Harrison David Rivers

A CHRISTMAS CAROL West Coast Premiere is Coming to Center REP
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2025

Center Repertory Company will usher in the holiday season with the West Coast premiere of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by award-winning playwright Harrison David Rivers.

History Theatre Reveals Lineup For Fall 2025 RAW STAGES NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2025

History Theatre will present its Fall 2025 Raw Stages: New Works Festival from October 16–19, 2025, featuring six new staged readings, a salon conversation, and a festival celebration at its St. Paul home. Tickets are on sale now.

Video: LAST OF THE RED HOT MAMAS Producers Negotiate Product Deal on SHARK TANK
by Josh Sharpe - Oct 2, 2025

Susan and Lloyd Ecker, producers of the Broadway-aimed Last Of The Red Hot Mamas, pitched their new product, the 'Snorinator,' on a recent episode of Shark Tank. Watch a clip from the episode now.

SAY GAY PLAYS to be Presented by About Face Theatre and Silk Road Cultural Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2025

Chicago's About Face Theatre and Silk Road Cultural Center will present SAY GAY PLAYS. Learn more about the upcoming event and see how to purchase tickets here!

Billy Porter Drops Out of Manchester Pride Due to Illness
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2025

Billy Porter, who was set to headline Manchester Pride this past weekend, pulled out of the festival the day of due to illness. Learn more and read the statement here.

Trademark Theater To Premiere Three-Part Film WHAT YOU CAN’T KEEP At The Parkway
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 20, 2025

Trademark Theater will premiere What You Can’t Keep, a three-part feature-length film written by Harrison David Rivers and directed by Tyler Michaels King, on October 8, 2025, at The Parkway Theater in Minneapolis.

History Theatre Unveils Raw Stage Line-Up for Fall 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2025

History Theatre has revealed the line-up for the Fall Raw Stages Festival. HT celebrates entering the third decade of commissioning and developing new works with an expanded festival with 6 staged readings.

TRADEMARKTHEATER Season Nine to Feature New Works, Cabaret, Film, And More
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2025

TRADEMARKTHEATER has announced its 2025–2026 public programming, marking its ninth season with a bold and eclectic slate of events aimed at fostering new work and celebrating creative risk-taking in the Twin Cities.

JAW New Play Festival Returns with Pride Themed Weekend
by Emmy Rice - Jul 6, 2025

Portland Center Stage’s annual JAW New Play Festival is back July 25–27, 2025, at The Armory. A summer tradition for over two decades, JAW is a vibrant, community-powered celebration of new work, featuring staged readings, workshops, and performances from local musicians, dancers, and creators. All events are free and open to the public.

Review: THIS BITTER EARTH, Soho Theatre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Jun 25, 2025

This Bitter Earth, the UK directorial debut of Tony winner Billy Porter, is a play with a lot to say – about race, about activism, and about love. First produced in 2017, the show follows the twists and turns in the relationship between Jesse (Omari Douglas), a Black writer, and his boyfriend Neil (Alexander Lincoln), a white BLM activist.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES and CREDITORS Set Audible Release Dates
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 18, 2025

Audible Theater and TOGETHER concluded their collaboration at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. Learn more about their upcoming audible releases!

Diversionary Theatre Reveals 40th Anniversary Season
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2025

The season will feature a lineup that includes two musicals and two world premieres, all of which continue to honor the theatre's legacy of bringing LGBTQIA+ audiences new and exciting stories for, by, and about the community.

JAGGED LITTLE PILL, INDECENT and More Set for Center Repertory Company 25/26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 19, 2025

Walnut Creek’s Center Repertory Company has revealed the four productions that will make up the company’s 2025/26 season. See the full lineup and learn more!

LITTLE BROTHER Comes to Soho Theatre This Autumn
by Stephi Wild - Mar 25, 2025

Soho Theatre has announced its 2025 theatre season, with the world premiere of LITTLE BROTHER by Eoin McAndrew, winner of the 2024 Verity Bargate Award, this October. Tickets are now on sale.  

Billy Porter To Make UK Directorial Debut with THIS BITTER EARTH
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 18, 2025

A new production of This Bitter Earth by Harrison David Rivers will mark the UK directorial debut of Grammy Award, Emmy and three-time Tony Award winner, Billy Porter. The major new London production opens at the Soho Theatre on Wednesday 18 June.

WEATHERING Comes to Karamu House
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2025

Karamu House, the nation's oldest producing Black theatre, has announced its upcoming production of Weathering, by Harrison David Rivers. Learn more about the show here!

New Play Festival 2025: Round House Theatre Reveals Line Up
by Stephi Wild - Mar 5, 2025

Round House Theatre has announced the 2025 lineup for the newly renamed Bonnie Hammerschlag National Capital New Play Festival.

Review: WE ARE CONTINUOUS at Diversionary Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - Mar 1, 2025

“We Are Continuous” is an intimate play with an unusual recurring monologue and some in-scene format. Luckily, this production is very well-cast with Marti Gobel, Elliott Sagay, and Eli Wood and is excellently directed by Kian-Kline-Chilton. “We Are Continuous” is playing at Diversionary Theatre through March 9th.

Charter Oak Cultural Center And Immanuel Congregational Church Announce Reading Of James Baldwin's THE AMEN CORNER
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 30, 2025

Charter Oak Cultural Center and Immanuel Congregational Church has announced a one-time-only reading of author and activist James Baldwin's first stage play The Amen Corner. The reading, under the direction of acclaimed theatre artist taneisha duggan, will be on Sunday, February 23 at 3pm at Immanuel Congregational Church, located at 10 Woodland Street in Hartford.

Road Theatre Company Calls For Submssions For Its 16th Annual Summer Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jan 23, 2025

The Road Theatre Company has announced the play submission process is now open for new material to be considered for their upcoming playwrights festival.