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Review: Mosaic Theater Company's World Premiere of Nancy


Nancy is a compelling satirical play with themes which still resonate today as Indigenous communities in the U.S. (and around the world) fight to get their land back, advocate for environmental justice, and improve the lives of people within their communities.

KCRep Announces Staged Reading Of REPRESENTATIVES FOR THOSE AT PEACE By Inaugural Playwright Madeline Easley


Kansas City Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Stuart Carden and Director of Artistic Development Laley Lippard have announced the cast and creative team of the OriginKC staged reading of Representatives for Those at Peace, by Madeline Easley and directed by Tara Moses. 

SDCF Reveals 2022-2023 Professional Development Program Cycle 2 Recipients


Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has revealed the recipients of the 2022-2023 Professional Development Program Cycle 2 opportunities.

AJIJAAK ON TURTLE ISLAND Family Musical to Open at Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College This Month


Ajijaak on Turtle Island, a new family musical, will premiere at Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College as part of its second national tour.

Celebration Theatre Presents World-Premiere Reading Of Indigiqueer Play BIRTHDAY BRUNCH By Jen Olivares


Celebration Theatre presents a world-premiere workshop reading of Birthday Brunch, a semi-autobiographical work by commissioned playwright Jen Olivares about the contemporary Native experience in Southern California.

The Adobe Theater to Present NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES


The Adobe Theater’s final on-line only presentation (before we are live again in October) is Native American Voices – five short plays written directed and performed by Native Americans. Each play expresses the humanity that we all share and that ultimately brings us closer together.

NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES Will Be Performed at The Adobe Theater Next Month


Learn more about all five plays here, all of which will be available to stream online via video-on-demand in August.

West Harlem Art Fund and NY Classical Theatre Brings ANTIKONI to Governors Island


In Antíkoni, Beth Piatote's retelling of the Greek tragedy, Antigone, a Native American family is torn apart over the fate of ancestral remains held by a museum. As Kreon, the museum director, and Antíkoni, his fierce opponent, argue over the terms of repatriation, a chorus of Aunties comments on the conflict through mythic storytelling and gossip

David Heron And Cast Of Colonial Theatre Celebrate Stellar Run of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM


a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Award winning actor and playwright David Heron and the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Colonial Theatre, Rhode Island are celebrating a highly successful run following their final performance at Wilcox Park in Westerly last Sunday, August 18.

Cultures Collide in RAMONA Set For World Premiere at Furnace Festival


Ramona, A New Musical will debut at New York City's upcoming Furnace Festival August 24th and 25th.

David Heron To Play Oberon/Theseus In Colonial Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM


Award winning actor and playwright David Heron has been cast in the pivotal roles of Oberon, King of the Fairies and Theseus, Duke of Athens in the Colonial Theatre of Rhode Island's Shakespeare in The Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Casting Announced For SAVAGE THE MUSICAL at NYMF


NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL and LLHPOKONA PRODUCTIONS have announced the casting for the concert of Nicolette Blount's SAVAGE THE MUSICAL, with co-book by Lindel Hart and co-composerco-lyrics by John Waynelovich, musical direction by Kevin Lynch and directed by Rachel Klein. SAVAGE THE MUSICAL will play two concerts only at the Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 W 42nd St New York, NY 10036). Performances are Tuesday, July 9 at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 14 at 1:00 p.m. Festival passes are now on sale, as are $29.50 individual tickets available at nymf.org.

Photo Flash: First Look At HOW THE WESTONS WON at Jefferson Market Library


In association with off-Broadway's Out of the Box Theatrics (OOTB) an immersive production of the musical, How the Westons Won, will be presented December 14-23, at the Jefferson Market Library, an historic Victorian Gothic building in Greenwich Village.

Erin Mackey, Wade McCollum and More Lead Casts of TILL SOON, ANNE And HOW THE WESTONS WON 


The eleventh season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series continues on Monday, December 3rd, 2018 with pre-premieres of 2 new musicals: Till Soon, Anne and How the Westons Won .

HOW THE WESTONS WON to Be Presented at Jefferson Market Library


In association with off-Broadway's Out of the Box Theatrics (OOTB) an immersive production of the musical, How the Westons Won, will be presented December 14-23, at the Jefferson Market Library, an historic Victorian Gothic building in Greenwich Village.

New Musicals HOW THE WESTONS WON And TILL SOON, ANNE Headline New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series


The eleventh season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series continues on Monday, December 3rd, 2018 with pre-premieres of 2 new musicals: How the Westons Won and Till Soon, Anne.

VIDEO: Watch the Trailer For the Same-Sex OKLAHOMA! at Oregon Shakespeare Festival


The Oregon Shakespeare Festival opened Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, directed by OSF Artistic Director Bill Rauch, on April 22 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Preview performances were April 18, 20 and 21, and the musical runs through Oct. 27.

THE WAY THE MOUNTAIN MOVED Opens July 14


The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open the world premiere of Idris Goodwin's The Way the Mountain Moved, directed by May Adrales, on July 14 in the Thomas Theatre. Preview performances are July 10, 12 and 13, and the play runs through Oct. 28, 2018.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! Opens April 22


The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, directed by OSF Artistic Director Bill Rauch, on April 22 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. Preview performances are April 18, 20 and 21, and the musical runs through Oct. 27.

OFF THE RAILS Opens 7/30 at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival


The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will reach a long-overdue milestone this month with the opening of the world-premiere production of Off the Rails, the 82-year-old Festival's first play by a Native writer. Playwright Randy Reinholz's irreverent and subversive adaptation of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, directed by OSF Artistic Director Bill Rauch, previews July 27, 28 and 29, opens July 30 and runs in the Angus Bowmer Theatre through the end of the 2017 season.

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