Brendan Powers News

Sex, Drugs and Chamber Music! The Kitchen Theatre Company's 22nd Season continues with a deliciously constructed and dramatic play about a renowned string quartet. Equal parts mystery, romance, and backstage drama, Opus by Michael Hollinger runs October 17th to November 11th at the Kitchen Theatre in downtown Ithaca. Previews are October 17, 18, and 19, Opening Night is October 20, and the play continues through November 11, 2012.

Penobscot Theatre Company has announced the cast and design team for its holiday production of ANNIE (December 5 - December 29th). Tickets will go on sale to the public, Monday, October 1st at noon.

This Fall, the Kitchen Theatre will offer a series of acting classes every Monday in October from 7-9PM. Geared for participants ages 15 and up, the classes will include a mix of theatre games and exercises along with detailed discussions and demonstrations on how to break down a script, how to establish objectives and beats, and how to build a character. Eventually, the group will take to the stage, rehearsing short scenes and exploring staging and how to play to an audience. The series will conclude with an informal gathering on October 29th.

New England's brightest holiday tradition returns to North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) for the first time since 2007. Spirits fly. Snow falls.

New England's brightest holiday tradition returns to North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) for the first time since 2007. Spirits fly. Snow falls.

New England's brightest holiday tradition returns to North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) for the first time since 2007. Spirits fly. Snow falls.

New England's brightest holiday tradition returns to North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) for the first time since 2007. Spirits fly. Snow falls.

The Gloucester Stage Company presents world premiere as second offering of 31st season focusing on themes of love, laughter, and redemption

Clavelli, Powers and Burttram have each appeared extensively with Florida Rep, and all three were seen in last season's Dancing at Lughnasa. Clavelli & Burttram make their first appearance of many this season in Opus, while Powers takes his final bow after beginning the season with Boeing-Boeing and Dial 'M' for Murder. Nowicki and Davies each make their second appearance with Florida Rep in Opus. Seen in last season's Art of Murder, Nowicki has worked extensively in film and television, and appeared in Opus with Orlando Shakespeare Theatre in 2008. Mr. Davies, a long-time company member with Cincinnati Shakespeare, is now a Florida based actor who made his Florida Rep debut earlier this season Dial 'M' for Murder.

All Florida Rep regulars, Powers has appeared in Doubt, The Glass Menagerie and the Rep's nationally acclaimed, Dancing at Lughnasa, while Gibson appeared in Almost Maine and, most recently, opposite Powers in Born Yesterday. Both Lomax and Phillips are back onstage at the Rep after having previously appeared together as featured dancers in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, Dancing at Lughnasa is a memory play told through the eyes of Michael Evans, now a man, who recalls the summer he spent with his mother and her four maiden sisters in a tiny and impoverished Irish home in 1936. Set against the backdrop of the pagan festival of Lughnasa, the story of changing times and the strength of one family's bond unfolds as the music of their first wireless set casts its spell under the hot August sun.

Born Yesterday is the play that made Judy Holiday famous, and the film adaptation launched her into stardom. Her performance as Billie won her both the Tony Award and the Oscar. It is the story of what happens when Harry Brock, a corrupt tycoon, comes to Washington with his showgirl mistress, Billie, in tow.

'The Glass Menagerie' is one of our greatest works of drama, and we feel it is a play that the our community should see,' said Producing Artistic Director, Robert Cacioppo. 'It is a uniquely American story that gives us an important look at Tennessee Williams' first major work and at a very dark period of our country's history.'

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