South Coast Repertory News

The world premiere of acclaimed actor/writer Alan Alda's Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, a bioplay about the passions and conflicts of the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, will feature Anna Gunn as the title character.

AMERICAN NIGHT: THE BALLAD OF JUAN JOSÉ, by Richard Montoya developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney, will play the Denver Center Theatre Company's Ricketson Theatre October 7 - November 20 (opening night Thursday, October 13.) Tickets are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.

Arena Stage announces casting for You, Nero by American Voices New Play Institute resident playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Freed. Making his Arena Stage debut is director Nicholas Martin (Broadway's Present Laughter, Butley). You, Nero runs November 25, 2011-January 1, 2012 in the Fichandler Stage.

South Coast Repertory is opening its doors on Oct. 3 for a free open house that includes backstage tours, an introduction to the 2011-12 season, light refreshments and a meet-and-greet with new Artistic Director Marc Masterson.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/02 for San Diego

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/02 for Santa Barbara

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/02 for Sacramento

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/02 for Costa Mesa

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/02 for Thousand Oaks

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/02 for Los Angeles

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/02 for San Francisco

Founding Artistic Director Martin Benson will direct the work of an old friend when South Coast Repertory presents Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful Oct. 21 through Nov. 20 on the Segerstrom Stage.

Founding Artistic Director Martin Benson will direct the work of an old friend when South Coast Repertory presents Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful Oct. 21 through Nov. 20 on the Segerstrom Stage.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced that Lisa D'Amour and Melissa James Gibson will each be presented with the Steinberg Playwright Award at the 4th Annual Steinberg Playwright 'Mimi' Awards. The Mimi Awards promote theater as a vital part of our culture by nurturing American playwrights and encouraging the development and production of new American plays.

One of the most beloved novels of all time, Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE has so consistently resonated with readers since its first publication in 1813 that it has spawned a plethora of dramatic adaptations on several different mediums. Continuing the trend is South Coast Repertory, now running an enjoyable new stage production continuing through October 9. This brisk, high-tech, yet faithful stage adaptation imagines the story coming to life before the eyes of a young teenager observing the drama.

Warrior Class, a new drama about a young politician whose past could derail his future, will have a staged reading Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. as part of South Coast Repertory's NewSCRipts series.

South Coast Repertory is opening its doors on Oct. 3 for a free open house that includes backstage tours, an introduction to the 2011-12 season, light refreshments and a meet-and-greet with new Artistic Director Marc Masterson.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) 2011-12 season opens with a new revival of the dazzling George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart 1930 comedy Once in a Lifetime, which has been called 'a delicious Hollywood send up' (The New York Times) and 'a tinseltown satire [with] bite' (Newsday).