Euripides News

The Antaeus Company, Los Angeles's classical theater ensemble, will open ClassicsFest 2010 with King Lear, its first full production of a Shakespeare play. Bart DeLorenzo will direct King Lear with renowned scholar, actor, and Antaeus founding artistic director Dakin Matthews and Broadway veteran/three-time Tony nominee Harry Groener heading two fully double-cast ensembles. Two gala openings, one with each cast, will take place on Saturday, June 26 at 8 pm and Sunday, June 27 at 4 pm, with performances continuing through August 8 at Antaeus' interim home, Deaf West Theatre in the NoHo Arts District. Low-priced previews will begin June 12.

On Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Theresa Rebeck & Friends Introduce the Playwrights in an Hour Series Panel Discussion & Cocktail Reception (FREE)

LNT@the Alley, Beowulf Alley's Late Night Theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue, Downtown between Broadway and Congress, presents La Llorona/Medea adapted from Euripides by Tomas Ulises-Soto and Michael Fenlason. Performances are on Fridays and Saturdays, June 4, 5, 11 & 12 at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 cash at the door. For additional information, please call (520) 977-5218. Tickets are $8 cash at the door.

On Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Theresa Rebeck & Friends Introduce the Playwrights in an Hour Series Panel Discussion & Cocktail Reception (FREE)

LNT@the Alley, Beowulf Alley's Late Night Theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue, Downtown between Broadway and Congress, presents La Llorona/Medea adapted from Euripides by Tomas Ulises-Soto and Michael Fenlason. Performances are on Fridays and Saturdays, June 4, 5, 11 & 12 at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 cash at the door. For additional information, please call (520) 977-5218. Tickets are $8 cash at the door.

On a secluded Greek island, an American ex-pat pursues his passions: winemaking and his breathtaking young wife. Then, on the eve of his first tasting, an old lover reappears bringing with her a wild and violent past. Circle X Theatre Co. presents the Debut Production of Lascivious Something by Sheila Callaghan. Paul Willis directs Alana Dietze, Olivia Henry, Silas Weir Mitchell and Alina Phelan in a six-week run .

Kate Mulgrew, who starred as Katherine Hepburn in Tea at Five, one of Hartford Stage's most successful productions of all time, will return to the Tony Award-winning theatre (Michael Wilson, Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Managing Director) in William Shakespeare's classic play, Antony and Cleopatra. Tina Landau will direct the production, which will run at Hartford Stage October 7 - November 7. Antony and Cleopatra will be the first production in Hartford Stage's renovated and expanded Church Street facility. Construction on the renovation project will take place this summer.

Next Theatre Company and Artistic Director Jason Southerland are thrilled to announce the 30th anniversary season, a year dedicated to plays that explore the myths that men and women create about their lives. The season opens in the fall with a world premiere presented at the National New Play Network's annual showcase. It continues with the regional premiere of a play Southerland first read when he met with Israeli playwright Motti Lerner (Pangs of the Messiah) in Tel Aviv earlier this year. The season comes to its climactic end with a pair of plays by Phyllis Nagy (pronounced 'Naij') who has captured wide acclaim in the United Kingdom but has been rarely produced in the U.S.

Divinamente New York, the international festival on spirituality, will end its run in New York from Rome for the second consecutive year, April 26th 2010. Divinamente New York is a five-night festival that celebrates spirituality and artistic exploration through a range of events including musical and theatrical performances and round-table discussions.

Capital Stage continues its fifth season with Frank McGuinness' gripping Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. Winner of the 1993 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.

Sideshow Theatre Company concludes its 2009-2010 season this March, a brand new edition and a Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize nominee Janet Burroway's Medea With Child, directed by Artistic Director Jonathan L. Green, on April 25.

Midwestern Theater Troupe presents THE DRINKING PARTY - A new translation and staging of Plato's Symposium by Midwestern Theater Troupe.

Midwestern Theater Troupe presents THE DRINKING PARTY - A new translation and staging of Plato's Symposium by Midwestern Theater Troupe.

Building on the success of its 2009 theatre season, which saw record attendance despite the economic downturn, Shakespeare's Globe announces plans for its 2010 theatre season, entitled ‘Kings and Rogues'.

Divinamente New York, the international festival on spirituality, will travel to New York from Rome for the second consecutive year, from April 22nd through April 26th 2010. Divinamente New York is a five-night festival that celebrates spirituality and artistic exploration through a range of events including musical and theatrical performances and round-table discussions.

Divinamente New York, the international festival on spirituality, will travel to New York from Rome for the second consecutive year, from April 22nd through April 26th 2010. Divinamente New York is a five-night festival that celebrates spirituality and artistic exploration through a range of events including musical and theatrical performances and round-table discussions.

On a secluded Greek island, an American ex-pat pursues his passions: winemaking and his breathtaking young wife. Then, on the eve of his first tasting, an old lover reappears bringing with her a wild and violent past. Circle X Theatre Co. presents the Debut Production of Lascivious Something by Sheila Callaghan. Paul Willis directs Alana Dietze, Olivia Henry, Silas Weir Mitchell and Alina Phelan in a six-week run .

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today that seven plays will be developed at the 2010 National Playwrights Conference under the leadership of artistic director Wendy C. Goldberg. The selected playwrights will spend the month of July at the O'Neill's Waterford, Connecticut campus developing and presenting staged readings of their work during the NPC's 46th season. Box office and online ticket sales open Wednesday, June 9; advance ticket sales will be available to O'Neill Members beginning Monday, May 17.

Ma-Yi will close the world premiere of Rescue Me (A Postmodern Classic With Snacks) By Michi Barall on April 18th. Directed by Loy Arcenas.

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