Hannah Benitez News

Jeannette Bayardelle and Fred Inkley will star in METRA, a climate justice rock musical concert reading. Learn where and when you can see the production!

New climate justice musical, Metra: A Climate Revolution with Songs will receive two concert reading performances on May 22 and 23 at Judson Memorial Church.

Discover the exciting lineup for freeFall Theatre's 15th season, featuring a world-premiere farce by Hannah Benitez, a return of Sherlock Holmes, a Stephen Sondheim musical, and more.

Miami New Drama has announced details for The Museum Plays, an innovative and immersive theatrical experience at the Rubell Museum set to revolutionize how audiences interact with visual and performing art.

Miami New Drama has revealed details for The Museum Plays, an innovative and immersive theatrical experience set to revolutionize how audiences interact with visual and performing art.

Last year, during the Alley All New Festival, upon the announcement of Law & Order's Monet Hurst-Mendoza having a workshop was news that caused for myself much excitement. The workshop was not a disappointment but made me anxious to witness a full scale production. When it was announced in the 22-23 Alley Theatre season, my excitement grew not only due to the capability of a full scale production, but also the fact that Director and Choreographer, Tatiana Pandiani, would be at the helm.

After a nationwide search, Metropolis’ Board of Directors has announced acclaimed theatre artist Brendan Ragan as the company’s new Artistic Director. Ragan is the founding Co-Artistic Director of the award-winning Urbanite Theatre, a Florida-based company known regionally for producing bold, inventive new works.

Florencia Iriondo's SOUTH will be presented at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 E 3rd St, NYC, Thursday, March 30, 7 pm.

Zoetic Stage and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County will present the world premiere of GRINGOLANDIA, written by Hannah Benitez, commissioned by Zoetic Stage. GRINGOLANDIA tells the story of a Cuban family from Miami who embarks on a journey of closure, truth and cultural connection.

The winners of the Finstrom Festival of New Work are Finding Neil Patrick Harris by Donna Hoke, The Guilt Mongers or Los Traficantes de Culpa (for those not willing to submit to the Anglicization of our people) by C. Julian Jiménez, The Equivalent of Sensation by Arianna Rose, One-Shot by Andrew Rosendorf and Baby Camp by Nandita Shenoy.

Deadline has reported that playwright and performer Hannah Benitez has signed with Verve. Benitez's most recent play, GringoLandia, was included on the 2020 Kilroy List.

Burning Coal Theatre Company has announced its 2020 - 2021 season reset. This season will include A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy (October 8 - 25, 2020), Conversations I Always Wanted to Have: A Repertory Season of Two Plays by Dael Orlandersmith (January 28 - February 14, 2021) and Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Spring, 2021).

Burning Coal Theatre Company in partnership with The League of Women Voters of Wake County and thirteen other theatre and/or opera companies from across central North Carolina has announced that it will present The 19th Amendment Project.

Burning Coal Theatre Company has announced that it will present The 19th Amendment Project, a collection of short plays written by some of the most accomplished women and/or non-binary playwrights working today. Performance dates are August 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29 at 7:30 pm.

It has a little bit of everything...except an ensemble.

[St. Petersburg, FL] - This summer, freeFall will be closing out their 20182019 season with the classic Broadway musical Pippin. Long a contender for inclusion in our season, Artistic Director, Eric Davis is excited to present a new staging of this beloved musical which features an energetic, funny, and moving score by Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz and was originally directed on Broadway by the legendary Bob Fosse.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@ArshtCenter) is proud to announce its lineup for the 9th season of THEATER UP CLOSE. The 2019-2020 season continues the Center's collaboration with Zoetic Stage (@ZoeticStageMIA) and City Theatre (@CityTheatreMIA) and features five extraordinary productions, including one world premiere and three South Florida premieres.

In 1973, tennis champion Arthur Ashe traveled to Johannesburg to compete in the South African Open amidst the oppression of an apartheid-based government. He had applied for a visa to play in the tournament three times prior but was denied. His presence at the 1973 event sparked some outrage but was the catalyst for change, not only for Ashe as an activist but also for the South African people. This story is the impetus for Hannah Benitez's new play, ASHE IN JOHANNESBURG. Burning Coal Theater commissioned Benitez to write the play, and it is a compelling story to tell. However, the show, which opened this weekend, needs further development before it achieves the same level of polish and flair as other historical dramas like David Hare's STUFF HAPPENS, which opened Burning Coal's current season.

Urbanite's Production of Dike Is A Must See

The Burning Coal Theatre Company has announced its upcoming 2018-2019 season consisting of four plays that will take audiences to all corners of the globe.