Neil LaBute News

MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) presents Beth Henley's Family Week, directed by Jonathan Demme. Performances of the four person play began at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on April 9 and continue through May 23, 2010.

Primary Stages Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA) has announced its 2010 Summer schedule of classes and workshops. ESPA will offer new classes in filmmaking, improvisation, voiceover, yoga and pilates for actors, and special guest instructors Neil LaBute and Keira Naughton join returning faculty members Karen Braga, Mark Blum, Denny Dillon and Linda & David Laundra.

She&Her Productions - A Professional company - will hold auditions for The Shape Of Things by Neil Labute: Apr 25: 7:30 pm Sun.

MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that Playwright-in-Residence Neil LaBute will direct three special benefit performances of his all new ‘shorts' series, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: Scenes of Intolerance for the company.

She&Her Productions - A Professional company - will hold auditions for The Shape Of Things by Neil Labute: Apr 25: 7:30 pm Sun.

Queensland Theatre Company will present Neil LaBute's award-winning comedy FAT PIG at the Billie Brown Studio beginning May 31, 2010.

MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that they are delaying the official press opening of Beth Henley's Family Week, directed by Jonathan Demme by one week. The production will now officially open on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

The Cape Cod Theatre project has announced participating directors for their summer season running July 8-31. Joining the CCTP will be Mark Brokaw and Cary Perloff for their productions of Guidance and The Color of Desire.

Weekend Movie Box Office Update: April 16 - April 18, 2010

The Rising Sun Performance Company will present a number of one acts on April 20th in order to allow audiences to select the upcoming plays for the 2010-2011 season. The readings will feature Via Cruces by Scott McMorrow, Blue Tuesday by Frank Anthony Polito, Residue by Stacey Lane, Nothing By Elena Naskova, and 14th Street by Laura Rohrman.

The Rising Sun Performance Company will present a number of one acts on April 20th in order to allow audiences to select the upcoming plays for the 2010-2011 season. The readings will feature Via Cruces by Scott McMorrow, Blue Tuesday by Frank Anthony Polito, Residue by Stacey Lane, Nothing By Elena Naskova, and 14th Street by Laura Rohrman.

Silver Spring Stage presents Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Chris Curtis and produced by Bridget Muehlberger. A life-shattering accident turns a suburban family's world upside down and leaves a couple trying to chart their pathway from darkness into light in a heartfelt story of grief and hope. Rabbit Hole will perform weekends April 16 to May 9.

Stephen Pevner joins producers Hammerstein Weiner LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser, and Kingsize USA, as lead producer of CALIGULA MAXIMUS, currently playing at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre through April 17th.

According to reports from EW.com, Academy Award winning actress Rachel Weisz will star in the upcoming film 'Jackie.'

Starting tomorrow, April 14, Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) opens THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Shakespeare's comedy, running thru June 6, is staged by London's Bush Theatre Artistic Director Josie Rourke, and incorporates new scenes written by one of America's leading dramatists, Neil LaBute.

According to the New York Times, New York City's MCC Theater has made the first announcements regarding its 2010-2011 season at the Lucille Lortel Theater.

The Geffen Playhouse's 2010 / 2011 season builds on successful relationships with playwrights who have worked at the Geffen Playhouse in the past - Jane Anderson, Hershey Felder and Neil LaBute, and welcomes the newer voices of Pulitzer Prize winners Tracy Letts and Lynn Nottage. The first season in the newly named Gil Cates Theater, this collection of plays tackles often polarizing issues ranging from faith to war to sex. The season opens with Lynn Nottage's multi-award winning drama Ruined, continues with the crowd pleaser Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein, then kicks off the new year with the world premiere of Neil LaBute's The Break of Noon, followed by the world premiere of Jane Anderson's The Escort (a Geffen Playhouse commission), and concludes with the West coast premiere of Tracy Lett's Superior Donuts.

Profiles Theatre will end the run of its hit production Killer Joe by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder on April 11th.

MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director), one of New York's leading Off Broadway theater companies for the past 24 years, believes in the exciting new voices of young artists and in giving those voices the opportunity to be nurtured and heard.

In numbers, the mysteries of life can be revealed. So begins the award-winning Off-Broadway musical ADDING MACHINE, which concludes its New England premiere April 10, 2010, courtesy of SpeakEasy Stage Company. The show began performances March 12.