Gina Gionfriddo News

Second Stage Theatre will present the New York premiere of Rajiv Joseph's (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) Gruesome Playground Injuries featuring Pablo Schreiber and Jennifer Carpenter in 2011, the New York Times reveals today. Scott Ellis will direct. Preview will begin on January 5, 2011, with an opening night scheduled for January 31, 2011.

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents The Skriker, written by Caryl Churchill and directed by Jess Jung, as the first installment of the 2010-2011 New Directors Series. The production opens Friday, November 5, and runs through Sunday, November 14, 2010, at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2 PM. Previews are on November 3 and November 4 at 7:30 PM.

The darkly comic story of two recent college grads on the hunt for love, money, meaning, and Ed - New York's most elusive serial attacker.

A great many wrong things can happen on a blind date, especially one between a couple of people that are such complete polar opposites of each other. But what happens when said blind date is not just an awful one... but, really, the worst blind date ever? Such is the premise of Gina Gionfriddo's engrossingly funny play BECKY SHAW, which recently had its West Coast premiere at South Coast Repertory and continues there through November 21. This off-Broadway hit-a recent nominee for the Pulitzer Prize-tells the story of one such blind date that is so awful and so doomed from the start that it actually sets off this chain reaction of searing arguments, intense revelations, and jaw-dropping events that forever alters the lives of everyone in the periphery. Make no mistake, though. This is one seriously hilarious play-but not for the reasons you may think.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for the World Premiere of A SMALL FIRE, a new play by Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Drunken City at PH, The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows).

The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 29th season with the world premiere of Bob Glaudini's Vengeance is the Lord's, directed by Peter DuBois.

David Cote, theater editor and chief drama critic at Time Out New York, will moderate the VINEYARD VOICES panel "LAW & ORDER AND THE STAGE" on Sunday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) it has been announced.

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents The Skriker, written by Caryl Churchill and directed by Jess Jung, as the first installment of the 2010-2011 New Directors Series. The production opens Friday, November 5, and runs through Sunday, November 14, 2010, at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2 PM. Previews are on November 3 and November 4 at 7:30 PM.

A newly married couple finds their own relationship on the rocks after they set up their friends on a date from hell in Gina Gionfriddo's wicked comedy Becky Shaw, a West Coast premiere that will run Oct. 22 through Nov. 21 at South Coast Repertory.

David Cote, theater editor and chief drama critic at Time Out New York, will moderate the VINEYARD VOICES panel "LAW & ORDER AND THE STAGE" on Sunday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) it has been announced.

The darkly comic story of two recent college grads on the hunt for love, money, meaning, and Ed - New York's most elusive serial attacker.

The Almeida is a 325 seat theatre in the heart of Islington, North London.

According to a report by Baz Bamigboye for UK Daily Mail, Haydn Gwynne is set to star alongside Daisy Haggard, Anna Madeley, David Wilson Barnes and Vincent Montuel in Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw, which will open on January 14 at the Almeida Theatre.

The Tony and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.) will continue its popular VINEYARD VOICES program which began last season-a series of discussions with leading artists associated with The Vineyard-with three programs in the fall, starting with "LAW & ORDER AND THE STAGE" on Sunday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m.

A newly married couple finds their own relationship on the rocks after they set up their friends on a date from hell in Gina Gionfriddo's wicked comedy Becky Shaw, a West Coast premiere that will run Oct. 22 through Nov. 21 at South Coast Repertory.

The South Coast Repertory Theater has announced its upcoming schedule for August through November, 2010.

South Coast Repertory has announced its upcoming season through November. They include the following productions.

Actor's Express presents the Atlanta premiere of the hit play Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo.

Kathleen Turner, Matthew Rhys, Ron Rifkin, Steven Weber, Billy Crudup, Jane Kaczmarek, David Selby, Julian Sands, Tate Donovan and Dulé Hill are just some of the stars lined up to perform in an exciting lineup of 10 plays for L.A. Theatre Works' 2010-11 Season.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, and Ari Graynor will co-star in the world premiere comedy TRUST, written by Paul Weitz, directed by Peter DuBois. Mr. Weitz returns to Second Stage Theatre, where his plays Privilege and Show People premiered in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Directed by Peter DuBois, who staged Second Stage's acclaimed production of Becky Shaw, TRUST will begin previews on Friday, July 23 at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43rd street) and officially open on Thursday, August 12. The production runs through September 5.