Melinda Lopez News

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston will welcome audiences back for their 47th season.  Their six-show season asks us how far we would go for the people and things we hold dear. They're excited to open their doors on September 24 and share these powerful, exciting, and moving shows with audiences.

Portland Stage has announced that New England's most prestigious playwriting contest, the Clauder Competition, is accepting submissions for the 2022 Competition through March 31, 2022. 

The Huntington announces the extension of Black Beans Project, a world premiere digital work by Huntington artist-in-residence Melinda Lopez and award-winning performer Joel Perez, directed by Jaime Castañeda, now available for on-demand streaming through June 13, 2021. All tickets are pay-what-you-can.

Hartford Stage has announced the launch of the inaugural American Voices New Play Festival. The virtual festival will feature three new American plays by writers with Latinx and Hispanic roots.

The Huntington announces the extension of Black Beans Project, a world premiere digital work by Huntington artist-in-residence Melinda Lopez and award-winning performer Joel Perez, directed by Jaime Castañeda, now available for on-demand streaming through June 6, 2021. All tickets are pay-what-you-can.

The Huntington announces the launch of four additional titles to its series of short audio plays by local playwrights entitled Dream Boston.

The Huntington will present Black Beans Project, a world premiere digital work by Huntington artist-in-residence Melinda Lopez and award-winning performer Joel Perez, directed by Jaime Castañeda, and available for on-demand streaming from May 11 – 30, 2021.

In the American theatre space, the Latinx narrative reflected on stage can tend to revolve around narrow topics like the 'border' or 'disaster' play. While shedding light on the ongoing crisis on the Mexican-American border and the aftermath of natural disasters like Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico are narratives deserving of attention, these stories can overly narrow the breadth of Latinx experiences in the United States.

Hartford Stage Women are Part of a New Slate of Theater Leaders in Connecticut and talk about making history.

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre will present Boston Theater Marathon XXIII: Special Zoom Edition, featuring 50 ten-minute plays written by New England playwrights and presented by New England theatre companies via the video conferencing tool Zoom.

The winning plays, The Last Ship to Proxima Centauri by Greg Lam, In His Hands by Benjamin Benne, and Rx Machina by Caity-Shea Violette will be workshopped and given digital readings in the 32nd Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected over three weekends in March and April, starting March 12, 2021. The digital workshop performances are free and open to the public with registration.

TheaterWorks Hartford announced today that Mr. Parent by Melinda Lopez with Maurice Emmanuel Parent will stream on demand March 7 – 26, 2021 to members and single ticket buyers. Mr. Parent is a hilarious, joyful, and heartbreakingly honest peek into the kids, adults, and systems of Boston Public Schools.

TheaterWorks Hartford announced today that MR PARENT by Melinda Lopez with Maurice Emmanuel Parent will stream on demand March 7 – March 26, 2021 to members and single ticket buyers.

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston has announced its newest development: the Walking Plays audio play series. Artistic Director Courtney O'Connor said, “In a world where people are unable to experience the beauty of live theatre, we've created  the Walking Plays as a way to bring a form of live theatre to them.”

A new bi-lingual theatre project has launched this year in Chelsea: Teatro Chelsea! Teatro Chelsea creates theatre at the crossroads of languages, cultures, and histories, and seeks to amplify and honor the voices that speak to these unique experiences.

The Boston area’s newest bi-lingual theatre company, Teatro Chelsea, presents the North American premiere of Sonia se fue—the Spanish language translation of Sonia Flew by acclaimed Boston playwright Melinda Lopez.

ArtsEmerson, Boston's leading presenter of contemporary world theatre and the professional presenting and producing organization at Emerson College, will commit the 2020/21 season to being the Year Of Experimentation, focusing on the development and programming of its new digital venue, and providing support to international artists.

Huntington Theatre Company announces the launch of seven additional titles to its series of short audio plays entitled Dream Boston. Four plays were announced in July, and the next seven will be released over subsequent weeks this fall. They are available on the Huntington's website, as well as on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher.

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This week, Dramatists Play Service's social media channel, 'DPS On Air,' featured DPS playwright and performer Melinda Lopez ('Sonia Flew', 'Fever Pitch') reading from her one woman play 'Mala'.