Christopher Durang News

In an effort to make theater more accessible for early-career and younger patrons, Westport Country Playhouse is introducing a $25 ticket price for patrons aged 35 and under for all Friday evening performances during its 2011 season.

Common Ground Theatre (www.cgtheatre.com) is a performance and teaching space located in west Durham, offering performing arts and educational groups a flexible, well-equipped alternative space.

6th Street Playhouse presents COMEDY TONIGHT- A collection of six one-act plays by American writers

Opening its 2011 season and its 80th birthday year, Westport Country Playhouse will stage comic master Christopher Durang's 'Beyond Therapy,' directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, April 26 through May 14.

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced initial details for its 2011 special online Auction in connection with its annual Spring Gala Benefit. Bidding for the auction, which will feature an eclectic array of items and unique opportunities, begins tomorrow, Tuesday, April 26 at 8AM at www.biddingforgood/playwrightshorizons. Online bidding will continue for three weeks through Wednesday, May 18 (with items staggered to close at 8PM and 9PM).

Opening its 2011 season and its 80th birthday year, Westport Country Playhouse will stage comic master Christopher Durang's "Beyond Therapy," directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, April 26 through May 14.

New York Stage and Film (Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director; Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, Leslie Urdang, Producing Directors) and Vassar College (Ed Cheetham, Producing Director) have announced the full line-up of their 2011 Powerhouse Theater season, now entering its 27th year. The result of a unique collaboration between New York Stage and Film and Vassar College, the program consists of an eight-week residency on the Vassar campus (124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY) during which more than 200 professional artists and some 40 apprentices live and work together to create new theater works. The 2011 Main Stage season kicks off with Patricia Wettig's F2M (June 29 - July 10).

Fells Point Corner Theatre is proud to present THE SEAFARER by Conor McPherson, directed by Barry Feinstein opening weekend special - all tickets $12!

Westport Country Playhouse has released a video, taped in rehearsal, offering a look at the upcoming production of comic master Christopher Durang's 'Beyond Therapy,' with insight from Mark Lamos, Westport Country Playhouse artistic director; David Kennedy, Playhouse associate director and director of 'Beyond Therapy'; and cast members Jeremy Peter Johnson and Nicole Lowrance.

In an effort to make theater more accessible for early-career and younger patrons, Westport Country Playhouse is introducing a $25 ticket price for patrons aged 35 and under for all Friday evening performances during its 2011 season.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory (YC) present Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner Horton Foote's The Widow Claire and Courtship, two one-act plays from his beloved nine-play epic, The Orphans' Home Cycle

Common Ground Theatre (www.cgtheatre.com) is a performance and teaching space located in west Durham, offering performing arts and educational groups a flexible, well-equipped alternative space.

Ghost & Spice Productions presents: WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG

Join celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy as she marks the culmination of the 20th Anniversary Season of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends, with a very special evening on Sunday, April 17th (8:30PM) at the legendary cabaret hot-spot Feinstein's at Loews Regency (540 Park Avenue @ 61st Street).

Bay Street Theatre is celebrating its 20th season and has announced the 2011 Mainstage productions. From the insightful look into the life of Truman Capote, to the wild comedy of Christopher During, and a Broadway bound musical.

Playwright Christopher Durang will discuss his many comedic works for the American stage at a symposium following the Sunday, May 1, 3 p.m. matinee performance of his comedy, "Beyond Therapy," at Westport Country Playhouse.

This is the final performance for the Theatre East production of "The Soldier Dreams" by Daniel Macivor, Off Broadway at The Lion Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street, NYC. Judson Jones directed the new play.

The Hyper Aware Theater Company presents Titanic and The Actor's Nightmare, by Tony Award nominee and Obie Award winner Christopher Durang.

Theatre East presents 'The Soldier Dreams' by Daniel Macivor, Off Broadway at The Lion Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street, NYC. Judson Jones directs the new play. Previews begin this Friday, March 25 and the opening is next Tuesday, March 29 at 8pm.

This is the final performances for the Theatre East production of "The Soldier Dreams" by Daniel Macivor, Off Broadway at The Lion Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street, NYC. Judson Jones directed the new play.