David Ives News

Cheyenne Jackson will reprise his New York City Center Encores! role of Woody in the upcoming Broadway production of Finian's Rainbow.

The Dramatists Guild of America have announced the winners of their annual awards, which will be distributed at an awards ceremony Monday, November 2, 2009, at The Players Club in New York.

OpenStage Theatre & Company will hold two individual rounds of auditions for its upcoming 2009-10 season. Open auditions for the first three shows of the season will be held on Monday, July 20, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Producers David Richenthal and Jack Viertel have announced that the critically-acclaimed New York City Center Encores! production of Finian?s Rainbow, will transfer to Broadway's St. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street, beginning Thursday, October 8 at 8pm, with an opening set for Thursday, October 29 at 6:45pm.

Executive Artistic Director Kristianne Kurner, originally slated to direct David Ives' SURE THING as part of New Village Arts' Summer Comedy Festival, has just accepted the role of Doctor Flora Whetstone in Moxie Theatre's upcoming DRINK ME, OR THE STRANGE TALE OF ALICE TIMES THREE. Taking over the role of director of SURE THING will be Mark Stephan.

A Cool Drink of Water by Thomas W. Jones, II and directed by Andrea Frye will be performed at the Horizon Theatre Company from July 10 - August 23, 2009. Cool Drink of Water is a new South Festival world premiere by the author of Horizon?s hit Three Sistahs. Hopes and dreams brew as a family searches for their ?cool drink of water? in this provocative contemporary twist on A Raisin in the Sun. Newly ?retired? from his good job, Walt is dreaming new schemes. Wife Ruthie?s nest is almost empty, but wannabe rapper son Trane won?t move out and get a job. And Benita and Asa move back from Africa with baggage and secrets. Is that Mama Lee haunting the house? A powerful and funny update to a classic story. Now in its 25th season, Horizon Theatre Company has been bringing exciting area and world premieres of contemporary plays to Atlanta's audiences under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors and Founders Lisa and Jeff Adler since 1983.

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces the cast of City of Nutterly Love: Funny as Bell!, a co-production of Philadelphia Theatre Company and Chicago's famed The Second City, running July 8 through July 26 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). The six-member cast combines three performers from Chicago and three performers from Philadelphia in a hilarious spoof of all things 'Philadelphia.'

Philadelphia Theatre Company shines a hot spotlight on comedy by offering some cool entertainment this summer. PTC collaborates with the legendary Second City comedy theatre to create a world premiere revue running July 8 through August 2, 2009. The improv troupe's lauded wit, irreverence and audience interaction will be showcased in a hilarious spoof of all things 'Philadelphia'.

Philadelphia Theatre Company shines a hot spotlight on comedy by offering some cool entertainment this summer. PTC collaborates with the legendary Second City comedy theatre to create a world premiere revue running July 8 through August 2, 2009. The improv troupe's lauded wit, irreverence and audience interaction will be showcased in a hilarious spoof of all things 'Philadelphia'.

The San Francisco Playhouse, BlueRare Productions, and PlayGround team to present the SF Playhouse's critically acclaimed production of Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party, by Aaron Loeb, directed by Chris Smith, as part of the13th Annual New York International Fringe Festival, thus furthering an SF Playhouse goal to deliver productions that can succeed on a national level. Performances will be held at HERE Arts Center (Mainstage Theater - Venue #17), 145 6th Avenue (between Spring and Broome).

New Village Arts (NVA) is pleased to announce the newest summer tradition for North County - the New Village Arts Summer Comedy Festival! The festival begins on July 30 and consists of one mainstage production, two off-night one-acts and an unforgettable evening of music. Featuring the work of David Ives, local San Diegan Emily Reit and the musical stylings of Billy Watson, this festival is full of events to make you think, smile and laugh out loud. NVA Associate Artistic Director Joshua Everett Johnson directs the mainstage show, David Ives' Time Flies and Ruff Yeager and Kristianne Kurner helm the off-night one acts, Emily Reit's Prom Night and David Ives' Sure Thing.

OpenStage Theatre & Company will hold two individual rounds of auditions for its upcoming 2009-10 season. Open auditions for the first three shows of the season will be held on Monday, July 20, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

At the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic welcome today's edgiest and most eminent critics, artists, administrators and patrons to the Arts and Culture programming track. They will offer fresh and dynamic perspectives on the status of the arts in the face of unprecedented economic, social and technological changes.

The stage will brighten with Philadelphia Theatre Company's mainstage season finale Grey Gardens, book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Michael Korie, on May 22 - June 28 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). Directed by Lisa Peterson, the ensemble cast features Todd Almond, Cole Burden, Kim Carson, Maggie Fitzgerald, Joy Franz, James Ijames, John Jellison, Anastasia Korbal, and Hollis Resnik.

At the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic welcome today's edgiest and most eminent critics, artists, administrators and patrons to the Arts and Culture programming track. They will offer fresh and dynamic perspectives on the status of the arts in the face of unprecedented economic, social and technological changes.

Auditions for the second show in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2009- 2010 Season, Is He Dead? will be held on Friday, June 5th, 2009 from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. Noon to 1 p.m. is reserved for AEA (Equity) members only, but AEA members may sign up for any time slot. Callbacks will be the morning of Saturday, June 6th, 2009; the time will be announced. Auditions will be held in Room 245 at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Auditioners will be required to read from the script.

Local Equity Principal Auditions (EPAs) for Pioneer Theatre Company's 2009-2010 Season will be held on Friday, June 12th, 2009 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.

End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer will be performed at the Horizon Theatre from May 29 - June 28, 2009. Meet the Steins. Sixteen-year old Rachel is a Goth. Dad won?t change out of his pajamas. Her Jewish mother is suddenly born again ? and Jesus has moved into the kitchen. Their new neighbor, a teenager with an Elvis fixation studying for his bar mitzvah, has fallen for Rachel hard. And the Apocalypse is coming on Wednesday. Their only hope is that Stephen Hawking will save them all. A quirky, moving comedy about family, faith, and science for the 21st century. Now in our 25th season, Horizon Theatre Company has been bringing exciting area and world premieres of contemporary plays to Atlanta's audiences under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors and Founders Lisa and Jeff Adler since 1983. A professional theatre with a reputation for excellent ensemble acting, Horizon produces outstanding new plays by today's playwrights that reflect and challenge the lives of the diverse people living in the urban Southeast. Horizon has introduced Atlanta audiences to the works of such well-known contemporary playwrights as Rebecca Gilman, Wendy Wasserstein, David Hare, Terrence McNally, and David Ives, as well as plays by talented emerging writers.

Georges Feydeau's comic romp A Flea in Her Ear began previews May 15th, and opened May 22nd at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Tony-nominated (The Color Purple) director Gary Griffin directs a new adaptation by David Ives. The show runs through June 7.

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces the cast of City of Nutterly Love: Funny as Bell!, a co-production of Philadelphia Theatre Company and Chicago's famed The Second City, running July 8 through July 26 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). The six-member cast combines three performers from Chicago and three performers from Philadelphia in a hilarious spoof of all things 'Philadelphia.'