Alexander Greenfield News

Founder and Executive Artistic Director Benjamin Taylor Davis announces today that submissions for the Fourth Annual Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival (AMTF), to be held in the summer in Atlanta, are officially open. The deadline to submit new works is February 1, 2019. Selections will be announced in April 2019, at the annual selections announcement event (details forthcoming).

Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) continues its 2016-17 Season with the absolutely off-the-wall "Women in Jeopardy!". The riotous comedy follows Mary and Jo, two middle-aged women who jump to the rescue when their best friend Liz falls for a creepy (and potentially murderous) dentist. MRT Artistic Director Sean Daniels, who helmed the 2015 world premiere at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, returns to direct.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Steven Drukman's GOING TO SEE THE KID, an homage to an icon of "Red Sox Nation." Two Boston Globe reporters journey to Florida to interview an aging and ailing Ted Williams, but learn more about working as a team from each other. It's a feel good, family friendly story that taps into the holiday spirit.

This holiday season, Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) presents the world premiere of the one-of-a-kind Christmas Red Sox play "Going to See the Kid." This latest offering from playwright Steven Drukman centers around two Boston Globe reporters on a journey to meet legendary ballplayer Ted Williams in 2001. With great humor and affection, "Going to See the Kid" takes a fresh look at a beloved Boston icon-and is filled with  holiday spirit to boot. MRT Director of New Play Development Alexander Greenfield directs.

This fall Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) presents the regional premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's 'Abigail/1702', the haunting play that asks what might have happened ten years after the Salem witch trials. At the center of the story is Abigail Williams, the young accuser of 1692's Salem Village, as she tries to begin a new life after the hysteria has subsided-yet remains haunted at every turn by terrors of the past. Tlaloc Rivas directs.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) has announced its 2016-17 Season, the second under Artistic Director Sean Daniels.

Picture this: an old-world grandmother, new-age grandson and a tiny New York apartment - what could possibly go wrong? Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Time Magazine's number one Play or Musical of 2012, 4000 Miles rolls into Lawrenceville's Aurora Theatre, tonight, February 12 - March 1, 2015!

Picture this: an old-world grandmother, new-age grandson and a tiny New York apartment - what could possibly go wrong? Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Time Magazine's number one Play or Musical of 2012, 4000 Miles rolls into Lawrenceville's Aurora Theatre, February 12 - March 1, 2015! Dynamic writer Amy Herzog uses her own feisty grandmother's experiences and stories to shape the character of elderly Vera in this altogether sensitive and comical story. Audiences are invited to take a trip to New York City's Greenwich Village and experience the implausible, yet beautiful relationship of two characters, as they embark on a journey to find their place in today's world.

This winter, Alexander Greenfield - Associate Director of the acclaimed Broadway production of Outside Mullingar and The City of Conversation at Lincoln Center - directs Libra Theater Company's production of Tom Diggs' new play KIND SOULS, performing January 16 - February 1 at Theatre 54. The cast includes Lindsey Kyler (The Seagull at New York Classical Theatre) and John Clarence Stewart (Choir Boy at Manhattan Theatre Club / The Alliance Theatre). Opening is slated for January 18.

In Tira Palmquist's Ten Mile Lake, receiving its world premiere this June at Serenbe Playhouse, Maggie (Veronika Duerr) and Howard (Mark Kincaid) tread the choppy waters of their strained daughter/father relationship. Over the course of the show both come to realize how important they are to each other, and how a place known as 'home' can drive a wedge between two people and ultimately bring them back together.

In Tira Palmquist's Ten Mile Lake, receiving its world premiere this June at Serenbe Playhouse, Maggie (Veronika Duerr) and Howard (Mark Kincaid) tread the choppy waters of their strained daughter/father relationship. Over the course of the show both come to realize how important they are to each other, and how a place known as 'home' can drive a wedge between two people and ultimately bring them back together.

Serenbe Playhouse continues it's 5th anniversay season, A Season of Journeys, with the world premiere of Ten Mile Lake, by Tira Palmquist. This production stars Bryan Brendle, Veronika Duerr and Mark Kincaid. Kincaid returns to Serenbe Playhouse for the first time since his Suzi award winning performance in Shipwrecked! An Entertainment.

To celebrate Serenbe Playhouse's fifth anniversary, titled a Season of Journeys, three unique and groundbreaking productions will take audiences on three unforgettable excursions into the imagination. But even before the shows start to fill the skies and hearts of Serenbe, today, May 17th The Playhouse will host their annual gala, and this year patrons will get to take a trip over the rainbow to help support The Playhouse.

To celebrate Serenbe Playhouse's fifth anniversary, titled a Season of Journeys, three unique and groundbreaking productions will take audiences on three unforgettable excursions into the imagination. But even before the shows start to fill the skies and hearts of Serenbe, on May 17th The Playhouse will host their annual gala, and this year patrons will get to take a trip over the rainbow to help support The Playhouse.

The Alliance Theatre will stage the critically acclaimed historical drama THE WHIPPING MAN in its first production for Atlanta audiences. Set in Richmond, VA at the close of the Civil War, Matthew Lopez's suspenseful play was described by the New York Times as 'haunting, striking and powerful.' THE WHIPING MAN will run on the Hertz Stage tonight, March 8 - April 7, 2013

The Alliance Theatre will stage the critically acclaimed historical drama THE WHIPPING MAN in its first production for Atlanta audiences. Set in Richmond, VA at the close of the Civil War, Matthew Lopez's suspenseful play was described by the New York Times as 'haunting, striking and powerful.' THE WHIPING MAN will run on the Hertz Stage March 8 - April 7, 2013

ATLANTA- On Monday, November 5th, the Atlanta theatre community will celebrate the 8th Annual Suzi Bass Awards. The awards recognize the best of Atlanta's professional theatre scene, and Broadway World Atlanta will be updating the results live throughout the evening. You can follow along here or follow us on Twitter @BWW_Atlanta. For additional insights, videos, and photos follow BWW Atlanta Contributing Editor Matt Tamanini on Twitter @ATLTheatreMatt.

The Suzi Bass Awards, Inc. announced nominations for the 2011-2012 Atlanta professional theatrical season this evening to an enthusiastic crowd of patrons and theatre industry artists. The Suzi Nomination Party, which rotates venues, was hosted this year by the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville, GA. The spacious lobby allowed guests to enjoy drinks, hors d'ouevres and the chance to congratulate their colleagues. Guest announcers, Atlanta's own funny men Bryan Brendle, Bart Hansard, Tony Larkin, Aurora Theatre artistic director Tony Rodriguez and Scott Warren shared the list of nominees while playfully riffing on the 2011/2012 Atlanta theatre season.