Bruce Holland

The Newport Music Festival will present the world premiere of Beacon of the Bay by Stacy Garrop, performed by The Boston Trio on Monday, July 12, 2021 at 7pm, at Newport's quintessential landmark Castle Hill Inn on The Chalet Terrace (590 Ocean Avenue).

Shattered Globe Theatre is pleased to announce the appointment of Sandy Shinner as its new, full-time Producing Artistic Director. Shinner, who served more than 25 years as Associate Artistic Director at Chicago's Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theater, steps into the newly-created post following work as a project consultant for Shattered Globe under a grant from the Field Foundation. Shinner, who has directed over 100 productions in her career at theaters including Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival and Steppenwolf's First Look Rep, created and produced the nationally known IGNITION! Festival at Victory Gardens and was co-director of the award-winning Access Project. Roger Smart, who has served as Shattered Globe's Artistic Director since 2010, leaves his position to teach at West Virginia University. Smart, one of Shattered Globe's original members, will remain in the company's Ensemble.

The 2012 Nebula Award winners were announced earlier this week and it is no surprise that among the nominated was a 2007 winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Aliette de Bodard won best Short Story for 'Immersion,' which was published in Clarksworld last June. The Nebula is the top Award bestowed by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America organization. They also honor best Novel, Novella, Novelette, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book, the Solstice Award, the Kevin O'Donnell Jr. Service Award and the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.

Launching its 19th season, Shattered Globe Theatre will presents Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, previewing January 13, opening January 16th and running through February 27, 2011, at the Athenaeum Theatre, Studio 2, 2936 N. Southport in Chicago. Steve Scott directs.