Emanuel Fried News

Road Less Traveled Productions' (RLTP's) Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop (NPW) today announced a special benefit reading of Eurydice, a contemporary take on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus & Eurydice by acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl (In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play). The reading will be presented at 8:00 PM on Saturday, August 18th at the Road Less Traveled Theater (RLTT) in the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, in Downtown Buffalo. The reading will benefit the NPW, an integral component of RLTP's mission to develop and produce plays by Western New York (WNY) writers. RLTP will also be producing Ruhl's Clean House in the Spring of 2013.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced it is accepting submissions for its fourth annual Buffalo Young Writers (BYW) contest; RLTP also indicated that, this year, it will be extending a call-for-work to students between the ages of 15 and 23 currently enrolled in Western New York (WNY) schools. (Previously, only WNY students ages 17 to 22 were invited to submit.) As in past years, local students are encouraged to write a ten-minute play; one grand-prize winner (selected by RLTP) will receive $250 and see his or her play produced at the Road Less Traveled Theater. Four runners up will also receive readings of their submissions, as well as complementary tickets to RLTP shows.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) presents its third annual Buffalo Young Writers Night tonight, May 16 th at 7:00pm in The Road Less Traveled Theater (639 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203). The evening features winners of the 2012 Buffalo Young Writers Contest, recognizing outstanding student playwrights in the Western New York (WNY) area.

Ibn Shabazz's Insidious , an original play that first premiered in 2010 for Western New York (WNY) theatre company Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP), returns to the stage this month at the nation's largest African American theatre company, The Black Rep of St. Louis. The Black Rep's production of Insidious opens Wednesday, May 23rd , 2012.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced the list of playwrights participating in the 2012 Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop (NPW). The 2012 NPW roster includes Katherine Boswell , Susan Fenster , Donna Hoke , Anne Moot , Thomas Scrivani , Adam Seidel , Darryl Schneider , and Michael Votta.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will present its third annual Buffalo Young Writers Night on Wednesday, May 16 th at 7:00pm in The Road Less Traveled Theater (639 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203). The evening will feature winners of the 2012 Buffalo Young Writers Contest, recognizing outstanding student playwrights in the Western New York (WNY) area.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today publicly announced its 2012-2013 Season, which RLTP Artistic Director Scott Behrend has favorably referred to as RLTP's 'Year of the Woman.' The 2012-2013 Season includes works by five female playwrights, three of whom have Western New York (WNY) affiliations. Among the schedule are two world premieres, two WNY premieres, and a unique revival.

Actor John Fredo and director Derek Campbell will reunite to bring to life the world-premiere production of Darryl Schneider's Clean Break, beginning Friday, March 9th, 2012, at the Road Less Traveled Theater. The theatre just released production photos from this new show.

Actor John Fredo and director Derek Campbell will reunite to bring to life the world-premiere production of Darryl Schneider's Clean Break, beginning Friday, March 9th, 2012, at the Road Less Traveled Theater.

Actor John Fredo and director Derek Campbell will reunite to bring to life the world-premiere production of Darryl Schneider's Clean Break, beginning Friday, March 9th, 2012, at the Road Less Traveled Theater.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced it currently is accepting submissions for the Third Annual Buffalo Young Writers' (BYW) Contest.

In accordance with its ongoing commitment to support original theatre and as part of its mission to reach an increasingly broader theatergoing audience, Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced a new, late-night theatre program, RLTP: Blacklight, will launch next season. RLTP: Blacklight will run at 10:30PM every Friday and Saturday night of RLTP's main production season, following the normally scheduled season selection. RLTP: Blacklight is the invention of co-Program Directors Drew McCabe and Justin Karcher, under the supervision of RLTP Artistic Director and founder Scott Behrend.

Road Less Traveled Productions' (RLTP's) Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop (NPW) today announced a set of special benefit readings of Love Letters , the highly popular play by RLTP's 2012 American Theatre Master, Buffalo native A.R. Gurney. The readings will be presented at 7:30PM on two consecutive nights, Friday, August 12 th and Saturday, August 13 th , at the Road Less Traveled Theater (RLTT) in the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, in Downtown Buffalo. The readings benefit the NPW, an integral component of RLTP's mission to develop and produce plays by Western New York (WNY) writers.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced its 2011 Curtain Up! offering: the world premiere of Shaun McLaughlin's Internal Continuity .

Road Less Traveled Productions' (RLTP's) Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop (NPW) today announced a set of special benefit readings of Love Letters , the highly popular play by RLTP's 2012 American Theatre Master, Buffalo native A.R. Gurney. The readings will be presented at 7:30PM on two consecutive nights, Friday, August 12 th and Saturday, August 13 th , at the Road Less Traveled Theater (RLTT) in the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, in Downtown Buffalo. The readings benefit the NPW, an integral component of RLTP's mission to develop and produce plays by Western New York (WNY) writers.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced that the revival of its smash-hit, world-premiere production of Insidious will close Sunday, July 10, 2011.