Studio Theatre News

Plan-B Theatre Company continues the 2014/15 season with the world premiere of A/VERSION OF EVENTS, the latest play by Matthew Ivan Bennett.

Rep Stage, the regional theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), continues its 22nd season with Annie Baker's "Circle Mirror Transformation," directed by Suzanne Beal, Rep Stage's co-producing artistic director.

The CSULB Theatre Arts Department University Players are proud to present The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Olivia Trevino. Playing February 27th through March 8th, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot examines the ideas of good, evil, truth, and justice.

For thirty-something urban professionals grappling with balancing their personal lives with upwardly mobile careers, Ken Urban's A FUTURE PERFECT may feel timely and relevant. But for Boomers and one-time yuppies who are now the sandwich generation juggling the demands of work, college-bound children and aging parents, the play's conflicts may seem a bit worn.

The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory will present Impact 2015 at the Warner Theatre's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on March 7 & 8, 2015.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) continues its 40th Anniversary season, with the Midwest premiere of THE TRAIN DRIVER by Athol Fugard. MCT Producing Artistic Director C. Michael Wright, who has collaborated with Fugard in the past, directs this hard-hitting new drama. Performances are February 25 - March 15, 2015 at the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.

The Geffen Playhouse announces the cast for its West Coast premiere production of Conor McPherson's The Night Alive, helmed by Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Randall Arney. This production will feature Paul Vincent O'Connor (August: Osage County at the National Theatre, London), Fiona O'Shaughnessy (Utopia), Dan Donohue (The Lion King on Broadway), Denis Arndt (Basic Instinct), and Peter O'Meara (Band of Brothers).

Watch the new web series, 'Business Time' starring Alex Herrald and Curran Connor.

From February 13 to February 21, Humber Theatre presents the provocative This Side of Heaven, an original production co-created and directed by Varrick Grimes and Kiersten Tough, featuring the work of graduating Theatre Performance and Theatre Production students.

New Light Theater Project, who have just been inducted into the Indie Theater Hall of Fame for 2014 by Indie Theater Now, will present the World premiere of NO ONE LOVES US HERE by hot, up-and-coming British playwright Ross Howard. This black comedy was a finalist for the New York Stage and Film Founders Award 2012. Directed by Jerry Heymann, the show began previews January 15 and opened on January 22 at Urban Stages.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the cast and creative team for the Michele Riml comedy Sexy Laundry, which will be presented in the Studio Theatre tonight, Jan. 31 - Feb. 22, 2015. Veteran actors Wendy Welch and Bob Hess will co-star as Alice and Henry.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced its production of the Michele Riml comedy Sexy Laundry, directed by Terry Martin, tonight, Jan. 31 - Feb. 22, 2015 in the Studio Theatre. Sexy Laundry is part of the new Discover Series in the Studio Theatre.

The Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC ) will present Propeller Dance in FUSE - Love, interdependence & iPads.

Next month, the graduating class of Imagination Stage's Pegasus Ensemble, a teen actor training program of 12 students with cognitive and/or development disabilities, will perform an original script, The Light From Inside. Based on a traditional tale from the Pacific Northwest, this play tells the story of how Light came to the world, and how each one of us can find the power of the Light within.

On Monday, February 2nd at 9:30pm, performers will gather to perform A-Sides: The Songs of Anna K. Jacobs at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Can there be laughter in the healing process after sexual assault? That's the question Antonia Lassar, the playwright/performer behind 2013 FRIGID Festival Favorite God Box and the 2014 hit FRIGID show Tina and Amy, is asking in her new solo show Post Traumatic Super Delightful.

The Rainbow Theatre Project is back to kick off the second-half of its sophomore season with the next installment of its successful Generation Q Staged Reading Series: Bryna Turner's How to Separate Your Soul from Your Body (in ten easy steps) and Steven Korbar's short play, A Quick Stop at the Florist. The reading takes place Monday, February 9, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at Source in Washington, D.C.

Centenary Stage Company to present World Premiere production of Joni Fritz's Susan Glaspell Award Winning In the Car with Blossom and Len on February 20 and running until March 8 in the Sitnik Theatre of the David and Carol Lackland Center. Work-shopped during last season's annual Women Playwrights Series, In the Car with Blossom and Len proved that family dynamics can be the source of endless comedic material and received an overwhelming response.

Synetic Theater will produce Everett Quinton's Obie Award-Winning play A Tale of Two Cities May 13 through June 21, 2015, directed by Studio Theatre's Producing Director Serge Seiden.

Florida Studio Theatre's Bowne's Lab is the next tour stop for ImprovBoston on February 8, 2015. The laughs begin at 4pm with a workshop called Musical Improv for Beginners, taught by this creative comedic cast. The laughs get even louder at 7:30pm in Bowne's Lab as these funny four perform a short-form show heavy on the musical comedy.