Poetic Theater Productions remounts Goliath by Takeo Rivera, recipient of the 2011 Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Overall Production of a New Play, tonight, May 23rd through June 3rd at the Wild Project (195 E 3rd St). Goliath is once again directed by Alex Mallory (2011 Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Direction) and features return ensemble members Samantha Cooper, Dontonio Demarco, Natalia Duong, Edgar Eguia and Monique Paige (2011 Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Ensemble) and newcomers Kenneth Heaton, Iliana Inocencio and Nabil Viñas. The production features lighting design by Brad Peterson, fight choreography by Jim Cairl and stage management by Sarah Livant.
Join 92YTribeca for a reading and panel discussion of Handbook for an American Revolutionary, written and performed by actor, playwright, and Puffin Grant recipient Matthew-Lee Erlbach, whose work Rachel Maddow has called "shocking, engaging, funny, and totally original." HANDBOOK FOR AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY, written and performed by Matthew-Lee Erlbach and directed by Mark Wing-Davey, will be read tonight, May 23, 7:30PM at 92YTribeca, with a panel discussion following the performance, moderated by Allison Kilkenny (Nation Magazine, Citizen Radio).
Join 92YTribeca for a reading and panel discussion of Handbook for an American Revolutionary, written and performed by actor, playwright, and Puffin Grant recipient Matthew-Lee Erlbach, whose work Rachel Maddow has called "shocking, engaging, funny, and totally original." HANDBOOK FOR AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY, written and performed by Matthew-Lee Erlbach and directed by Mark Wing-Davey, will be read May 23, 7:30PM at 92YTribeca, with a panel discussion following the performance, moderated by Allison Kilkenny (Nation Magazine, Citizen Radio).
Lisa D'Amour's play Detroit premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2010, directed by Austin Pendleton, and was scheduled to open on Broadway in the 2011/12 season.
Jewish Books Cooking, a new musical based on Jewish-themed children's books and created and directed by award-winning composer and author Elizabeth Swados, premieres at The JCC in Manhattan today, May 20th and plays throughout New York City through the end of the month and into June.
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo and Noor Theatre Artistic Director Lameece Isaaq, Executive Director Maha Chehlaoui, and Producing Director Nancy Vitale have announced that the world premiere of Food and Fadwa, written by Lameece Issaq and Jacob Kader, and directed by Shana Gold, begins performances tonight, Friday, May 18, 2012, at NYTW, 79 East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue. The opening night is scheduled for Thursday, June 7. Food and Fadwa is a co-production with Noor Theatre, a company-in-residence at New York Theatre Workshop.
92YTribeca will present a reading and panel discussion of Handbook for an American Revolutionary, written and performed by actor, playwright, and Puffin Grant recipient Matthew-Lee Erlbach, whose work Rachel Maddow has called "shocking, engaging, funny, and totally original."
Producers Victor Syrmis and Carl Rumbaugh, along with Culture Project's World Premiere of In Masks Outrageous and Austere, the final full-length play by Tennessee Williams, ends its limited engagement following the matinee performance today, May 13, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. The show, which began previews at Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street at Lafayette Street) on April 6 and opened on Monday, April 16, will have played 9 preview performance and 28 regular performances.
The Obie Award winning Talking Band presents the World Premiere of THE PERIPHERALS, a new music theatre work written and composed by Ellen Maddow and directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. Previews begin May 3 at Dixon Place with opening slated for May 11.
Producers Victor Syrmis and Carl Rumbaugh, along with Culture Project, announced today that the World Premiere of In Masks Outrageous and Austere, the final full-length play by Tennessee Williams, will end its limited engagement following the matinee performance on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. The show, which began previews at Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street at Lafayette Street) on April 6 and opened on Monday, April 16, will have played 9 preview performance and 28 regular performances.
The Riot Group presents the World Premiere of Sophie Gets the Horns, written by Adriano Shaplin (Edinburgh Fringe First Award winner) and directed by Rebecca Wright. Sophie Gets the Horns runs from May 4 - 20, 2012 in a limited engagement at the Incubator Arts Project, located at 131 East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue in New York City. Previews begin tonight, May 4 for a May 5 opening. See photos from the production below!
The Riot Group presents the World Premiere of Sophie Gets the Horns, written by Adriano Shaplin (Edinburgh Fringe First Award winner) and directed by Rebecca Wright. Sophie Gets the Horns runs tonight May 4 through May 20, 2012 in a limited engagement at the Incubator Arts Project, located at 131 East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue in New York City. Previews begin May 4 for a May 5 opening.
The Obie Award winning Talking Band presents the World Premiere of THE PERIPHERALS, a new music theatre work written and composed by Ellen Maddow and directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. Previews begin tonight, May 3 at Dixon Place with opening slated for May 11.
Poetic Theater Productions remounts Goliath by Takeo Rivera, recipient of the 2011 Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Overall Production of a New Play, May 23rd-June 3rd at the Wild Project (195 E 3rd St). Goliath is once again directed by Alex Mallory (2011 Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Direction) and features return ensemble members Samantha Cooper, Dontonio Demarco, Natalia Duong, Edgar Eguia and Monique Paige (2011 Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Ensemble) and newcomers Kenneth Heaton, Iliana Inocencio and Nabil Viñas. The production features lighting design by Brad Peterson, fight choreography by Jim Cairl and stage management by Sarah Livant.
A festival of devised work centering on the theme of politics from across the southeastern United States and beyond, June 28 - July 8, 2012 at Burning Coal Theatre Company's Murphey School Auditorium, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. All tickets to all performances $5. No reservations necessary. For further information, call 919-834-4001 or visit us online at www.burningcoal.org. A complete listing of performances and events will be forthcoming.
59E59 Theaters welcomes Absolute Uncertainty in association with Interart Theatre and The Redhouse Arts Center with EVOLUTION, written and performed by Patricia Buckley and directed by Michele Chivu.
Following the sold out performances and overflow crowds for its first year and a half of Cino Nights presentations (including new plays by Gary Sunshine, Mando Alvarado, Courtney Baron, Florencia Lozano,Kristen Palmer, Emily DeVoti, Lucy Thurber, Jessica Dickey, Adam Szymkowicz, Laura Eason, Daniel Reitz, Megan Mostyn-Brown, Dael Orlandersmith, Keith Reddin, Crystal Skillman, and Charlotte Miller), Rising Phoenix Rep continues the series on April 22nd at 7 p.m. with Casual Encountersby Brooke Berman.
Obie Award winning Talking Band will present World Premiere of THE PERIPHERALS, a new music theatre work written and composed by Ellen Maddow and directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. Performances run May 3-19 at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street between Delancey and Rivington on the Lower East Side.)
Caps Lock Theatre will present The Foreplay Play by award-winning playwright Mariah MacCarthy from April 19 to May 6, 2012. It will run Thursday - Sunday at 8:00. This dark comedy is set in an apartment in Brooklyn, which is also the venue for this production directed by Leta Tremblay. In The Foreplay Play, a lesbian couple and a straight couple attempt a foursome with disastrous results.
