Bruce Norris News

Theatre Rhinoceros and The Essential Services Project will present a live, in-person, presentation of BANALITIES, conceived and performed by John Fisher on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 8:00pm PACIFIC.

Theatre Rhinoceros and The Essential Services Project will present a live, in-person, presentation of SAN JUAN, conceived and Performed by John Fisher, on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 8:00pm PT.

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 and The Essential Services Project will present a live, in-person, presentation of SPENSER, conceived and Performed by John Fisher on Thursday, September 15,

Theatre Rhinoceros and The Essential Services Project (ESP) will present a live, in-person, presentation of CROSS COUNTRY, conceived and Performed by John Fisher on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 8:00pm PACIFIC at Theatre Rhinoceros.

Broadway's Elaine Bunse-Bullens passed away on Monday, August 8th, 2022 at Heritage Lakeside Rehab facility in Rice Lake, WI.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), opens its 2022-2023 three-play season with Bruce Norris’ Tony, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize-winning “Clybourne Park,” directed by Kurt Naebig+ (Sept. 8 – Oct. 9). 

ENSEMBLE THEATRE celebrates a new location and a return to in person programming with its 43rd 2022/2023 Season! All performances will take place in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Notre Dame College in South Euclid. 

The Tank and The Essential Services Project (ESP) present a live, in-person, presentation, BASTILLE!, Conceived and Performed by John Fisher. The performance is on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 7:00pm EDT.

The Tank and The Essential Services Project (ESP) will present a live, in-person, presentation of BASTILLE!, conceived and performed by John Fisher on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 7:00pm EDT for one live performance only.

The trustees of HighTide announced that they have appointed Clare Slater, currently Head of New Work at the Donmar Warehouse as the next Artistic Director of HighTide. She will lead the company alongside Executive Director Rowan Rutter as joint Chief Executives. Clare takes over from Suba Das, former Artistic Director and Chief Executive of HighTide.

The Tank and The Essential Services Project (ESP) present a live, in-person, presentation of FREDI, Conceived and Performed by John Fisher, on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 7:00pm EST.

The 2022/23 Mirvish Theatre Season features 14 shows – 6 Main Season shows; 3 Off-Mirvish Season shows, and 5 Bonus shows. See the complete schedule and find out how to get tickets.

In the end they still managed to produce a show that asks the hard questions, never flinches from the truth, and captures perfectly what it means to be human. Imperfections be damned.

The next show at the Mark Taper Forum, Rajiv Joseph’s King James world premieres June 8, 2022 (with previews starting June 1st). Kenny Leon directs this co-production of Center Theatre Group and Steppenwolf Theatre Company starring Glenn Davis and Chris Perfetti. Glenn took some time to answer a few of my queries on King James, being co-artistic director at Steppenwolf Theatre and working with a one-of-a-kind co-star.

Out of the 330 total Chicagoland high school students who entered the 13th annual August Wilson Monologue and Design Competitions, Demi Davis from Senn High School prevailed, taking the first-place prize at the Chicago finals earlier this month for her 2-3-minute monologue performance.

Sarah Paulson, Uzo Aduba, Anthony Mackie, Martin Freeman, Nick Robinson, and Hillary Baack will star in a new film adaption of Bruce Norris' Claybourne Park. Tony-nominee Pam MacKinnon is also set to direct the new film. The play premiered on Broadway in 2012, winning the Tony Award for Best Play.

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. will present the award-winning Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris, directed by Ron Jones.

The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Fat Ham has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Selling Kabul, and Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord.

The Pulitzer Prize Board today will present the 2022 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!