Laurence Holder

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble Announces Award Winners for 4th Annual Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack
by Gillian Blum - Dec 29, 2025

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble announced the 2025 award recipients for the Fourth Annual Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack, a multi-week curated performing arts festival featuring theatre, music, comedy, and dance.

Photos: Zora Neale Hurston's Journey Unfolds In ZORA! At American Theatre of Actors
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 7, 2024

The essence of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance, comes vibrantly to life in Zora! See photos from the production below.

Antonia Badon to Star in ZORA At American Theatre of Actors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 11, 2024

Antonia Badon will star in ZORA, a one-woman play about Zora Neale Hurston, at the American Theatre of Actors. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE Opens Tonight at Theater For The New City
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 1, 2024

Tongs and Bones, Shakespeare: Tempestuous Amusements, Interludes, Noises, and Drollery, written by Bob Shuman and directed by Frank Farrell will run as part of the Dream Up Festival from August 25-September 15, 2024.

New Federal Theatre to Present TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL Beginning Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 23, 2023

Four women writers of the Harlem Renaissance meet in 'Telling Tales Out of School' by Wesley Brown, directed by Woodie King, Jr. at Castillo Theatre/ASP. The play offers a unique perspective on the Harlem Renaissance by providing a character study of four of its most-noted female prime movers. Check out event information here!

New Federal Theatre to Hold 53rd Anniversary Celebration Next Month at Edison Ballroom
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 23, 2023

NEW FEDERAL THEATRE will hold its 53rd Anniversary Celebration on October 2 at Edison Ballroom, honoring Woodie King, Jr., Gabrielle Kurlander, and Sade Lythcott. The gala is chaired by Kenny Leon and Lynn Whitfield.

World Premiere of SCRAMBLED EGGS Comes to the Gene Frankel Theatre in Honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 8, 2023

 In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Faith Steps Productions and 24 Bond Arts Center will present the world premiere of 'Scrambled Eggs,' a new seven-character play. Learn more about how to catch this new play here!

New Federal Theatre To Hold 53rd Anniversary Celebration in October
by Stephi Wild - Aug 30, 2023

Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre (NFT), led by Producing Artistic Director Elizabeth Van Dyke, will hold a 53rd Anniversary Celebration October 2, 2023 at Edison Ballroom, 240 West 47th Street.  

New Federal Theatre to Present TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL in May
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 17, 2023

New Federal Theatre will present 'Telling Tales Out of School,' a new play by Wesley Brown, from May 2 to 7 as a work in progress at Castillo Theatre/ASP.

Theater Resources Unlimited Announces Industry Talkback Panel Following Reading of GREENWOOD at The Actors' Temple
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2022

The staged reading of Greenwood by Coolidge Harris II, the inaugural presentation of the TRU Diversity/Amplifying BIPOC Voices program initiative, will be followed by a 'dollars and sense' talkback discussion about the development of this new work. The reading will take place on Monday, July 25, 2022 at 7pm ET at The Actors’ Temple.

The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. Announces Emerging Playwrights Competition
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 12, 2022

One of the ways The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. (NEC) fulfills its mission to discover and nurture new, innovative works by skilled and creative artists is its NEC Cutting Edge Playhouse: Emerging Playwrights Competition, which will be mounted for the second time May 5 to 29, 2022.  

Woodie King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre Announces World Premiere of GONG LUM'S LEGACY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 11, 2022

Woodie King Jr.’s New Federal Theatre in association with The Peccadillo Theater Company will present the World Premiere of Gong Lum’s Legacy by Charles L. White.

SUGAR RAY Will Premiere at the Gene Frankel Theatre
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 18, 2021

On January 6 to 23, The new play Sugar Ray will have its theatrical premiere January 6 to 23, 2022 at Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, presented by 24 Bond Arts Center in association with Faith Steps Productions and performed by AUDELCO-winner Reginald L. Wilson. The theater's playing area will be transformed into a boxing ring for the production.

SUGAR RAY by Laurence Holder to be Presented at the Gene Frankel Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2021

Sugar Ray by Laurence Holder will have its theatrical premiere January 6 to 23, 2022 at Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, presented by 24 Bond Arts Center in association with Faith Steps Productions and performed by AUDELCO-winner Reginald L. Wilson.  The theater's playing area will be transformed into a boxing ring for the production.

Woodie King, Jr. To Retire June 30 As Head Of New Federal Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2021

Woodie King, Jr., Founder and Producing Director of New Federal Theatre (NFT), will retire from leadership of the famed theater company on June 30, 2021, handing the baton to NFT's newly appointed Artistic Director, Elizabeth Van Dyke.

New Federal Theatre Offers Reading Series For Black History Month
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2021

On Saturdays from February 13 to 27, 2021 New York's New Federal Theatre (NFT) will present 'New Federal Theatre Celebrates Black History Month,' a retrospective readings series in which three rarely-done yet noteworthy plays, all previously produced by NFT, will be recreated by savvy actors and directors. These plays illuminate burning issues of their time and are newly instructive today.

Woodie King Jr. Appoints Elizabeth Van Dyke as Artistic Director of New Federal Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 25, 2020

Woodie King Jr. Producing Director of New Federal Theatre (NFT), has appointed actress, director and producer Elizabeth Van Dyke as Artistic Director.

Wynn Handman, Producer and Acting Teacher, Has Passed Away at 97
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 14, 2020

Wynn Handman, the famed New York acting teacher and Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre, died at home April 11, 2020 of Covid-19 related pneumonia. He was 97.