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HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING Announced At Capital Stage This March


Capital Stage continues its 18th season with the fourth production of the 2022/23 Season: the award-winning play by Will Arbery entitled HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING.

BWW Review: Nothing is Rotten in Sacramento Theatre Company's HAMLET


It is said that Shakespeare's Hamlet is being performed every minute somewhere in the world. Now, you can see it at the Sacramento Theatre Company (STC). BroadwayWorld Award-winning director Casey McClellan teams up with Greg Foro to create a modern-day version of the play that focuses on the intricacies of the family unit and revenge.

Photo Flash: First Look at THE HUMANS at Capital Stage


Capital Stage presents the Sacramento premiere of THE HUMANS by Stephen Karam. Michael Stevenson, at the helm of his fifth season as Capital Stage Producing Artistic Director, will direct this Tony Award winner for Best Play. The cast will feature local favorites Jamie Jones, Matt K. Miller, and Kristine David. Performances will run from October 16 through November 17, 2019, with a Press Opening on Saturday , October 19, 2019 at 8:00 pm.

Cheryl Strayed, Hannah Gadsby Among Ucross 2019 Spring Artists In Residence


Ucross, a prestigious artist residency program and creative laboratory for the arts, today announced the recipients of its Spring 2019 fellowships. 54 visual artists, writers, playwrights, composers and more were selected from nearly 400 applicants to utilize uninterrupted time, studio space, and living accommodations on Ucross's 20,000-acre ranch at the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains.

New Chicago Theatre The Bridge to Open with THE GOLF BALL, Today


Bridgeport's first neighborhood theater company, The Bridge, 643 W. 31st Street, opens its doors with the World Premiere of 'The Golf Ball', Today, June 13. Chicago writer, director and actor Kestutis Nakas started The Bridge as a means to bring professional quality theater and performance to the Bridgeport neighborhood at reasonable prices. The premiere production penned by Nakas, 'The Golf Ball, is a contemporary adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic play 'The Seagull' and is set in Chicago. 'The Golf Ball', directed by Nakas, runs Todays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. June 13 through July 6. For tickets and information visit www.BrownPaperTickets.com or phone 312-307-5194.

New Chicago Theatre The Bridge to Open with THE GOLF BALL, 6/13


Bridgeport's first neighborhood theater company, The Bridge, 643 W. 31st Street, opens its doors with the World Premiere of 'The Golf Ball', Friday, June 13. Chicago writer, director and actor Kestutis Nakas started The Bridge as a means to bring professional quality theater and performance to the Bridgeport neighborhood at reasonable prices. The premiere production penned by Nakas, 'The Golf Ball, is a contemporary adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic play 'The Seagull' and is set in Chicago. 'The Golf Ball', directed by Nakas, runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. June 13 through July 6. For tickets and information visit www.BrownPaperTickets.com or phone 312-307-5194.

Artemisia Presents Staged Readings of CHEWING ON BECKETT This Weekend


Artemisia's workshop/staged reading of Chewing On Beckett will perform this weekend, May 8, 9 and 10, 2014, and is a wild, female riff on Waiting For Godot. Inspired by the discovery that the Beckett Estate prohibits women from performing Beckett's masterpiece, Chewing On Beckett takes a personal, tragic and hilarious look at the close bond between two women, who find themselves abandoned in a futuristic wasteland.

Artemisia to Present Staged Readings of CHEWING ON BECKETT, 5/8-10


Artemisia's workshop/staged reading of Chewing On Beckett will perform May 8, 9 and 10, 2014, and is a wild, female riff on Waiting For Godot. Inspired by the discovery that the Beckett Estate prohibits women from performing Beckett's masterpiece, Chewing On Beckett takes a personal, tragic and hilarious look at the close bond between two women, who find themselves abandoned in a futuristic wasteland.

Pride Films and Plays' KILL YOUR BOYFRIENDS Plays National Pastime Theatre, Now thru 7/26


Performances are: Todays - July 6, 13, 20, 27 @ 8PM; Sundays - July 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 3PM; Friday, July 26 @ Midnight

Pride Films and Plays' KILL YOUR BOYFRIENDS to Play National Pastime Theatre, 7/6-26


Performances are: Saturdays - July 6, 13, 20, 27 @ 8PM; Sundays - July 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 3PM; Friday, July 26 @ Midnight

Photo Flash: First Look at Pride Films and Plays' KILL YOUR BOYFRIENDS


Pride Films and Plays continues its exciting, award-winning development of new works for the stage with Kill Your Boyfriends, a world premiere fever dream of movement and text created, choreographed, and directed by PFP Artistic Associate Derek Van Barham. 'You must kill your boyfriends,' poet Alex Dimitrov tells us. 'You must kill what wants, like death, to keep you.' BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below!

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