Berkeley?s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company proudly announces the lineup for its 19th season. The company opens the season with the Professional Bay Area Premiere of Alice Childress? stunning TROUBLE IN MIND, starring Bay Area favorite Margo Hall, directed by Robin Stanton. Acclaimed solo performer David Cale returns to the Bay Area with the Bay Area Premiere of his new one-man play PALOMINO.
Performance schedules for the three world-premiere Mentor Project
plays have been announced by the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce
St.), where the new plays STRAY by Ruth McKee, THE BELLE OF BELFAST by
Nate Rufus Edelman and PATERNITY by Winter Miller will be performed
this spring from March 16 to May 29.
Performance dates, directors, initial casting and design team are set for the Cherry Lane Theatre's 12th annual Mentor Project - which includes the world-premiere of three plays by emerging writers: Ruth McKee's STRAY, directed by Giovanna Sardelli (BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO) and mentored by David Henry Hwang, performing March 16th through March 27th; Nate Rufus Edelman's THE BELLE OF BELFAST, directed by Eric Tucker (CLOSER) and mentored by Charles Fuller, performing April 27th through May 8th; and Winter Miller's PATERNITY, mentored and directed by celebrated playwright Craig Lucas, performing May 18th through May 29th, all at the Cherry Lane Theatre Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street).
Performance dates, directors, initial casting and design team are set for the Cherry Lane Theatre's 12th annual Mentor Project - which includes the world-premiere of three plays by emerging writers: Ruth McKee's STRAY, directed by Giovanna Sardelli (BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO) and mentored by David Henry Hwang, performing March 16th through March 27th; Nate Rufus Edelman's THE BELLE OF BELFAST, directed by Eric Tucker (CLOSER) and mentored by Charles Fuller, performing April 27th through May 8th; and Winter Miller's PATERNITY, mentored and directed by celebrated playwright Craig Lucas, performing May 18th through May 29th, all at the Cherry Lane Theatre Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street).
Performance schedules for the three world-premiere Mentor Project
plays have been announced by the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce
St.), where the new plays STRAY by Ruth McKee, THE BELLE OF BELFAST by
Nate Rufus Edelman and PATERNITY by Winter Miller will be performed
this spring from March 16 to May 29.
Performance dates, directors, initial casting and design team are set for the Cherry Lane Theatre's 12th annual Mentor Project - which includes the world-premiere of three plays by emerging writers: Ruth McKee's STRAY, directed by Giovanna Sardelli (BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO) and mentored by David Henry Hwang, performing March 16th through March 27th; Nate Rufus Edelman's THE BELLE OF BELFAST, directed by Eric Tucker (CLOSER) and mentored by Charles Fuller, performing April 27th through May 8th; and Winter Miller's PATERNITY, mentored and directed by celebrated playwright Craig Lucas, performing May 18th through May 29th, all at the Cherry Lane Theatre Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street).
The Drilling Company, well known for short plays around common themes and free Shakespeare in the Parking Lot on the Lower East Side, begins 2010 with the American premiere of Bird Brain by Vern Theissen, a play for all audiences. The Bird Brain will close on February 7.
The Drilling Company, well known for short plays around common themes and free Shakespeare in the Parking Lot on the Lower East Side, begins 2010 with the American premiere of Bird Brain by Vern Theissen, a play for all audiences.
Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson's THE FIRST GRADE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross directs this new play from Johnson, whom The Chicago Reader declared 'balances gallows humor with acute insight and compassion. He creates characters so real you wonder what will happen to them after the final blackout.' Featuring Julia Brothers and Warren David Keith, along with Rebecca Schweitzer, Paul Santiago, Tina Sanchez, and Adrian Anchondo, THE FIRST GRADE plays January 22-February 28 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.
Kitchen Dog Theater presents the southwest premiere of Slasher, by Allison Moore. Slasher opened on November 13 and will run through December 12. This production is directed by Tina Parker.
The award-winning playwrights David Henry Hwang, Charles Fuller and Craig Lucas will serve as mentors to three emerging playwrights as part of the Cherry Lane Theatre's 12th annual Mentor Project in 2010, it has been announced by Cherry Lane Theatre's artistic director, Angelina Fiordellisi.
Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced today that it has been awarded over $200,000 in grant funding for its new play development program, HOTHOUSE AT THE PLAYHOUSE.
Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson's THE FIRST GRADE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross directs this new play from Johnson, whom The Chicago Reader declared 'balances gallows humor with acute insight and compassion. He creates characters so real you wonder what will happen to them after the final blackout.' Featuring Julia Brothers and Warren David Keith, along with Rebecca Schweitzer, Paul Santiago, Tina Sanchez, and Adrian Anchondo, THE FIRST GRADE plays January 22-February 28 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.
Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company has announced the four plays chosen as finalists by a committee of local directors for the Global Age Project (GAP), the company's new works initiative that promotes the creation of forward-looking theater: A Guide for the Perplexed by Joel Drake Johnson; The Serving Class by Garret Groenveld; Miss Lily Gets Boned by Bekah Brunstetter; and Collapse by Allison Moore.
Kitchen Dog Theater presents the southwest premiere of Slasher, by Allison Moore. Slasher opened on November 13 and will run through December 12. This production is directed by Tina Parker.
In 1996, the folks at the Shelterbelt Theatre came up with the idea of putting together a Halloween-themed presentation of original short plays, which they called ShelterSkelter.