Simone Weil

Mannes Opera Reveals 2025�"2026 Season Led by Women Composers and Directors
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 20, 2025

​​​​​​​Mannes Opera at The New School’s College of Performing Arts has announced its 2025–2026 season, a bold lineup that will spotlight women composers and directors across all productions.

Writer Paul Kingsnorth Comes To Irvington Theater For Book Discussion
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2025

 Irvington Theater will present “Against the Machine” | An Evening with Paul Kingsnorth, an evening of intimate conversation that thoughtfully explores Kingsnorth’s latest work, “Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity.” 

Laboratorio Arte Alameda Despide Las Exposiciones Temporales Pray, Drench Y Paradise
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 13, 2025

Las exposiciones Pray, de Korakrit Arunanondchai y Alex Gvojic; Drench, de Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, y Paradise, de Luiz Roque, forman parte del festival TONO 2025 y llegan a sus últimos días de exhibición en el Laboratorio Arte Alameda (LAA), recinto del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), donde permanecerán abiertas al público hasta el 15 de junio.

Chicago Writers' Bloc 2024 New Play Festival Begins In May At Theater Wit
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 16, 2024

Discover new musicals and plays from Chicago-area writers at the 2024 New Play Festival, hosted by Chicago Writers' Bloc at Theater Wit from May 5 - 19.

Undermain Theatre Presents FEEDING ON LIGHT
by Stephi Wild - Nov 3, 2022

Undermain Theatre welcomes you to the world premiere of Feeding on Light by Lenora Champagne. This play is based on the playwright’s personal relationship and discussions with Undermain Theatre’s late Founding Artistic Director Katherine Owens, to whom the play is dedicated.

The Gamm Hosts TRUTH AND TYRANNY Community Discussion
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 1, 2022

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) announces “Truth and Tyranny,” a community discussion around Russia's invasion of Ukraine, its centuries-long imperial ambitions, and the manufacture of “truth' in an age of amplified, instantaneous, globalized information and disinformation. “Truth and Tyranny” will take place on Sunday, September 25 following the matinee of  Describe the Night (approx. 4:30 pm) at The Gamm Theatre, 1245 Jefferson Blvd., Warwick, RI.

World Premiere of FEEDING ON LIGHT & More Announced for Undermain Theatre's 2022/2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 4, 2022

For its 39th season Undermain Theatre is returning to a full season of professional live performances with a diverse array of exciting productions to inspire and enrich the live theater experience in Dallas.

BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - Jul 10, 2021

On the Los Angeles Opera website, Igor Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex is available to stream now thru July 18th. Stravinsky based his opera Oedipus Rex on the ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Oedipus Rex, is staged with minimal movement, which works well with COVID restrictions. A narrator describes the action in English.

BWW Feature: ONLINE VIRTUAL OPERA TOUR at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin - May 1, 2021

Los Angeles Opera’s new Signature Recital Series gives vocal music fans  exclusive access to astounding performances in intimate settings—filmed in stunning venues across this country and in Europe—streamed directly to home screens. Tenor Russell Thomas partners with pianist Mi-Kyung Kim for Schumann's Dichterliebe (Poet's Love).

BWW Feature: Virtual Opera Streaming This Week 3/9
by Maria Nockin - Mar 9, 2021

Mar 13 and 14, San Francisco Opera presents Wagner’s Die Walküre. Chief god Wotan fathers the hero Siegmund to regain control of the ring. But, when confronted with the futility of his dream, Wotan is forced to forsake not only his son but also his beloved daughter, the warrior-maiden Brünnhilde. Wagner’s opera has English supertitles. 

OperaVision is Now Streaming Royal Swedish Opera's LA PASSION DE SIMONE
by Stephi Wild - Jan 20, 2021

OperaVision is now streaming Royal Swedish Opera's La Passion de Simone. The production is available now through 16 July 2021.

OperaVision to Stream Royal Swedish Opera's LA PASSION DE SIMONE
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2021

How many lives can a person live in just 34 years? Before her early death, the French-Jewish philosopher and mystic Simone Weil took part in the Spanish Civil War, worked in a refugee camp, in a factory and as a teacher. Forever on the move in search of new truths.

FEEDING ON LIGHT Announced as Inaugural Commission From Katherine Owens/Undermain Theatre Fund for New Work
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2020

In celebration of the birthdate of Katherine Owens, the Undermain Theatre has announced the inaugural commission of $10,000 from the Katherine Owens/Undermain Fund for New Work: a collaboration with playwright Lenora Champagne of her new play, Feeding on Light, an exploration of the life and influence of French philosopher Simone Weil.

HEDDA GABLER, ATHENA and More Announced in Undermain Theatre's 2020/2021 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 2, 2020

At Undermain, we're planning for the future. For our 37th year of cutting-edge performances, Undermain is pleased to announce the season of the feminine hero. Plays about women will comprise the four central productions that make up the season.

Undermain Theatre Will Present WHITHER GOEST THOU AMERICA: A NEW WORK FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 19, 2020

Undermain Theatre presents Whither Goest Thou America: a new work festival.

Climate Change Theatre Action To Offer Play Readings By Teen Actors As Part Of Festival Albertine 2019
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2019

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Albertine Books are pleased to announce that Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA), an initiative of the Arctic Cycle, which uses theatre to foster dialogue about the global climate crisis, will offer play four play readings, featuring teen actors, as part of Festival Albertine 2019. Curated by celebrated author and environmentalist Bill McKibben, the weekend-long festival focuses on climate chaos and the race to prevent civilization-scale collapse, and features lead prominent thinkers, politicians, activists, artists, and authors from across the U.S., France, and the francophone world, November 8-10. The CCTA readings take place prior to the discussions on November 9 and 10.

Multimedia Play on the Life & Philosophy of Simone Weil Premiers in Jersey City
by BWW News Desk - Sep 13, 2018

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) presents Prologue - a new multimedia, international production about the life and philosophy of Simone Weil - for a 10-show run, beginning September 13 at Merseles Studios in Jersey City.

Multimedia Play on the Life & Philosophy of Simone Weil Premiers in Jersey City
by Stephi Wild - Aug 23, 2018

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) presents Prologue - a new multimedia, international production about the life and philosophy of Simone Weil - for a 10-show run, beginning September 13 at Merseles Studios in Jersey City.

Yale Rep Presents KISS By Guillermo Calderón
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 3, 2018

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents KISS by Guillermo Calderon, directed by Evan Yionoulis, April 27-May 19, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street). Opening Night is Thursday, May 3.

Marguerite Willbanks, Matt Edmonds & Joe Kinosian, Norman Moses and More to Star in Milwaukee Rep's Fall Lineup; Casting Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Jul 27, 2017

Milwaukee Repertory Theater announces casting for the 2017/18 Season Fall shows including Souvenir, The Who & The What, Murder For Two, and Holmes and Watson.