Gary Garrison News

Stage Left Theatre announces the upcoming World Premiere of The Fisherman written by Jayme McGhan and directed by ensemble member Drew Martin. The Fisherman is the third production of Stage Left's 30th season. Press opening is Saturday, February 25thth at 8 PM, and the show runs through April 1st.

The Mississippi Theatre Association (MTA) has selected playwright Frank Blocker as their guest judge for the 2012 MTA Theatre Festival.

Noted entertainment attorney Eric S. Goldman will produce Gay Bride of Frankenstein Off-Broadway in the 2011-2012 season. Written by Dane E. Leeman (book) & Billy Butler (book, music & lyrics), Gay Bride of Frankenstein is a pop/rock, fairy tale musical that follows the exploits of four high school friends on one fateful Halloween night at a very unconventional Monsters Ball. It's John Hughes meets Scooby-Doo, and asks the age old question: 'Will the girl get the girl?'

Midtown Direct Rep presents a reading series at SOPAC on various dates throughout October.

Midtown Direct Rep will present a reading series at SOPAC on various dates throughout October.

Final Casting is announced for the Common Tongue Theatre's 1st New York reading of Neil Wechsler's Yale Drama Award Winning play, GRENADINE.

From September 12 through September 15, the Dramatists Guild of America hosted its second annual Chicago Fellowship Program at Northwestern University led by the Tony Award-winning team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, creators of Once On This Island, Seussical, and the recent Broadway revival of Ragtime. Now in its eleventh year (the first were held in New York), the Dramatists Guild Fellowship Program augments the training of emerging American dramatists and enhances the sense of community among them. Selected participants each contributed to planning and goal-setting sessions, master classes and discussions led by Ahrens, Flaherty and additional guests.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) announces its prospective schedule for the upcoming 2011-12 season.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) announces its prospective schedule for the upcoming 2011-12 season.

Executive Producer Aaron Grant has announced that "downtown director," Rachel Klein, will direct & choreograph Eric S. Goldman's upcoming Off-Broadway Production of Gay Bride of Frankenstein in the 2011-2012 season.

Today it was announced that Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director of Manhattan Theatre Club, will receive a Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Today it was announced that Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director of Manhattan Theatre Club, will receive a Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Noted entertainment attorney Eric S. Goldman will produce Gay Bride of Frankenstein Off-Broadway in the 2011-2012 season. Written by Dane E. Leeman (book) & Billy Butler (book, music & lyrics), Gay Bride of Frankenstein is a pop/rock, fairy tale musical that follows the exploits of four high school friends on one fateful Halloween night at a very unconventional Monsters Ball. It's John Hughes meets Scooby-Doo, and asks the age old question: 'Will the girl get the girl?'

The Drama League Directors Project (Roger T. Danforth, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce its 'Class of 2011,' a group of nine distinguished individuals who have been selected as this year's Drama League Directing Fellows. Now in its 27th year, The Directors Project features six distinct programs designed to address the needs of directors at various stages of their careers.

Original Works Publishing's latest releases focus on two periods in American history rarely heard about. OWP is known for its catalog of bold and original plays, but another area of great passion for the company is American history plays.

Boston Playwrights' Theatre presents the 13th annual Boston Theater Marathon and the third year of The Warm-Up Laps.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today four musicals to be developed at its 2011 National Music Theater Conference under the leadership of Artistic Director Paulette Haupt.