Hannah Wolfe News

John Cheever's The Country Husband, a short story so sublime that it supposedly caused Ernest Hemingway to wake his wife Mary in the middle of the night so that he could read it out loud to her, is making its stage debut in Eddie Aronoff's adaptation at the Secret Theatre's UNFringed Festival in Long Island City this August.

?Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company and Wordsmyth Theatre proudly present Museum of Dysfunction VIII: A SHOWCASE OF SHORTS. Now in its eighth year, this annual short play festival features new pieces by playwrights from across the nation and produced by the professional actors and designers in the Mildred's Umbrella Company. With over 200 submissions this year, only the top nineteen will be produced over two consecutive weekends. The first group of nine plays will run June 23-25 and the second group of ten will run June 30-July 2.  

Following the award-winning Dirty Blondes production, THE AMERICAN PLAY, playwright Ashley Jacobson puts pen to paper once again for The Miracle Play, a world premiere co-produced by The Dirty Blondes and The Secret Theater. THE MIRACLE PLAY follows a young woman, played by Remy Bennett (The Wolf of Wall Street), through her fall from grace, her struggle with the morbid nature of celebrity, and her journey to find peace.

The humidity is starting to climb and it's what we call around here -- 'corn weather'. But in the air-conditioned theatres in the Nation's Capital there is a harvest of new shows opening. So if you're here visiting the monuments and the Smithsonian museums, get out of the heat and come see a play or a musical.

Mary Birdsong will appear in a stage reading of NYMF's Live! Nude! Girl! on Oct. 15. The show, about a 1950s housewife who undergoes a dramatic make-over, is written by composer Wayne Barker and lyricist-librettist Donna Kaz. Live! Nude! Girl had a Manhattan reading in January 2008 and will premiere a revised script and score in two NYMF presentations.

Live! Nude! Girl! is an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's developmental reading series and will receive two AEA readings on October 15th at the festival's 45th Street Theatre venue.

Mary Birdsong will appear in a stage reading of NYMF's Live! Nude! Girl! on Oct. 15. The show, about a 1950s housewife who undergoes a dramatic make-over, is written by composer Wayne Barker and lyricist-librettist Donna Kaz. Live! Nude! Girl had a Manhattan reading in January 2008 and will premiere a revised script and score in two NYMF presentations.

Examine The Women Behind The Words at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity with DICKINSON THOSE WHISTLING LADS! and HER KIND, Telling the Stories of Emily Dickinson, Dorothy Parker and Anne Sexton Beginning June 13th See all three shows for only $15.00 each!

Examine The Women Behind The Words at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity with DICKINSON THOSE WHISTLING LADS! and HER KIND, Telling the Stories of Emily Dickinson, Dorothy Parker and Anne Sexton Beginning June 13th See all three shows for only $15.00 each!

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, a new eco-friendly festival designed to promote social and cultural awareness in the theatrical community, launches with 35 premieres in June 2009. Co-Executive Directors, Glory Bowen and Frank Calo, are excited by the prospects of premiering new shows which foster social change, benefiting at least 26 various not-for-profit organizations, while connecting artists with new audiences in a fun theatrical environment.

FRIGID New York presents A Comedy Period debut ARE WE FREAKS? Written and Directed by One of nytheatre.com's 'people of the year ?08' Bricken Sparacino Co-Director: Lori Kee Cast: Joy Gabriel, Uma Incrocci*, Jennie Inchausti, Annalyse McCoy*, Kara M. Tyler, Bricken Sparacino*, Melanie Wehrmacher and Hannah Wolfe Performance Schedule Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:00 PM Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:00 PM Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:30 PM Saturday, March 07, 2009 7:00 PM Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:30 PM Ticket Price: $15- go to: smarttix.com for advance tickets Where: The Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th Street, NYC 10003 Are We Freaks: 4 short stories about 8 abnormal women. Freaks and friends-who really is normal after all? A.W.F. is a Science Fiction comedy adventure that takes you from the carnival to the campus and from love to loathing. What's a fin between friends?

FRIGID New York presents A Comedy Period debut ARE WE FREAKS? Written and Directed by One of nytheatre.com's 'people of the year ?08' Bricken Sparacino Co-Director: Lori Kee Cast: Joy Gabriel, Uma Incrocci*, Jennie Inchausti, Annalyse McCoy*, Kara M. Tyler, Bricken Sparacino*, Melanie Wehrmacher and Hannah Wolfe Performance Schedule Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:00 PM Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:00 PM Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:30 PM Saturday, March 07, 2009 7:00 PM Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:30 PM Ticket Price: $15- go to: smarttix.com for advance tickets Where: The Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th Street, NYC 10003 Are We Freaks: 4 short stories about 8 abnormal women. Freaks and friends-who really is normal after all? A.W.F. is a Science Fiction comedy adventure that takes you from the carnival to the campus and from love to loathing. What's a fin between friends?

On Friday, September 5, at 8pm the Midtown International Theater Festival Awards will take place. The MITF Awards will honor the best shows and performances from the recently completed Ninth Annual Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival, which took place from July 14-August 10 of this year.

Fresh from their critically acclaimed production of Twelfth Night, ShakespeareNYC, formerly Shakespeare at Love Creek, presents a double-barreled sampling of The Bard with productions of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and THE WINTER'S TALE. The two works, presented in repertory, will hold court at the Lion Theatre at 410 West 42nd Street on Theatre Row starting March 18th. Both plays are Equity Showcases and each will be helmed by ShakespeareNYC Artistic Director Beverly Bullock.