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Interview: Rick Dildine on the new Core Company at Children's Theater Company
by Jared Fessler - Jul 14, 2026

For years, Children's Theatre Company has recognized its longtime Acting Company as a cornerstone of its productions. This season, the Minneapolis theater is expanding that tradition with the creation of a new Core Company, bringing together actors, designers, directors, choreographers, and other artists who play an ongoing role in the organization's creative work.

Children's Theatre Company Forms New Core Company
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2026

Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis announced a new Core Company, expanding its longtime Acting Company to include actors, directors, designers, and choreographers set to appear across its upcoming season.

Eden Espinosa and Tally Sessions To Lead MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING At The Old Globe; Full Cast Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 25, 2026

Eden Espinosa and Tally Sessions will star as Beatrice and Benedick in The Old Globe's production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Barry Edelstein, closing the theater's Summer Shakespeare Festival in San Diego.

Eden Espinosa and Tally Sessions to Star in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at The Old Globe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 25, 2026

The Old Globe has revealed the full cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. This beloved comedy is directed by the Globe’s Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein.

Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at The Old Globe
by ErinMarie Reiter - Jun 25, 2026

This beautifully acted and thoughtfully staged  “Measure for Measure” proves there is plenty worth measuring here.

Photos: Ato Blankson-Wood, Amelia Pedlow, and Sam Lilja Star in MEASURE FOR MEASURE at The Old Globe
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 18, 2026

The Old Globe is presenting William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure as the opening production of its 2026 Summer Shakespeare Festival. Directed by Vivienne Benesch, the production stars Ato Blankson-Wood, Amelia Pedlow, Sam Lilja, and more. Check out photos from the production below.

Photos/Video: MISERY At Alley Theatre- First Look
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 3, 2026

Alley Theatre has released new production photos and video from MISERY. Directed by Brandon Weinbrenner, the stage adaptation of Stephen King's thriller is currently playing in Houston.

Review: THE TEMPEST at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival is Awash in Vibrant Technical Design
by James Lindhorst - May 30, 2026

One can always count on an outstanding show from the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival team. This production of The Tempest is a beautifully staged and technically superior production with crisp direction, incandescent portrayals, keen stage direction, luxuriantly tailored costumes, and vibrant technical design.

Ato Blankson-Wood, Sam Lilja and More to Star in MEASURE FOR MEASURE at The Old Globe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 8, 2026

The Old Globe has revealed the full cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. Vivienne Benesch directs a cast of 21 in this timeless Shakespeare classic.

MISERY to Close Out Alley Theatre's 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 21, 2026

Houston's Alley Theatre will present Misery, William Goldman's adaptation of Stephen King's thriller, directed by Brandon Weinbrenner and starring real-life married couple Elizabeth Bunch and Chris Hutchison as Annie Wilkes and Paul Sheldon.

Video: First Look at Alley Theatre's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Gillian Blum - Mar 14, 2026

Check out a first-look video at Alley Theatre's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Rob Melrose, running through March 29 at the Hubbard Theatre.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Comes to Alabama Shakespeare Festival
by Stephi Wild - Feb 23, 2026

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival will present MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING featuring French Stewart, known for 'Third Rock from the Sun' and 'Mom', alongside ASF favorites. The production is set to captivate audiences with its classic wit and charm.

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents GOD OF CARNAGE
by Michael Quintos - Feb 10, 2026

Wildly surprising and deliciously savage, Yasmina Reza's machete-edged 2006 dark comedy GOD OF CARNAGE—here directed by Marco Barricelli and continues performances at OC's South Coast Repertory through March 21, 2026—has to be one of the most ferocious dissections of modern-day performative civility ever to grace the stage—an 80-minute, intermission-less pressure cooker that gleefully burns away the polite veneer of bourgeois adulthood to reveal the petulant, immature children actually lurking just beneath. Boosted by a foursome of terrific actors, the play endures as entertainingly voyeuristic in its unsettling relatability. SCR's outstanding production is a brilliantly observed theatrical skirmish—equal parts comedy of manners and psychological boxing match with no clear winners or losers.

Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF? at South Coast Rep
by Tracey Paleo - Feb 9, 2026

South Coast Repertory’s production of Edward Albee’s dark psychological comedy 100% embodies all the epic frustration and athletic dysfunction which begins and ends with Martha. 

ANIMAL FARM Comes to the Theatre School @ North Coast Rep
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2026

The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep will present a new adaptation of George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM, exploring themes of totalitarianism through a student-led production.

Video: THE HEART SELLERS at Seattle Rep
by Joshua Wright - Jan 21, 2026

Get a first look at Seattle Rep's production of The Heart Sellers, now on stage through February 1st, 2026. The cast features Becca Q. Co as Luna and Seoyoung Park as Jane.

GOD OF CARNAGE and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF Come to South Coast Repertory
by Stephi Wild - Jan 9, 2026

South Coast Repertory will open 2026 with a rotating repertory of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton.

Cast and Creative Team Set for Joshua Harmon's WE HAD A WORLD at The Huntington
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2025

The Huntington has revealed the cast and creative team of We Had a World, a sharp, funny, and deeply personal new story by Joshua Harmon, and directed by Keria Fromm.

Video: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Denver Center First Look
by Joshua Wright - Dec 3, 2025

Get a first look at Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol! Essential to the holiday season in Denver, A Christmas Carol is a joyous and opulent musical adaptation for the whole family that traces money-hoarding curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption.

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD Comes to the Theatre School @ North Coast Rep
by Gillian Blum - Nov 16, 2025

The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep presents a show with bubbling energy and comedic buffoonery in this British Pantomime version of The Adventures of Robin Hood as its next student production.