Crystal Skillman News

Angels Theatre Company will present THE ROCKET MEN, a new play by Crystal Skillman, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, NE. Directed by Jamie Bullins, the play explores the moral complexities of space exploration.

brooklynONE productions has unveiled its 2026 Mainstage Season, marking the company's 20th anniversary with an ambitious lineup of contemporary plays that reflect its Brooklyn roots.

Check out photos from Oregon Contemporary Theatre's production of The Rocket Men by Crystal Skillman, directed by Inga Wilson, which is the award-winning play's West Coast Premiere.

The Flying Carpet Theatre Company, NextStage Productions and Shotgun Curly Productions will present an invite only industry presentation of Unblinking Eye, a visceral new work about the wars we no longer see by Justin Anderson Taylor.

Playwright Crystal Skillman will receive a West Coast Premiere of her myth-shattering new play The Rocket Men this season with Oregon Contemporary Theatre.

The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute will present emerging playwright Malikah Stafford's new play, Dead to Us, December 11 through 13, 2025 at the historic Irma Sandrey Theatre.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the complete casting and more details about the lineup for the 37th Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS. Learn more here!

All new photos have been released from Synchronicity Theatre's production of The Rocket Men by Crystal Skillman, launching October 10, 2025, as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre has revealed the initial casting and more details about the lineup for the 37th Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS. Learn more!

Synchronicity Theatre has announced its upcoming production of The Rocket Men by Crystal Skillman, launching October 10, 2025. Check out promo photos of the cast!

Phoenix Theatre recently presented the first production of THE ROCKET MEN by Crystal Skillman, directed by Chris Saunders, as part of the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Check out photos of the production.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (Estefanía Fadul and Graeme Gillis, Co-Artistic Directors) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director) have announced the 2025–26 Science & Technology Project New Play Commissions, along with this year’s Regional Development and Production Grants to Lantern Theater Company, Media Art Xploration, Miners Alley Playhouse, Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre, and Seattle Rep.

xIn the city where Houdini once extricated himself from a straitjacket while dangling upside down above Times Square, it’s surprising that we don’t get major magic acts on stage more often than we do in New York. This relative paucity is thrown into relief when magic, illusion, escape and the like actually do take up residence on New York stages, as is the case right now with Lord Nil extricating himself from threat of the Seven Deadly Sins at Stage 42 while just eight blocks uptown Jamie Allan is conjuring motorcycles and reams of playing cards at New World Stages with his show Amaze.

Synchronicity Theatre has announced its 2025–2026 season, a dynamic lineup of bold new plays, joyous family musicals, and genre-defying incubator works that reflect the vibrancy and complexity of our world.

Drew & Dane Productions will be leading the development of Mr. Holland's Opus, a musical adaptation of the 1995 Oscar-nominated film, with book and lyrics by BD Wong and music by Wayne Barker.

On Saturday, July 12th Midnight Theatricals in association with The Tank and The Flying Carpet Theatre Company premiered Crystal Skillman's Open at WP Theater. See photos here! 

Following the Off-Broadway premiere of Crystal Skillman's Award-Winning play Open at WP Theater, the production will present a special night where a portion of the proceeds will go towards change.

Playwright Crystal Skillman will receive a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of her play The Rocket Men. Learn more and see where you can watch the performances!

Inman Park's Horizon Theatre is hosting over two dozen talented young playwrights from across the country in its 27th Annual New South Young Playwrights Festival. Learn more and see how to attend.

With the regional premiere of KING KIRBY by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, American Chronicle Theatre Company brings the story of this legendary comic book artist to life.