Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.
Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.
Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.
Piven Theatre will end its production of Emilie Beck's Number of People, directed by Emilie and featuring Piven Ensemble Member Bernard Beck on April 18th.
Piven Theatre Workshop will host a pre-show event in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 11, 2010 at 1:15PM, prior to the matinee performance of Number of People. The hour long program will feature speeches by Rabbi Josh Feigelson, Campus Rabbi & Senior Director Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University, and Fr. John Karjte, Chaplain and Director of the Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University; a special performance of 'Raining Season' by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Teen Committee on Conscience; and Hannah Senesch's song 'Eili, Eili' led by David Y. Chack, President of the Association for Jewish Theatre.
Piven Theatre Workshop will host a pre-show event in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 11, 2010 at 1:15PM, prior to the matinee performance of Number of People. The hour long program will feature speeches by Rabbi Josh Feigelson, Campus Rabbi & Senior Director Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University, and Fr. John Karjte, Chaplain and Director of the Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University; a special performance of 'Raining Season' by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Teen Committee on Conscience; and Hannah Senesch's song 'Eili, Eili' led by David Y. Chack, President of the Association for Jewish Theatre.
Piven Theatre announces the extension of Emilie Beck's Number of People, directed by Emilie and featuring Piven Ensemble Member Bernard Beck. The production is adding a week of performances and now runs through April 18, 2010, at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street, Evanston.
Piven Theatre Workshop Educator and Ensemble Member Bernard Beck will perform excerpts from the World Premiere production of Number of People, written by his daughter Emilie Beck, during a discussion on memory, identity and loss among Holocaust survivors at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
Piven Theatre Workshop Educator and Ensemble Member Bernard Beck will perform excerpts from the World Premiere production of Number of People, written by his daughter Emilie Beck, during a discussion on memory, identity and loss among Holocaust survivors at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
East West Players, the nation's premier Asian American theatre, is proud to announce the addition of two new staff members to the East West Players team: Christine Huynh as the PR/Marketing Manager and Tim Lounibos as the Business Administrator.
LA POSADA MAGICA had been a staple at the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa for fifteen years. Simultaneously funny, dark and emotionally touching, Octavio Solis script is a classic holiday tale about the Christmas spirit lost, then found, enhanced with a score by Marcos Loya. Due to budget cuts, the production was eliminated from the SCR's 2009 line-up, much to the devastation of the community.
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce its new board of directors' leadership team and new members. Martha Lavey, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will assume the position of board president.
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce its new board of directors' leadership team and new members. Martha Lavey, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will assume the position of board president.
Center Theatre Group (CTG) was recently awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will support the expansion of CTG's New Play Production Program. The expansion will focus on the commissioning, development, and production of non-text-based work, which is often underrepresented in the programming for large regional theatres such as CTG. The grant will also place an emphasis on supporting works from Los Angeles-based artists.
Immediately following the Sunday matinee performances of The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, visiting scholars Jorge Huerta, Ph.D., Phil Esparza and Diane Rodriguez will lead three separate panel discussions based on their personal experiences working with Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino, and/or their subsequent work in Latino-identified theatre.