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Company of LIFE AND TRUST Launches GoFundMe After Abrupt Closure
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 26, 2025

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this week, the Off-Broadway production Life and Trust closed without warning on April 19, leaving more than 40 company members without severance or support. Learn more about what happened.

LIFE AND TRUST Closes Abruptly Off-Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Apr 21, 2025

Emursive's production of Life And Trust ended its off-Broadway run abruptly on April 19. From the team behind Sleep Now More, Life And Trust was a site-specific theatrical experience that began in June 2024.

Photos: Andrew Barth Feldman Joins LIFE AND TRUST 100th Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 29, 2024

Last night, Emursive’s Life And Trust, a Faustian world of money, sex, and power unfolding in the heart of New York’s Financial District, celebrated their 100th performance at Conwell Tower with Broadway and film star Andrew Barth Feldman. See photos!

Photos: Immersive LIFE AND TRUST Hosts 'Broadway Night'
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 23, 2024

Broadway went downtown to experience Life And Trust: a world of money, sex, and power unfolding in the heart of New York’s Financial District. Life And Trust celebrated a starry Broadway night at Conwell Tower (69 Beaver Street). Check out photos from inside the the event.

Photos: LIFE AND TRUST Opening Night
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 6, 2024

Check out photos from opening night of Life and Trust!

Photos & Video: LIFE AND TRUST at Conwell Tower
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 1, 2024

Emursive is presenting the world premiere of Life And Trust: a tale of money, sex, and power in the heart of New York’s Financial District. See photos and videos!

LIFE AND TRUST World Premiere to Open in August at Conwell Tower
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 20, 2024

The world premiere of LIFE AND TRUST has revealed its preview and opening night dates. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

HERE Announces Additional Programming and New Puppeteer Residencies for Fall 2020 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 22, 2020

The OBIE-winning HERE has announced additional programming for its HERE THERE EVERYWHERE fall 2020 season. HERE's expanded online programming continues to innovate with the serial space opera, Only You Will Recognize The Signal, featuring a libretto by Rob Handel, music by Kamala Sankaram, and direction by Kristin Marting.

BWW Review: Be Ready to Play Your Part Creating a HOME in the Past, Present and Future at The Broad Stage
by Shari Barrett - Mar 7, 2020

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica is presenting the Southern California Premiere of HOME, created by Geoff Sobelle and directed by Lee Sunday Evans, who won a 2018 Bessie Award for Outstanding Production.

The Broad Stage Presents The Southern California Premiere Of HOME
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2020

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica is proud to present the Southern California Premiere of HOME, created by Geoff Sobelle. The show is a house party where the whole audience is invited. HOME will have six performances from March 4 through March 8, 2020 (press opening is March 5). HOME, directed by Lee Sunday Evans, who won a 2018 Bessie Award for Outstanding Production.

Berkeley Announces Cast And Creative Team For HOME
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2019

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the full cast and creative team for HOME. This production is led by Obie Award-winning physical theatre artist Geoff Sobelle and his ensemble of actors, dancers, and designers.

The Drama League Announces Its 2019 Directors-In-Residence
by Stephi Wild - Dec 6, 2018

The Drama League (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Executive Artistic Director) has announced the theater directors chosen to develop new plays and musicals as part of the 2019 Drama League Artist Residency Program. Public work-in-progress presentations of each residency will be held periodically throughout the year at The Drama League Theater Center, 32 Avenue of the Americas, in Tribeca. Schedules for the presentations, which are open to the public, will be available throughout 2019 at www.dramaleague.org or by calling (212) 244-9494.

Geoff Sobelle Returns to BAM with Large-Scale Work HOME Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Dec 6, 2017

Geoff Sobelle's large-scale performance work HOME explores the relationship between house and home, running tonight, December 6, through December 10, 2017, at BAM's Harvey Theater.

Geoff Sobelle to Return to BAM with Large-Scale Work HOME
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2017

Geoff Sobelle's large-scale performance work HOME explores the relationship between house and home, running December 6-10, 2017, at BAM's Harvey Theater.

Stage Raw Announces Award Winners For Its Third Annual Awards
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2017

Professional Los Angeles intimate theater companies and their friends sold out Los Angeles Theatre Center to support the third-ever STAGE RAW THEATRE AWARDS.

Nominations Announced for 2017 Stage Raw Theatre Awards, Hosted by Vanessa & French Stewart
by BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2017

Stage Raw announces the nominations for its third annual awards show 'A Wake and Sing!,' coming Monday, May 15 to Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring Street, Downtown.

Update: THE DAY SHALL DECLARE IT Extended Through 7/31
by Louisa Brady - Jun 18, 2016

After the sold-out and award-winning success of The Day Shall Declare It in 2015, Wilderness returns to the Los Angeles Arts District to remount its immersive, site-specific theatre experience, opening Tuesday, May 10, 2016 and running through Sunday, June 19, 2016. [UPDATE: The show has been extended thru July 31st by popular demand!] The internationally acclaimed physical theatre piece weaves together dynamic movement with a collage of American labor literature from Tennessee Williams and Studs Terkel, exploring the concept of work in America: what it does for us - and what it does to us. 

Immersive THE DAY SHALL DECLARE IT Returns to LA in May
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 13, 2016

After the sold-out and award-winning success of The Day Shall Declare It in 2015, Wilderness returns to the Los Angeles Arts District to remount its immersive, site-specific theatre experience, opening Tuesday, May 10, 2016 and running through Sunday, June 19, 2016. The internationally acclaimed physical theatre piece weaves together dynamic movement with a collage of American labor literature from Tennessee Williams and Studs Terkel, exploring the concept of work in America: what it does for us - and what it does to us. Developed and co-directed by Annie Saunders and Sophie Bortolussi (Punchdrunk's Sleep No More), The Day Shall Declare It will run for a limited time, to audiences of only thirty people per show. The intimate performances will run six nights a week, Tuesday through Sunday, with doors opening at 8:00pm and performances beginning at 8:30pm. The 2016 version sees the addition of  "The Paradise," an exclusive pop-up bar with live music curated by Vagrant Bartenders. Wilderness, an experimental performance company that brings temporary theatrical experiences to vacant buildings awaiting redevelopment, presents this work in partnership with Ad Age Standout 2015 production company HeLo, and in association with Los Angeles Performance Practice and Imperial Art Studios. For more information, please visit http://thisisthewilderness.com.

Photo Coverage: Signature Theatre Celebrates Opening Night of Alfred Uhry's ANGEL REAPERS
by Jennifer Broski - Feb 23, 2016

Signature Theatre presents ANGEL REAPERS, written by Residency Five playwright Martha Clarke and Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winner Alfred Uhry, directed and choreographed by Ms. Clarke. The production will run through March 20, 2016 with an opening last night, February 22, in The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Check out photos from the special night below!

Martha Clarke & Alfred Uhry's ANGEL REAPERS Opens Tonight at Signature Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2016

Signature Theatre presents ANGEL REAPERS, written by Residency Five playwright Martha Clarke and Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winner Alfred Uhry, directed and choreographed by Ms. Clarke. The production will now run through March 20, 2016 with an opening slated for tonight, February 22, in The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues).