Franz Kafka News

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). 

Artistic Director and Chair of the CSULB Theatre Arts Department Jeff Janisheski continues his 3rd season strengthening partnerships with artists in our community.  This season features artists from across the creative spectrum: Welcoming professional directors such has Ovation-nominated Kari Hayter and Bootleg Theater co-founder Jessica Hanna, and Bruce A Lemon Jr., Artistic Director of Watts Village Theater. Jeff Janisheski says, "Cal Rep's spring season celebrates community: those that are already in our orbit, the new voices we champion, and the community partners and artists we want to work with."

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)

El estudio del cuento mexicano y de la literatura de los siglos XIX y XX fue una de las pasiones del escritor e investigador Jaime Erasto Cortés, quien falleció esta semana en la Ciudad de México.

The Trap Door Theatre presents The Old Woman Broods written by Tadeusz Rozewicz

Playwright/director Elia Schneider--born in Israel, raised in Venezuela and now an American citizen--is known for hauntingly visual productions that transcend language with strong imagery and a dreamlike fresco of movement and design. Her newest work, 'Citizens of the Gray or the Dark Thing that Sleeps Inside Me,' deals with the war of the sexes in the age of the #MeToo Movement. Hitherto, her theatrical productions have mostly emerged from ideas derived from Kafka. Now she is channeling Strindberg for a new work of ensemble creation with her Teatro Dramma. Theater for the New City will present the world premiere of the piece November 9 to 25.  It will be Schneider's Theater for the New City debut.

Hamilton's Olivier Award-winning actor Giles Terera will present his new play The Meaning of Zong on Bristol Old Vic's stage this Thursday (11 Oct) for a one-night-only workshop performance. The piece examines the massacre aboard the slave ship Zong in 1781 and the repercussions of these events, which influenced the growing abolition movement in the UK. This rehearsed reading will be followed by a free post-show talk with Giles Terera, Tom Morris and the cast.

Coyote StageWorks, the Coachella Valley-based award-winning Actors' Equity professional theater company, will open its Tenth Anniversary season with a production of "The Understudy" by Theresa Rebeck, who created the hit television series "SMASH." The show, a hilarious comedy about life in the theater, will star Alex Best, Robin McAlpine, and David Youse and run for nine performances from November 2 - 11, 2018. "The Understudy" is a hilarious exploration of the existential vagaries of show business and life.

La puesta en escena Este cuerpo mío propone una reflexión sobre la memoria corporal. Un recorrido interno que nace a través de la pregunta: ¿Qué es lo que nos cansa de ser nosotros mismos? Eso es lo que se cuestiona la protagonista de esta historia, si las vivencias, inquietudes y deseos van dejando huellas en la piel que reflejan lo que somos.

Group.BR, New York's only Brazilian theatre company presents INSIDE THE WILD HEART, a fully immersive theatrical experience based on the works of Brazil's most acclaimed Jewish writer, Clarice Lispector.

“En realidad, no hay nada que pueda revelar las pasiones ocultas mejor que el teatro”, afirmó el dramaturgo Krzysztof Warlikowski, cuya obra El fin, presentada por su compañía Nowy Teatr, se escenificará por primera vez en México el 27 y 28 de septiembre a las 18:00 en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Haven Theatre is pleased to announce casting for its fourth DIRECTORS HAVEN, the company's ever-growing initiative annually showcasing the talents of three rising directors. The 2018 productions are helmed by Charlotte Drover, Airos Sung-En Medill and Dani Wieder.

Coyote StageWorks, the Coachella Valley based award-winning Actors' Equity professional theater company, announced that its Tenth Anniversary season will include productions of three highly entertaining stage plays, presented at the Palm Springs Art Museum's Annenberg Theater, an increase of the popular free Play Dates Reader's Series, and the debut of the Palm Springs Young Playwright's Festival.

California Repertory Company (Cal Rep) announces its 30th Anniversary season which celebrates 3 decades of risk-taking theater by showcasing the work of local artists and bringing a range of World, West Coast and Southern California Premieres to Long Beach. 

The Tank will present the premiere of Miranda Haymon's IN THE PENAL COLONY September 4-16th, 2018 at THE TANK 312 West 36th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Haven Theatre is pleased to present its fourth DIRECTORS HAVEN, the company's ever-growing initiative annually showcasing the talents of three rising directors.

Portland Opera is pleased to announce programming for the company's 55th season, scheduled to begin in November 2018. The season will launch with the recently announced "November classic" - Verdi's heartbreaking romance La Traviata - bringing opera back to Portland in the fall months. In March, Portland Opera will present Laura Kaminsky's brave and beautiful coming-of-age story, As One, where two voices, a mezzo-soprano and a baritone, share the role of the transgender heroine Hannah. The season will continue in the spring with the company's annual Big Night concert and a bright and vibrant production of Rossini's great Il Barbiere di Siviglia. In July, the company will present Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera for the first time, followed by the company premiere of Philip Glass's exploration of the nature of justice, In the Penal Colony, based on Franz Kafka's short story.

Westport Country Playhouse announces its 2018 season, featuring five productions that are big for the soul, according to Artistic Director Mark Lamos. The Connecticut professional theater's lineup includes two comedies, one modern and one classic; a drama; a musical; and a world premiere, running from May 29 through November 17.