David Simpatico News

The PlayGround Experiment will present its fifth annual Faces of America Monologue Festival at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater on Saturday November 18th at 7pm.

Educational Theatre Association has revealed the most popular high school shows for 2023. 

The New Deal Creative Arts Center will produce its 3rd Annual 10x10 Fest April 21 & 22, 2023. This fun play festival includes 10 ten-minute plays and features playwrights exclusively from the Hudson Valley. New Deal has assembled close to 30 actors from the area to perform in a variety of 10-minute plays under the direction of Teresa Gasparini and Melissa Matthews. 

Disney's High School Musical, the smash hit Broadway musical based on the beloved Disney Channel Original Movie, produced by Richard Mazda will be performed at The Secret Theatre.

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced its 2023-2024 season. See the full programming, and learn how to purchase tickets!

The Young Company Winter Festival, performed by students in grades 4-12, brings together budding young artists and their professional teams to present jaw dropping storytelling at its finest.

Pilgrim House, Provincetown's destination for top-flight entertainment, have announced an exclusive three-night engagement of the world premiere of MADAME'S 'FACE-FOR-RADIO' HOLIDAY HOOTENANNY.

King Roger, or Król Roger in Polish, will be presented in a semi-staged production featuring a massive chorus of 120 singers and a 72 piece orchestra at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance 205 E Randolph St, in two performances only; Friday, November 18 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 20, at 3:00 PM.

The New York premiere production of Los Otros, a musical in one act with book & lyrics by Tony Award nominee Ellen Fitzhugh (Grind, Paradise Found) and music by five-time Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party, Giant), will star Luba Mason and Caesar Samayoa.

Join playwright David Simpatico and composer Lisa DeSpain as they discuss their new work, That Hell-Bound Train, on Saturday, July 23rd at 5pm as part of the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat’s “Meet the Writers” series. This special event will take place at Clinton Community Library at historic Clinton Town Hall in Rhinebeck, NY (1215 Centre Road) and will include a meet and greet reception, followed by a discussion and Q&A with David and Lisa about That Hell-Bound Train. 

In a small New York City jury room, on 'the hottest day of the year,' twelve men debate the fate of a young defendant charged with murdering his father. In form, TWELVE ANGRY MEN: A NEW MUSICAL is a courtroom drama; in purpose, it's a crash course in those passages of the U.S. Constitution that promise defendants a fair trial and the presumption of innocence.

The Young Players present High School Musical, Jr. July 14-17 at the historic Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market Street, in downtown Benton. Based on Disney Channel's smash hit movie, the musical comes to life on the Royal stage!

What did our critic think of TWELVE ANGRY MEN at Theatre Latte Da? In a small New York City jury room, on 'the hottest day of the year,' twelve men debate the fate of a young defendant charged with murdering his father. In form, TWELVE ANGRY MEN: A NEW MUSICAL is a courtroom drama; in purpose, it's a crash course in those passages of the U.S. Constitution that promise defendants a fair trial and the presumption of innocence.

See the latest results according to the Educational Theatre Association’s annual play survey to see ALL of the most popular plays and musicals done in school theaters around the country during the 2021-2022 school year.

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat will host 16 award-winning musical theatre writers of eight new musicals for eight consecutive weeklong residencies between July 3 and August 28.

Los Altos Stage Company has announced its 2022-2023 (28th) Season of plays and musicals, continuing its tradition of presenting bold, entertaining, and thought-provoking theatre.

COT is gearing up for the world premiere of Quamino's Map, but they have announced their 22/23 season lineup, which includes a long-awaited Chicago premiere, a new production of a well-loved classic, and several world premieres.

American Lyric Theater (ALT) announced today InsightALT: Opera in Eden, a performance featuring three new one-act operas on themes of temptation developed by Resident Artists in the company’s nationally acclaimed Composer Librettist Development Program. ALT’s current Resident Artists (Composers Jasmine Barnes, Johanny Navarro, and Alex Weiser; and Librettists Joshua Banbury, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, and Marcus Yi) were selected from over 200 applicants to join the CLDP this season. Opera in Eden, which is the culminating event of the first year of these artists’ residency, will take place at National Sawdust in Brooklyn on Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 at 7:00pm.

Beck Center for the Arts has announced the third production of their 2021-2022 Youth Theater Season. The 73rd season continues with the beloved musical that started it all for so many fans of musical theater.

American Lyric Theater (ALT) today announced the Aria Access Project (AAP), a free hub of downloadable contemporary aria sheet music written by alumni of ALT’s Composer Librettist Development Program.