Emma Gibson News

Hedgerow Theatre Company has released production photos from its regional premiere of DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE by Ken Ludwig, now on stage in Rose Valley.

Alleyway Theatre has named Kevin Cirone’s His Girl Watson: A Sherlock Noir as the recipient of the 2024/25 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Award. The play was selected from 839 submissions and will receive a full production at Alleyway Theatre in June 2026.

Beginning February 11, Rose Valley-based Hedgerow Theatre Company will present the regional premiere presentation of Dear Jack, Dear Louise by two-time Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig.

Hedgerow Theatre Company has announced its 2025–26 Mainstage season, featuring four productions—including three regional premieres—and a slate of new accessibility programs.

Refracted Theatre Company has revealed the final two plays as part of the The Shortlist: A Refracted Festival at the Den Theatre. Learn more about the festival here!

Hedgerow Theatre Company will launch its 2025–26 season with Fly Me to the Moon by Northern Irish playwright Marie Jones. Directed by Emma Gibson and starring Barrymore Award winners Marcia Saunders and Susan McKey.

Refracted Theatre Company will present The Shortlist: A Refracted Festival at the Den Theatre. Learn more about upcoming events and see how to purchase tickets.

Playwrights Foundation has revealed the semifinalists and finalists for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, which will be presented in a hybrid festival. Learn more!

Refracted Theatre Company has shared its 2025 season, including Dream Hou$e, written by Eliana Pipes and directed by Laura Alcalá Baker, and Role Call, Refracted’s series of free, community reading series.

The Arts & Climate Initiative and Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts released an anthology of short plays, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST BEGIN, exploring future visions with themes of regeneration and justice. Learn more!

Hedgerow Theatre Company will stream Tim Crouch's Beginners. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Hedgerow Theatre Company will welcome audiences across generations to Beginners, a wonderfully inventive play by Obie Award-winning theatre-maker Tim Crouch that explores a time of pivotal transition and the “wafer-thin divide between childhood and adulthood.”

GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANY has announced the inaugural launch of its festival, Water's Rising: Festival of New Climate Action Plays. Timed to coincide with Earth Day, this inaugural festival will showcase staged readings of three new plays that delve into the multifaceted themes of climate change.

Hedgerow Theatre Company is currently presenting The New Electric Ballroom, a modern classic from the pen of Irish playwright Enda Walsh. Learn more about the extension here!

Internationally produced writer Emma Gibson (War Stories, Tourmaline, Johnny Castellano is Mine, The Pyjama Girl) reimagines Daphne Du Maurier's gothic novel Rebecca if it was written today. Learn more about the production here!

Hedgerow Theatre presents Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom, a modern classic that explores the complexities of women of a certain age. Directed by Emma Gibson, this production features an all-female design and production team.

The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, has announced the five finalist scripts for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2023, selected from 1,002 entries.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, today announces the 20 shortlisted scripts for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2023, selected from 1,002 entries. Launched in 2019, the Prize is designed to celebrate and support exceptional playwrights who identify as female or non-binary by providing them with a national platform.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting has announced the 50 longlisted scripts for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2023, selected from 1,002 entries.

To kick off their 20th season, Downstage is coming together with the Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation and Climate Change Theatre Action for All Good Things Must Begin, from November 17 - 19, 2023 at Motel Theatre, Arts Commons.