Ensemble Studio Theatre News

The cast and design team has been revealed for Vineyard Theatre's upcoming production of Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy by Obie Award inner Sarah Gancher, directed by Tony Award winner Darko Tresnjak. Learn how to purchase tickets!

A tale that was meant to be told over 60 years ago, Dawn M. Simmons brings to Lyric Stage Boston, Alice Childress's unflinching look at the standards of 1950's Broadway in Trouble in Mind.  

Yale in Hollywood Fest concludes its 4th annual global edition and announces award winners. Justin Noble receives the Career Achievement Award and Cory Finley is named Visionary of the Year. The festival also recognizes outstanding short films in various categories. The event concludes with the announcement of 2024's festival dates.

A Red Orchid Theatre  has announced the cast and creative team behind the Chicago Premiere of IN QUIETNESS by Anna Ouyang Moench, directed by Ensemble Member dado. 

Find out more about how to get discounted tickets to 'THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM' at Mile Square Theatre here!

Michael Barakiva has been named the new Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House! Learn more about him here!

Houses on the Moon Theater Company will present the world premiere of the play HOTEL HAPPY, written by Camilo Almonacid (The Assignment), directed by Estefanía Fadul (Repertorio Español's Eva Luna), and featuring puppet direction by Matt Acheson (Broadway's War Horse).

TRW Plays, the plays publishing division of Theatrical Rights Worldwide, will publish three new plays from playwright Abby Rosebrock: BLUE RIDGE, DIDO OF IDAHO, and SINGLES IN AGRICULTURE. Learn more about the plays here!

Ryan Drake’s you don’t have to do anything will make its world premiere at HERE, February 8–23.

Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood program has announced new members for the 2023-2024 season: jose sebastian alberdi, Libby Carr, Hanna Novak, Audley Puglisi, Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, Marissa Joyce Stamps, Graham Techler and May Treuhaft-Ali.

Signature Theatre has revealed the cast of Dominique Morisseau's 'Sunset Baby,' directed by Steve H. Broadnax III.

The festival will also present its inaugural Career Achievement Award to out Yale alum Justin Noble (left on photo) known for writing and producing TV series such as The Sex Life of College Girls, Never Have I Ever and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

On Dec. 9, 2023, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), CalArts' center for contemporary arts in downtown Los Angeles, presents This Emancipation Thing, the newest theater work from director Sara Lyons.

 ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (EST) (Estefanía Fadul & Graeme Gillis, Co-Artistic Directors) and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director) have announced new EST/Sloan Project commissions for the 2023-2024 season.

What causes a pampered young woman to give it all up, and take the difficult path which will lead to sainthood?  The answers will surprise and charm you, as Stage West presents Poor Clare, a delightfully modern take on a true story, which begins a 3-week run on Thursday, November 30. 

La Jolla Playhouse has revealed the dates and projects for its 2023 DNA New Work Series, running November 30 – December 10.

New York-based critic and journalist Gloria Oladipo (she/her) received the second annual Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism Sunday from The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) at its November 2023 conference in New York.

Steve Carell is headed to Broadway! The actor, best known for starring in the television series The Office, will make his Broadway debut in Lincoln Center Theater's upcoming production of Anton Chekhov’s classic UNCLE VANYA. Find out more information about the production here!

Page 73 presents the world premiere of Majkin Holmquist's 'Stargazers,' directed by Colette Robert. This eerie and funny play explores the buried histories of a haunted family farm and the tensions of a polarized society. Don't miss the Off-Broadway debut of 2023 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow Majkin Holmquist.

France-Luce Benson, Adrienne Dawes, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, and Mars Wolfe will be developing their work in The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab. Get all the details here.