Harrison David Rivers News

This Bitter Earth, playing at TheaterWorks in Hartford through March 20, is a moving and poetic work that explores the love between two men, Jesse and Neil, and their central conflict.

Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre Company will bring the live Philadelphia production of THIS BITTER EARTH to VIMEO from February 28 - March 13 2022. The live production started 1/28/22 and will end 2/20/22. THIS BITTER EARTH takes place in the memory of Jesse, a Black playwright who finds himself in a relationship with Neil, a white Black Lives Matter activist. As Jesse remembers Neil, the audience is brought on a journey of their relationship, and the birth of the American BLM movement.

Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein today announced his plans for Keen's Playwrights Lab, including the playwrights for the 2022 Lab, readings from the 2021 participants, as well as a roundtable discussion with the '21 playwrights on the process of developing new work.

THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, will celebrate Black History Month with an encore stream presentation of THIS BITTER EARTH, written by Harrison David Rivers and directed by Gregg T. Daniel.

TheaterWorks Hartford will present THIS BITTER EARTH from 2018 Relentless Award-winning playwright Harrison David Rivers. Directed by David Mendizábal, this new play centers on a multi-racial gay couple whose deep love is challenged by divisive political realities.

InterAct Theatre Company continues its 2021-2022 season with This  Bitter Earth, by Harrison David Rivers. This Bitter Earth marks  InterAct’s 2nd return to live, in-person theatre since closing critically acclaimed The Chinese Lady  in November 2021. 

TheaterWorks Hartford will present This Bitter Earth from 2018 Relentless Award-winning playwright Harrison David Rivers. Directed by David Mendizábal, this new play centers on a multi-racial gay couple whose deep love is challenged by divisive political realities.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) has just announced updates to the next season’s Fall/Winter programming Off-Broadway. The Wanderers, by Anna Ziegler, directed by Barry Edelstein will start performances on January 26, 2023 at the Laura Pels Theater in the Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This production was originally scheduled for 2020 and postponed due to the shutdown.

InterAct Theatre Company continues its 2021-2022 season with This  Bitter Earth, by Harrison David Rivers, a “compassionate and devastating” play (Chicago Theatre  Beat) “equal parts searing and touching, gut-wrenching and romantic.” This Bitter Earth marks  InterAct's 2nd return to live, in-person theatre since closing critically acclaimed The Chinese Lady  in November 2021. 

InterAct Theatre Company continues its 2021-2022 season with This  Bitter Earth, by Harrison David Rivers.

THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY has announced its return to live performances with three plays performing in repertory. THE PLAY YOU WANT, written by Bernardo Cubria and directed by Michael John Garcés, will begin previews on Tuesday, February 8; will open on Friday, February 11 at 8pm and run through Sunday, March 27.

Harrison David Rivers continues his characterization of Jesse Howard, first introduced four years ago in This Bitter Earth, who has now returned home to conservative Manhattan, Kansas, and his childhood home full of unresolved memories and a welcome chance at redemption and closure.

Today Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced the company for the 22nd Annual Benefit Gala, a virtual evening of extraordinary performances, musical entertainment, and backstage stories from stars of stage and screen, all in honor of Pearl Cleage.

TheaterWorks Hartford has announced details for its upcoming 2021–2022 season which marks a return to in-person events alongside a commitment to online streaming. In fact, all four productions of its 36th season, plus original digital work, will be available to audiences online.

TheaterWorks Hartford has announced details for its upcoming 2021–2022 season which marks a return to in-person events alongside a commitment to online streaming. In fact, all four productions of its 36th season, plus original digital work, will be available to audiences online.

Today Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced his plans for the upcoming season, Keen’s 22nd. The season begins Monday October 25th with Keen Company’s 22nd Annual Benefit Gala, honoring playwright Pearl Cleage (Blues for an Alabama Sky). This festive event will take place online, and tickets start at just $50.

On Saturday, September 25, Adelphi University will introduce you to the work of rising composer-lyricist Benjamin Velez in his one-night-only showcase Benjamin Velez, a Larson Legacy Concert.

This month, The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol opens the first production of its sixth season, Broadbend, Arkansas, consisting of two acts.

In October, New Conservatory Theatre Center will celebrate 40 years of serving the Bay Area LGBTQ+ community and its long-awaited return to live performances with the inaugural production of their benchmark 21-22 Season, Interlude by Harrison David Rivers.

Trademark Theater announces its 2021-2022 season: a virtual reading of 5, JuCoby Johnson's newly commissioned play, in partnership with Playwrights' Center; Stone Baby, a rock music show and storytelling experience presented by Kiss the Tiger at Icehouse; a staged reading of Associate Artistic Director Tyler Mills and Artistic Director Tyler Michaels King's contemporary comedy, The Reunion: A Murder Mystery.