Emily Feldman News

The Playwrights' Center and Jerome Foundation are pleased to announce the 2016-17 Jerome Fellows, Many Voices Fellows and Many Voices Mentees. The Jerome Fellowship for emerging playwrights is the Jerome Foundation's longest-awarded program, entering its 40th year. The Many Voices Fellowship was created in 1994 in partnership with the Jerome Foundation and significantly expanded in 2013.

Atlanta's nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre and Jennings Hertz Artistic Director Susan V. Booth have announced the 2016/17 Season for the Alliance Stage, Hertz Stage, Theatre for Youth and Families, and the Kathy and Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young series. The 48th season includes seven world premieres, five musicals, five productions by Atlanta playwrights, and exceptional productions for youth and families. The 2016/17 season marks the Alliance's last in its current theater space before it undergoes a complete renovation, its first since it was built in 1968.

Actors Theatre's Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein are proud to announce The Wedding Guest by Steve Moulds, part of the Apprentice/Intern Company's season of new work.

Actors Theatre's Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein are thrilled to announce THE DIAMOND TRADE by Emily Feldman, presented as part of the Apprentice/Intern Company season of new work. THE DIAMOND TRADE, which is the first of three productions commissioned by Actors Theatre for the Acting Apprentice Company, will be performed on Monday, September 28th 2015 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the Sara Shallenberger Brown lobby at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Samuel French presents The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation's premier short play competition August 4 - 9 at the East 13th Street Theater (Classic Stage Company). Chosen from over 1,500 submissions (a record breaking number) from the U.S. and abroad, 30 finalist plays, each running 10-30 minutes in length, will be presented. The Sunday, August 9th presentation is the culmination of the week-long festival at which the six winning plays will be presented.

The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation's premier short play competition, announces the 30 finalists for its 40th Anniversary of the Festival.  Chosen from over 1,500 submissions (a record breaking number) from the U.S. and abroad, these 30 plays will be presented during a week-long festival August 6th-9th. All performances will take place at the East 13th Street Theater (Classic Stage Company).

This past year, a brand-new organization called The Kilroys solicited nominations from over 140 theatre professionals (primarily artistic directors and literary managers) for their favorite new plays by female-identified playwrights. In June they published The List -- the top 46 of these plays. Dry Land was one of the most recommended, and many playwrights Colt Coeur has collaborated with in the past were also on the list. In the spirit of continuing to champion gender parity in the theatre, we are hosting a Festival of Readings of plays by women during the run of Dry Land. The plays included are as follows:

PTP/NYC, formerly known as The Potomac Theatre Project, in association with Middlebury College, presents '25 on 25', a special 25th Anniversary celebration featuring the work of Middlebury College artists. '25 on 25' takes place on Monday, July 25 at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues in New York City. '25 on 25' begins at 1pm and runs until 11pm, and features 10 hours of readings, presentations and panel discussions of works written, directed and performed by Middlebury artists. Talkbacks with company members will follow each performance. The event is free of charge and open to the public. No reservations are required. For more information visit http://www.PotomacTheatreProject.org or email Cheryl Faraone at faraone@middlebury.edu.

PTP/NYC, formerly known as The Potomac Theatre Project, in association with Middlebury College, presents '25 on 25', a special 25th Anniversary celebration featuring the work of Middlebury College artists. '25 on 25' takes place on Monday, July 25 at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues in New York City. '25 on 25' begins at 1pm and runs until 11pm, and features 10 hours of readings, presentations and panel discussions of works written, directed and performed by Middlebury artists. Talkbacks with company members will follow each performance. The event is free of charge and open to the public. No reservations are required. For more information visit http://www.PotomacTheatreProject.org or email Cheryl Faraone at faraone@middlebury.edu.

Actors Theatre of Louisville is proud to announce the lineup of the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival, a fully produced evening of new ten-minute plays written by Kentucky and Southern Indiana high school students and featuring members of the Apprentice/Intern Company.

Actors Theatre of Louisville is proud to announce the lineup of the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival, a fully produced evening of new ten-minute plays written by Kentucky and Southern Indiana high school students and featuring members of the Apprentice/Intern Company.

Actors Theatre of Louisville is proud to announce the lineup of the New Voices Young Playwrights Festival, a fully produced evening of new ten-minute plays written by Kentucky and Southern Indiana high school students and featuring members of the Apprentice/Intern Company.