Caryl Churchill
Caryl Churchill is a playwright, writer whose BroadwayWorld credits include A Number. Awards include Obie Awards for A Number (2005).
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by Krista Garver - Oct 20, 2026
The four plays are deeply impactful, asking you to confront some of the hardest-to-face parts of being a person. It isn’t always comfortable, though there are parts that are unexpectedly funny. I highly recommend it.
by Rachel Stone - Oct 19, 2026
Arts at the Edge will present select works from a collection of ten-minute plays by 36 women+ playwrights commissioned to explore the state of American democracy, with a free public reading at Manhattan University.
by Franco Milazzo - Oct 18, 2026
The idea that “art is not a mirror but a hammer” has been attributed to Bertolt Brecht, deployed by Leon Trotsky and could serve as the epitaph for Sarah Kane’s repertoire, not least her final work.
by Marissa Faith Curley - Oct 17, 2026
The Almeida Theatre has announced Dominic Cooke's first season as Artistic Director. Cooke said, “It brings together four world premieres, ambitious revivals and a landmark co-production. The season explores ideas around a world in crisis and brings together groundbreaking artists whose work I have long admired.'
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 15, 2026
Get a first look at production photos of Annaleigh Ashford, Christopher Ryan Grant, and Joe Tapper in Triumph, Caryl Churchill's new short play at The Public Theater, presented as a free pop-up production this fall.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2026
Trap Door Theatre will present a dark absurdist comedy written by S.L. Daniels and directed by Spencer Huffman, featuring Shawna Franks, Camilla Frontain, Lenin Izquierdo, and Lawrence Grimm.
by - Oct 1, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 1, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2026
The Public Theater revealed its 2026-27 season lineup, expanding to 18 productions. The season includes world premieres from playwright Caryl Churchill and theater company Elevator Repair Service, plus new works by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 24, 2026
Director and producer Ivey Lowe has joined THE 24 HOUR PLAYS as co-producer, where she will co-lead THE 24 HOUR PLAYS NATIONALS and oversee productions on Broadway and in Los Angeles.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2026
Caryl Churchill's 15-minute political allegory will play at London's Almeida Theatre, directed by James Macdonald and featuring Tony Award nominee Matthew Beard and Emmy winner Kate O'Flynn.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2026
Dominic Cooke directs Caryl Churchill's 1979 landmark play at the National Theatre's Lyttelton theatre, featuring Rebecca Humphries, Sam Troughton, Charlotte Ritchie, and ensemble cast.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2026
Ancram Center for the Arts will present Caryl Churchill's acclaimed drama about cloning and identity, featuring Drew Ledbetter and John Wojda, directed by Jeffrey Mousseau.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2026
As If Theatre Company will stage the Pacific Northwest premiere of Caryl Churchill's ESCAPED ALONE at Kenmore Community Club, directed by Shanna Bestock and featuring a cast of four women confronting a catastrophic future over tea.
by Shari Barrett - Aug 28, 2026
Caryl Churchill's A Number was first produced in 2002 as one of the earliest dramatic examinations of the possibilities and physical and moral consequences of human cloning, redefining what it means to be human and part of a family. As questions of identity, nature, nurture, and responsibility collide, the play turns a startling scientific premise into a gripping and deeply human family drama after the truth about a long-buried cloning experiment comes to light. I spoke with the director/producer James Paradise about what drew him to direct the play, his artistic vision for the production, and why now is the right time to ring it to Los Angeles.
by Shari Barrett - Aug 25, 2026
Open Fist Theatre Company is presenting a rare revival of Marisol, the Obie-winning work by Puerto Rican playwright José Rivera, whose powerfully poetic language creates a dreamlike blend of magical realism in this darkly funny, apocalyptic fable about survival, faith and hope. I spoke with Open Fist associate artistic director Amanda Weier about her vision for directing the play which runs September 12 through October 24 at Atwater Village Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2026
Caryl Churchill's cloning drama A NUMBER will run at the Madnani Theater in Hollywood, starring Damien Midkiff and Michael Muniz Vodde under James Paradise's direction.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 10, 2026
Julianne Moore will lead the world premiere of Sarah Ruhl's FAYDRA, directed by Les Waters, in a strictly limited engagement at New York City Center, Stage I. Learn more here!
by Stephi Wild - Aug 4, 2026
Cesear's Forum will present Yasmina Reza's CONVERSATIONS AFTER A BURIAL at Kennedy's Down Under, Playhouse Square, exploring family tensions following a patriarch's funeral.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2026
BBC Four will present a season of British and Irish theatre productions. Available in full on BBC iPlayer, the season brings together 16 productions spanning seven decades of post-war playwriting.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 22, 2026
After 23 years as Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis will step down when his current contract concludes in 2028, at the end of The Public Theater's 60th anniversary season.
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Caryl Churchill has written 19 shows including Cloud 9 (Playwright), Fen (Playwright), Serious Money (Playwright), Serious Money (Playwright), Ice Cream with Hot Fudge (Playwright), Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Playwright), Vinegar Tom (Playwright), Mad Forest (Playwright), Owners (Playwright), Traps (Playwright), The Skriker (Playwright), Far Away (Playwright), A Number (Playwright), Drunk Enough To Say I Love You? (Playwright), Top Girls (Playwright), Love and Information (Playwright), A View from Islington North (Writer), Escaped Alone (Writer), Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. (Playwright).
Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play (Drama League Awards) for Cloud Nine, Playwriting (Obie Awards) for A Number, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for A Number, Sustained Achievement (Obie Awards), Outstanding New Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Skriker, Outstanding New Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Mad Forest, Best New American Play (Obie Awards) for Serious Money, Best Comedy (Evening Standard Awards) for Serious Money, BBC Award for the Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Serious Money, Best Foreign Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Top Girls, Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Top Girls and Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Cloud 9.
Caryl Churchill has received several prestigious awards throughout her career. She won the Obie Award for Playwriting for A Number and also for Top Girls and Cloud 9. Additionally, she earned the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for A Number and the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy for Serious Money. Churchill has received the Sustained Achievement award from the Obie Awards and the BBC Award for Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Serious Money. She also received the Obie Award for Best New American Play for Serious Money.
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