Horton Foote News

After a number of extensions, the first New York revival of Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, directed by Michael Greif at the Signature Theatre will close on April 24.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory (YC) present Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner Horton Foote's The Widow Claire and Courtship, two one-act plays from his beloved nine-play epic, The Orphans' Home Cycle

Uptown Players begins its second full season at the Kalita Humphreys Theater with the regional premiere of The Young Man From Atlanta by the late legendary Texas playwright, Horton Foote, running April 1 - 17, 2011.

The Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the second production of its 2011 Season, the Los Angeles premiere of a newly revised version of Sam Shepard's CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, directed by Scott Paulin (who played Wesley in Magic Theatre's production where Mr. Shepard was playwright-in-residence).

People's Light & Theatre presents the Philadelphia premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate. It runs May 11 - June 5, 2011 on the Main Stage. Artistic Director Abigail Adams directs. People's Light & T

FMPAT is pleased to present a free reading of The Land of the Astronauts by Horton Foote this Sunday at 7:30pm, the third and final reading of the series for the Foote Festival.

In conjunction with the Philadelphia Premiere production of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, People's Light & Theatre will present two free events to complement the audience members' experience: A Conversation About Horton Foote on April 10th and Choosing Conservation in the 21st Century on May 16th.

Theater for the New City proudly presents the world premiere of Birds on Fire, a historical musical drama written and directed by Barbara Kahn.

Cutting Ball Theater welcomes the spring with the Bay Area Premiere of LADY GREY (in ever lower light) and other plays, three short plays by acclaimed contemporary playwright Will Eno. Hailed by The New York Times as 'a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation,' Eno is the inaugural recipient of the Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play.

NEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor® recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, proudly announces that 14-time Tony Award® winner Roger Berlind will be honored with their 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 62nd Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held Tuesday, May 17th at the New York Marriott Marquis.

FMPAT is pleased to present a free reading of The Land of the Astronauts by Horton Foote this Sunday at 7:30pm, the third and final reading of the series for the Foote Festival.

A Red Orchid Theatre closes its 2010-2011 Season with Machiavelli's The Mandrake, translated by Peter Constantine and directed by Steve Scott.

A Red Orchid Theatre closes its 2010-2011 Season with Machiavelli's The Mandrake, translated by Peter Constantine and directed by Steve Scott.

Mark Blum, Michael Stahl-David, Donna Hanover, Tom Lipinski and Liz Stauber will comprise the cast of Christopher Shinn's play PICKED -- being given its world-premiere production by the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.), with previews starting April 6 prior to its official opening night on April 20 -- it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, the Vineyard's artistic director. Michael Wilson will direct.

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has named Bill Cain's 'Nine Circles,' a harrowing play about war and redemption, the winner of the $25,000 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for 2011. The award recognizes playwrights for the best scripts that premiere professionally outside New York City during the previous calendar year.

FMPA Theatre will be presenting three free readings of different works by Texas Playwright Horton Foote, with open participation to the public, as a part of the Foote Festival, when Dallas-Fort Worth area arts organizations come together for a two month-long celebration of the late legendary Texas playwright Horton Foote.

FMPA Theatre will be presenting three free readings of different works by Texas Playwright Horton Foote, with open participation to the public, as a part of the Foote Festival, when Dallas-Fort Worth area arts organizations come together for a two month-long celebration of the late legendary Texas playwright Horton Foote.

In conjunction with the Philadelphia Premiere production of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, People's Light & Theatre will present two free events to complement the audience members' experience: A Conversation About Horton Foote on April 10th and Choosing Conservation in the 21st Century on May 16th.

WaterTower Theatre's entry in the city-wide Horton Foote Festival, THE TRAVELLING LADY, will be presented April 1 - May 1, 2011. Directed by Dr. Marion Castleberry, tickets are $22 - $40 and can be purchased a www.watertowertheatre.org

Uptown Players begins its second full season at the Kalita Humphreys Theater with the regional premiere of The Young Man From Atlanta by the late legendary Texas playwright, Horton Foote, running April 1 - 17, 2011.