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Tickets are now on sale for THE AMEN CORNER, written by world-renowned author James Baldwin and the next production in The Rep’s 2025 SummerStage season. Learn more!

Are we truly a civilized society or are we merely pretending, ready to protect our own and destroy others the moment we’re provoked? That’s the sharp and biting question at the heart of God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza’s dark comedy now on stage at Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock through July 29. Under the keen direction of Zack Steele, this razor-edged play peels back the polished veneer of social etiquette to reveal the primal instincts lurking just beneath. 

New York Theatre Workshop has revealed the individuals selected for the 2025/26 Season 2050 Administrative and Artistic Fellowships. Learn more about the artists here!

The Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Cycle 3 Fellows have been revealed. Learn more bout the New Works Incubator and about the selected playwrights here.

Mesmerizing. Electrifying. And that music, y’all! Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock knows how to kick off a season in style. If you haven’t seen ME AND THE DEVIL, written by their new Artistic Director Steve Broadnax III, now’s the time! This powerful production that Broadnax calls his “love note to the south” runs through Sunday, June 8, so don’t miss your chance to experience it. Grab your tickets at therep.org! 

Tickets are now on sale for God of Carnage, the razor-sharp comedy next up in The Rep’s 2025 SummerStage season in Little Rock. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Tickets are on sale now for the first production of The Rep’s 2025 SummerStage season, ME AND THE DEVIL The play with music is written and directed by The Rep’s new Artistic Director, Little Rock-native and Broadway director, Steve H. Broadnax III. 

Tickets are on sale now for the first production of The Rep's 2025 SummerStage season, ME AND THE DEVIL. See who is starring, and learn more about the production!

National Black Theatre (NBT) in association with The Flea Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the NYC premiere of Chiaroscuro. Performances run May 27 - June 22 at The Flea Theater.

Colt Coeur and WP Theater are extending the world premiere of minor•ity, the biting comedy about the “business of art” and the “art of identity”. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

You can now get a first look at the world premiere of minor•ity, francisca da silveira’s biting comedy about the “business of art” and the “art of identity”, co-produced by Colt Coeur and WP Theater.

The Public Theater has revealed the line-up today for the Emerging Writers Group’s Spotlight Series, a collection of free performances where members of the current cohort present their full-length plays. Learn more!

Colt Coeur and WP Theater have revealed the cast for the the world premiere of minor•ity, francisca da silveira’s biting comedy about the “business of art” and the “art of identity”. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Old Globe has revealed the full cast and creative team for the San Diego premiere of Appropriate by Tony Award-winning playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The curriculum vitae of Tom Stoppard is staggering. 1964’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” brought him initial fame in the theatre world. Prolific does not do the man justice. In every theatrical/writing genre he has excelled. Tony Awards, Academy Awards and every other conceivable one. To give some context, he wrote the film “Shakespeare In Love” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. His genius in writing is equal to that of Stephen Sondheim in musical theatre.

Baltimore Center Stage will present Jane Austen’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE in a new production written by Kate Hamill adapted from the classic novel. See photos from production.

Experience Tom Stoppard's hilarious farce ROUGH CROSSING at the Resident Ensemble Players in Newark, DE. Follow the comedic chaos of playwrights on an ocean liner. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Experience a fresh, comedic take on Jane Austen's PRIDE & PREJUDICE at Baltimore Center Stage, adapted by Kate Hamill and directed by Ken-Matt Martin. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Due to popular demand, Baltimore Center Stage has announced additional performances of Jordan E. Cooper's new play with music, OH HAPPY DAY! This production, in association with New York's The Public Theatre, features original songs by Donald Lawrence and reunites Cooper with BCS Artistic Director Stevie Walker-Webb for the first time since their collaboration on Broadway's Ain't No Mo'.

Though the language is easy to imagine as the foundation for a more ostentatious spectacle, the sweeping narration is deftly relayed by a mighty fistful of actors and a polished trio of dancers in a way that allows grand battles and weighty sociopolitical musings to service the intrinsic poetry of the contemporary text.