Franz Kafka News

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) announces the 2019/20 season of Next Door at NYTW in the Fourth Street Theatre, NYTW's 65-seat black box space.

The New Colony presents UNCHARTED, a two-week showcase of plays at different points in their journeys to production, playing July 11 - 20, 2019 at TNC's resident home, The Den Theatre (2B) 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood.

in Long Beach (CSULB). Based on the story by Franz Kafka, the opera has words by Rudolph Wurlitzer and, in this production, added text by Juliette Carillo based on interviews with members of  Rising Scholars.  The latter is a CSULB group consisting of former inmates and family members of people who have served time. 

During a rehearsal for another Potterverse-themed show last year, Fringe veteran Graydon Schlichter wondered aloud what would happen if one tried to explore the complexities of life through the lens of Harry Potter. A friend then asked who would be the victims…or the protagonists.

En sus 14 ediciones y desde su origen en 2005, Teatro a una sola voz - Festival de Monólogos ha logrado fomentar, promover y difundir el trabajo escénico unipersonal en México, hecho que lo convierte en un referente artístico en el ámbito teatral.

California Repertory Company (CSULB Theatre Arts Department) is collaborating with the Long Beach Opera to produce the Southern California premiere of In the Penal Colony, a pocket opera by Philip Glass. Jeff Janisheski, the Artistic Director of California Repertory Company, is directing the production. In the Penal Colony combines theatre and opera to tell Franz Kafka's dystopian short story about the struggles of capital punishment, morality, and the darkness of the human spirit.

Multi-award nominated Blue Devil Productions is excited to announce that I am a Camera by John Van Druten and directed by Ross Dinwiddy, is coming to Brighton Fringe for 6 nights in May. In this rare revival of the play upon which Cabaret is based, we see a rich picture of heartbreaking pathos, wicked comedy and the divine decadence of 1931 Berlin - but soon the carefree indulgence must end as the Nazis smash their way to power.

The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) is proud to announce further selections for 2019 NYMF, which will take place from July 8 - August 4, 2019 at venues in midtown Manhattan in New York City. Scott Pyne serves as Executive Director and West Hyler serves as Producing Artistic Director. 

The Poetry Society of America named Darcie Dennigan the recipient of the inaugural Anna Rabinowitz Prize, judged this year by Matthea Harvey. The organization's press release explains that Dennigan has been chosen for her play, The Happy End. An athletic performance piece and an adaptation of Monica de la Torre's collection of poems The Happy End / All Welcome (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2017), The Happy End was originally performed as part of the Providence Fringe Festival in 2018 and is currently being remounted at The Wilbury Theatre Group until April 13.

En sesión pública y solemne de la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (AML), celebrada en colaboración con el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) este martes por la noche en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes, se recordó al escritor poblano Sergio Pitol al cumplirse un año de su fallecimiento, el 12 de abril de 2018.

After their sell out, 5-star reviewed, critical success with Franz Kafka - Apparatus at London's White Bear Theatre throughout January this year, Blue Devil Productions returns to The Rialto Theatre for Brighton Fringe 2019 with a brand-new production, The Geminus by Ross Dinwiddy, a reimagining of Joseph Conrad's, 'The Secret Sharer'. In this story of a different heart of darkness from Conrad, themes of love, trust, isolation and sexuality collide in an unsettling, yet poignant romance.

In the year 1833, at a small house in Prague, Chezia, a young boy was born. Going by the name, Franz Kafka, this boy soon grew up to become one of the most influential writers in literary history. It was at his deathbed, the genius writer asked his friend to destroy all of his unfinished works. However, Max Brod, his friend refused to do so and worked on publishing them. Later, there was a long trial against whether one of Kafka's manuscripts should be owned by Germany or the Israel Public Library. What many do not know is that there was a certain female deeply related to this trial, Eva Hoffe. Based on this event, HOPE the musical shows a different perspective focusing on what the manuscript meant for this woman.

Long Beach Opera (LBO) premieres Philip Glass' In the Penal Colony in collaboration with California Repertory Company (CalRep) April 25 (sold out), 26, 27 (sold out), at 7:30 PM; April 28 (sold out), at 2:30 PM; May 2, 3, 4, at 7:30 PM; and May 5 (sold out), at 2:30PM at the CSULB Studio Theater, 1250 N. Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90815. Performed in English.

Fane Productions presents Margaret Atwood live on stage and in cinemas on Tuesday, September 10th in celebration of the global publication of The Testaments, Atwood's highly anticipated sequel to her seminal work, The Handmaid's Tale. The momentous literary event begins Monday, September 9th with a midnight opening at Waterstones Piccadilly with Margaret Atwood. A six date in-person tour across the UK and Ireland will follow in October and November.

Central Works 2019 Season's first show Wonderland, a comedy by Gary Graves, launches the 4 play 29th season and has EXTENDED THROUGH March 24th (originally scheduled to close March 17). "We truly are through the rabbit hole, and the state of the nation is beyond parody… [Wonderland is] a playful mashup of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and Franz Kafka's "The Trial" set in Washington, DC." as described by Sam Hurwitt for the San Jose Mercury News. The comedy Wonderland takes place at a time when "The White House it depicts is so fundamentally broken, such a chaotic and paranoid confusion of backstabbing and intrigue, that even the most abominable scenarios aren't particularly surprising."

Fane Productions presents Margaret Atwood live on stage and in cinemas on Tuesday, September 10th in celebration of the global publication of The Testaments, Atwood's highly anticipated sequel to her seminal work, The Handmaid's Tale. 

A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Guggenheim fellow, and Radcliffe alum, Kate Soper's music has been described as 'exquisitely quirky' (The New York Times) and 'epic' (WQXR). As a performer, she has been praised as a 'dazzling vocalist' (The New Yorker) and likened to 'Lucille Ball reinterpreted by Linda Blair' (Pitchfork). 

As the UK prepares to exit the EU, The Actors Centre and Voila! Europe have announced today a brand-new festival, A Piece of the Continent, celebrating cultural links and theatre from our neighbours from across Europe.

Infinitheatre's is taking its critically acclaimed Kafka's Ape on tour, with performances in the Montreal area, Morin Heights and John Abbott College, before heading to Beijing and Tokyo in April. Powerhouse Howard Rosenstein is riveting in adaptor/director Guy Sprung's captivating play. This mesmerizing production plays February 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 27 and will be performed in both English and in French. A number of free performances are available as part of Le Conseil des arts de Montreal en tournee program. (see various times and venues below)

Central Works 2019 Season of 4 world premiere plays begins February 16 and runs through November 24, 2019. Wonderland, a Kafka-esque comedy by Gary Graves, launches the 29th season opening on Saturday Feb 16 at 7pm and running through March 17 (Previews Feb 14 & 15 at 8pm).