Elinor Renfield News

Dorothy Lyman's new play, THE KEYS, will get a reading on Zoom

The Drama League (Executive Artistic Director Gabriel Stelian-Shanks) has announced the eleven exceptional stage directors who have been selected as the 2017 Directing Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project.

The Drama League has announced the theater directors and ensembles chosen to develop new plays and musicals as part of the 2017 Drama League Artist Residency Program.

The Interart Development Series & Spare Change Productions will present an Equity Showcase Production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie, tongiht, February 6-17 at InterArt Theatre, 500 West 52nd Street, New York. Get a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below!

The Interart Development Series & Spare Change Productions will present an Equity Showcase Production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie, February 6-17 at InterArt Theatre, 500 West 52nd Street, New York. Get a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below!

The Interart Development Series & Spare Change Productions will present an Equity Showcase Production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, translated by Jean-Claude Van Itallie, February 6-17 at InterArt Theatre, 500 West 52nd Street, New York.

One21 Collective is proud to present Men To Be Feared as part of the 16th annual New York International Fringe Festival, August 10-26, 2012. Written by Rebecca Jane Stokes and directed by Sherri Eden Barber, the production will premiere at the Connelly Theater.

hotINK at the LARK will showcase work by nine playwrights from outside the United States in afternoon and evening readings.

hotINK at the LARK will showcase work by nine playwrights from outside the United States in afternoon and evening readings.

As sure as you count on a female lead killing herself, you can be sure that Ibsen will take on a social problem in his work. In Rosmersholm, Ibsen takes on the conflict of developing new social ideals against the conservative underpinnings of a community. Sounds familiar, huh? (I still don't have health insurance.) In a typical Ibsen play, humanity serves to highlight the social problem. However, the social problem takes a total back seat to a melodramatic romance in Rosmersholm.

THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY (J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director; Shira Beckerman, Managing Director) proudly presents Henrik Ibsen's passionate and haunting ROSMERSHOLM, adapted by Mike Poulton.

THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY (J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director; Shira Beckerman, Managing Director) proudly presents Henrik Ibsen's passionate and haunting ROSMERSHOLM, adapted by Mike Poulton.

Tony nominee Austin Pendleton will be featured in the Pearl Theatre Company's production of Ibsen's ROSMERSHOLM which will run from November 12 through December 19 at the New York City Center. Elinor Renfield wil direct.

THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY (J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director; Shira Beckerman, Managing Director) proudly presents Henrik Ibsen's passionate and haunting ROSMERSHOLM, adapted by Mike Poulton.

THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY (J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director; Shira Beckerman, Managing Director) proudly presents Henrik Ibsen's passionate and haunting ROSMERSHOLM, adapted by Mike Poulton.

THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY (J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director; Shira Beckerman, Managing Director) proudly presents Henrik Ibsen's passionate and haunting ROSMERSHOLM, adapted by Mike Poulton. The production, beginning November 12 at New York City Center Stage II, will be directed by Elinor Renfield and feature Austin Pendleton, as previously announced. Director Renfield along with the design team spoke about the production.

THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY (J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director; Shira Beckerman, Managing Director) proudly presents Henrik Ibsen's passionate and haunting ROSMERSHOLM, adapted by Mike Poulton.

Tony nominee Austin Pendleton will be featured in the Pearl Theatre Company's production of Ibsen's ROSMERSHOLM which will run from November 12 through December 19 at the New York City Center. Elinor Renfield wil direct.

The New School for Drama has announced that the award-winning director Joe Mantello will be the distinguished artist-in-residence for the 2010-2011 academic year. Mantello's directing credits include the wildly popular Wicked, as well as Assassins and Take Me Out, each of which earned him a Tony Award for directing.

According to a report in the New York Post, off-Broadway star Shami Chaikin, sister of the late, famed director Joseph Chaikin, was critically injured in Greenwich Village on Bleeker Street and 8th Avenue yesterday morning when a garbage truck hit her on her mobility scooter. Chaikin, 78, who had been riding in the bicycle lane underwent surgery at St. Vincent's hospital and remains in critical condition.