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POLLYANNA opens at Artisan Center Theater on Today, May 10, 2018 and runs through Saturday, May 26, 2018. The 150 seat Second Stage theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst. Performances are at 7:00pm on Todays and Fridays and 3:30pm on Saturdays. Reserved seating tickets are $22.00 for adults and $12.00 for children 12 and under.

POLLYANNA opens at Artisan Center Theater on Thursday, May 10, 2018 and runs through Saturday, May 26, 2018. The 150 seat Second Stage theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst. Performances are at 7:00pm on Thursdays and Fridays and 3:30pm on Saturdays. Reserved seating tickets are $22.00 for adults and $12.00 for children 12 and under.

Artisan Children's Theater proudly presents CURIOUS GEORGE: THE GOLDEN MEATBALL at its 148 seat Second Stage facility.  The theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst.  The show runs Friday, April 6, 2018 through Saturday, April 28, 2018.  Performances are Fridays at 5:00pm and Saturdays at 10:00am and 12:00pm. Additional performances April 17 and 24 at 10:00am and 12:00pm and April 10 and 27 at 12:00pm. Reserved seating tickets are $7.00 for children 12 and under and $11.00 for adults.  The box office number is 817-284-1200.

The University Press of Kentucky and Centre College are pleased to announce the latest titles to be selected for the University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series-Mend: Poems by Kwoya Fagin Maples and Amreekiya by Lena Mahmoud. These two selections will be published in the fall and mark the third year for the series. They were selected from hundreds of submissions and represent some of the most innovative and powerful work in contemporary American writing. Previous books in the series include Make Way for Her: And Other Stories by Katie Cortese, A Girl's A Gun: Poems by Rachel Danielle Peterson, The Price of Scarlet: Poems by Brianna Noll, and Insurrections: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott, which won the 2017 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce the world premiere of Continuity, the new play by Lortel and Drama Desk Award nominee Bess Wohl (Small Mouth Sounds, American Hero) and directed by Tony Award nominee Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812).

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THE WIZARD OF OZ opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, February 9, 2018 and runs through Saturday, March 17, 2018. The 196 seat theater-in-the-round is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst. Performances are at 7:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with 3:00pm matinees on Saturdays beginning February 17. Reserved seating tickets are $24.00 for adults, $22.00 for students and seniors, and $12.00 for children 12 and under.  Monday through Thursday tickets are $22.00 for adults and $10.00 for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased online at ArtisanCT.com, or by calling the box office at 817-284-1200.

Kandinsky will bring their acclaimed production Still Ill which tackles the contentious topic of psychosomatic illness and Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) back to New Diorama Theatre in 2018 by popular demand for 10 performances only.

THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, January 5, 2018 and runs through Saturday, January 27, 2018. The 196 seat theater-in-the-round is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst.

Long running short plays event producer The Miniaturists are launching a brand new Miniaturists Podcast series on Thursday 16th November, showcasing short plays by the most exciting emerging and established playwrights

Desert Theatreworks' (DTW's) rip-roaring production of the Broadway musical, ANNIE, is a winner. The cast (both grown-ups and children), perform their roles with heart and expertise, resulting in a fabulous, feel-good presentation that all ages can enjoy.

Now in its ninth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre - the coalface of British Theatre - presents Vibrant 2017 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, performing on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 26 October 2017.

The Habitat presents APLOMB, created & directed by Alex Keegan, in a workshop run August 17-20 7:30pm at the Actors Fund Theater, 160 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY.

SISTER ACT opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, August 25, 2017 and runs through Saturday, September 23, 2017. 

The Habitat presents APLOMB, created & directed by Alex Keegan, in a workshop run August 17-20 7:30pm at the Actors Fund Theater, 160 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY.

London Writers' Week has announced details of its 2017 programme, whose theme will be Digital Media and Cross Platform work. London Writers' Week 2017 will take place from 4th - 9th July 2017.

THE TUMBLEWEED ROUNDUP opens at Artisan Center Theater on Saturday, June 10, 2017 and runs through Saturday, August 26, 2017.

Lyn Gardner, one of the UK's leading theatre critics, a writer for The Guardian newspaper and the new Associate Editor of The Stage, has been named as a new Master on the MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins.

London Writers' Week has announced details of its 2017 programme, whose theme will be Digital Media and Cross Platform work. London Writers' Week 2017 will take place from 4th - 9th July 2017.