Derek Walcott News

Irish playwright John Austin Connolly has been awarded the inaugural David C. Horn Prize for Playwriting, presented as part of the Yale Drama Series

The Yale School of Drama, under the leadership of James Bundy, Dean, and Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean, will present the Carlotta Festival of New Plays, May 11 - 20.

On April 26, 2007, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee will announce the inaugural winner of the Yale Drama Series competition -- a new annual award for emerging playwrights in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Republic of Ireland.

The 3rd Annual Classical Theatre Of Harlem Gala by Moët Hennessy The Classical Theatre of Harlem, a not-for-profit theatre dedicated to producing theatre that truly reflects the diversity of ideas and racial tapestry that is New York City, will hold their 3rd annual benefit on Monday, May 7th at the Low Memorial Library at Columbia University

On April 26, 2007, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Goat) will announce the inaugural winner of the Yale Drama Series competition -- a new annual award for emerging playwrights in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Republic of Ireland.

Full casting has been announced for the Classical Theatre of Harlem's King Lear, starring Andre De Shields

The radiant Marian Seldes will star as the brilliant wit of the famed Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker in Ellen M.Violett's Dorothy Parker gets the Last Word.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting's first-ever Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts will launch of May 4th will a performance of Ronald Rand's show Let It Be Art! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion

Elaine Stritch, Zoe Caldwell, Marian Seldes, Edward Albee and John Guare will be among those taking part in the first annual Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts from May 5th through 8th

he Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts will kick off with a symposium to discuss Harold Clurman, his effect on American theater, culture and the lives and work of panelists Zoe Caldwell, Roy Scheider, David Amram, Elaine Stritch and Grace Schulman.

A contemporary rendering of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

Performances begin Thursday, March 10th at 8:00 pm with an opening scheduled for Saturday, March 12th at 8:00 pm.