Jean Genet News

Centaur Theatre will present the in-person return of WILDSIDE FESTIVAL 2023, featuring a thought provoking collection of experimental artistry with five theatre works, curated by Rose Plotek.

Theatre Communications Group has opened the application for The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship! This is a valuable opportunity that we don't want students to miss out on!

Directed by Fernando Philbert, and starring Suely Franco, Deborah Evelyn e Nathalia Dill the play brings a biting comedy that reflects on the passage of time through the settling of accounts between three generations.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, begins Season XIII: Celebrating the Extraordinary with Eugène Ionesco’s The Chairs. Directed by Quintessence’s Artistic Director Alexander Burns, The Chairs, full of absurdist philosophy, witty wordplay and slapstick comedy runs through October 23. Check out photos of the production here.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, begins Season XIII: Celebrating the Extraordinary with Eugène Ionesco's The Chairs. Directed by Quintessence's Artistic Director Alexander Burns, The Chairs, full of absurdist philosophy, witty wordplay and slapstick comedy, starts previews September 28, with an Opening Night Saturday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m

'The Maids' by Jean Genet and translated by Bernard Frechtman, opens Friday, August 26 at the Greek Cultural Center. This play is the inaugural production of The Garret Theatre and a production of the Greek Cultural Center, a fixture of the Astoria community. 'The Maids' is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, inc.

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal) lamentan el deceso de Adriana Roel, actriz emérita de la Compañía Nacional de Teatro, quien obtuvo dos premios Ariel como Mejor Actriz. Figura memorable en la historia de la escena mexicana participó en más de 50 montajes, 40 películas y alrededor de 30 telenovelas durante 60 años de trayectoria en cine, teatro y televisión.

Nichelle Nichols, famous for portraying communications officer Uhura on the original “Star Trek” series, died Saturday night in Silver City, N.M. She was 89 years old.

The Space at Ironale will present Jean Genet’s richly sinister play, The Maids, August 18-21. Performed in the round overlooking a diorama-like stage, the timeless work originally premiered in Paris in 1947, tackles topical issues of social class, oppression, alienation, gender, and sexual identity.

Fiona Gorry-Hines, Evie Mason, Kate Pressman, Alaudin Ullah, Tré Calhoun, Kanika Asavari Vaish, morgan mcnaught, Clarity Bian, and Daniel Irving Rattner.

Columbia University School of the Arts will present an expanded festival of new plays written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Students. The faculty who have nurtured these students, including Tony, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners such as David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, and more, invite you to experience these innovative new playwrights.

Alexander Zuccaro (Billy Eicher/Judd Apatow's Bros, CBS's The Good Fight, and Father John Misty music video for “Kiss Me”) makes his stage debut as the Second Man in John Debenedetto's sketch comedy BlackBox SandBox.

The Classical Theatre of Harlem, a professional theater company that has brought audiences Black artistic excellence for over two decades, announced casting today for its upcoming production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Marcus Garvey Park in East Harlem July 5-29.

La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines unveils today its entire 2022-2023 season. As usual, this 32nd season will be faithful to its mandate, open to hybrid and transversal forms by offering a panoramic vision of creation, in all its diversity: 

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center invites audiences to join them TODAY, Friday April 8 at 6 pm, for a NY LIVE evening at Villa Albertine | Cultural Services of the French Embassy + HowlRound zoom celebrating the Segal Center’s latest publication Bernard-Marie Koltès: Seven Plays; edited and with an introduction by scholar and translator Amin Erfani (Lehman College, CUNY)​. Free and open to the public; first come, first served.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center invites audiences on Friday, April 8 at 6pm, for a NY LIVE evening at Villa Albertine | Cultural Services of the French Embassy + HowlRound zoom celebrating the Segal Center’s latest publication Bernard-Marie Koltès: Seven Plays; edited and with an introduction by scholar and translator Amin Erfani (Lehman College, CUNY)​. Free and open to the public; first come, first served.

The Public Theater will begin performances for the New York premiere of THE VAGRANT TRILOGY on Friday, April 8 with a Joseph Papp Free Performance, after the cancellation of the 2020 production just five days before the first performance and a two-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Notes on Rich Roy's autobiographical A White Man's Guide To Rikers Island, Sam Chanse's 'what you are now' and a Hamilton-related theatre landmark on St. Marks Place.

Performance Space New York today announced its Spring 2022 season, featuring Puppies Puppies (Jade Guarano Kuriki-Olivo) with ALANI, China Black, Dani Davis, Lexii Foxx, Kaiya, Kammy-Rae, and Alethia Rael (Award Ceremony: March 4; Group Exhibition: March 11-April 17); Storyboard P (April 7-8) and more.

Pickering's Trilogy: Truth, Lies and Deception will have its premier at Le Pavé d’Orsay Theatre in the heart of Paris on December 16th. The trilogy contains three short plays Cat and Mouse, Sylvie and Sly and Beach Break.