George Farquhar News

The first session of A Noise Within's new INsiders program (formerly known as Scholar's Society) led by Dr. Miranda Johnson-Haddad, took place August 29. The topic of the evening - The Dark Fantasy of CYMBELINE, which happens to be the first play of A Noise Within's fall season.

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, launches 'The INsiders' program to explore the company's six 2012-13 season masterwork productions and their relevance to the 21st century with lively discussion forums led by guest experts and specialty workshops on the artistic process.

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, led by Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, has announced its 2012-13 Season featuring six masterworks linked by spiritual, physical and emotional journeys. Presented during the second season in the company's new 33,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art Pasadena venue are Shakespeare's CYMBELINE, George Bernard Shaw's THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA, Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL adapted by Geoff Elliott, John Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF WRATH adapted by Frank Galati, EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl, and George Farquhar's THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM adapted by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig. The season runs from September 2012 to May 2013.

Everyman Theatre has announced the directors attached to each of its six productions in the 2012/13 season. Founding Artistic Director Vincent Lancisi will helm two productions during the landmark season, including August: Osage County, which will be the first production at Everyman's new location on Fayette Street in January, 2013. The season will include two productions at the theatre's current location on Charles Street, followed by four productions at the new location on Fayette Street.

Out of Joint Artistic Director Max Stafford-Clark will revisit Timberlake Wertenbaker's Olivier Award winning play, OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD, in a new production touring the UK this autumn. Looking at the first British convict colony to land in Australia, OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD will launch at the Octagon Theatre Bolton on 3 September. The production will also visit London's newest venue, St James Theatre, in early 2013.

According to published reports, London's Donmar Warehouse has just announced the 2012 line-up. Josie Rourke, who will take over for artistic director Michael Grandage, will direct George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer, which runs February 9-April 14. Peter Gill will helm Robert Holman's Making Noise Quietly, which runs April 19-May 26; and Rourke will then direct Friedrich Durrenmatt's The Physicists, which runs May 31-July 21.

Revelation Readings is an OBIE Award-Winning ongoing series presenting staged readings of new plays and rarely-performed classic texts.

Revelation Readings is an OBIE Award-Winning ongoing series presenting staged readings of new plays and rarely-performed classic texts.

The A.C.T. Young Conservatory (YC) and Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program present the world premiere production of Homefront, with book by Young Conservatory Director Craig Slaight, music and lyrics by Creighton Irons, and direction by Domenique Lozano.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory (YC) present Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner Horton Foote's The Widow Claire and Courtship, two one-act plays from his beloved nine-play epic, The Orphans' Home Cycle

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program presents William Shakespeare's beloved comedy As You Like It, directed by A.C.T. Associate Artistic Director Mark Rucker.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory (YC) present Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner Horton Foote's The Widow Claire and Courtship, two one-act plays from his beloved nine-play epic, The Orphans' Home Cycle

The American Conservatory Theater Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program presents Dario Fo's political comedy Archangels Don't Play Pinball, translated by Ron Jenkins, with assistance from Gloria Pastorino, and directed by A.C.T. Head of Movement and Physical Theater Stephen Buescher.

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program presents the world premiere of acclaimed San Francisco writer Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's Litter: The Story of the Framingham Dodecatuplets, directed by A.C.T. Associate Artistic Director Mark Rucker.

The American Conservatory Theater Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program presents Dario Fo's political comedy Archangels Don't Play Pinball, translated by Ron Jenkins, with assistance from Gloria Pastorino, and directed by A.C.T. Head of Movement and Physical Theater Stephen Buescher.

The A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory present the world premiere production of award-winning playwright Karen Hartman's Wild Kate, directed by W. D. Keith.

The A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program and Young Conservatory present the world premiere production of award-winning playwright Karen Hartman's Wild Kate, directed by W. D. Keith.