Franz Kafka News

The Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles in conjunction with The Tijuana Cultural Center and The Baja California Cultural Institute present Viva Mexico Festival LA, a series of cultural events in celebration of the 199th anniversary of Mexican independence.

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks... it's not your parents Shakespeare. On September 14th, San Francisco's most innovative and daring ensemble, Boxcar Theatre (www.boxcartheatre.org), opens its much-anticipated 2009 / 2010 season with Romeo & Julien, a new bent on the Bard in with a transgender male in the role of the female ingénue.

'Boxcar Gala' at 7pm Saturday, August 29th Gives taste of 11 full-scale productions and 4 plays for young people

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks... it's not your parents Shakespeare. On September 14th, San Francisco's most innovative and daring ensemble, Boxcar Theatre (www.boxcartheatre.org), opens its much-anticipated 2009 / 2010 season with Romeo & Julien, a new bent on the Bard in with a transgender male in the role of the female ingénue.

Box Car Main Announces their upcoming season. Boxcar Theatre is dedicated to the creation of new and adaptive works through a collaborative process. Through physical movement, dynamic imagery, and innovative storytelling Boxcar strives to create an atmosphere and environment in which its audience will be engaged in a visceral sense and intellectual capacity.

Horse Trade Theater Group presents a Human Group production of THE HUNGER ARTIST by Franz Kafka, performance Authored by Nick Fesette

Horse Trade Theater Group presents a Human Group production of THE HUNGER ARTIST by Franz Kafka, performance Authored by Nick Fesette

The Theatre Company at CAP21 proudly presents THE TROUBLE WITH DOUG: A MODERN-DAY METAMORPHOSIS, the New York premiere of an exciting new musical with music and book by Will Aronson and lyrics and book by Daniel Mate. The production runs June 9-27 at The Shop Theater at CAP21 located on the 6th Floor of 18 West 18th Street, NYC.

Synetic Theater is thrilled to announce its upcoming season- a diverse tapestry of classic tales. This season, Synetic will feature four thrilling main stage productions, treating audiences to its rich synthesis of movement, dance, text, and music; first, with a revival and startling revision of their acclaimed adaptation of Bram Stoker's legendary Dracula, followed by a new installment in their 'Silent Shakespeare' series, Antony and Cleopatra, as part of our contribution to Washington's renowned Shakespeare Theatre Company's leadership repertory-a first-ever collaboration in Synetic history.

The Theatre Company at CAP21 proudly presents THE TROUBLE WITH DOUG: A MODERN-DAY METAMORPHOSIS, the New York premiere of an exciting new musical with music and book by Will Aronson and lyrics and book by Daniel Mate. The production runs June 9-27 at The Shop Theater at CAP21 located on the 6th Floor of 18 West 18th Street, NYC.

With the popularity of confessional websites, blog culture, and the advent of the technology age, Counting Squares Theatre examines the cause and effect of our increasingly stark interpersonal relationships. Counting Squares asks the question: Why can't we deal with each other and really be ourselves out in the open.

Drama of Works invites you to celebrate its 10th Anniversary with the World Premiere of PUPPET KAFKA at HERE ( 145 6th Avenue at Dominick St -- between Spring and Broome) where it runs April 22 - May 10.

Drama of Works Celebrates 10th Anniversary with PUPPET KAFKA, Limited Engagement begins April 22 at HERE In celebration of its 10th Anniversary, Drama of Works will present the World Premiere of PUPPET KAFKA. Directed by Gretchen Van Lente, this new play by B. Walker Sampson is based on the life and work of Franz Kafka. Previews begin Wednesday, April 22nd at HERE Arts Center with opening slated for Sunday, April 26th.

Drama of Works invites you to celebrate its 10th Anniversary with the World Premiere of PUPPET KAFKA at HERE ( 145 6th Avenue at Dominick St -- between Spring and Broome) where it runs April 22 - May 10.

Bob Balaban (Waiting for Guffman, Gosford Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Midnight Cowboy), Brian Cox (Bourne Supremacy, X2, Manhunter - here reprising the role he played on Broadway) and Jeff Perry (Grey's Anatomy, Nash Bridges, Broadway's August: Osage County, co-creator of Steppenwolf Theatre) star when L.A. Theatre Works records Yasmina Reza's Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy, 'ART' for broadcast on LATW's nationally syndicated public radio theater series, The Play's The Thing.

Drama of Works Celebrates 10th Anniversary with PUPPET KAFKA, Limited Engagement begins April 22 at HERE In celebration of its 10th Anniversary, Drama of Works will present the World Premiere of PUPPET KAFKA. Directed by Gretchen Van Lente, this new play by B. Walker Sampson is based on the life and work of Franz Kafka. Previews begin Wednesday, April 22nd at HERE Arts Center with opening slated for Sunday, April 26th.

The Hairy Ape follows the saga of Yank, a maritime laborer who questions his place in society when branded as 'a filthy beast' by the rich daughter of a steel industrialist. In a series of eight scenes, O'Neill chronicles Yank's struggle with 'the human condition,' caught somewhere between his own primitive nature and the more intellectually based-and emotionally vacant-upper classes. Rejected by the bourgeois of Fifth Avenue as well as his fellow workers, Yank finally seeks solace from the only creature with whom he finds kinship: an ape in the Central Park Zoo. The Provincetown Players premiered The Hairy Ape, O'Neill's sixth play, in March 1922 under the direction of frequent O'Neill collaborator Robert Edmond Jones. That production, featuring Louis Wolheim's powerful performance as Yank, moved that April to Broadway's Plymouth Theatre. In 1944, a film version of the play featured William Bendix and in the ensuing decades the play has received dozens of notable revivals around the country; perhaps the most celebrated of these was The Wooster Group's 1996 production, featuring Willem Dafoe as Yank.

Van Hill Entertainment is proud to announce that the Off-Broadway premiere of ROOMS a rock romance, starring Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger, will begin performances on Friday February 27th at New World Stages/Stage 2 (340 West 50th Street). Opening Night is set for Monday March 16th (7 PM). ROOMS a rock romance has music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman (Bright Lights Big City) and book by Goodman and Miriam Gordon, and will be directed by Scott Schwartz (Golda's Balcony, Bat Boy: The Musical, tick, tick... BOOM!, Jane Eyre).

Two of Chicago's acclaimed off-Loop theater troupes join Goodman Theatre's 21st century exploration of Eugene O'Neill in February and March. The Hypocrites perform The Hairy Ape February 7-21, directed by Artistic Director and Founder Sean Graney, 'one of the most insightful directors now at work in Chicago' (Chicago Sun-Times), who transforms Goodman's three-tiered Owen Bruner Theatre into the various strata of an ocean liner. The Neo-Futurists, 'one of the most imaginative experimental theater ensembles in the country' (The Economist), perform Strange Interlude March 6-8, directed by Founder Greg Allen, in a production which unites audience and actors on the stage.

Two of Chicago's acclaimed off-Loop theater troupes join Goodman Theatre's 21st century exploration of Eugene O'Neill in February and March. The Hypocrites perform The Hairy Ape February 7-21, directed by Artistic Director and Founder Sean Graney, 'one of the most insightful directors now at work in Chicago' (Chicago Sun-Times), who transforms Goodman's three-tiered Owen Bruner Theatre into the various strata of an ocean liner. The Neo-Futurists, 'one of the most imaginative experimental theater ensembles in the country' (The Economist), perform Strange Interlude March 6-8, directed by Founder Greg Allen, in a production which unites audience and actors on the stage.