David Ives News

The Gorilla Theatre is delighted to announce its upcoming 2010-11 season. Once again, the Gorilla is holding its prices at the same level as previous seasons, making it an exceptional value in entertainment.

Shay Youngblood's SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY will hit the Horizon Theatre stage once again from July 2nd through August 22nd. SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY was Horizon's first ever world premiere and this production will mark the show's return to the Horizon stage.

Is there any better place to celebrate the Fourth of July than the Nation's Capital? If you're in town for the fireworks and concert on the Mall, consider popping into one of our local theatres. This month's MUST-SEES include The Capital Fringe Festival and Hip-Hop Festival, pirates, a high-flying nanny, a supreme trio, a boar with a flapjack, a crazy one-man Lord of the Rings, those loveable Tony Award-winning puppets, lots of plaid, a household of singing sisters, Stew's 'strange' score, and a concert version of a Rodgers and Hart classic musical. There's something for everyone in July on our DC area stages.

Producers Jed Bernstein and Adam Zotovich announced today that Tony Award-winners James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave will return to the New York stage this Fall to star opposite one another in the Broadway Premiere of Alfred Uhry‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy. Directed by David Esbjornson (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?), Driving Miss Daisy will begin performances on October 7, 2010, at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), with an official opening on Monday, October 25, 2010.

The Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre, located at 2252 South Kinnickinnic, celebrates 25 years of staging dynamic, eclectic theatre when its 2010-2011 season opens on July 28th with FOURPLAY: 4 Comedies Of Seduction.

Carey Anderson and Jeff Scot Carey are set as the cast for Playhouse On Park's production of The Last Five Years, directed by Kyle Fabel.

The Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre, located at 2252 South Kinnickinnic, celebrates 25 years of staging dynamic, eclectic theatre when its 2010-2011 season opens on July 28th with FOURPLAY: 4 Comedies Of Seduction. Tickets are $20 and all performances will be at the Boulevard's charming studio space. Call the 24-hour ticket line at (414) 744- 5757. Please visit the website at www.boulevardtheatre.com for additional information.

Local Equity Principal Auditions (EPAs) for Pioneer Theatre Company's 2010-2011 Season will be held on Friday, June 25th, 2010. Auditions are for actors ages 18 and up. Audition time slots are from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. If these slots are 75% filled in advance, additional time will be made available.

Middlebury Actors Workshop is Addison County's own small professional theater ensemble. The company's mission is to present plays that both entertain and challenge, provoking laughter and thought while exploring everything from the silly to the sublime.

THE OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE (OPC) is thrilled to announce its 2010 Season - 13th Annual program of playwrights, readings and special performances featuring some of the most talented, established and up-and-coming playwrights writing today.

BlueRare Productions has announced the cast and creative team for its Off-Broadway premiere of the probing and politically-charged mash-up comedy, Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party, by Aaron Loeb.

Arden Professional Apprentice (APA) Class 17 concludes their 2009/10 season with the Apprentice Showcase Falling Into Place, featuring five short plays by Christopher Durang, David Ives, Shel Silverstein, and Sean Michael Welch, directed by Steve Pacek, the Arden's Mouse in If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.

Arden Professional Apprentice (APA) Class 17 concludes their 2009/10 season with the Apprentice Showcase Falling Into Place, featuring five short plays by Christopher Durang, David Ives, Shel Silverstein, and Sean Michael Welch, directed by Steve Pacek, the Arden's Mouse in If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT), the professional producing arm of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, continues its Nutmeg Summer Series with the David Ives' comedy, All in the Timing, playing June 10 through 20, 2010 in the Nafe Katter Theatre.

The national premiere of TRUE LOVE LIES will take the stage beginning May 21st at Atlanta's Horizon Theatre. The production will run through June 20th.

Carey Anderson and Jeff Scot Carey are set as the cast for Playhouse On Park's production of The Last Five Years, directed by Kyle Fabel.

Carey Anderson and Jeff Scot Carey are set as the cast for Playhouse On Park's production of The Last Five Years, directed by Kyle Fabel.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the directors of the upcoming reading series 2010 TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series, which will celebrate women in theater with plays all written, produced and directed by women.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the winning selections of the 2010 TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series. In a series that is unique because it develops new producers as well as new plays, three works were chosen from submissions by emerging or established producers, as well as from writers who hoped to be matched with a producer.

The American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 13, 2010 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com.