Greg Allen News

The Barn Theatre of Montville, New Jersey announces the kick-off to their 90th Anniversary season on September 8 with the 2014 Tony Award-nominated play'Mothers and Sons' by Terrence McNally.

With one week left until The 17th Annual Festival of New Musicals, Village Theatre is excited to announce the casting for Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat, an electronic pop musical about one of the world's greatest inventors; Hart Island, a look at social justice and the people society has forgotten; Afterwords, a tale of art and love; Howl's Moving Castle, based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones; and ZM, a hilarious romp through a zombie-filled future by the Tony Award-winning authors of Urinetown. Taking place in Issaquah on August 11-13, 2017, The Festival of New Musicals provides an essential platform for writers to incorporate a key component of live theatre - the audience. Each new musical will be rehearsed during the week, then present to the audience in staged reading format, performed in full using scripts.

Having opened in 1988 and played its final performance in December 2016 as the longest-running show in Chicago history, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by Greg Allen is an ensemble improvisation in presenting '30 Plays in 60 Minutes.' Each two-minute play is performed in random order with an interactive audience. An onstage 60-minute timer keeps everyone honest. The collection of plays includes comic, tragic, political, personal, and abstract plays that everyone will enjoy.

The 2017 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, riding the wake of its inaugural success in 2015, is returning to wow the Windy City again, January 19-29, 2017.

Greg Allen christened The Neo-Futurists with the opening of his show 'Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind' - an ongoing experiment in performing '30 Plays in 60 Minutes' - on December 2nd, 1988, during the last lame days of the Reagan administration. Continuing its run in Chicago 50 weeks per year, it became the longest-running show in Chicago history. After 28 years, that run will come to a close on December 31st, 2016.

Greg Allen christened The Neo-Futurists with the opening of his show 'Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind' - an ongoing experiment in performing '30 Plays in 60 Minutes' - on December 2nd, 1988, during the last lame days of the Reagan administration. Continuing its run in Chicago 50 weeks per year, it became the longest-running show in Chicago history. After 28 years, that run will come to a close on December 31st, 2016.

The Irvington Town Hall has brought back the Best of Film Series this season which produces features films as they have done for over 7 seasons. On Friday, December 16 at 7:30pm, we will present the film BEYOND GLORY where actor Stephen Lang tells the stories of eight Medal of Honor recipients in their own words, as he tours across the Heartland, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, New York and Los Angeles. 

The 2017 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, riding the wake of its inaugural success in 2015, is returning to wow the Windy City again, January 19-29, 2017.

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It's back! Irvington Town Hall Theater (ITHT) kicks off their 2016-2017 season today, September 17th at 7:30pm with the return of The ITHT Tune-Up Chorus.

It's back! Irvington Town Hall Theater (ITHT) kicks off their 2016-2017 season on Saturday, September 17th at 7:30pm with the return of The ITHT Tune-Up Chorus.

The Neo-Futurists announce their inaugural line-up for The Neo-Futurist Kitchen (a micro-festival on art and performance) with their 2016-17 Season, which includes three world premieres, multiple in-process initiatives and a 24-hour party. Can't Stop//Won't Stop: A 24-Hour Fundraiser with The Neo-Futurists launches the 28th season with local bands and pop-up performances, all benefitting the company's 2016-17 season and programs. The 28th season includes three full-length Prime Time productions: Saturn Returns created by Tif Harrison; The? Unicorn? Hour? created by Leah Urzendowski and Anthony Courser and The Food Show created by Dan Kerr-Hobert and Caitlin Stainken. The company continues its Neo-Lab residency, presenting Kirsten Riiber's Tangles and Plaques. In addition to beginning the 28th year of Chicago's longest running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, The Neo-Futurists expand their recurring storytelling performances with The Arrow, created by Kurt Chiang and Lily Mooney and explore a new Neo-structure through Nick Hart's The Infinite Whale. All season events are held at The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland (at Foster) in Andersonville, unless otherwise noted.

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (FAC) has announced the line?up for the 2016?2017 season which starts Sept. 1 and will include world?renowned artists such as James Surls, life?changing workshops like the Military Artistic Healing program, and award?winning theatre productions such as Shrek: The Musical.

Ellen Page is currently in discussions to star in a reboot of the 1990's sci-fi thriller FLATLINERS.

The New York Neo-Futurists announce TOO MANY LADIES SMASH THE PATRIARCHY, a special all ladies edition to their signature show, TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND (30 Plays in 60 Minutes). Proceeds will benefit GIRL BE HEARD.

The New York Neo-Futurists announce TOO MANY LADIES SMASH THE PATRIARCHY, a special all ladies edition to their signature show, TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND (30 Plays in 60 Minutes). Proceeds will benefit GIRL BE HEARD.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. is pleased to continue its 30th and final season with the world premiere adaptation of "IBSEN'S GHOSTS," adapted and directed by Neo-Futurist Founding Director Greg Allen. Check out photos of the show below!

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. is pleased to continue its 30th and final season with the world premiere adaptation of IBSEN'S GHOSTS, adapted and directed by Neo-Futurist Founding Director Greg Allen. Wrestling with the themes of identity, truth, fate and freedom, Allen puts his trademark meta-theatricality on Henrik Ibsen's scandalous 1882 play, Ghosts. Allen's unique spin on Mrs. Alving's classic battle with Pastor Manders includes humor, self-referentiality and a bit of irreverence in this, his first, and apparently last, show with Mary-Arrchie.

Irvington Town Hall Theater kicks off their 2015-2016 season tonight, September 25th at 7:30pm with an innovative and special new event: The ITHT Tune-Up Chorus.

Below, check out the trailer for short film TITLE written by Greg Allen, Founding Director of the Neo-Futurists', and starring Annabeth Gish (Mystic Pizza, Sons of Anarchy, X-Files)! The short film is premiering at the Hollywood Film Festival on September 23.