Bruce Norris News

Sassymouth presents a FREE Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, NATIONAL TRUST, conceived and performed by John Fisher, with Director of Photography/Co-Director, David Wilson.

Sassymouth presents a FREE Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, MURDER AT HETCH HETCHY, conceived and performed by John Fisher, with Director of Photography/Co-Director, David Wilson.

Sassymouth will present a free Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, MURDER AT HETCH HETCHY, conceived and performed by John Fisher. David Wilson serves as Director of Photography/Co-Director.

Following a delay lasting more than a year, Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. has announced its return to live theatrical performances with their Season 6 lineup for 2021-2022. The season opens in October with a tale of strength, bravery, and beheadings in Lauren Gunderson’s gritty comedy, The Revolutionists

Tickets are now on sale for The Ensemble Company's production of Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris's acclaimed play which won the Tony Award for Best Play as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Ensemble Company's production will be directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Howard (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess), who previously directed Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike for the company.

First performed Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, Clybourne Park had prominent productions in London as well as prominent regional theatres across the United States before its 2012 bow at the Walter Kerr Theater on Broadway.  It was nominated for several Tony Awards, winning for Best Play.

Today, The 24 Hour Plays, creators of The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, The 24 Hour Musicals and the Viral Monologues, announced this year’s company for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, which will be held as a virtual program.

It was just announced by the Pulitzer Prize organization that Katori Hall's The Hot Wing King has officially won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year's finalists included Circle Jerk by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley and Stew by Zora Howard.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents a FREE Zoom/Facebook Live presentation KITCHEN FARCE. Conceived and performed by John Fisher, streaming Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:30pm for one, free live performance only.

Thirteen schools have been invited to perform on the main stage at the nation’s leading high school theatre festival. The International Thespian Festival takes place June 22-25, 2021, in its all-virtual format. Produced by the Educational Theatre Association, the festival celebrates student achievement in the performing arts. 

Today Steppenwolf Theatre Company shared that Anna D. Shapiro, who has served as Artistic Director since 2015, will step down from this role when her contract expires in August 2021.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents a FREE Zoom/Facebook Live presentation THE BATTLE OF THE RUHR POCKET, conceived and performed by John Fisher, on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 8:30pm.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents a free Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, JARED, conceived and performed by John Fisher on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8:30pm.

Jack is in rotten health and out of a job. He's losing this grip and horrified about where he's headed - too much booze, too much food, no income. What's this forty-eight year old going to do? He's desperate.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces a special presentation: A Conversation with Producers Jack W. Batman and Bruce Robert Harris on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 3pm ET via Zoom.

Today, The 24 Hour Plays announced that the 10th annual application for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals will be available starting March 24, 2021 and will run through April 11, 2021. The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals will take place virtually (for the second year in a row) and applicants from everywhere are engaged to apply. 

Theatre Rhinoceros will present a free Zoom/Facebook Live presentation of CATS!, conceived and performed by John Fisher, on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 8pm. 'They find me on the street and now they expect me to sit around and be pretty all day. I'll have my revenge!'

Fictionhouse has announced the appointment of Emily McLaughlin as Head of Development.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents a free Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, The Farm, conceived and performed by John Fisher, on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 8pm.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents a FREE Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, JENNY, conceived and performed by John Fisher, on Thursday, March 11, 2021.