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New York playwright. Author of over 70 plays (22 full length) with productions from Off-Broadway to London, Mongolia to South Africa. Honored and published. Publishers include Samuel French, Original Works, Smith and Kraus, Dramatic. Lifetime member of The Dramatists Guild.

Most often, magical realism scans the environment and women struggling to realize their dreams.

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THE PORTABLE DOROTHY PARKER Comes to Adelaide in February


Grove Productions, Fringe Management LLC and Adelaide’s Joanne Hartstone will present the Australian premiere season of the acclaimed US production, The Portable Dorothy Parker, from 13 February to 17 March at The Arch, Holden Street Theatres, Hindmarsh.

San Francisco Opera Center Announces The 2024 Adler Fellows


San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam announced today the 11 recipients of the 2024 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship.

29th Street Playwrights Collective New Works Series Hosts a Reading of TRIP-TRAP


29th Street Playwrights Collective New Works Series presents a staged reading of TRIP-TRAP written by Robin Rice and directed by Kenny Wade Marshall. Learn more about the upcoming reading and how to get tickets here!

Portland Opera Announces 23-24 Resident Artists


Portland Opera has announced the artists selected to join the company's Resident Artist program for the 2023/24 season: returning soprano Judy Yannini, tenor Antonio Domino, tenor Roland Hawkins II, baritone Sankara Harouna, and collaborative pianist Edward Forstman. Portland Opera's Resident Artist (PORA) program, established in 2005, is one of the company's core programs—a rigorous residency and training program centered on the cultivation and support of emerging artists, as a bridge between the academic and professional world of opera.

THE PORTABLE DOROTHY PARKER Come to Edinburgh Fringe


The year is 1943; the place, a New York City hotel apartment. Dorothy Parker—writer, poet, screenwriter, critic, wit—is not happy. Viking Press is about to publish a collection of Dorothy's poems and short stories, and an editor is about to show up at her door.

FREEDOM SUMMER by Toby Armour to be Presented at Theater for the New City in June


Theater for the New City, which has been Toby Armour's theatrical home since 1988, will present the world premiere run of Freedom Summer June 8 to 25. Joan Kane directs a cast of six.

Houston Grand Opera Announces 2023 CONCERT OF ARIAS Winners


Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has announced the winners for this year's Concert of Arias, the 35th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, held this evening at the Wortham Theater Center and livestreamed for audiences at home.   

The Parsnip Ship Announces Return To Live Programming


The Parsnip Ship (Artistic Director + Host, Iyvon E.) has announced the continuation of their Fall 2022 programming (Season 5) with live play recording dates, a new play development program (The Parsnip Play Club), and the extension of their theatrical experiment, The Detour Series.

SUSAN B. Comes to TNC Next Month


We are living in a time of deliberate campaigns of voter suppression through a variety of means.  Coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally, we're living in a time when women's rights are increasingly under attack.  All of which makes it seem obligatory to revisit the life struggles of historic female activists and be inspired by their brave campaigns for fundamental rights. 

The Latiné Musical Theatre Lab Presents The Julia De Burgos Cohort


The Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, an organization that develops and advocates for new Latiné-written works of musical theatre in order to radically change who gets to tell musical stories on stages across the country, is presenting its inaugural Julia de Burgos Cohort.

AUNT SUSAN AND HER TENNESSEE WALTZ to be Presented by Theater for the New City


'Aunt Susan and Her Tennessee Waltz' by Toby Armour will be presented by Theater for the New City (TNC) April 28 to May 15.  The play dramatizes the leadership of Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt and Juno Frankie Pearce in the struggle to win the women's right to vote.

BWW Review: The Chatham Community Players Hosts 27TH Annual JERSEY VOICES One-Act Festival


The Chatham Community Players hosts its 27th annual Jersey Voices One-Act Festival. This year's production includes seven original short plays written by New Jersey playwrights.

Chatham Playhouse to Host 27th Annual Jersey Voices Festival Next Month


Learn more about the full lineup and how to purchase tickets here!

Playwright Joanna Pickering Inks A Deal With Next Stage Press


Pickering, is a British, actress and writer. She began writing for theatre in 2018, at Primitive Grace Theatre Ensemble, with artistic directors Paul Calderon and David Zayas, also co-founding members of New York LAByrinth Theatre. In 2020, Pickering was accepted as a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women, as well as The International Centre of Female Playwrights.

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: April 24-25- with Mandy Gonzalez, Andrea McArdle and More!


Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, April 24-25, 2021.

SMARTPHONE SHORTS to be Presented at Oberon Theatre Ensemble's Film Festival


LanDan Consulting has announced Oberon Theatre Ensemble's 'Smartphone Shorts' (Brad Fryman, Artistic Director). An evening featuring short films created during Oberon's Smartphone Workshops. The films were shot exclusively on smartphones as the ensemble negotiated its way through the pandemic.

Jessica Carmona Leads Diverse Cast Of PECKING ORDER At Virtual WHAM! Festival


Award-winning Latina actress Jessica Carmona leads a diverse cast in a virtual reading of PECKING ORDER by Robin Rice, a big city love story…with hawks, at Goddard Riverside's 6th Annual WHAM Festival on Wednesday, March 16 at 7:30pm, and streams through March 20 on the Goddard YouTube channel.

Virtual Theatre Today: Tuesday, February 16- with Patrick Page, Robert Cuccioli and More!


Today (February 16) in live streaming: Laura Osnes sings with Seth Rudetsky, Josh Groban in concert, and more!

Virtual Theatre Today: Tuesday, February 9- with Lillias White and More!


Today (February 9) in live streaming: Lillias White takes over at Stars in the House, Irish Rep presents The Weir, and more!

The Pharmacy Theatre Presents Robin Rice's THE BREAST MONOLOGUES


The Breast Monologues will be streaming February 12 through the 14. The show will feature women of different ages and ethnicities tell defiant, joyous, sad, sweet and universal stories about their breasts.

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