Douglas Morris News

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward has announced its second annual playwriting cagematch contest onMonday, June 10, 2013: THE KEYS TO THE HOTEL BARBARY. Five playwrights will enter but only one will emerge victorious! Last year's "Tales of the Hairless Raccoon" was a wild and wooly success, so this year we decided to make the contest an annual event. Join us as playwrights far and wide square off.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre continues its 2013-2014 season with "Eurydice" by Sarah Ruhl.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) has announced the second production in the 2013-2014 'Bare Bones' staged reading series: Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies, a keenly observed drama exploring the complex relationship between two couples.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre opens its 2013-14 Season of Mystery & Romance with a bang in February with 'Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure' by Steven Dietz. The play, based on the original 1899 script by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play. Directed by Kendall Tieck, the play features an ensemble of Bay Area performers including Craig Dickerson as Sherlock Homes, Scott G. Hartman as Dr. Watson, Steve Schwartz as Moriarty, J. Geoffrey Colton as The King of Bohemia, Sarah Klaren as Irene Adler, Brian O'Connor as James Larrabee, Eve McElheney as Madge Larrabee and Bruce Kaplan as Sid Prince.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre opens its 2013-14 Season of Mystery & Romance with a bang in February with 'Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure' by Steven Dietz. The play, based on the original 1899 script by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play. Directed by Kendall Tieck, the play features an ensemble of Bay Area performers including Craig Dickerson as Sherlock Homes, Scott G. Hartman as Dr. Watson, Steve Schwartz as Moriarty, J. Geoffrey Colton as The King of Bohemia, Sarah Klaren as Irene Adler, Brian O'Connor as James Larrabee, Eve McElheney as Madge Larrabee and Bruce Kaplan as Sid Prince.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre opens its 2013-14 Season of Mystery & Romance with a bang in February with 'Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure' by Steven Dietz. The play, based on the original 1899 script by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play. Directed by Kendall Tieck, the play features an ensemble of Bay Area performers including Craig Dickerson as Sherlock Homes, Scott G. Hartman as Dr. Watson, Steve Schwartz as Moriarty, J. Geoffrey Colton as The King of Bohemia, Sarah Klaren as Irene Adler, Brian O'Connor as James Larrabee, Eve McElheney as Madge Larrabee and Bruce Kaplan as Sid Prince.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) is excited to introduce GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES, the first production in the 2013-2014 BARE BONES staged reading series. The eccentrically amusing and affecting play by Rajiv Joseph was inspired by a barroom conversation the playwright had with a friend who shared wild stories about all the injuries he had as a child.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) is excited to introduce GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES, the first production in the 2013-2014 BARE BONES staged reading series. The eccentrically amusing and affecting play by Rajiv Joseph was inspired by a barroom conversation the playwright had with a friend who shared wild stories about all the injuries he had as a child.

Curtain Call Performing Arts (CCPA), opens its fifth season with "A Broadway Holiday," featuring Cantare! Community Chorus tonight, November 30 - December 9.

Curtain Call Performing Arts (CCPA), opens its fifth season with "A Broadway Holiday," featuring Cantare! Community Chorus November 30 - December 9.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward will once again present the all-time favorite Rodgers and Hart musical The King and I. The show, which opened the Morrisson in 1979 when it was named The Little Theatre, has been one of the most requested shows by audiences over the years, and was most recently mounted at the Morrisson in 1994. The upcoming production, directed by Sue Ellen Nelsen and starring T.K. Armstrong as The King and Anna Cook as Anna, will open on November 11 and run through December 4.