David Harrower News

As a part of its ongoing commitment to new play development, Florida Studio Theatre will present three staged readings of new works during the Richard & Betty Burdick Play Reading Series. The series, which is named after the late Richard and Betty Burdick, is a part of the larger Sarasota Festival of New Plays.

Angle Theatre and The Hackney Empire present TRIANGLE 2009: 3 new plays by 3 new East End playwrights at the Hackney Empire Studio

March 12th marked the Canadian Premiere of the Olivier Award Winning Play 'Blackbird' by British Playwright David Harrower. Details on the play and how to obtain tickets in the article below.

The SpeakEasy Stage Company hits the mark with the Boston area premiere of David Harrower's 'Blackbird,' a harrowing account of a reunion between two lovers fifteen years after they parted.

It's the show that has shocked audiences around the globe. And now Boston theatergoers will have the chance to see what everyone has been talking about when SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the area premiere of David Harrower's compelling drama BLACKBIRD from February 20 - March 21, 2009. Winner of the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Play, BLACKBIRD tells the story of a meeting between two people, Ray and Una, who fifteen years ago had a passionate affair. Emotions run high as the pair recalls their scandalous relationship and attempt to come to terms with the shattering truth of their abandoned love.

Boston theatergoers will have the chance to see what everyone has been talking about when SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the area premiere of David Harrower's compelling drama BLACKBIRD from February 20 - March 21, 2009. Winner of the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Play, BLACKBIRD tells the story of a meeting between two people, Ray and Una, who fifteen years ago had a passionate affair. Emotions run high as the pair recalls their scandalous relationship and attempt to come to terms with the shattering truth of their abandoned love.

It's the show that has shocked audiences around the globe. And now Boston theatergoers will have the chance to see what everyone has been talking about when SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the area premiere of David Harrower's compelling drama BLACKBIRD from February 20 - March 21, 2009. Winner of the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Play, BLACKBIRD tells the story of a meeting between two people, Ray and Una, who fifteen years ago had a passionate affair. Emotions run high as the pair recalls their scandalous relationship and attempt to come to terms with the shattering truth of their abandoned love.

Blackbird- Starring William L. Petersen, Directed by Dennis Zacek by David Harrower William L. Petersen, star of CBS-TV's CSI, returns to the theater where he first earned his Equity card to star in Blackbird. This searing two-person drama about the destructive cycle of desire and illicit love brings to mind Petersen's earliest work on Chicago's stages, playing morally questionable characters in In the Belly of the Beast, The Night of the Iguana, and Flyovers. 'The most powerful drama of the season...masterly, mesmerizing...extraordinary...a miracle' (New York Times), and winner of the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award, Britain's equivalent to the Tony's, Blackbird will leave you stunned into silence.

Theatre Exile's 12th season is in full swing with the Philadelphia premiere of Blackbird by David Harrower, the 2007 Olivier Award winner for best new play in London. Directed by producing artistic director Joe Canuso, the show runs February 5 - March 1 at Plays and Players Theatre. Blackbird is recommended for mature audiences because of strong language and sexual content.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) continues its 2008-2009 Studio Theatre series with the St. Louis premiere of David Harrower's Blackbird. Performances of Blackbird will be given in the Emerson Studio Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves, January 21-February 8, 2009.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) continues its 2008-2009 Studio Theatre series with the St. Louis premiere of David Harrower's Blackbird. Performances of Blackbird will be given in the Emerson Studio Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves, January 21-February 8, 2009.

Theatre Exile's 12th season is in full swing with the Philadelphia premiere of Blackbird by David Harrower, the 2007 Olivier Award winner for best new play in London. Directed by producing artistic director Joe Canuso, the show runs February 5 - March 1 at Plays and Players Theatre. Blackbird is recommended for mature audiences because of strong language and sexual content.

Kicking off the 2009 season is Edward Albee's Occupant, which examines the life of acclaimed American sculptor Louise Nevelson. Born into a Ukrainian Jewish family, Nevelson's family immigrated to America when she was a young child.

The Guthrie presents a Pillsbury House Theatre production of Blackbird by David Harrower directed by Stephen DiMenna.

It's time to act like adults again, and Victory Gardens Theater's Family Saturday series makes it easy.

It's time to act like adults again, and Victory Gardens Theater's Family Saturday series makes it easy.

Eurydice, a bold, slyly comic, visually fascinating take on the classic Orpheus myth by Sarah Ruhl, is enjoying an ambitious revival by Victory Gardens Theater, to open the 35th season at Chicago's #1 presenter of new plays.

David Harrower's play, 365, currently being staged by the National Theatre of Scotland at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith following a successful run at this year's Edinburgh International Festival, is a quite stunning piece of theatre that examines the experiences of a disparate group of 'care-leavers' as they embark upon the frightening first steps to independence and adulthood.

Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago's #1 presenter of new plays, will host two 2008-09 Season Preview events - Sunday, September 14 at 11 am, and Wednesday, September 24 at 6 pm - to give prospective new audiences an exclusive sneak peek at all six productions that make up the company's upcoming subscription season.

Theatre Exile announces their 12th Season.