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Berkeley Repertory Theatre Reveals 2026 Participants for The Ground Floor
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 15, 2026

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has revealed the Summer Residency Lab participants of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work.

April Matthis, McKinley Belcher III and More to Star in STAGE LEFT PLAY FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 4, 2026

Working Theater and Broadway Advocacy Coalition have revealed the full lineup, creative teams, community partners, and featured casting for the second annual Stage Left, the innovative new play festival where art meets activism.

ELECTRA AMERICA World Premiere, Newly Adapted THE SEAGULL and More Set for Yale Rep 26-27 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2026

Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2026-27 season. 2026-27 kicks off with August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in October, and will be followed by world premieres and more.

STEVE BURNS: ALIVE and TWITCH to Make UK Premieres at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Stephi Wild - May 27, 2026

Steve Burns's autobiographical one-person show STEVE BURNS: ALIVE and Liliana Padilla's TWITCH will make their UK premieres at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, both running at Underbelly venues.

LIBERATION and More Set For Studio Theatre's 2026-2027 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2026

Studio Theatre in Washington, DC announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring works by Pulitzer Prize winners Sanaz Toossi, James Ijames, and Bess Wohl, alongside plays by Joshua Harmon and Alice Childress.

PRIDE PLAYS 2025 Announces Casting For New York Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 16, 2025

Initial casting has been announced for Pride Plays 2025 in New York. Partnering with longtime collaborator Rattlestick Theater (Will Davis, Artistic Director; Maegan Morris, Managing Director), Pride Plays 2025 in New York will take place on Monday June 23, 2025, at The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space (511 West 52nd Street). Tickets are free and open to the public and will be available by visiting prideplays.com.

Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Working Theater Reveal Directors, Cast, and Partners For 2025 Stage Left Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 11, 2025

Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Working Theater have announced the directors, featured cast and key panelists for the first-ever Stage Left Festival, a bold new platform for social justice-centered storytelling.

Fault Line Theatre to Launch 2025 Season With 8th Year of IRONS IN THE FIRE Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 9, 2025

Fault Line Theatre is launching their 15th Season. In 2025, Fault Line Theatre will continue developing new plays with their Irons in the Fire series. Learn more about the plays here!

James Bundy to Step Down From Positions at David Geffen School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 27, 2025

James Bundy, who has served Yale since 2002 as the fifth Elizabeth Parker Ware Dean of David Geffen School of Drama and fourth Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre, will step down from these positions on June 30, 2026.

Photos: EMPTY RIDE World Premiere At The Old Globe
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2025

Empty Ride by Keiko Green is having its Globe commissioned, world premiere in a production directed by Sivan Battat. Running February 8 – March 2, 2025, with the official opening night on Thursday, Feb. 13 at Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre. See photos from the production.

FUZZY, THE YOM KIPPUR PLAY & More Set for Barrington Stage Company 2025 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 7, 2025

Barrington Stage Company has revealed the theatre’s 2025 season which includes seven productions, including two regional premieres and two world premieres. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Cast And Creative Team Set for EMPTY RIDE World Premiere at The Old Globe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 14, 2025

The Old Globe has revealed the full cast and creative team for the Globe-commissioned world premiere of Empty Ride by San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award-winning playwright Keiko Green. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Playwrights Horizons Renames Mainstage 'The Judith O. Rubin Theater' After Longtime Board Chair
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2024

Playwrights Horizons  has renamed its Mainstage Theater the Judith O. Rubin Theater,.

Review Roundup: IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT at Playwrights Horizons
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 29, 2024

Playwrights Horizons is now presenting Sarah Mantell’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot. Check out what the critics are saying about the new play...

NOISES OFF Completes The Old Globe's 2025 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 4, 2024

THE OLD GLOBE announced the upcoming production of NOISES OFF, a classic farce by Michael Frayn. The play will run from November 15 to December 20, 2024, featuring a talented cast and creative team.

Old Globe 2025 Season Includes World Premiere Musical from LEGALLY BLONDE Writers & More
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 13, 2024

The Old Globe has announced its 2025 Season, which is packed with new musicals and plays, West Coast and San Diego premieres, and two of Shakespeare’s popular comedies.

Cast Set For IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT at Playwrights Horizons
by Stephi Wild - Sep 12, 2024

Playwrights Horizons has announced the cast and creative team of Sarah Mantell’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot, a Playwrights commission directed by Sivan Battat and presented in association with Breaking the Binary Theatre.

Berkeley Rep Announces Participants For 2024 Ground Floor Summer Residency Lab
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 25, 2024

Berkeley Rep reveals the participants for the 2024 Ground Floor Summer Residency Lab, featuring a diverse group of artists and projects aimed at fostering new works in theater.

Premieres From Ryan J. Haddad, Sarah Mantell & More Set for Playwrights Horizons 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 15, 2024

Playwrights Horizons has revealed its 2024-25 season. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: PROBLEMS BETWEEN SISTERS at Studio Theatre
by David Friscic - May 15, 2024

The submerged and, often, long-sublimated divisions and resentments and life motifs of two estranged sisters come to the fore in the visceral and joltingly immersive play entitled Problems Between Sisters. The domestic squabbles of siblings have long been given ample space in plays, films, and novels but, in this fine Studio Theatre production, the playwright Julia May Jonas delves into a feminist mirroring and elucidation of themes from playwright Sam Shepard’s well-known play True West. In this intriguing play, the battling brothers become two sisters, California becomes Vermont and screenwriting becomes visual and performance art.