David Kilpatrick News

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is celebrating its 100th anniversary by looking forward to the next century. To build upon this legacy, the theatre is introducing a new opportunity for donors, the Century Club. The Century Club goal is to add $1 million to the theatre's endowment to build a legacy for future Playhouse generations.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is celebrating its 100th anniversary by looking forward to the next century. To build upon this history, the Playhouse is introducing a new opportunity for donors, the Century Club. The Century Club is a new donor opportunity that will create a $1 million endowment and build a legacy for future Playhouse generations.

Travel to New York City with the Des Moines Community Playhouse, May 2-5, 2019, or May 9-12, 2019, to see the new Broadway shows Tootsie and To Kill a Mockingbird. Registrations for the Playhouse's Best of Broadway tours and a $125 per person non-refundable deposit are now being accepted. Register online at dmplayhouse.com. Total trip cost is $2249 per person, double occupancy. Space is limited, and trips sell out quickly.

The award-winning theater company and arts education organization New York City Children's Theater (NYCCT) presents its 21st season. NYCCT offers one of the most affordable theater memberships in New York City and offers productions appropriate for children of all ages.

Arts on the Horizon, the country's first theatre company specifically focused on children ages zero to six, is proud to announce the first production of their 5th Anniversary Season, Drumming with Dishes. The show was originally performed as Arts on the Horizon's inaugural show in May 2011.

Arts on the Horizon, an interactive theatre for children ages zero to six, is excited to announce its 2016 -2017 season. As the first theatre company in the United States to stage completely non-verbal performances for young audiences, Arts on the Horizon shows are performed solely with sound, movement and live music to engage children at any stage of language development and also children whose first language may not be English.

As it approaches its 100th year of bringing excellence in entertainment and education to Central Iowa, the Des Moines Community Playhouse today announced a restructuring of its leadership team.

Award-winning and critically acclaimed New York City Children's Theater (NYCCT) presents two new family theater productions at the new Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 W 53rd Street (bet. 9 & 10th Avenues) New York, NY 10019.

Award-winning and critically acclaimed New York City Children's Theater (NYCCT) presents two new family theater productions at the new Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 W 53rd Street (bet. 9 & 10th Avenues) New York, NY 10019.

Arts on the Horizon, an interactive theatre for children ages zero to six, is excited to announce its 2016 -2017 season. As the first theatre company in the United States to stage completely non-verbal performances for young audiences, Arts on the Horizon shows are performed solely with sound, movement and live music to engage children at any stage of language development and also children whose first language may not be English.

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, New York City's leading service and advocacy organization for nonprofit theatre, today announced its initial roster of programming through June 2017 - to be presented by 11 nonprofit companies - at its new A.R.T./NEW YORK THEATRES (the Gural and Mezzanine), two affordable, state-of-the-art performance spaces located at 502 West 53rd Street - designed by award-winning architect Toshiko Mori.

Arts on the Horizon, an interactive theatre for children ages zero to six, is excited to announce its 2016 -2017 season. As the first theatre company in the United States to stage completely non-verbal performances for young audiences, Arts on the Horizon shows are performed solely with sound, movement and live music to engage children at any stage of language development and also children whose first language may not be English.

Arts on the Horizon, an interactive theatre for children ages zero to six, is excited to announce its 2016 -2017 season. As the first theatre company in the United States to stage completely non-verbal performances for young audiences, Arts on the Horizon shows are performed solely with sound, movement and live music to engage children at any stage of language development and also children whose first language may not be English.

New York City Children's Theater kicked off its 20th anniversary with the sold out, critically acclaimed musical Wringer, which the New York Times called 'fun from beginning to end' with 'a clever script, catchy tunes, and fine performances.' The celebration continues with four productions in the 2016-17 season and the expansion of the company's membership program, NYCCT's latest effort in bringing affordable, high-quality theater to kids and their families.

Arts on the Horizon, the DC metro area's only theatre company exclusively focused on creating original work for children ages 0 - 6, presents Point A to Point B tonight, October 9, through October 18, 2015 at the W-3 Theatre at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA. This world premiere, nonverbal play conceived by David Kilpatrick and directed by Megan Alrutz is inspired by the American on the Move exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Arts on the Horizon, the DC metro area's only theatre company exclusively focused on creating original work for children ages 0 - 6, presents Point A to Point B October 9 - 18, 2015 at the W-3 Theatre at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA.  This world premiere, nonverbal play conceived by David Kilpatrick and directed by Megan Alrutz is inspired by the American on the Move exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. 

Arts on the Horizon has announced its programming for the 2015 - 2016 season, which will reach over 4,000 children and families across the DC metro area.

Arts on the Horizon, the first dedicated theatre for very young children in the United States, announces its 2013-2014 programming which will reach over 2,000 children under six years old across the metropolitan D.C. region. Inspired by theater for ages 0-6 that she had seen internationally, founder and producing artistic director, Michelle Kozlak, started Arts on the Horizon to provide Northern Virginia families with high-quality participatory theater created specifically for this young age group. Arts on the Horizon's shows are interactive, inclusive, and intimate; adhering to a completely nonverbal performance style making each piece accessible to children whose first language is not English, children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and children at any stage of language development. The season features two Arts on the Horizon original, commissioned productions including Sunny and Licorice by Miriam Gonzales, and Under the Canopy, a ground breaking theatrical piece and sensory experience for children under 2 years old, created by Matt Bassett and Tia Shearer Bassett. Additionally, audiences will be able to see two returning shows, originally commissioned and produced by Arts on the Horizon: The Young Spectaculars and the Front Yard Adventure and Drumming with Dishes: Holiday Edition, both by David Kilpatrick.

Theatre Bay Area and the research firm WolfBrown will present the findings contained in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art at Joe's Pub on Wednesday, March 21 from 9am-12pm.

Theatre Bay Area and the research firm WolfBrown announce the completion of the book Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. The book contains the final report of "Measuring the Intrinsic Impact of Live Theatre," and interviews with more than 20 prominent artistic directors in the United States, and essays by industry thought-leaders Diane Ragsdale, Arlene Goldbard, Rebecca Novick, and more. A book tour will launch March 12 in Chicago, and will visit eight cities in the United States including Minneapolis, Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art is now available for purchase at www.theatrebayarea.org/intrinsicimpact. Also available on the site are the executive summary of the work and interview excerpts, available free of charge.