Manhattan Repertory Theatre News

The Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo (Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn) and directed by Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois (A Little Night Music and Smart People). Performances begin Friday, March 25 and continue through April 24, 2016 at the South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. 

Manhattan Repertory Theatre offers 30 playwrights the chance to win $1000. Are you up for it?

Someday Productions LLC's award-winning playwrights, owner and president Stephanie C. Lyons-Keeley along with her husband Wayne J. Keeley, have had their original, full-length play, Waiting For The Sun, accepted into the Venus/Adonis Theater Festival 2016. Theirs will compete against 48 other works in what is touted as the second largest festival of its kind in the country.

59E59 Theaters will welcome the St. Louis Actors' Studio?with the NYC premiere of their acclaimed LaBUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL, an evening of one-act plays featuring new plays by Neil LaBute, Lexi Wolfe, Peter Grandbois & Nancy Bell, G.D. Kimble, JJ Strong, and John Doble. Directed by Milton Zoth and John Pierson, the LaBUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL begins performances on Wednesday, January 13 for a limited engagement through Sunday, February 7.  Press opening is Sunday, January 17 at 7:30 PM.  The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM & 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $30 ($21 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org. 

At the fictional Faber College, two freshmen clash over the revelation of a dark but time-honored hazing ritual. BROTHERS probes questions of class, legacy, torture and American traditions older than the country itself.

Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater (ALT), present the company's libretto workshop and upcoming presentation of THE HALLOWEEN TREE today, October 30, 2015, will feature actors Glenn Seven Allen, Etai Benson, Daniel T. Curran, Jesse Geguzis, Emma Grimsley, Conor Guzman, Adam La Faci, Thia Stephan, and Rocky Vega.

Stephanie C. Lyons-Keeley and Wayne J. Keeley of Someday Productions LLC have accepted an invitation to become resident playwrights at Manhattan Repertory Theatre (MRT) in New York City. After writing, producing, and directing three short plays performed in four one-act play series, MRT's artistic director, Ken Wolf, extended the offer to the couple.

Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater (ALT), announced today that the company's libretto workshop and upcoming presentation of THE HALLOWEEN TREE on Friday, October 30, 2015, will feature actors Glenn Seven Allen, Etai Benson, Daniel T. Curran, Jesse Geguzis, Emma Grimsley, Conor Guzman, Adam La Faci, Thia Stephan, and Rocky Vega.

The sold-out benefit evening of 'BRIDGING THE GAP AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS BY WESLEY TAYLOR' -- an evening of readings of a collection of six new short plays by actor and playwright WESLEY TAYLOR to benefit The Actors Fund -- is held tonight, October 26, 2015 at 7:30 pm at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

BroadwayWorld has just learned that the benefit evening of 'BRIDGING THE GAP AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS BY WESLEY TAYLOR' has sold out. The event will be presented as an evening of readings of a collection of six new short plays by actor and playwright WESLEY TAYLORto benefit The Actors Fund. The one-night-only event is set for Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7:30 pm at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

At the fictional Faber College, two freshmen clash over the revelation of a dark but time-honored hazing ritual. BROTHERS probes questions of class, legacy, torture and American traditions older than the country itself.

A short, one-act play written, directed, and produced by Wayne J. Keeley and Stephanie C. Lyons was one of 30 plays featured in Manhattan Repertory Theatre's (MRT) Fall One-Act Play Competition. Heaven Sent first competed in the fourth of MRT's six series against four other plays.

A short, one-act play written, directed, and produced by Wayne J. Keeley and Stephanie C. Lyons is one of 30 plays featured in Manhattan Repertory Theatre's (MRT) Fall One-Act Play Competition. HEAVEN SENT first competed in the fourth of MRT's six series against four other plays. By audience vote, HEAVEN SENT received the highest score in its series and it is to move on to the finals where it will compete against five other finalists.

Juliet Echo Productions is proud to announce that TEXT/LOVE LOVE/TEXT will be presented at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, an off-Broadway venue in Time's Square area, OCTOBER 8th-9th, 2015 at 9pm, as part of their fall play development competition.

A short, one-act play written, directed, and produced by Wayne J. Keeley and Stephanie C. Lyons is one of 30 plays featured in Manhattan Repertory Theatre's (MRT) Fall One-Act Play Competition. HEAVEN SENT first competed in the fourth of MRT's six series against four other plays. By audience vote, HEAVEN SENT received the highest score in its series and it is to move on to the finals where it will compete against five other finalists.

It was announced today that additional participants have joined the benefit evening of 'BRIDGING THE GAP AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS BY WESLEY TAYLOR'. The event will be presented as an evening of readings of a collection of six new short plays by actor and playwright WESLEY TAYLORto benefit The Actors Fund. The one-night-only event is set for Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7:30 pm at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) and tickets are now on sale via www.actorsfund.org.

Dixon Place presents a one-night-only performance of The QVC: A Backstage Pass, an world premiere of four original one acts written by Andrew Dahl, Andrew Hutcheson, Rachael Jenison, and Jonathan Spivey on Monday, September 28th at 7:30 PM on the Main Stage.

'Holey Swiss!' by Philip Paradis is one of five new one-act plays to be showcased at Manhattan Repertory Theatre as part of Manhattan Rep's Fall One Act Play Competition on September 21, 24, 25, 26 at 6:30 pm. Other plays in the Series 5 showcase include 'Disposition' by Ange Arabatzis, 'Personally Yours,' by Lawrence F. Schwabacher, 'An Actor's Life For Me,' by Bryon Krueger and Jordan Cwiazdowski, and 'The Crime Is In Getting Caught,' by Raven Petretti.

The VH Theatrical Development Foundation announces that after an acclaimed Off-Broadway engagement last fall, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! (formerly titled THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN), a new play by best-selling author Laura Pedersen FROM BUFFALO, will open the 2015-2016 Frey Electric Construction Co.  Season at the 710 Main Theatre (formerly Studio Arena Theatre) in Buffalo, New York, with a limited engagement scheduled to play tonight, September 17 - Sunday, October 4, 2015.  Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! is set in Buffalo, where Ms. Pedersen was born and raised. 

The VH Theatrical Development Foundation proudly announces that after an acclaimed Off-Broadway engagement last fall, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! (formerly titled THE BRIGHTNESS OF HEAVEN), a new play by best-selling author Laura Pedersen, will open the 2015-2016 Theater Season at the 710 Main Street Theatre (formerly Studio Arena Theater) in Buffalo, New York, with a limited engagement scheduled to play tonight, September 17 - Sunday, October 4, 2015.  Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! is set in Buffalo, where Ms. Pedersen was born and raised.