Larry Powell

Shonda Rhimes and IAMA Theatre Company’s Playwriting Commission Names its 2025 Recipient
by Stephi Wild - Mar 27, 2025

IAMA Theatre Company has selected Alicia Carroll as the 2025 recipient of the Los Angeles-based theatre company’s The Rhimes Unsung Voices Playwriting Commission, sponsored by IAMA Patron of the Arts Shonda Rhimes.

Review: CYRANO DE BERGERAC at Pasadena Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - Sep 21, 2024

Martin Crimp’s free adaptation – first staged in 2019 with James McAvoy in the title role -  is as urgent and beguiling as it is contemporary, a classic with a fiery heart and not an inch of dustiness or quaintness. In the revival directed by Mike Donahue at the Pasadena Playhouse, CYRANO bursts with energy and excitement.

Full Cast Set for CYRANO de BERGERAC at Pasadena Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 7, 2024

The full cast has been revealed for Pasadena Playhouse's new production of Cyrano de Bergerac. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Photos: Roger Q. Mason's NIGHT CITIES Gets Reading At The Not A Moment, But A Movement Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 2024

On Sunday, June 23 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (9820 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232) in Los Angeles, acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason received an industry reading of Night Cities, a new play about Queer civil rights activist Bayard Rusin. The play was presented as part of the Not a Moment, But a Movement Festival with Center Theatre Group In collaboration with The Fire This Time Festival and Watts Village Theater Company. See photos from the reading.

Photos: Inside Roger Q. Mason's NIGHT CITIES At The Not A Moment, But A Movement Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 26, 2024

On Sunday, June 23 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason received an industry reading of Night Cities, a new play about Queer civil rights activist Bayard Rusin. See photos!

Brian Otaño Named Recipiemt Of IAMA's Shonda Rhimes-Sponsored 'Unsung Voices Playwriting Commission'
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 26, 2024

Brian Otaño has been awarded the IAMA's Shonda Rhimes-sponsored ‘Unsung Voices Playwriting Commission,’ recognizing his contributions to theater and supporting his future work.

Cast Set for Roger Q. Mason's NIGHT CITIES at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2024

Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will receive an industry reading of Night Cities, a new play about Queer civil rights activist Bayard Rusin at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Rising Phoenix Repertory Announces Lina Patel As The Recipient Of The Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2024

Lina Patel wins the Cornelia Street Playwriting Award for 2024, recognizing her outstanding contributions to contemporary theater.

Tania Watson, Corina Bradley & More Join HOTEL COCAINE on MGM+ As Production Begins on Season Two
by Michael Major - Jan 4, 2024

MGM+ announces start of production and additional casting for 1970s crime thriller 'Hotel Cocaine'. New cast members join previously announced stars Danny Pino, Michael Chiklis, Mark Feuerstein, and Yul Vazquez.

FRIGID New York Reveals Full Schedule For 2024 The Fire This Time Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 12, 2023

FRIGID New York announces the full schedule for the 2024 The Fire This Time Festival.

Mosaic Theater Company Presents World Premiere of MONUMENTAL TRAVESTIES
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 25, 2023

Mosaic Theater Company presents the world premiere of Monumental Travesties, a searing new comedy written by Mosaic's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright-in-Residence Psalmayene 24 and directed by Mosaic Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas. Inspired by the Emancipation Memorial in DC's Capitol Hill neighborhood, the play runs September 7-October 1, 2023, and opens Mosaic's 2023-2024 season.

Amy Berryman Receives Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award
by Stephi Wild - Jun 7, 2023

Rising Phoenix Repertory has announced Amy Berryman as the recipient of this year’s Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award. The honor is presented to an emerging playwright of exceptional work ethic, character, and talent. 

Photos: HADESTOWN Celebrates Opening Night at Center Theatre Group
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 29, 2022

The Los Angeles engagement of 'Hadestown' opened this week at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre.

All-Star Cast Records Dominique Morisseau's Compelling PIPELINE For L.A. Theatre Works
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 9, 2022

L.A. Theatre Works, the world's leading producer of audio theater, is honored to add Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau to its extensive collection of state-of-the-art audio theater, the largest library of its kind in the world.

L.A. Theatre Works Relativity Series Presents FRANKLINLAND
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2021

L.A. Theatre Works, the world's leading producer of audio theater, is best known for its unique catalog of nearly 600 plays. Another key component of the company's mission is to produce science-themed plays, recorded with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which are made available to schools, libraries and the general public as part of LATW's “Relativity Series.” The latest addition to that collection, Franklinland, written by Lloyd Suh and starring Gregory Harrison and Larry Powell, is set for release on Thursday, Dec. 16.

IAMA Theatre Company's New Works Festival Free Readings Of 6 New Plays Over The Course Of One Weekend
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 27, 2021

Staged readings of six new plays currently in development by IAMA Theatre Company will be presented over the course of one weekend, November 11 through 14, as part of the company's annual New Works Festival.

New L.A. Theatre Works Season Starts Today
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 20, 2021

L.A. Theatre Works will segue from the digital stage to in-person performance in 2021-22 with a seven-play season of audio theater.

F*It Club to Present THE SPRING FLING: HAPPILY EVER AFTER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2021

F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, will complete ten years of its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays at the IRT Theater as part of their 3B Development Series in Manhattan's West Village with The Spring Fling: Happily Ever After.

Larry Powell Receives The Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2021

Rising Phoenix Repertory has announced that Larry Powell is the recipient of this year’s Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award. The honor is presented to an emerging playwright of exceptional work ethic, character, and talent. 

BWW Interview: Sharon Lawrence Always Zealously Involved In Taking Her SHOT
by Gil Kaan - Apr 20, 2021

Skylight Theatre Company begins its 2021 season of Skylight LIVE April 24, 2021; with Robin Gerber’s THE SHOT starring the incomparable Sharon Lawrence. This behind-the-scenes story of The Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham is directed by Michelle Joyner and produced by SPARKS Theatricals. Sharon managed to squeeze some time for my queries between filming Rebel and her many social justice commitments.