Craig Wright News

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce the full company for the new Broadway production of Noël Coward's comedy Present Laughter, starring Victor Garber as 'Garry Essendine', directed by Nicholas Martin.

A Red Orchid Theatre announces the extension of the World Premiere of Mistakes Were Made by the Emmy-nominated writer of Six Feet Under Craig Wright and directed by Dexter Bullard. The production, extended by two weeks, is now playing through October 31, 2009 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 North Wells St.

The world premiere of the independent film 'nobody,' a charming, quirky comedy about discovery and identity will screen at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis. The comedy was co-written and directed by Minneapolis resident Rob Perez (writer of '40 Days and 40 Nights'). Ryan Miller, front man of Guster, co-wrote the script and composed the score.

InProximity Theatre Company is proud to present THE MAIDEN'S PRAYER by Nicky Silver (Beautiful Child, Pterodactyls, The Eros Trilogy, Raised in Captivity, The Food Chain, Fat Men in Skirts, Fit to be Tied, The Maiden's Prayer, Free Will & Wanton, My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, The Altruists and The Agony & The Agony), directed by Terry Berliner; Starring Jonathan Todd Ross, Jolie Curtsinger, Laurie Schaefer, Josh Clayton, and Ari Rossen.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will open its 15th anniversary season with a fresh look at Killers and Other Family, the provocative play by Lucy Thurber (Monstrosity, Where We're Born, Stay) which had its world premiere as part of the company's 2000-01 season.

A Red Orchid Theatre announces the extension of the World Premiere of Mistakes Were Made by the Emmy-nominated writer of Six Feet Under Craig Wright and directed by Dexter Bullard. The production, extended by two weeks, is now playing through October 31, 2009 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 North Wells St.

The world premiere of the independent film 'nobody,' a charming, quirky comedy about discovery and identity will screen at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis. The comedy was co-written and directed by Minneapolis resident Rob Perez (writer of '40 Days and 40 Nights'). Ryan Miller, front man of Guster, co-wrote the script and composed the score.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has announced that that playwrights Bruce Norris, Tarell Alvin McCraney and David Adjmi are the first recipients of the Steinberg Playwright Award.

Yale Repertory Theater (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) will present a reading of the 2009 winner of the Yale Drama Series, LIDLESS by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, directed by Hal Brooks, on Monday, September 21 at 7:30PM at the Iseman Theater.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will open its 15th anniversary season with a fresh look at Killers and Other Family, the provocative play by Lucy Thurber (Monstrosity, Where We're Born, Stay) which had its world premiere as part of the company's 2000-01 season.

Director Dexter Bullard has fashioned Craig Wright's world premiere of MISTAKES WERE MADE into a steady-paced and impeccably acted collaboration between Michael Shannon and A Red Orchid Theatre.

InProximity Theatre Company is proud to present THE MAIDEN'S PRAYER by Nicky Silver (Beautiful Child, Pterodactyls, The Eros Trilogy, Raised in Captivity, The Food Chain, Fat Men in Skirts, Fit to be Tied, The Maiden's Prayer, Free Will & Wanton, My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, The Altruists and The Agony & The Agony), directed by Terry Berliner; Starring Jonathan Todd Ross, Jolie Curtsinger, Laurie Schaefer, Josh Clayton, and Ari Rossen.

A Red Orchid Theatre proudly opens its 2009-10 Season with the World Premiere of Mistakes Were Made by the Emmy-nominated writer of Six Feet Under Craig Wright and directed by Dexter Bullard. The production will run September 8 - October 18, 2009 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 North Wells St. The Press Opening is September 10, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

A Red Orchid Theatre proudly opens its 2009-10 Season with the World Premiere of Mistakes Were Made by the Emmy-nominated writer of Six Feet Under Craig Wright and directed by Dexter Bullard. The production will run September 8 - October 18, 2009 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 North Wells St. The Press Opening is September 10, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, the world premiere of a three part theatrical event by the late Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote, will feature a company of 22 actors under the direction of Michael Wilson. The exciting, sweeping work will be co-produced in the 2009-2010 season by Hartford Stage (Michael Wilson, Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Managing Director) and Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director).

As Chicago theaters prepare for the fall season, the city has proven itself a leader on the national theater scene.

As Chicago theaters prepare for the fall season, the city has proven itself a leader on the national theater scene. Highlighted by two consecutive Pulitzer Prizes awarded to plays generated in Chicago-Tracy Letts' August: Osage County (Steppenwolf) and Lynne Nottage's Ruined (Goodman)-the Chicago theater season is poised to launch at home, while its influence is seen on Broadway.

A Red Orchid Theatre proudly opens its 2009-10 Season with the World Premiere of Mistakes Were Made by the Emmy-nominated writer of Six Feet Under Craig Wright and directed by Dexter Bullard. The production will run September 8 - October 18, 2009 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 North Wells St. The Press Opening is September 10, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

Three best friends are off on their yearly hunting trip deep in the woods of Illinois. Seemingly, they know each other very well, but discover they don't know each other at all. The characters include a pro-Bush, pro-war politician, and a loving dog, Lady, who just wants to be a good girl. One of them won't survive the day.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will open its 15th anniversary season with a fresh look at Killers and Other Family, the provocative play by Lucy Thurber (Monstrosity, Where We're Born, Stay) which had its world premiere as part of the company's 2000-01 season.