Center Stage previously announced that its acclaimed digital theater project My America has become a feature length film that will premiere on July 4, 2014, exclusively through streaming service Fandor, followed by a special July 9 screening at the IFC center in New York City.
Wild with Happy is the joyous new comedy by Tony nominee Colman Domingo that is currently kicking off summer and the end of Season 51 at Center Stage. Now playing through June 29, the production is earning strong reviews from critics and audiences. The Baltimore Sun says the show is "priceless," "dynamic," an "endearing comedy…spiced with sharp humor," while Maryland Theatre Guide calls it "a perfect show."
On Monday, May 5, Center Stage celebrates the 28th Annual Young Playwrights Festival with live performances of honored plays, an awards ceremony for the recognized playwrights, and the world premiere of six new My America/My Baltimore filmed monologues. The festival takes place Monday, May 5, at 7 pm.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced national awardees of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Individuals from across the United States are recognized for outstanding work from the eight regional festivals that were held January 7 through March 1, 2014. Selected awardees and representatives will be brought to Washington, D.C. for an expense-paid trip to participate in the 46th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), April 14-19, 2014.
Gloucester Stage continues the 2013 season with Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth from August 8 through August 25 in the air-conditioned comfort of Gloucester Stage Company at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA.
For only the second time in Circle Players' 63 year history, the venerable community theater company will join with Nashville's Tennessee State University to collaborate on the production of one of contemporary theater's most beloved works: The Color Purple. The musicalized version of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple features an all-star cast of local performers from both the Nashville theater community and TSU's student body.
For only the second time in Circle Players' 63 year history, the venerable community theater company will join with Nashville's Tennessee State University to collaborate on the production of one of contemporary theater's most beloved works: The Color Purple. The musicalized version of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple features an all-star cast of local performers from both the Nashville theater community and TSU's student body.
The Grand Theatre is presenting the Utah premier of Miss Evers' Boys, the 1992 play by awarding-winning playwright David Feldshuh, February 2 through 18. The play, based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama that same year. As part of the production, the theatre is hosting a "talk back" after the 2:00 p.m. matinee performance on Saturday, February 11. The "talk back" will feature director Toni Byrd, the actors, and Dr. Jeffrey Botkin, Vice President of Research Integrity at the University of Utah. Participants in the "talk back" will discuss the medical and ethical themes brought out in the play, with the actors discussing their characters' development as related to the medical experimentation. Jan Abramson, MS, will moderate the discussion. The event is free of charge and will begin after the matinee, in the theatre, at approximately 4:30 p.m.
The Grand Theatre is presenting the Utah premier of Miss Evers' Boys, the 1992 play by awarding-winning playwright David Feldshuh, February 2 through 18. The play, based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama that same year. As part of the production, the theatre is hosting a "talk back" after the 2:00 p.m. matinee performance on Saturday, February 11. The "talk back" will feature director Toni Byrd, the actors, and Dr. Jeffrey Botkin, Vice President of Research Integrity at the University of Utah. Participants in the "talk back" will discuss the medical and ethical themes brought out in the play, with the actors discussing their characters' development as related to the medical experimentation. Jan Abramson, MS, will moderate the discussion. The event is free of charge and will begin after the matinee, in the theatre, at approximately 4:30 p.m.
The Grand Theatre presents the Utah premier of Miss Evers' Boys, the 1992 play by awarding-winning playwright David Feldshuh. The play, based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama that same year. The Tuskegee experiment was a U. S. funded secret medical experiment on poor African Americans from 1932 to 1972, designed to study the effects of untreated syphilis. Eunice Evers, the nurse caring for these men, is aware of their lack of treatment, but feels her role it so console the dying men, many of whom are her direct friends. The play runs February 2 through 18, 2012 with performances at 7:30 pm. and Saturday matinees as 2:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased through the Grand Theatre box office.
The Grand Theater and Salt Lake Film Society present a free screening of the film "Miss Evers' Boys", Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grand Theatre.
The Grand Theater and Salt Lake Film Society present a free screening of the film "Miss Evers' Boys", Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grand Theatre.
Delivering on its commitment to bring professional theatre to the region beyond its traditional summer programming, the Hangar Theatre presents Joe Landry's It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. This Holiday offering - a first for the Hangar - runs Friday, December 9th through Friday, December 16th.
Delivering on its commitment to bring professional theatre to the region beyond its traditional summer programming, the Hangar Theatre presents Joe Landry's It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. This Holiday offering - a first for the Hangar - runs Friday, December 9th through Friday, December 16th.
After a memorable and record-breaking inaugural year, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater celebrates its 61st anniversary season with Trouble in Mind, written by playwright Alice Childress. Childress was the first African-American woman to have her plays professionally produced in New York, and she became the first woman of color to win an Obie Award, in 1956 for Trouble in Mind (Best Original Production).
The Red Fern Theatre Company announces that David Feldshuh's Miss Evers' Boys will run March 19 - April 5, 2009 at the Shell Theater in the Times Square Arts Building. The Red Fern's third show of the 2008-2009 'Season of Secrets' will be directed by Artistic Director Melanie Moyer Williams.