Bruce Norris News

Nominations for the 38th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway have been announced! See the full list!

Theatre Rhinoceros and The Essential Services Project (ESP) will present a live, in-person, presentation of EISENSTEIN, conceived and performed by John Fisher (GLAAD Media Award Winner, United Solo Best - Actor Award, Two Time Winner of Will Glickman Award) on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 7:00pm. The performance is free and open to the public.

Theatre Rhinoceros and The Essential Services Project (ESP) will present a live, in-person, presentation of TRUSTAFARIAN, conceived and performed by John Fisher on Wednesday, March 8th at Theatre Rhinoceros.

David Mirvish and The Company Theatre have announced that due to popular demand the Canadian premiere production of Andrew Bovell's drama, Things I Know to be True, directed by Philip Riccio will extend performances through February 26, 2023. 

Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere The Best We Could (a family tragedy), written by Emily Feldman and directed by Daniel Aukin will now begin preview performances on Wednesday, February 8, at New York City Center – Stage I.

In February, The Actors Studio will continue its 75th Anniversary celebration as the world’s most celebrated and influential membership association for professional actors, directors and playwrights.

Pangea NYC and The Essential Services Project (ESP) present a live, in-person, presentation of DAVID AND GOLIATH, A One-Man Biblical Epic, conceived and performed by John Fisher. The performance is on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 9:30pm EST at Pangea NYC.

The full cast has been announced for Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming world premiere, The Best We Could (a family tragedy), written by Emily Feldman and directed by Daniel Aukin. See performance dates, how to purchase tickets and more!

Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has extended the New York premiere of Bruce Norris's provocative, critically lauded play Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, a second and final time, to January 7, 2023.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has announced the names of the two outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2022 Steinberg Playwright Awards in the amount of $100,000 each.  This year’s recipients of the “Mimi” Awards are James Ijames and Lloyd Suh. 

Pangea NYC and The Essential Services Project (ESP) will present a live, in-person, presentation of WING WALKER, conceived and performed by John Fisher, on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 7:00pm EST at Pangea NYC.

Theater fans will have a chance to see Donna Lynne Champlin sink her teeth into a real role onstage once again for one-night-only: On December 12 she will take to the stage at The Sheen Center, starring as George Bailey in a performance of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE to benefit The Transport Group.

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See photos of the New York premiere of Bruce Norris’s provocative, critically lauded play Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, now extended at Playwrights Horizons to December 22.

On November 18, 2022, the Ephrata Performing Arts Center (EPAC) announced the show titles for the upcoming 2023 season. The season will feature three plays, three musicals, and one youth production.

Playwrights Horizons will present the New York premiere of Bruce Norris’s Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, October 28–December 11 (opening November 15). This provocative work surrounds a registered address in downstate Illinois, where four men convicted of sex crimes share a group home, living out their days post-incarceration.

Theatre Rhinoceros will present A SLICE OF LIFE, written and directed by John Fisher Honorary Producer, Henry Rosenthal, November 5 – 27, 2022. There will be a preview performance on Saturday, November 5 at 8:00 pm, and Opening Night is Sunday, November 6 at 3:00 pm (Reception to follow).

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The Public Theater will begin performances for the New York premiere of WHERE WE BELONG, written and performed by Madeline Sayet and directed by Mei Ann Teo, with a Joseph Papp Free Performance on Friday, October 28.

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