Syracuse Stage to Present Inaugural Julie Lutz New Play Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2025
Syracuse Stage's inaugural Julie Lutz New Play Festival will be held at the theatre this June. The festival will feature a work-in-progress reading and talkbacks, allowing audiences to peek behind the curtain of the playwriting process.
59E59 Theaters Reveals Summer 2025 Season Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2025
59E59 Theaters has announced the lineup of its Summer 2025 season, featuring a robust collection of shows celebrating iconic love stories, a comedic peek into the life of government staffers, and exhilarating psychological dramas.
San Francisco Playhouse Commissions 16 New Works
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 13, 2024
San Francisco Playhouse is currently collaborating with a lineup of 16 established and emerging playwrights to pen new plays. Learn more about the plays and about the Playhouse!
Noor Theatre's Highlight Reading Series Is Back For Its 10th Installment
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2024
Noor Theatre will present the return of the Highlight Reading Series for its 10th installment this winter. The evenings will feature Hend Ayoub's Home? Or A Palestinian Woman's Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness, directed by Carey Perloff; Fouad Dakwar's Fouad of Nazareth, music directed by Ben Covello, and Nikki Massoud's He Who Has Ten Thousand Horses, both directed by Sivan Battat; and Ella Boureau's Quand Tu Sors Du Feu, directed by Leyla Levi, and music directed by Laura Elkeslassy.
Abhishek Majumdar's KINDS OF SILENCE to Have World Premiere at PlayCo
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 7, 2023
Get ready for the world premiere of Abhishek Majumdar's KINDS OF SILENCE at PlayCo Theater. Witness the internationally acclaimed production that has been making waves in the theater industry. Don't miss this groundbreaking play during its run.
Review: HOME? at Voices Festival Productions
by Roger Catlin - Nov 6, 2022
The New York-based Palestinian-Israeli actress Hend Ayoub knew she'd been at it a while when, after being in America for a few years, the roles she was asked to audition for moved from terrorist's daughter and terrorist's wife to terrorist's mother.
San Francisco Playhouse Announces Updates To New Works Program
by Stephi Wild - Jun 9, 2022
San Francisco Playhouse continued its commitment to developing new plays and nurturing the voices of active writers with the selection of seven playwrights comprising the fourth and fifth years of the company's Five-Year Commission Program.
59E59 Theaters Announces Casting for BAROCOCO and FIRST DOWN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2022
59E59 Theaters has announced the casts of BAROCOCO and First Down. BAROCOCO will begin previews February 9 and open February 13 for a run through March 6, 2022. First Down is scheduled to start performances on February 18 and open February 24, ending its limited run on March 5, 2022.
Soho Rep. Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2021
Soho Rep. today announced a robust 2021-22 season with which it will reopen its home at 46 Walker Street. The company welcomes full-capacity in-person audiences back for the first time since late 2019 with the presentation of works-in-progress from the Writer/Director Lab, a signature program of the theater for over two decades.
BWW Review: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS at Arena Stage
by Evann Normandin - Jan 26, 2020
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS at Arena Stage is a breathtaking production that will stay with you long after curtain call. Adapted by Ursula Rani Sarma based on the beloved novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini, A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS tells an unflinching story of the lives of two Aghan women bound together in war-ravaged Kabul. Despite the brutality of life in Kabul, both women exemplify the resil
Photo Flash: First Look at A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS at Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2020
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the company for A Thousand Splendid Suns, adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma and based on the 2007 New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner).
Arena Stage Announces Cast and Creative for A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 4, 2019
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the company for A Thousand Splendid Suns, adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma and based on the 2007 New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner). Set in 1992 in war-torn Afghanistan, this gripping story centers around a friendship that develops between two Afghan women following a tragedy. While facing insurmountable odds of a brutal and oppressive way of life, the two form an unlikely bond in a heart-rending fight for survival. Directed by Carey Perloff, A Thousand Splendid Suns runs January 17 - March 1, 2020 in the Kreeger Theater.
Yale Rep Presents KISS By Guillermo Calderón
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 3, 2018
Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents KISS by Guillermo Calderon, directed by Evan Yionoulis, April 27-May 19, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street). Opening Night is Thursday, May 3.