Lee Blessing News

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes At Hand Theatre Company with the US premiere of THE BODY POLITIC, written by Richard Abrons and Margarett Perry and directed by Margarett Perry. THE BODY POLITIC will close Sunday, March 6. Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.

Mutineer Theatre Company presents a world premiere play, THE WOODPECKER, written by Samuel Brett Williams, directed by Jon Cohn and produced by Stephanie Chang and Taylor Coffman.

Mutineer Theatre Company is thrilled to present a world premiere play, THE WOODPECKER, written by Samuel Brett Williams, directed by Jon Cohn and produced by Stephanie Chang and Taylor Coffman. Developed by the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Cherry Lane Theater, Hatchery Arts, and now with Mutineer Theatre Company, THE WOODPECKER will preview on Friday, March 4 and will open on Saturday, March 5 and run through Sunday, April 3 at the Studio/Stage Theatre, 520 N. Western Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Mutineer Theatre Company presents a world premiere play, THE WOODPECKER, written by Samuel Brett Williams, directed by Jon Cohn and produced by Stephanie Chang and Taylor Coffman.

Profiles Theatre is bringing back its acclaimed Midwest Premiere of Jailbait by Deirdre O'Connor, directed by Artistic Director Joe Jahraus, for a limited engagement at its new space, The Second Stage. The production closes February 27, 2011, at The Second Stage, 3408 N. Sheffield (the former Stage Left Theatre).

Max Wilk, author, playwright, film and television writer, and long time dramaturg for the National Playwrights Conference passed away at the age of 90, on Saturday, February 19th, at his home in Westport, Connecticut.

TimeLine Theatre Company, named the nation's theater 'Company of the Year' for 2010 by Terry Teachout in The Wall Street Journal and 'one of the Chicago theater's most impressive growth stories' by Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune, announces its four-play 2011-12 season

PlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new play development organization, is offering two classes this spring at the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia (1616 Walnut St., Suite 1800).

Geva Theatre Center announces that Richard Brooks, best known to TV viewers as Assistant D.A. Paul Robinette in NBC's 'Law & Order' and bounty hunter Jubal Early in 'Firefly' will play the central role of Harmond Wilks in its forthcoming production of August Wilson's Radio Golf in the Mainstage March 22 - April 17.

Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) is pleased to announce a fourth extension for the first New York revival of Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, directed by Michael Greif.

The Mobtown Playwrights Group concludes its 2010-2011 season with Welcome to the Good Life, Baby!, a reading of a new one-act play by D. L. Faulkner.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes At Hand Theatre Company with the US premiere of THE BODY POLITIC, written by Richard Abrons and Margarett Perry and directed by Margarett Perry.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by Shana Cooper, at the University Theatre (222 York Street) March 11-April 2, 2011.

Mutineer Theatre Company is thrilled to present a world premiere play, THE WOODPECKER, written by Samuel Brett Williams, directed by Jon Cohn and produced by Stephanie Chang and Taylor Coffman. Developed by the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Cherry Lane Theater, Hatchery Arts, and now with Mutineer Theatre Company, THE WOODPECKER will preview on Friday, March 4 and will open on Saturday, March 5 and run through Sunday, April 3 at the Studio/Stage Theatre, 520 N. Western Blvd. in Los Angeles.

The Mobtown Playwrights Group concludes its 2010-2011 season with Welcome to the Good Life, Baby!, a reading of a new one-act play by D. L. Faulkner.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Wayne Kelton, Executive Director) today announced the cast for the 25th Anniversary production of Benefactors. Carl Forsman will direct a cast that includes Vivienne Benesch (appeared opposite Maggie Smith in the London revival of Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque; OBIE winner for Lee Blessing's Going to St. Ives), Daniel Jenkins (Love Child, Mary Poppins, Tony nominee for Big River), Deanne Lorette (La Bete), and Stephen Barker Turner (Rinne Groff's Compulsion opposite Mandy Patinkin).

Profiles Theatre continues its 2010-2011 Season with reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder.

The votes have all been counted and audited and we're VERY excited to announce the results of the first ever BroadwayWorld.com Philadelphia Awards! Tens of thousands of votes were cast during six weeks of intensive voting on over 150 nominees in 25 categories.  Thank you to all who voted and congratulations to all the winners!

Profiles Theatre is bringing back its acclaimed Midwest Premiere of Jailbait by Deirdre O'Connor, directed by Artistic Director Joe Jahraus, for a limited engagement at its new space, The Second Stage.

Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, announces updates to the 2011 season in its Mainstage and Stage 2 venues.