Bill Bowers News

PhysFestNYC, New York’s Festival Dedicated to Physical Theaters, announces its line-up for January 5–14, 2024. Over 100 artists and companies will participate in the 10-day festival, featuring performances, workshops, panels, and community events.

Join Urban Stages for the 15th Annual WINTER RHYTHMS 2023, featuring 22 shows, over 11 days, and more than 100 performers. From cabaret to jazz and everything in between, this award-winning series is a must-see event for music and performance lovers. Don't miss out on this spectacular showcase!

Discover Urban Stages' production of THE MAKING OF A GREAT MOMENT, written by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb and directed by James Barry. Join in on the special post-show conversations and engage with the play's themes. Don't miss this opportunity starting October 11.

Award-winning Off-Broadway theater Urban Stages will produce Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's play The Making of a Great Moment, directed by James Barry, Chester Theater Company's Co-Producing Artistic Director.  Learn more about the production here!

Join us for PhysFestNYC, the first-ever festival dedicated to physical theaters in New York City. Experience the magic of physical storytelling with performances from Broken Box Mime Theater and other talented artists. Don't miss this unique celebration of the art form that brings stories to life through movement and expression.

Urban Stages will present its 39th annual benefit, taking place on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 starting a 6:30pm at the legendary club The Players - 16 Gramercy Park South, NYC. 

Recently appointed Co-Producing Artistic Directors James Barry and Tara Franklin have announced the full casting for Chester Theatre Company’s 2023 season, the first under their direction. 

Recently appointed Co-Producing Artistic Directors James Barry and Tara Franklin have announced Chester Theatre Company’s 2023 season, the first under their direction. Barry and Franklin are known for their award-winning work on the Town Hall Theatre stage, and they are now heading the organization and programming works for Chester audiences.

URBAN STAGE's annual Winter Rhythms cabaret series has announced the full run-down of shows and acts to play in the 2022 season

Award-winning Off-Broadway theater, Urban Stages, will host several special post-show conversations following performances of Eleanor and Alice: Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts by Ellen Abrams and directed by Urban Stages Founder/Artistic Director Frances Hill.

“Brass & Reeds” is the umbrella name the all-volunteer Friends of the Vergennes Opera House has given to their season opening show, which take place on Friday, October 7, 7:30pm.

Due to popular demand, the critically acclaimed play GRATITUDE written by playwright Oren Safdie, and directed by Maria Mileaf, will add an additional performance on Monday, June 27 at 7:30 PM.

Acclaimed storyteller Bill Bowers recently sat down to discuss his newest show, All Over the Map, currently running through June 18th at the Fellowship Cultural Arts Center in Basking Ridge.  The show is being presented by the American Theater Group (ATG), a professional regional theater company currently celebrating its tenth season. 

The American Theater Group (ATG), Somerset County’s professional theater company celebrating its tenth season, will present All Over the Map, an autobiographical one-man show performed by Bill Bowers, about his 30 years on the road performing in 26 countries, on Broadway, in the White House --and in the finest grade school cafeterias. The show begins previews June 9th, opens on June 11th and runs through June 18th, at the Fellowship Cultural Arts Center in Basking Ridge, NJ. 

This year’s honorees have all starred on the Urban Stages stage during their careers and include Tony Award winner Reed Birney will be presented with Urban Stages’ Luminary Award and Terence Archie, Nikki M. James, and AJ Shively will receive a mid-career award.

The American Theater Group (ATG), Somerset County’s newest professional theater company, will present a series of free Monday night play readings in February and March at the Mitchell and Ann Sieminski Theater at the Fellowship Cultural Arts Center in Basking Ridge, NJ. All performances will begin at 7pm and are open to the public; tickets are not required.

FRIGID New York will present the 16th Annual FRIGID Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A), February 16-March 6, 2022. 

FRIGID New York will present the 16th Annual FRIGID Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A), February 16-March 6, 2022. Performances will also be available to livestream from home.

The American Theater Group, Somerset County’s newest professional theater company, will present a reimagined version of The Evolution of (Henry) Mann as its 2021-22 season opener. The new musical, by composer Douglas Cohen (Children’s Letters to God) and Dan Elish (13) is an engaging, light-hearted look at finding love in today’s modern world.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat’s fall artist programs continue with Hermitage Fellows and artists-in-residence offering a variety of outdoor and virtual events on the Hermitage campus and at other venues throughout Sarasota County. All events are free with a $5 registration fee.