Theresa Rebeck News

Spurred by critical acclaim and audience demand, Magic Theatre, San Francisco's home for new plays, has extended the run of Oedipus el Rey for an additional two weeks. This world premiere penned by MacArthur genius Luis Alfaro and directed by Loretta Greco must close Sunday, March 14th.

The 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, made possible by a generous grant from the Humana Foundation, will continue with the two full?length plays Ground, beginning performances March 2 and Phoenix beginning performances March 5. Both plays run through March 28.

Tony Estrella, artistic director of The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm), today announced the theater s 26th Season (2010-2011) an exhilarating lineup of 5 plays including a U.S. premiere and two Rhode Island premieres.

Barbara Manocherian, Richard Willis and Anthony Barrile in association with Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director; John Alexander, Managing Director; Andy Donald, Associate Artistic Director; Brittany O'Neill, Producer) are pleased to announce that the critically acclaimed original cast will return for the Broadway run of NEXT FALL, the new American play by Geoffrey Nauffts and directed by Sheryl Kaller. The production will open on Broadway on Thursday, March 11, 2010 with preview performances beginning Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at the Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street).

Tocqueville Restaurant and Eating Their Words, the one-of-a-kind company that blends the performing and culinary arts, announce the exquisite menu for their special Valentine's Day lunch event. Tocqueville and Eating Their Words' October collaboration was a sold-out success. For this intimate holiday event, Tocqueville's Executive Chef and owner, Marco Moreira, joins forces with playwrights Theresa Rebeck (Pulitzer finalist, Mauritius), Jonathan Marc Sherman (Things We Want), and Sam Forman (The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall). Three original plays, performed between the courses they inspired, are brought to life by Tony Award nominee Isabel Keating (The Boy from Oz), Christopher Evan Welch (Festen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Austin Lysy (The American Plan), and Aya Cash (Killers and Other Family). The Sunday, February 14th lunch and performance begins at 1PM. Tickets are available through the Eating Their Words website at www.eatingtheirwords.com, or Tocqueville, at 212-647-1515.

Aya Cash, Isabel Keating, Austin Lysy, and Christopher Evan Welch will be a part of the Valentine's Day presentation of EATING THEIR WORDS. The event will take place at Tocqueville Restaurant and will present a menu with each course based on one of three different plays. The plays will be presented in tandem with the different courses. Marlo Hunter will direct the evening.

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces that two-time Tony Award-nominee and film actress Kathleen Turner will star in the world premiere of RED HOT PATRIOT: THE KICK-ASS WIT OF MOLLY IVINS by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel. Directed by award-winning director David Esbjornson, this one-woman play based on the writings of the late political journalist Molly Ivins will take the slot previously slated for MAURITIUS by Theresa Rebeck. Red Hot Patriot runs March 19 - April 18, 2010.

BroadwayWorld's 2010 Valentine's Day gift to you, the 5th Annual 'What's the Most Romantic Broadway Love Song Ever?' brings you over 500 stars, industry professionals, and personalities from across the globe, and this year Barbra Streisand, Susan Boyle, Bernadette Peters, Cameron Mackintosh, HAIR, GLEE and many, many more!

Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominee Stephen Kunken, best known for his celebrated portrayal of James Reston in Frost/Nixon on Broadway, will assume the mantle of a particularly less honorable historical figure when he takes on the role of disgraced ENRON Chief Financial Officer Andy Fastow in Lucy Prebble's critically acclaimed play ENRON.

The Whidbey Island Center for the Arts/Hedgebrook Literary Series presents An Evening with Theresa Rebeck at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Avenue, on Wednesday, February 03 at 7.00pm.

Magic Theatre, San Francisco's home for new plays, kicks off the new year with the world premiere of Oedipus el Rey by Luis Alfaro, directed by Loretta Greco. Oedipus el Rey, a reimagined classic, opens February 3rd, 2010.

The Huntington Theatre Company will open its 29th season with the great American stage comedy, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's You Can't Take It With You, pending the conclusion of negotiations for a transfer to Broadway.

Magic Theatre, San Francisco's home for new plays, presents The Virgin Play Series, five staged readings of works currently in development playing in cafés and theatres throughout San Francisco.

Anna Shapiro will return to Broadway for the first time since winning the 2007 Tony Award for her direction of 'August: Osage County' when she directs Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, previewing November 5, 2010 and opening November 14 at a Broadway theatre (to be determined), it has been announced by the show's producers Elizabeth Ireland McCann and Joey Parnes.

A recent study published in book form by the Theater Development Fund (TDF) has sparked a lively discussion amongst the theatre community. The book, 'Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play' is a culmination of a seven-year research which documents in minute detail the struggles that playwrights face.

Actors Theatre of Louisville present an adaptation of 'Crime and Punishment', as three actors play out Dostoevsky's classic tale as a 90-minute psychological drama-feverishly reliving the events leading up to the grisly crime, uncovering a fascinating mind and motive, and exploring the tenuous path toward redemption. The show closes January 31.

TheatreSquared will present 'Mauritius' by Theresa Rebeck from March 25-April 11 in the Studio Theatre.

The Whidbey Island Center for the Arts/Hedgebrook Literary Series presents An Evening with Theresa Rebeck at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Avenue, on Wednesday, February 03 at 7.00pm.

Naked Angels company members and special guests will stage a benefit performance of selected pieces from The Issues Project: Collected Plays, a collection of Naked Angels-produced short plays recently published by Playscripts, Inc. The benefit will be held at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (416 West 42nd Street) on Thursday, January 28th at 7:30 PM. The one-hour program will be hosted and directed by Artistic Director Geoffrey Nauffts, and will be followed by a VIP reception with the artists. Proceeds from the sold-out event will benefit Naked Angels' New Play Development Fund.

The New School for Drama has announced that the award-winning director Doug Hughes will be teaching this spring semester. Working with professionals, like Hughes in the New York theater world is a cornerstone of Drama students' experience at The New School. In the intimate setting of the classroom, Hughes will be teaching Directing Chekov and Beckett to second-year students earning an MFA in directing.