Brian Dykstra News

The newest play by Rob Ackerman, CALL ME WALDO takes a comic and insightful look at the workplace, upending stereotypes about the working class when an ordinary electrician begins channeling the spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson

CALL ME WALDO -- a new play by Rob Ackerman (TABLETOP) -- will debut Off-Broadway in a production by The Working Theater with preview performances starting February 14 prior to its official opening night on February 22 at the June Havoc Theatre (312 W. 36 St. in Manhattan), it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

The newest play by Rob Ackerman, CALL ME WALDO takes a comic and insightful look at the workplace, upending stereotypes about the working class when an ordinary electrician begins channeling the spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

At Hand Theatre Company will present Mark Snyder's AS WIDE AS I CAN SEE. Directed by Dan Horrigan, previews begin February 23 on the Mainstage of HERE Arts Center with opening slated for Wednesday, February 29.

At Hand Theatre Company (Letters to the End of The World, Broadway Recycled) has completed casting on the World Premiere of Mark Snyder's AS WIDE AS I CAN SEE. Directed by Dan Horrigan, previews begin February 23 on the Mainstage of HERE Arts Center with opening slated for Wednesday, February 29.

CALL ME WALDO -- a new play by Rob Ackerman (TABLETOP) -- will debut Off-Broadway in a production by The Working Theater with preview performances starting February 14 prior to its official opening night on February 22 at the June Havoc Theatre (312 W. 36 St. in Manhattan), it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

At Hand Theatre Company (Letters to the End of The World, Broadway Recycled) is set to present the World Premiere of Mark Snyder's AS WIDE AS I CAN SEE.

CALL ME WALDO -- a new play by Rob Ackerman (TABLETOP) -- will debut Off-Broadway in a production by The Working Theater with preview performances starting February 14 prior to its official opening night on February 22 at the June Havoc Theatre (312 W. 36 St. in Manhattan), it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will continue its Marx Theatre season with John Logan's RED. Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, RED begins previews in the Playhouse's Robert S. Marx Theatre October 15 and continues through November 12.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis opens their season with a real corker. RED is simply ablaze with what I can only call abstract emotionalism, heating up the stage with intense performances and dialog that crackles with commentaries on art and life in general. This might be a critical cliché at this point, but this is one hot ticket and must-see event, with the two performers working under expert guidance and delivering a brilliant 90 minutes of theatre that makes you think, which is much too rare of an experience these days. This study of Mark Rothko, and the muse that guides him and his work is a sheer delight that makes you wonder what happened to any kind of real expressionism in the world of art.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents Red by John Logan. This intriguing and fascinating play will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, September 7 - October 2, 2011.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents Red by John Logan. This intriguing and fascinating play will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, September 7 - October 2, 2011.

LAUGHING LIBERALLY: THIS AIN'T NO TEA PARTY, a new evening of comedy with music and multi-media presentations, making its Off-Broadway debut at the Midtown Theatre, 163 West 46th Street (just east of Broadway), will conclude its extended acclaimed run Thursday July 28th.

The Drilling Company will present its twentieth short play project, 'Happiness,' May 12 to 29.

The Drilling Company will present its twentieth short play project, 'Happiness,' May 12 to 29.

kef theatrical productions (Adam Fitzgerald, Artistic Director) is proud to present the World Premiere of Israela Margalit's First Prize, directed by Margaret Perry. First Prize will begin performances on Thursday, April 28 at 8PM and will open on Monday, May 2 at 7:30PM and will run through May 21, 2011 at the Arclight Theatre (152 West 71st Street). Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by visiting www.kefproductions.com or by calling 212.352.3101.