David Mamet News

The Ross Valley Players kicks off it's new season with David Mamet's political comedy 'November,' opening on Sept. 17. James Dunn directs this play about U.S. President Charles 'Chucky' Smith nearing the end of his first term and dealing with the unfavorable prospects that he will be elected for a second term.

HotCity Theatre, a professional theatre company with a focus on contemporary programming and new play development announces the production of the company's 5th Annual GreenHouse New Play Festival. Three plays 'in progress' are chosen from over 250 submitted by playwrights all over the world. Each script is given a workshop that includes professional directors on staff at HotCity, a professional dramaturg (a literary drama scholar) and professional local actors. This workshop provides a springboard for re-writes, culminating in readings at the festival by professional actors and adjudicated by HotCity artistic staff. At the festival event, scripts are performed as staged readings, followed by talkback sessions where you, the patrons, are given the opportunity to offer your thoughts and ask questions of the playwrights.

HotCity Theatre, a professional theatre company with a focus on contemporary programming and new play development announces the production of the company's 5th Annual GreenHouse New Play Festival. Three plays 'in progress' are chosen from over 250 submitted by playwrights all over the world. Each script is given a workshop that includes professional directors on staff at HotCity, a professional dramaturg (a literary drama scholar) and professional local actors. This workshop provides a springboard for re-writes, culminating in readings at the festival by professional actors and adjudicated by HotCity artistic staff. At the festival event, scripts are performed as staged readings, followed by talkback sessions where you, the patrons, are given the opportunity to offer your thoughts and ask questions of the playwrights.

The Comix Theatre is an elegant space with comfortable seating, unobstructed stage views and the purest acoustics.

Stage legend Patti LuPone sereved as the featured guest for the 'From Stage To Page' workshop at the 2010 BookExpo at the Javits Center last month. In the discussion, LuPone provides insight into her forthcoming memoir 'Patti LuPone: A Memoir,' the struggles she faced finding stardom in EVITA at a young age, and yes, GLEE.

Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy presents a special evening of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends on Wednesday, July 14th (7PM) at the New York hotspot Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street ~between 5th & 6th Avenues).

The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble will presentWilliam Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream on the Powerhouse Theatre's redwood deck from July 8 - 31. As a way of showing appreciation for the ongoing support of the Santa Monicacommunity, all performances will be offered at no cost to the public.

The Comix Theatre is an elegant space with comfortable seating, unobstructed stage views and the purest acoustics.

Stars & stripes, Joy Behar, fireworks, and Darrell Hammond... What do they all have in common? Fourth of July weekend fun on the Long Wharf in Sag Harbor! Two special performances with comic favorites Joy Behar and Darrell Hammond will kick off Bay Street's 2010 Summer Comedy Club over the holiday weekend.

EDDIE IZZARD, DENNIS HAYSBERT, AFTON C. WILLIAMSON, and RICHARD THOMAS begin their run in RACE, written and directed by David Mamet, on Monday June 21st for a nine-week limited engagement through Saturday, August 21st.

In this North Carolina premiere, with a remarkable cast including Ira David Wood III (President Charles H. P. Smith), Jesse R. Gephart (Archer Brown), Larry Evans (the Turkey Guy), Cameron West (Clarice Bernstein) and Scotty Cherryholmes (Chief Dwight Grackle), David Mamet's November comes to life on stage at Theatre In The Park, June 11-13 and 17-20.

DUSK RINGS A BELL, starring Kate Walsh ('Private Practice,' 'Grey's Anatomy') and Paul Sparks (Broadway's HEDDA GABLER) began previews Wednesday, May 19; and officially opened Thursday, May 27; it played a limited engagement and will close on Sunday, June 20 Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16 Street).

Dark Horse Theatre Company presents Oleanna by David Mamet June 4 - 19 at the DC Arts Center(2438 18th Street NW. Showtime is 7:30pm Friday through Saturday. Tickets are $20/ $15 DCAC Members. For tickets call DCAC at 202-462-7833 or visit darkhorsetheatrecompany.com.

SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE in partnership with THE SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS (SCPA) is proud to present Southern California's first regional production of the hit musical comedy HAIRSPRAY.

If the Broadway community could combine the sentiments of both Mamet and Foster, perhaps the next few years could be prosperous not just to the pocket books of theatrical producers but to the art form itself. Watering town Broadway with unfunny revivals and star-studded productions spells disaster for all those that call live theatre home...

D.C. Arts Center, founded in 1989, is a nonprofit arts space dedicated to promoting the freshest, most under-recognized artists in the Washington metropolitan area. We encourage an ongoing dialogue between new artists and the greater art community, and assist artists in the business of production.

EDDIE IZZARD, DENNIS HAYSBERT, AFTON C. WILLIAMSON, and RICHARD THOMAS begin their run in RACE, written and directed by David Mamet, on Monday June 21st for a nine-week limited engagement through Saturday, August 21st.

Beginning Saturday, April 17, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet, starring Adam Arkin, Jeff Goldblum and Dina Waters. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

New Lincoln Theatre Productions is proud to present the return of Sex Marks the Spot, the incredibly funny political comedy by Charles Grippo, which played to sell out audiences in a limited engagement in January, 2010, at the Theatre Building Chicago.

Shakespeare on the Sound, Connecticut's premier outdoor summer theater company presenting free Shakespeare in the park, today announced complete casting for their upcoming production of Othello, under the direction of Joanna Settle.