Hal Brooks News

Following its premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, sold-out Off-Off and Off-Broadway runs, a 14-city national tour presented and produced by Meredith Vieira Productions, and a memoir published by St. Martin's Press, a live audio recording of master storyteller James Braly's critically-acclaimed one-man show will be released on iTunes, Amazon and other digital platforms on April 7, 2014 entitled LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall.

F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, continues its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays with The Spring Fling: First Love, six new short plays by Halley Feiffer (How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them), Kate Gersten (Benefit of the Doubt), Jason Grote (Mad Men, Smash, Hannibal, 1001), Mark Sitko (Rocky Philly, Tube), Tommy Smith (White Hot, Pigeon), and Lauren Yee (The Hatmaker's Wife). Performances will be Thursday, May 1st through Sunday, May 11th with Wednesday through Saturday night performances at 8pm and Sunday matinees at 2p.

Silk Road Rising, Golden Thread Productions, and Lark Play Development Center are proud to announce that Mona Mansour, author of Urge for Going, The Hour of Feeling and The Way West, has been chosen to receive the 2014 Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award. Honorable mentions went to playwrights Bianca Bagatourian, Ismail Khalidi, Daria Polatin, Mishael Shulman and Zohar Tirosh-Polk.

The Drama League has announced their Winter/Spring 2014 Programming Schedule of special performances, events and educational offerings at the new Drama League Theater Center in Tribeca, and elsewhere. Highlights include intimate evenings with Tony® Award winners Nathan Lane, Donna Murphy, Jason Robert Brown, Michael Mayer and John Patrick Shanley, plus Tony® Award Nominee Jonathan Groff.

Marin Theatre Company artistic director Jasson Minadakis, managing director Michael Barker and director of new play development Margot Melcon announced today the winners of MTC's two national new American play prizes, a program now in its sixth year. The Way West by Mona Mansour won the 2013 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize and Eric Dufault won the 2013 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize for his play The Year of the Rooster. The winners were selected from nearly 700 eligible submissions.

Partial Comfort Productions (Drama Desk nominee A Bright New Boise) continues its acclaimed World Premiere of AND MILES TO GO by Chad Beckim. Directed by Hal Brooks (Pulitzer Prize finalist Thom Pain), performances run through November 2 at The Wild Project.

See what's playing now and coming up at The Wild Project in New York City. Details below!

Partial Comfort Productions (Drama Desk nominee A Bright New Boise) continues its acclaimed World Premiere of AND MILES TO GO by Chad Beckim. Directed by Hal Brooks (Pulitzer Prize finalist Thom Pain), performances run through November 2 at The Wild Project.

The Wild Project has announced its current and upcoming events through November 2013. Details below!

Partial Comfort Productions (Drama Desk nominee A Bright New Boise) kicks off it's 11th season with the World Premiere of AND MILES TO GO by Chad Beckim. Directed by Hal Brooks (Pulitzer Prize finalist Thom Pain), previews begin tonight, October 2 at The Wild Project. Opening night is slated for Thursday, October 10.

Partial Comfort Productions (Drama Desk nominee A Bright New Boise) kicks off it's 11th season with the World Premiere of AND MILES TO GO by Chad Beckim. Directed by Hal Brooks (Pulitzer Prize finalist Thom Pain), previews begin October 3 at The Wild Project. Opening night is slated for Thursday, October 10. Originally, scheduled to close October 26, performances have been extended through November 2nd by popular demand.

Check out what's on at The Wild Project, now through November 2013. Details below!

Partial Comfort Productions (Drama Desk nominee A Bright New Boise) kicks off it's 11th season with the World Premiere of AND MILES TO GO by Chad Beckim. Directed by Hal Brooks (Pulitzer Prize finalist Thom Pain), previews begin October 2 at The Wild Project. Opening night is slated for Thursday, October 10.

Following a sold-out, critically-acclaimed and award-winning run as part of the 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival/FringeNYC, PENINSULA, a world-premiere play by Nathan Wright, directed by Nadia Foskolou, has been selected for the 9th Annual FringeNYC Encore Series (9/6 - 10/20). The production also received a 2013 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for outstanding ensemble. Scroll down for photos of the cast in action!

Following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run as part of the 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival/FringeNYC, PENINSULA, a world-premiere play by Nathan Wright, directed by Nadia Foskolou, has been selected for the 9th Annual FringeNYC Encore Series (9/6 - 10/20). PENINSULA will play additional performances at The Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street): Friday 9/6 @ 8PM, Tuesday 9/24 @ 8PM, Saturday 10/05 @ 9PM, and Sunday 10/13 @ 7PM. Tickets, priced at $18.00, are on sale now via OvationTix by calling 212-352-3101 or online at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/927514.

PENINSULA tells the story of Tiago, a young man who escaped the poverty-stricken slums of Rio de Janeiro, now working as a migrant in a seemingly peaceful summer town in Northern Michigan's wine country. A visceral exploration of shifting identity, power and desire, PENINSULA explodes with poetry, sensuality, and danger. Below, check out new shots of the cast in action onstage at this year's FringeNYC!

PENINSULA, a world-premiere play by Nathan Wright, begins its sold out run as part of the 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC on Wednesday, August 14th. Produced by In Absentia Productions and directed by Nadia Foskolou, PENINSULA stars Angela Atwood, Vanessa Bartlett,Josue Gutierrez Guerra, Kellan Peavy, Marc Sinoway (Logo's 'Hunting Season"), and John Zdrojeski. Check out a first look at the cast in rehearsal below!

Partial Comfort Productions (Drama Desk nominee A Bright New Boise) kicks off it's 11th season with the World Premiere of AND MILES TO GO by Chad Beckim. Directed by Hal Brooks (Pulitzer Prize finalist Thom Pain), previews begin October 2 at The Wild Project. Opening night is slated for Thursday, October 10.

Actors Neal Huff, Sharon Washington and Aaron Clifton Moten will participate in staged readings of Luce by JC Lee at the Cape Cod Theatre Project. Readings are July 25th, 26th, and 27th at 8 p.m. at Falmouth Academy. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here. (Suggested donation: $20).