Review: ROOTED Grows Beyond Its Premise at Live Theatre Workshop
The crowd itself remains unseen, but a growing cult hangs over nearly every scene, transforming Emery’s private sanctuary into something far more complicated.
The crowd itself remains unseen, but a growing cult hangs over nearly every scene, transforming Emery’s private sanctuary into something far more complicated.
So, in no order (and with no clarity of categories), here are the BROADWAY WORLD HOUSTON CRITICS’ CHOICE awards for the 2025-2026 season! CHEERS!
SpeakEasy Stage Company announced its 2026/27 season, featuring three mainstage productions at Boston's Calderwood Pavilion, including the World Premiere musical BY ANY OTHER NAME and Tony-nominated LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD, plus new programming initiatives.
Florida Atlantic University Theatre Lab announced the sudden passing of Founding Director and Dorothy F.
WAM Theatre will present ROOTED, a comedy by acclaimed playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer, directed by Maggie Mancinelli-Cahil.
A new theatrical performance questions the survival of the Yiddish language, running through April 19, 2026.
WAM Theatre will present a diverse lineup for its 2026 season, featuring acclaimed productions and new works.
Theatre Or will present THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER, a poignant exploration of language and legacy, starting April 2026.
Theatre Or will present the Colorado premiere of The Last Yiddish Speaker from March 28 through April 19, written by Deborah Zoe Laufer and directed by Amy Feinberg.
Widely respected Chicago theater artist Sandy Shinner has announced she is stepping down as Producing Artistic Director of Shattered Globe Theatre.
After 10 successful years in their old cafeteria space, Theatre Lab will now produce out of FAU's Marleen Forkas Studio One Theatre starting in the 2026-27 season.
The Carbonell Awards, South Florida's Theater & Arts Honors, has revealed the winners in 20 competitive categories for the 2024-2025 theater season.
From the playwright of The Last Schwartz and Be Here Now, Deborah Zoe Laufer's new play, The Last Yiddish Speaker, is a family drama set in a near-future America reshaped by authoritarian nationalism.
The Carbonell Awards has revealed the top finalists in 20 competitive categories for the 2024-2025 theater season.
Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida's Theater & Arts Honors, today announced the top finalists in 20 competitive categories for the 2024-2025 theater season.
Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s Theater & Arts Honors, announced the top finalists in 20 competitive categories for the 2024-2025 theater season.
It is about a family living through a dystopian future that's only a few years into our future, the year 2029.
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company, in collaboration with the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, opens their 2025-2026 season with the Houston premiere of THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER, by Deborah Zoe Laufer.
WAM Theatre has announced casting for the June reading in their 2025 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series: Rooted written by Deborah Zoe Laufer.
WAM Theatre has announced casting for the June reading in their 2025 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series: Rooted written by Deborah Zoe Laufer (Be Here Now, The Last Yiddish Speaker), directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo (Far, Far Better Things, Sueño and Marisol), and features Jayne Atkinson, Jennie Jadow,