Arena Stage News

Musically Human Theatre Productions (MHTP) has announced casting for the concert staging of 'Nevermore,' a new musical with music by Matt Conner ('The Hollow', 'Partial Eclipse'), book by Grace Barnes and lyrics adapted from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of HORSEDREAMS, a new play written by and featuring award-winning and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Dael Orlandersmith.

The Hangar Theatre's Pilot Reading Series in NYC continues with In a Little Room , a new play by Pete McElligott.

Fuse joins theaters across the country to read It Can't Happen Here, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Federal Theatre Project's historical production of Sinclair Lewis' and John C. Moffitt's powerful drama.

The Ford's Theatre 2011-2012 season continues with 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens and adapted by Michael Wilson, November 18 to December 31, 2011.

Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced the line-up of performers participating in the return of its popular benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES: Dirty Laundry on Monday evening, October 17.

Florida Studio Theatre presents the Southeastern Regional Premiere of the contemporary rock musical Next to Normal.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is proud to present Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of Bill Cain's Equivocation in the first collaboration between Arena Stage and OSF. Directed by OSF's Artistic Director Bill Rauch, Equivocation reunites the original cast and creative team from the 2009 world-premiere production for this D.C. premiere. Equivocation runs November 18, 2011-January 1, 2012 in the Kreeger Theater.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is proud to present Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of Bill Cain's Equivocation in the first collaboration between Arena Stage and OSF. Directed by OSF's Artistic Director Bill Rauch, Equivocation reunites the original cast and creative team from the 2009 world-premiere production for this D.C. premiere. Equivocation runs November 18, 2011-January 1, 2012 in the Kreeger Theater.

McCarter Theatre will present the world premiere of Marina Carr's Phaedra Backwards, directed by Artistic Director Emily Mann, October 18 through November 6.

First Draft at Charter Theater - a nonprofit organization devoted to developing theater audiences alongside new plays, support local DC artists and partner with theaters looking to produce new work - announced today that it will present two readings of the new play, 'The Hashish Eaters' by Billy Finn, a dark, suspenseful story about a young American soldier stationed in Afghanistan who finds himself being pulled into the dangerous machinations of his commanding officer.

Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and recording artist Leslie Uggams has been cast in an upcoming episode of 'The Good Wife,' the Emmy nominated CBS drama which airs Sundays at 9 pm Eastern/8 pm Central time

Arena Stage has announced Theater Beyond Twitter: A Moderated Discussion Between Peter Marks and Howard Sherman in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle at the Mead Center for American Theater, November 19 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

In 2003, concerned that the trend of endless readings and development programs was limiting the texture and ambition of new American plays, 13 midcareer playwrights banded together to try different model.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/16 for Washington, DC

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) will begin previews for KING LEAR, directed by James Macdonald, on Tuesday, October 18. KING LEAR will run through Sunday, November 20 in The Public's Newman Theater with an official press opening on Tuesday, November 8.

La Jolla Playhouse announces its first production of the 2012/13 season: the world-premiere musical HANDS ON A HARDBODY, written by Pulitzer Prize winner and La Jolla Playhouse 2011 Gala Honoree Doug Wright (I AM MY OWN WIFE), Amanda Green (BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL) and Trey Anastasio of the popular band Phish, with direction by Neil Pepe (SPEED-THE-PLOW) and choreography by Benjamin Millepied ('Black Swan'), running April 27 - June 10, 2012 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre.