Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce the first five productions of its 2011/2012 Season. The World Premiere and four New York premieres will be presented at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street. The five plays will be (in Season order):
The Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre, located at 2252 South Kinnickinnic,celebrates 25 years of staging dynamic, eclectic theatre when its 25th Silver Anniversary season continues with the Milwaukee premiere of acclaimed New York playwright Gina Gionfriddo's cracked comic valentine "BECKY SHAW" (Wednesday, February 16th through March 20th, 2011 / 13 performances / 5 weeks).
Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam (Speech & Debate, columbinus), directed by Peter DuBois (Trust, Becky Shaw).
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) will conclude its 32nd season with the World Premiere of ALL NEW PEOPLE, a new comedy written by Zach Braff.
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced Katori Hall as the winner of its prestigious playwriting award, now celebrating its thirty-third year. The Houston-based Prize received the 2010 Theatre Communications Group's National Funder Award. The annual honor goes to a company, foundation or other entity for 'leadership and sustained national support of theater in America.
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that DAVID GARRISON will complete the cast of Lynn Nottage's new play, BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK. This world premiere comedy will also feature the previously announced STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, DANIEL BREAKER, KIMBERLY HÉBERT GREGORY, KEVIN ISOLA, SANAA LATHAN, and KAREN OLIVO. Directed by Jo Bonney, BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK is Ms. Nottage's first play to be produced in New York since she won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined in 2009.
The Globe's revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, directed by Pam MacKinnon, will close at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre Feb. 27. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced the two world premiere plays which will be presented as part of the company's ninth annual Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series this summer: Michael Mitnick's Sex Lives of Our Parents, directed by Davis McCallum, and Anna Kerrigan's The Talls, directed by Carolyn Cantor.
Gina Gionfriddo's biting social commentary, based here in Rhode Island, plays at 2nd Story through February 20th
The Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre, located at 2252 South Kinnickinnic,celebrates 25 years of staging dynamic, eclectic theatre when its 25th Silver Anniversary season continues with the Milwaukee premiere of acclaimed New York playwright Gina Gionfriddo's cracked comic valentine "BECKY SHAW" (Wednesday, February 16th through March 20th, 2011 / 13 performances / 5 weeks).
2nd Story Theatre will host a casual conversation with Obie Award-winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo and Artistic Director Ed Shea on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM at 2nd Story, 28 Market Street, Warren, RI. The pair will talk about Becky Shaw, Ms. Gionfriddo's highly acclaimed play set in Providence, RI.
Bart DeLorenzo directs when L.A. Theatre Works records four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason, Matt Letscher (Brothers and Sisters), Emily Bergl (reprising her Off Broadway role), Josh Stamberg (Drop Dead Diva, Six Feet Under) and Missy Yager (Mad Men, Boston Public) in the Pulitzer Prize finalist and smash Off-Broadway hit comedy by Obie Award-winner Gina Gionfriddo. When Suzanna decides to set her best friend Max up on a blind date with her husband's mysterious co-worker, Becky Shaw, she sets into motion a series of cataclysmic events forever changing all of their lives. All performances will be recorded to air on L.A. Theatre Works' syndicated radio theater series, which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
Bart DeLorenzo directs when L.A. Theatre Works records four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason, Matt Letscher (Brothers and Sisters) and Emily Bergl (reprising her Off Broadway role) in the Pulitzer Prize finalist and smash Off-Broadway hit comedy by Obie Award-winner Gina Gionfriddo. When Suzanna decides to set her best friend Max up on a blind date with her husband's mysterious co-worker, Becky Shaw, she sets into motion a series of cataclysmic events forever changing all of their lives. All performances will be recorded to air on L.A. Theatre Works' syndicated radio theater series, which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
Becky Shaw - A Pulitzer Prize finalist and smash Off-Broadway hit, Becky Shaw is the latest comedy from Obie Award-winner Gina Gionfriddo (After Ashley, writer/producer of 'Law & Order'). When Suzanna (Emily Bergl, reprising the role she played Off Broadway) decides to set her best friend Max up on a blind date with her husband's mysterious co-worker, Becky Shaw, she sets into motion a series of cataclysmic events forever changing all of their lives. Mixing sharp wit and humor with the taut suspense of a psychological thriller, Becky Shaw is a comedy of romantic errors that keeps audiences at the edge of their seats guessing what will happen next. All performances will be recorded to air on L.A. Theatre Works' syndicated radio theater series,which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
2nd Story Theatre will host a casual conversation with Obie Award-winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo and Artistic Director Ed Shea on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM at 2nd Story, 28 Market Street, Warren, RI. The pair will talk about Becky Shaw, Ms. Gionfriddo's highly acclaimed play set in Providence, RI.
The Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre, located at 2252 South Kinnickinnic,celebrates 25 years of staging dynamic, eclectic theatre when its 25th Silver Anniversary season continues with the Milwaukee premiere of acclaimed New York playwright Gina Gionfriddo's cracked comic valentine "BECKY SHAW" (Wednesday, February 16th through March 20th, 2011 / 13 performances / 5 weeks).
Gina Gionfriddo's biting social commentary, based here in Rhode Island, plays at 2nd Story through February 20th
Bart DeLorenzo directs when L.A. Theatre Works records four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason, Matt Letscher (Brothers and Sisters), Emily Bergl (reprising her Off Broadway role), Josh Stamberg (Drop Dead Diva, Six Feet Under) and Missy Yager (Mad Men, Boston Public) in the Pulitzer Prize finalist and smash Off-Broadway hit comedy by Obie Award-winner Gina Gionfriddo. When Suzanna decides to set her best friend Max up on a blind date with her husband's mysterious co-worker, Becky Shaw, she sets into motion a series of cataclysmic events forever changing all of their lives. All performances will be recorded to air on L.A. Theatre Works' syndicated radio theater series, which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, now celebrating it's thirty-third year. The Houston-based Prize received the 2010 Theatre Communications Group's National Funder Award. The annual honor goes to a company, foundation or other entity for 'leadership and sustained national support of theater in America.'
Naked Angels is collaborating with the Furious Theatre Company in Pasadena, CA to bring its unique 3-Step Formula for creative development to the West Coast and expand its programming to feature works for film and television in addition to the stage.
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