Neil LaBute News

Broadwayworld New Jersey continues our interview series with theatre professionals to learn about their future plans during temporary closures. Frank Licato, the Artistic Director of Hudson Theatre Works shared with us some interesting insights.

Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner has been tapped to star as matriarch Amanda Wingfield in the Actors Fund 'Friday Night Play Reading' series, created by Alison Tanney and Tim Realbuto.

Contemptible Entertainment is releasing six short films by Neil LaBute. The first two of the films drop today: Sexting, with Julia Stiles, Marin Ireland and Jamie Anderson; and Double or Nothing, with Adam Brody, Louisa Krause and Keith David.

Erika Henningsen has been cast as Laura Wingfield in The Actors Fund benefit reading of the Tennessee Williams classic 'The Glass Menagerie.'

The Actors Fund has created a donation link in honor of tomorrow evening's production of Neil LaBute's THE SHAPE OF THINGS. To donate, please visit www.ActorsFund.org/TheShapeOfThings.

The Secret Theatre's owner and Artistic Director, Richard Mazda, has released a statement on the immediate permanent closure of The Secret Theatre. Read his statement and see a separate video message from Richard below.

Playwright and director Neil LaBute will join the cast of the upcoming reading of a??The Shape of Thingsa?? for a post-show Q&A moderated by director/producer Alison Tanney.

A special one-night only virtual reading of Neil LaBute's THE SHAPE OF THINGS will be held on Friday, May 8th at 7:00 PM EST.

Neil LaBute's Ten X Ten Series will be offered as free content via The St. Louis Actors' Studio's Twitter account @STLAS1 beginning March 25, 2020.

Just last month, Broadway celebrated the return of West Side Story- a daring new interpretation from director Ivo van Hove. In 2009, Broadway was celebrating the opening of a different West Side Story. This version, which opened March 19 at the Palace Theatre, starred Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, and Tony winner Karen Olivo, and new Spanish lyrics from Lin-Manuel Miranda. The revival would go on to play 748 performances, running just under two years.

St. Louis Actors' Studio (STLAS) to offer Neil LaBute's 10 x 10 series as exclusive streaming content for its current subscribers (new subscribers to the 20/21 season) and ticket holders and will postpone the world premiere of LaBute's play a?oeComforta??. 

In her third volume of EXIT STRATEGY, Sandra will dazzle audiences in a delightful night of fun, love, and laughter as she reflects on the empowerment of women; and the joys and challenges that women embrace on their journey through life. Exit Strategy 3: An Evening with Sandra K will include the following monologues presented by Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc; New York: THE GOOD BODY, by Eve Ensler; ALL THE WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU, by Neil LaBute; IN A WORD, by Craig Pospisil; THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, by Eve Ensler; THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG, by Wendy Wasserstein.

Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director) with Wolfgang Novogratz announce the limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street) of Ronan Noone' play THE ATHEIST playing Friday, February 28th, Saturday, February 29th, and March 1st. Tickets for the show are $20.00. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to The Actors Fund - the national organization that has provided a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals since 1882. Tickets may be purchased via Brown Paper Tickets at https://wolfgang4theactorsfund.bpt.me or via link on urbanstages.org

a?oeBack the Nighta?? by award-winning playwright Melinda Lopeza?"the 2019-20 Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor in Theatre Arts at Boston Collegea?"will launch the spring season at the University's Robsham Theater Arts Center in a production directed by Boston-based director and educator Pascale Florestal in the Bonn Studio on January 23-26.

An International cast brings to life Doug and Kathleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries next month at The Cultch Theatre in Vancouver.

An international cast is set to star in a new production of Gruesome Playground Injuries next month. The original production premiered at the Alley Theatre in Houston in 2009, then off-Broadway in 2011. The play will be put up during the both romantic and equally commercialized Valentine's day season.

Tony Award-nominated playwright Neil LaBute, joined the cast and director of A DARK DARK HOUSE for a post-show discussion on Sunday, December 15. Theatre and Opera scenic designer Andromache Chalfant, moderated.

Knife Edge Production of Neil LaBute's play, In a Dark Dark House, opened on December 10 at A.R.T/New York Theatres in Midtown Manhattan. The critically acclaimed production runs through December 21.

Tony Award-nominated Reasons to Be Pretty playwright Neil LaBute will join the cast and director for a talkback following the performance of his play, In a Dark Dark House, on Sunday, December 15 at 7 pm. Andromache Chalfant (set designer for theatre & opera) will moderate.

The Impulse Company, the UK's home of Meisner-rooted performance techniques, will present an afternoon showcase by the works of contemporary and classical playwrights on Wednesday, December 4th at the Tristan Bates Theatre in central London.