Bonita Jackson News

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Berkshires Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Berkshires Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Berkshires Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The first live standings have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Berkshires Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Shakespeare & Company will present This Soil, These Seeds as part of their Plays in Process programming  Saturday, July 9 & Sunday, July 10 in the Tina Packer Playhouse. 

Super Secret Arts, a newly opened theater located in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, has announced inaugural programming along with a groundbreaking membership model that seeks to change the economic paradigm surrounding theater making.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will revive three plays of influential Harlem Renaissance writer Eulalie Spence in an evening directed by Timothy Johnson: SHE'S GOT HARLEM ON HER MIND, playing a limited run from February 3 through 27, 2022, in person at the Playhouse: 220 E 4th Street.

Asolo Rep announced today that it will present a public 'Watch Party' of A Midsummer Night's Dream on Thursday, November 12 at 7pm. The online performance is the premiere production of BardWired, Asolo Rep's 2020 adaptation of its award-winning program, Asolo Rep On Tour.

Ring ring, it's life on the line. An unsuspecting woman becomes deeply involved in the hilarious wiles of a stranger's life. His phone won't stop ringing (and he's not exactly able to answer) so she picks up the phone down the proverbial rabbit hole she goes. Sarah Ruhl penned the romantic comedy that Peter Amster will direct. The show will run in the Cook Theatre through March 8, with a pay-what-you-can (minimum $5, day of performance) preview night on February 18.

A black millennial student verses a white baby boomer college professor in Urbanite's highly politically driven drama The Niceties.

Hang onto your hats! Actress Judy Rosenblatt IS Peggy Guggenheim in "Woman Before a Glass", a play by Lanie Robertson, coming to Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre for three performances only August 10-12, 2018.

The Tank (Rosalind Grush and Meghan Finn, Artistic Directors) present the world premiere of COREY AND VANESSA PRESENT AN ALL-FEMALE EDUCATIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION OF OF MICE AND MEN, a new devised play directed by Alex Randrup and created in collaboration with Siena Zoe Allen, Emily Auciello, Samantha Clark, and Bonita Jackson.

A night of celebration of the female perspective presented through a contemporary collection of various works. Virago Ensemble is proud to announce the premiere workshop production of the short play 'Kiss That Frog' by Serena Cates followed by performances by special guests showcasing their work in music, spoken word and visual art. As our goal is to empower women's voices, we will also open up the space for more female-identifying artists present at this event as audience members, who would like to express and share their work.

Virago Ensemble is proud to announce the premiere workshop production of the short play KISS THAT FROG by Serena Cates as part of the ensemble's event THROUGH OUR EYES: A COLLECTION OF ALL THAT WE ARE.The play will be followed by performances by special guests showcasing their work in music, spoken word and visual art. As our goal is to empower women's voices, we will also open up the space for more female-identifying artists present at this event as audience members, who would like to express and share their work.

A night of celebration of the female perspective presented through a contemporary collection of various works. Virago Ensemble is proud to announce the premiere workshop production of the short play 'Kiss That Frog' by Serena Cates followed by performances by special guests showcasing their work in music, spoken word and visual art. As our goal is to empower women's voices, we will also open up the space for more female-identifying artists present at this event as audience members, who would like to express and share their work.

Dixon Place presents the new devised play Love Magic Ritual Spell on its main stage for one night only, on Wednesday February 14th at 7:30pm. Love and desire, magic and myth, and femme power make for bewitching theatre this Valentine's Day: director Alex Randrup leads an ensemble of ten femme-identified artists on a mission to howl subvert the male gaze, manifest true love, and conjure more Hot Cheetos, all in just 45 minutes. To sweeten the night, the Dixon Place Lounge is open before and after the show, and you can bring your drink into the theater. Wine, entertainment, romance and a few spells: Love Magic Ritual Spell is an all-inclusive Valentine's package.

When Bridge Street Theatre co-founders John Sowle and Steven Patterson decided to take a chance on a new work by playwright Kieron Barry, it turned out to be a very wise decision. The Official Adventures of Kieron and Jade, Barry's autobiographical comedy about a long-term relationship that ends unexpectedly, has proven to be a real hit with audiences.

A playwright called (oddly enough) Kieron becomes totally obsessed with writing a play about the collapse of his relationship with a singer called Jade. But just how honest can he make it?

The world premiere of Kieron Barry's play, The Official Adventures of Kieron and Jade takes place on Thursday, April 20th at The Bridge Street Theatre, 44 W. Bridge Street, Catskill.  Barry was showcased locally in the enormously successful 2012 production of Tomorrow in the Battle at Stageworks/Hudson.  It was hailed by the Albany Times Union as "one of the most remarkable pieces of theatre in recent memory."

When playwright Kieron Barry and his longtime girlfriend broke up, he was stunned.  It took him a long time to process the 'why' and the 'what did I do wrong'.  To try and sort it out, he wrote.