Bara Swain
Latest News on Bara Swain:
Open-Door Playhouse to Debut New Podcast Play ONE WORD in May (Apr 19, 2024)
Open-Door Playhouse Debuts THE QUEEN OF CARBON In May (Apr 16, 2024)
12th Annual International Playwrights Festival Comes to the Warner in October (Sep 22, 2023)
Open-Door Playhouse to Debut New Podcast Play ONE WORD in May (Apr 19, 2024)
Open-Door Playhouse Debuts THE QUEEN OF CARBON In May (Apr 16, 2024)
12th Annual International Playwrights Festival Comes to the Warner in October (Sep 22, 2023)
Bara Swain BIO
Bara Swain’s plays, monologues and film adaptations have been performed in more than 125 venues in 25 states and abroad. NYC theatres include the Barrow Group, Abingdon Theatre, Urban Stages, Players Theatre, Symphony Space, Articulate Theatre, Sam French OOB Festival, Artistic New Directions, Project Y Theatre, Athena Theatre, NY Madness, Hudson Guild, Westside Theatre, Rising Sun, Ego Actus and T.A.R.T.E.. Other venues include NJ Rep, TheatreWorks (TN), Lyric Theatre (FL), New American Theatre (CA), Old Opera House (WV), Potluck Productions (MO), and OnStage Atlanta (GA), Duluth Playhouse (MN), The Tom Mann Theatre (Sydney, Australia), Junction Theatre (Dubai), Open Fist Theatre (CA), and Old Opera House (WV). Give and Take, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Critical Care, Prized Begonias and I Love Lucy are published in the Smith & Kraus Best Ten-Minute Plays anthologies. Her work is also published by Art Age Press (Senior Theatre), Applause Books, Original Works Publishing, Meriwether, and JAC Publications. Critical Care, produced on stage and in film, is reprinted in the college textbook, Serious Daring: Creative Writing in Four Genres by Lisa Roney (Oxford U. Press) and serves as a key reading for the craft of dialogue. Honors include Heideman Award Finalist, Aboard the Guy V. Molinari; City Theatre National Award Finalist for Short Playwriting for The Hotel Lobbyist and Extraordinary and, by special invitation from Burt Reynolds, An Evening With Bara Swain, BRIFT, Jupiter, Florida, directed by The Bandit. Bara serves as the Creative Consultant at Urban Stages.
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Bara Swain News
Open-Door Playhouse to Debut New Podcast Play ONE WORD in May
Open-Door Playhouse will present its latest podcast play, ONE WORD, in May. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Open-Door Playhouse Debuts THE QUEEN OF CARBON In May
Catch the debut of THE QUEEN OF CARBON, a short play podcast by Open-Door Playhouse. Follow the story of Lizzy, a pregnant woman with a unique name choice for her baby, inspired by scientist Mildred Dresselhaus.
12th Annual International Playwrights Festival Comes to the Warner in October
The Warner Theatre will present its 12th Annual International Playwrights Festival held in the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre October 13 & 14, 2023 at 8 pm. Learn more about the festival and how to attend here!
Players Guild of Leonia To Present THE MARSHALL PLAYWRIGHTS SHOWCASE At the Civil War Drill Hall Theatre
Players Guild of Leonia, founded in 1919, will present The Marshall Playwrights Showcase at the Civil War Drill Hall Theatre (130 Grand Avenue, Leonia). Performances are 8:00pm Fridays and Saturdays, and 3:00pm on Sundays.
STAGE IT! 10-Minute Play Festival Runs Two Weekends At Center For Performing Arts Bonita Springs
The Seventh Annual Stage It! Ten-Minute Play Festival will be held May 11-21, at the Performing Arts Center, Moe Auditorium & Film Center, 10150 Bonita Beach Road. All tickets are $35.
Review: AN EVENING OF ONE-ACTS at Ridgefield Theater Barn
The good news is that almost all the seven short pieces (averaging 10 minutes each) in RTB’s 2023 menu of theatrical hor d'oeuvres justify their place in the program well enough. Nobody will leave hungry for diverting entertainment.
Urban Stages to Host Special Post Show Conversations Following Performances of ELEANOR AND ALICE
Award-winning Off-Broadway theater, Urban Stages, will host several special post-show conversations following performances of Eleanor and Alice: Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts by Ellen Abrams and directed by Urban Stages Founder/Artistic Director Frances Hill.
Warner Theatre Presents 11th Annual INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
The Warner Theatre will present its 11th Annual International Playwrights Festival held in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre October 14 & 15, 2022 at 8 pm.
Urban Stages Adds Performance of GRATITUDE by Oren Safdie
Due to popular demand, the critically acclaimed play GRATITUDE written by playwright Oren Safdie, and directed by Maria Mileaf, will add an additional performance on Monday, June 27 at 7:30 PM.
Oren Safdie's GRATITUDE Begins Performances This Weekend at Urban Stages
Oren Safdie (Unseamly at Urban Stages) will get a New York premiere of his newest play, when Urban Stages presents MainLine Theatre’s (Amy Blackmore, Artistic Director) production of GRATITUDE.
New York Premiere of Oren Safdie's GRATITUDE to be Presented at Urban Stages
Playwright Oren Safdie will get a New York premiere of his newest play, Urban Stages presents MainLine Theatre’s (Amy Blackmore, Artistic Director) production of GRATITUDE. Directed by Maria Mileaf, performances will begin on June 5 in advance of its opening night on Thursday, June 8, and will run through June 30, 2022.
EAST SIDE STORIES Begins Next Week At Metropolitan Playhouse
Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents a festival of five one-acts by Tom Lavagnino, Natalina Lopez, Christian Missonak, Bara Swain, and Jonathon Ward.
EAST SIDE STORIES Comes to Metropolitan Playhouse in May
Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents a festival of five one-acts by Tom Lavagnino, Natalina Lopez, Christian Missonak, Bara Swain, and Jonathon Ward.
The limited run from May 19 through May 29, 2022, plays at the Playhouse home at 220 E 4th Street.
The Warner Announces its 10th Annual International Playwrights Festival
In celebration of our 10th year, the Warner Theatre International Playwrights Festival will be presenting a retrospective of some of our most memorable plays and playwrights! Since our inception, the festival has produced 111 plays from around the world and across the country.
International Playwrights Festival Productions Announced
The Warner Theatre will present its 10th Anniversary International Playwrights Festival in person and streaming live from the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre October 15 & 16, 2021.
Urban Stages Reopens Tomorrow With Lori Brown Mirabal's CHARMED LIFE
Urban Stages is bringing back Lori Brown Mirabal's play with music, CHARMED LIFE , From Soul Singing to Opera Star beginning performances on July 9, in advance of its Wednesday, July 14 opening night. The play will enjoy a limited run through August 1, 2021 at Urban Stages Theatre (258 W 30 Street).
STORIES FROM OUR STAGE to be Presented by Urban Stages This Month
Urban Stages Artistic Producing Director, Frances Hill, has announced Stories from Our Stage, a virtual event celebrating the many different stories and voices that their award-winning Off-Broadway stage amplify, from June 24 to June 28, 2021.
Urban Stages to Present STORIES FROM OUR STAGE
Urban Stages has announced Stories from Our Stage, a virtual event celebrating the many different stories and voices that their award-winning Off-Broadway stage amplify. From June 24 to June 28, 2021, this special presentation will feature excerpts from select plays and musicals that premiered at Urban Stages.
Virtual Theatre Today: Tuesday, March 2- with a RENT Reunion and More!
Today (March 2) in live streaming: a Rent reunion, and more!
The Warner Announces 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival Virtual Edition
The Warner Theatre will present the next production of the 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival – FOLDED by Bara Swain (NY) - from the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre beginning Friday, February 12 at 7:00 pm.
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