Edgar Lee Masters News

The Strand Theater is proud to present Graves in the Water, an original piece adapted from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. The Spoon River Anthology is a classic piece, rarely performed, being re-envisioned by two local artists for the Baltimore stage.

To open their 29th season, the Saint Sebastian Players look to their Illinois roots through author Edgar Lee Masters and the yearlong celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday with Spoon River Anthology in an original adaptation by SSP company member Jonathan Hagloch, who also directs the production and provides original music

To open their 29th season, the Saint Sebastian Players look to their Illinois roots through author Edgar Lee Masters and the yearlong celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday with Spoon River Anthology in an original adaptation by SSP company member Jonathan Hagloch, who also directs the production and provides original music

The Strand Theater is proud to present Graves in the Water, an original piece adapted from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. The Spoon River Anthology is a classic piece, rarely performed, being re-envisioned by two local artists for the Baltimore stage.

To open their 29th season, the Saint Sebastian Players look to their Illinois roots through author Edgar Lee Masters and the yearlong celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday with Spoon River Anthology in an original adaptation by SSP company member Jonathan Hagloch, who also directs the production and provides original music

Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology Auditions: Who knew Folk could have this much fun Director Laura Schier invites you on a journey beyond life in this unique staging of Edgar Lee Masters', 'Spoon River Anthology'.

The Strand opens its second season with Neil LaBute's Mercy Seat, directed by Danielle Young. Mercy Seat runs September 11th to October 4th, 2009. Set on September 12, 2001, The Mercy Seat continues Neil LaBute?s unflinching fascination with the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes. In a time of national tragedy, the world changes overnight. A man and a woman explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they had lived just the day before. Can one be opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness?

To open their 29th season, the Saint Sebastian Players look to their Illinois roots through author Edgar Lee Masters and the yearlong celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday with Spoon River Anthology in an original adaptation by SSP company member Jonathan Hagloch, who also directs the production and provides original music

The Strand opens its second season with Neil LaBute's Mercy Seat, directed by Danielle Young. Mercy Seat runs September 11th to October 4th, 2009. Set on September 12, 2001, The Mercy Seat continues Neil LaBute?s unflinching fascination with the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes. In a time of national tragedy, the world changes overnight. A man and a woman explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they had lived just the day before. Can one be opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness?

The Strand opens its second season with Neil LaBute's Mercy Seat, directed by Danielle Young. Mercy Seat runs September 11th to October 4th, 2009. Set on September 12, 2001, The Mercy Seat continues Neil LaBute?s unflinching fascination with the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes. In a time of national tragedy, the world changes overnight. A man and a woman explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they had lived just the day before. Can one be opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness?

A collection of monologues, a collection of Chekhov short plays and a collection of nuns make up the Saint Sebastian Players' 29th season, as well as the company's annual Monologue Matchup Competition fundraiser.

Red Mountain Theatre Company presents The Women of Spoon River: Their Voices from the Hill, a unique one-woman performed by the talented Lee Meriwether, May 29-30, 2009, at the RMTC Cabaret Theatre (301 19th Street North).

Red Mountain Theatre Company presents The Women of Spoon River: Their Voices from the Hill, a unique one-woman performed by the talented Lee Meriwether, May 29-30, 2009, at the RMTC Cabaret Theatre (301 19th Street North).

An intimate production of 'Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens' will be performed at the Triad Theatre in Manhattan on Mar. 8 to support The Trevor Project. Ryan Berman, a Marymount Manhattan College directing student, and Jason Haft, an NYU student, produce the benefit. The two also direct the evening with Steve Bednasz at the piano. Elizabeth Espinoza stage manages.

An intimate production of 'Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens' will be performed at the Triad Theatre in Manhattan on Mar. 8 to support The Trevor Project. Ryan Berman, a Marymount Manhattan College directing student, and Jason Haft, an NYU student, produce the benefit. The two also direct the evening with Steve Bednasz at the piano. Elizabeth Espinoza stage manages.

Hold on tight, because Victory Gardens Theater's smash hit winter musical The Snow Queen - conceived by Chicago folk music legend Michael Smith, Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati, and master puppeteer Blair Thomas & Co - is sledding back into town for her third season as Chicago's #1 alternative to traditional holiday fare.