Chris Rivera News

Tony nominee Andrew Lippa will host SOUND BITES 13, Theatre Now New York's annual Festival of 10-Minute Musicals, at Symphony Space, featuring nearly 50 performers presenting 10 fully-staged short musicals.

Theatre Now's SOUND BITES 13 announced casting for its annual Festival of 10-Minute Musicals at Symphony Space, hosted by Tony nominee Andrew Lippa, featuring Courtney Bassett, Leenya Rideout, and nearly 50 performers.

Theatre Now New York announced creative teams for 10 shows in SOUND BITES 13, its annual Festival of 10-Minute Musicals, set for May 4 at Symphony Space, hosted by Tony-nominated writer Andrew Lippa.

 Theatre Now New York has announced the 10 shows that will be featured in this year's 13th annual SOUND BITES Festival of 10-Minute Musicals on Monday, May 4th.

The 2026 Slamdance Film Festival, the artist-led organization “by filmmakers, for filmmakers,” has unveiled its 2026 lineup. The festival will run in-person from February 19 to 25, 2026, and virtually from February 24 to March 6, 2026.

Chris Rivera's new supernatural comedic play The Literal Demon I Summoned to Get My Ex-Boyfriend Back will receive a staged industry reading at Intar Theatre. Learn more!

BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance will present Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo, written by Charles Rice-González and directed by Chris Rivera. Learn more here!

Austin Rainbow Theatre (ART) brings a poignant tale of friendship, love, and the challenges of growing up gay in the Texas Valley with Back to You. The script is simple yet profound and delivers likable and relatable characters through the brilliant performances of Joe Montoya (Mateo) and Chris Rivera (Mateo). A lovely piece of theatre that should not be missed.

Join the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo at BAAD! This queer Latinx comedic holiday play interweaves The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol, taking the audience on a psychedelic trip through the lives of a couple on Christmas Eve. Don't miss the in-person performances on select dates in December. Get your tickets now!

As a fan of Shakespeare and immersive theatre productions, I was intrigued when I heard that The Shakespeare Center LA and After Hours Theatre Company were set to present the premiere of The Tempest: An Immersive Experience, a fully reimagined audience-participation performance based on William Shakespeare's tale of family members caught up in a storm and shipwrecked on an isolated Mediterranean island. So I decided to speak with the production's director Ben Donenberg, Shakespeare Center LA Artistic Director, Graham Wetterhahn, the Producing Artistic Director at After Hours Theatre Company, and Sara Beil one of the producers for After Hours who created the immersive design, about their vision for an immersive way to include audience members in the experience of Shakespeare's tempestuous play.

The Shakespeare Center LA and After Hours Theatre Company announce the premiere of The Tempest: An Immersive Experience, a fully reimagined immersive performance based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest.  The director is Ben Donenberg, Shakespeare Center LA Artistic Director; Graham Wetterhahn is the Producing Artistic Director at After Hours Theatre Company. 

NYC-based Theater company Turn to Flesh Productions will start this season with Back to You, a collaboration with the Hispanic Federation and FUERZAfest.

In their upcoming season, Turn to Flesh Productions (TTF) will focus its attention and resources on two plays featuring contemporary verse by writers of color from varied backgrounds. In September, TTF will produce Back to You by queer Mexican playwright Chris Rivera at the Julia De Burgos Latino Cultural Center in collaboration with the Hispanic Federation and FUERZAfest.

Erin Moughon's Snow White Padded Room will return to the fifth season of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival after being a part of the inaugural season.

At Turn To Flesh Productions, Chris Rivera facilitates the Monthly MUSE playwrighting workshop. Rivera also conceived of and facilitated Beyond the Ingenue, a project that created dynamic roles tailor made for female and non-binary AFAB (assigned female at birth) actors who too often found themselves playing underdeveloped roles in theater. TTF has produced readings of Rivera's plays Curse of Cassandra, Our Own Odyssey, Modern Day Martyrdom, and Witch of the Black Forest. Rivera also directed Dear Little Butterface for the 2016 Reading Series and played Laertes in May Violets Spring, Dr. Nanti in The Other Other Woman, Adonis in The Love and Death Trilogy, and Sir Tristan in Table Round. Rivera will be directing Turn to Flesh's film version of Orpheus Was an A-hole later this year.

New York City-based actor and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller, the host of the internet TV show 'The Mama Rose Show' took a pause from his regularly scheduled programming yesterday to deliver a special episode featuring 13 guests who contributed short video messages about the recent events in our country in solidarity with the Black Lives Matters movement.

Fresh off the success of their Beyond the Ingénue project, TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS (TTF) is expanding their mission to create “New Shakespeare Plays” not only for womxn, but for all artists underrepresented in Classical Theatre.

TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS (TTF) kicks off their sixth NYC season, "Off the Pedestal, Onto the Page," with a slate of new epic plays, with roles written specifically for, by, and with womxn performers.

The 5th ANNUAL NEW YORK INDIE THEATRE ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (#1MPF) returns to for its fifth year, in partnership with New Ohio Theatre. The 5th Annual NY Indie 1MPF runs three performances only; Sunday, June 2nd, Monday, June 3rd, and Tuesday, June 4th at 8pm. All performances are at New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher Street). Tickets, priced at $20, are available at newohiotheatre.org.

To celebrate their five year anniversary, TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS (TTF) is celebrating with FOUR new verse plays this October: a developmental production of The Other, Other Woman, and a staged reading of the entire Love and Death Trilogy: Persephone Rises, The Seduction of Adonis and Cupid and Psyche, all written and directed by foundress and playwright, Emily C. A. Snyder. Tickets are available now, including VIP seats with an open bar and pre-show salon for The Other, Other Woman, and an all-day picnic with the gods for The Love and Death Trilogy. Package deals are available.