Annalisa Dias News

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry will present the World Premiere of The Harlem Doll Palace, written by Alva Rogers. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

HERE Arts Center will honor Eisa Davis and Stephanie Ybarra at their BEYOND: HERE's 31st Annual Gala. Learn more about the upcoming gala and see how to purchase tickets.

Tickets are now available for SigWorks: MOTHER MARY at Signature Theatre. Discover this compelling new play that explores themes of faith and family, running from December 5 to December 22, 2024.

HERE's 2024-2025 season features four world premieres and a diverse lineup of innovative performances. See the full schedule here!

Tom Viola, Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, announced his retirement, and we look at the closure of New York's iconic West Bank Cafe and Laurie Beechman Theatre. Additionally, NYC's HERE Arts Center names four new co-directors, and the beloved Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction returns this September.

HERE appointed Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, and Lauren Miller as Co-Directors, bringing diverse leadership to the renowned performing arts organization. Learn more!

Groundwater Arts, led by Annalisa Dias and Tara Moses, unveiled a new mission and programming focused on abundance, interconnectedness, and community building, aiming for a decolonized and climate-just future. Learn more!

Berkeley Rep reveals the participants for the 2024 Ground Floor Summer Residency Lab, featuring a diverse group of artists and projects aimed at fostering new works in theater.

Baltimore Center Stage has announced the first ever Locally Grown Festival, a celebration of Charm City's performers, artists, and makers. Learn more about the upcoming event here!

Baltimore Center Stage (BCS), in partnership with the Baltimore American Indian Center (BAIC), has announced the opening of a new Indigenous Art Gallery at Baltimore Center Stage.

Signature Theatre will continue its commitment to new work by presenting the eighth annual SigWorks: Monday Night New Play Readings. Under the leadership of Signature's Director of Artistic Development Anika Chapin, this initiative highlights and supports the work of DMV playwrights and is an opportunity for playwrights, actors, directors, designers, and patrons to explore new plays in a fun and informal environment.

Baltimore Center Stage has announced the return of director Stevie Walker-Webb, fresh from his Broadway directorial debut of Ain't No Mo'. Walker-Webb, who helmed the BCS' productions of The Folks at Home and Our Town, will close the company's 60th anniversary season with a new staging of Life is a Dream, an adaptation of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's play by María Irene Fornés. The tale of power, love, and illusion runs May 4 through 21, 2023.

Baltimore Center Stage has announced a series of events that highlight the region's hottest talent and thought leaders throughout the Spring 2023 season.

Works by local playwrights Audrey Cefaly, Jennifer Barclay and Nayna Agrawal have been selected for Signature Theatre's 2023 season of SigWorks: Monday Night New Play Readings.

Signature Theatre is accepting submissions for original and unpublished full-length plays (no musicals) from now through August 15, 2022. Playwrights must currently reside in Virginia, Maryland or DC. Only one submission per playwright.

Groundwater Arts announced today that it will produce a community-centered weekend called Celebrating Native Joy in June 2022 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Baltimore Center Stage has announced this year's slate of commissioned artists, continuing the organization's long standing support for developing new projects by some of today's most exciting theater makers. These commissioned artists are Will Davis, Marisa Carr, Miranda Rose Hall, Otis Ramsey-Zoe, Storm Thomas, Ronee Penoi, Michelle J. Rodriguez, and John Tyler­­.

Baltimore Center Stage has announced this year’s slate of commissioned artists, continuing the organization’s long standing support for developing new projects by some of today’s most exciting theater makers.

Signature Theatre has announced that works by local playwrights Aeneas Sagar Hemphill, Tuyet Thi Pham and Olivia Luzquinos have been selected for the 2022 season of SigWorks: Monday Night New Play Readings. Their plays, Ada (Aeneas Sagar Hemphill), Dinner and Cake (Tuyet Thi Pham) and Damn Things Will Kill Ya (Olivia Luzquinos) will be read on February 7, March 7 and May 9, respectively.

In an unprecedented collaboration, Baltimore Center Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre, and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis have joined forces to hire a group of freelance artists to participate in a joint year-long Artistic Caucus as key parts of the artistic development teams within each theater.