Ensemble Studio Theatre News

FaceSpace, written by Talia Gonzales & Bisanne Massoud, will be part of the 2009 Midtown International Theatre Festival. The show, produced by Lucky Penny Productions, in Association with The 7th Sign Theatre Productions, will open on Saturday, July 18th & run for six performances at the MainStage Theatre, 312 West 36th Street. This Premiere Production will be directed by Daniel Winerman. Lighting Design is by Jana Mattioli.

MOTHER is set in an upscale resort in West Virginia where an eccentric family gathers for their annual New Year's holiday. The get-together turns out to be far from traditional when matters of infidelity, sibling rivalry, copious bottles of bubbly, and even attempted kidnapping come to call -- all in the hotel dining room.

New plays by Huntington Playwriting Fellows Lydia R. Diamond, Jacqui Parker, and Joyce Van Dyke and a new musical by Chay Yew and Fabian Obispo will be read this July and August as part of the Huntington Theatre Company's sixth Breaking Ground Festival, held at the Huntington's Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Florida Studio Theatre extends Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine into a fifth week at the Gompertz Theatre. Through July 30, 2009, Shirley Valentine was called 'a joyful, captivating piece of theatre' by the New York Daily News. Additional dates and times are; Sunday, July 26 at 3 PM & 7 PM, Tuesday, July 28 at 8 PM, Wednesday, July 29 at 8 PM and Thursday, July 30 at 8 PM.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) cordially invites you to MARATHON 2009, E.S.T.'s 31st annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 22nd, and continue through Saturday, June 27th. Press dates for each series are indicated below.

Goodman Theatre proudly concludes its 2008/2009 season with José Rivera's newest play, Boleros for the Disenchanted.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Ellen Richard, Executive Director) continues this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Lila Rose Kaplan's Wildflower. Directed by Giovanna Sardelli, Wildflower features Nadia Bowers, Ron Cephas Jones, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Jake O'Connor and Renée Felice Smith. Previews begin Monday, July 13 and opening night is Monday, July 27 at 7:00pm.

There are many weird and wonderful turns on the road to Enlightenment, as Natalie Kim and Karen Fitzgerald discover in their comedic and offbeat solo shows, billed collectively as Yo Hot Mama(s)! Directed by Kenneth Heaton & Matthew Hoverman, the shows will be performed at the Jewel Box Theater, located at 312 West 36th Street, as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival, beginning on July 14th.

Come give your happy feet a chance and jump, jive and wail at Pittsburgh CLO's production of Swing!, playing June 20 through 26 at the Benedum Center in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District.

Come give your happy feet a chance and jump, jive and wail at Pittsburgh CLO's production of Swing!, playing June 20 through 26 at the Benedum Center in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival has announced that it will present the world premiere of How to Make an American Family, written and performed by Jeff Seabaugh and directed by Samuel Buggeln, as part of its 10th Anniversary Festival. How to Make an American Family will play the following schedule at the Jewel Box Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, Fourth Floor East: Wednesday July 15 at 9:00 PM; Friday July 17 at 6:00 PM; Saturday July 25 at 11:30 AM; Tuesday July 28 at 6:30 PM; Saturday August 1 at 6:30 PM; and Sunday August 2 at 6:00 PM.

Hungry Hill, Ltd, today announced that Joseph Adams, Laura Bonarrigo, Molly Ephraim and Lauren Currie Lewis would comprise the cast of their new production, Dance of the Seven Headed Mouse, a new play by Carole Gaunt, directed by Christopher McElroen. Performances will begin June 17th at The Beckett at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues), for a limited engagement through July 25th. Opening Night is set for Tuesday, June 23rd (7 pm).

Performances will begin June 17th for Dance of the Seven Headed Mouse, a new play by Carole Gaunt, directed by Christopher McElroen, at The Beckett at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues), for a limited engagement through July 25th. Opening Night is set for Tuesday, June 23rd (7 pm). Joseph Adams, Laura Bonarrigo, Molly Ephraim and Lauren Currie Lewis comprise the cast. Hungry Hill, Ltd is presenting.

Come give your happy feet a chance and jump, jive and wail at Pittsburgh CLO's production of Swing!, playing June 20 through 26 at the Benedum Center in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District.

Love, loss, betrayal... and America: Los Angeles County's Winter Partnership Program is back with a second season of provocative new work in 2009-10. Once again, three outstanding L.A. theater companies have been selected to present an ambitious season of premieres at [Inside] the Ford, the 87-seat state-of-the-art theater located in Hollywood's Ford Theatres complex.

MOTHER is set in an upscale resort in West Virginia where an eccentric family gathers for their annual New Year's holiday. The get-together turns out to be far from traditional when matters of infidelity, sibling rivalry, copious bottles of bubbly, and even attempted kidnapping come to call -- all in the hotel dining room.

Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, now in its 8th season, will remount their award-winning production of the sci-fi adventure, 'FIGHT GIRL BATTLE WORLD,' created by co-artistic directors Qui Nguyen and Robert Ross Parker, written by Mr. Nguyen, directed by Mr. Parker, with fight choreography by Nguyen, when it begins performances on July 14th at HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Avenue (between Spring & Broome, enter on Dominick).

Buck Henry and Holland Taylor star in Lisa Ebersole's new Off-Broadway play MOTHER, receiving its world-premiere production, with previews set to begin July 8, prior to its official press opening on July 15 at The Wild Project Theater (195 East 3rd Street) in Manhattan. Andrew Grosso (PERFECT HARMONY) will direct.

Come give your happy feet a chance and jump, jive and wail at Pittsburgh CLO's production of Swing!, playing June 20 through 26 at the Benedum Center in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District.

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, proudly announces the sixth and final production of its upcoming 2009/2010 Season, as well as additional casting. Presented at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street, the new production will be: A COOL DIP IN THE BARREN SAHARAN CRICK - the World Premiere of a new play by Playwrights Horizons alumna Kia Corthron (Breath, Boom at Playwrights Horizons, Force Continuum), directed by Obie Award winner Chay Yew (Durango at The Public). A co-production with The Play Company (Kate Loewald, Founding Producer) and Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director).