchy Rant on Choice, Need and Identity
by Lora Strum - Mar 26, 2021

It's crass and callous, heart-breaking and hilarious as it examines the nomansland where choice and identity collide.

Cast Announced For Studio Theatre's First Streaming Production, COCK
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 17, 2021

Studio Theatre returns after a yearlong hiatus from producing theatre with the first production in its 2020-2021 subscription season, Mike Bartlett's 'sizzling seriocomedy' Cock, directed by Artistic Director David Muse.

Writers Theatre Announces Expanded 2020/21 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2020

Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma have announced changes to the company’s 2020/21 Season, to include additional digital programming and updates to previously announced productions.

Writers Theatre Announces Innovative New Producing Model For 2020-21 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2020

Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce plans for the company's 2020/21 Season with a new adaptive producing model, one committed to remaining flexible and responsive to current events and that allows the theatre to welcome patrons back to the theatre when the time is right. 

Broadway-Bound SIX & More Earn Nominations For The 51st Annual Jeff Awards
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2019

Eleven world premiere plays and musicals seen first by Chicago audiences were among those receiving nominations by the Jeff Awards, announced today. A total of 192 nominations were made in 34 categories that honor Chicago Equity theatrical productions that opened between August 1, 2018 and July 31, 2019. During the 2018-19 season, Jeff Awards judges attended opening nights of 132 Equity productions offered by 43 producing organizations and from these openings, 112 productions were a?oeJeff Recommendeda?? and eligible for award nominations.

Photo Flash: Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT Opens This Week at Writers Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2018

Shakespeare's Twelfth Night opens this week at Writers Theatre!

The High Will Release SAY IT NOW Album on Vinyl April 21
by Macon Prickett - Mar 21, 2018

The High were formed in Manchester in 1989 by Andy Couzens ( ex Stone Rose ), John Matthews, Chris Goodwin and Simon Davies. They signed to London Records after only one gig. Their highly acclaimed debut album 'Somewhere Soon' released in 1990 received rave reviews. ' In brief, 'Somewhere Soon' is a very effective record, expertly executed and completely addictive, the dogs bollocks. I hope they become massive'. ( 9/10) Jack Barron NME.

Timely Revival of THE CRUCIBLE Set to Open at The Olney Theatre Center
by Julie Musbach - Mar 6, 2018

Olney Theatre Center brings Arthur Miller's The Crucible directed by Eleanor Holdridge (Fickle: A Fancy French Farce, Hay Fever, I and You) to the Mainstage April 18 - May 20, 2018.

Quantum Theatre and En Garde Arts to Present World Premiere of RED HILLS
by BWW News Desk - Aug 18, 2017

Quantum Theatre and En Garde Arts are presenting the World Premiere of Red Hills by Sean Christopher Lewis in Pittsburgh's Strip District from August 18th - September 10th.

Quantum Theatre and En Garde Arts to Present World Premiere of RED HILLS
by BWW News Desk - Aug 10, 2017

Quantum Theatre and En Garde Arts are presenting the World Premiere of Red Hills by Sean Christopher Lewis in Pittsburgh's Strip District from August 18th - September 10th.

Photo Flash: A Sneak Peek at JULIUS CAESAR y The Writers' Theater.
by Liz Cearns - Sep 15, 2016

Julius Caesar opens tonight at the Writers' Theater. Shakespeare's masterpiece of power and conspiracy, friendship and betrayal, stands as the greatest political drama ever written. Caesar has made Rome the world's most powerful Empire through his brilliant military strategies, and upon his return from the wars the citizens of Rome wish to abandon the Republic and crown him king. When his fellow senators decide that his advancement must be halted, they come to a brutal and extreme solution: the great man must fall. 

JULIUS CAESAR Opens Writers Theatre's 25th Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 18, 2016

Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, opens its 25th Anniversary Season with a new adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, directed and adapted by Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Scott Parkinson. The show runs September 7 - October 16, 2016

Casting Announced for Writers Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - Jul 20, 2016

Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce casting for the first five plays of the company's 25th Anniversary Season. 

Writers Theatre Extends 'DEATH OF A STREETCAR'
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 13, 2016

Writers Theatre, under leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, announces a second two-week extension of Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody created by Tim Ryder and Tim Sniffen, written by Tim Sniffen and directed by Stuart Carden and Michael Halberstam. Due to demand, the production now runs through August 14, 2016, as the inaugural production of the Gillian Theatre at Writers Theatre's new theater center at 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe.

Writers Theatre's 2016-17 Season to Include PARADE, THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX & More
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 9, 2016

Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce the 25th Anniversary Season, the company's first full season in its new home at 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.