Trap Door Theatre is a proud participant in the international reading scheme for 2012 OBIE Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich's new play Spark. The script-reading scheme has been developed to honor US war veterans, to shed light on the plight of female veterans in particular, and to raise increased awareness for their stories by presenting multiple free readings across the United States and abroad during the month of November.
A free, script-in-hand reading of SPARK, written by Caridad Svich and directed by Daniel Banks, will perform at Teatro Paraguas Studio in Santa Fe on Wednesday, November 14 at 7pm. Part of an international reading scheme which aims to honor veterans of wars recent and past and to promote spiritual healing, SPARK will be performed across the United States and abroad throughout the month of November; thirty-nine readings of the play are currently confirmed.
The initial line-up of organizations that will present 2012 OBIE Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich's new play Spark has been announced. This work, which is about a family of sisters who live in North Carolina, one of whom is a returning veteran from a recent war, is being made available for local presentations during the month of November (and selected venues in October) in time for Veteran's Day and around the national US elections.
Mixed Blood Theatre announced today that its 2012-13 season will open October 5 with the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL, which will also be part of the second Center of the Margins festival. The triple-feature mini-fest will be followed in February 2013 with the culture clash comedy-of-bad-manners ELEMENO PEA and a bilingual world premiere based on Julia Alvarez' bestselling novel IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES to be staged in April 2013.
The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 30th Rolling World Premiere: Caridad Svich's Guapa will receive three productions through the Network's Continued Life of New Plays Fund in the 2012/13 season, the Network's 15th.
Main Street Theatre will participate in international reading project marking the two-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in a free reading of THE WAY OF THE WATER by Caridad Svich tonight, April 30, 2012 at 7:30pm in the MST - Chelsea Market. The new play will receive multiple readings across the U.S. and abroad.
After raising L.A.'s cultural pulse with new productions attracting critical acclaim, The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center had unveiled its vision for the future and announced its 5th Anniversary Season beginning on September 1, 2012 with the Brazilian jazz singer Luciana Souza. Highlights of the expanded season include world premieres from today's most relevant companies and artists in dance, theater, and music from around the world; artistic partnerships with London's Menier Chocolate Factory, the Los Angeles Opera, and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre; the 4th Annual Westside Jazz Experience featuring stars such as Pat Metheny, Rickie Lee Jones, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds; a return of family programs including a hit from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; and artists direct from Brazil, Cuba, Europe, and across the U.S.
Main Street Theatre will participate in international reading project marking the two-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in a free reading of THE WAY OF THE WATER by Caridad Svich on April 30, 2012 at 7:30pm in the MST - Chelsea Market. The new play will receive multiple readings across the U.S. and abroad.
Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah's Premiere Family Theatre, will bring Spanish and theatrical flair to the United States premiere of "Zorro," Feb. 15 through April 11.
An initial line-up of organizations that will present 2011 American Theatre Critics Association Francesca Primus Prize winning playwright Caridad Svich's new play THE WAY OF THE WATER has been announced. This work, which is about the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill and its effects on human health and the environment in the US Gulf region, is being made available for local presentations during the month of April (and selected venues in May) to mark the two-year anniversary of the spill and to raise increased awareness toward health and environmental concerns, by NoPassport theatre alliance & press, an unincorporated collective dedicated to the advocacy, production and publication of works expressive of cross-cultural and aesthetic diversity in the arts.
Vy Higginsen's Gospel for Teens Choir, will be performing at the TED2012 Conference, which will take place from February 29 through March 2 in Long Beach, CA.
Vy Higginsen's Gospel for Teens Choir, will be performing at the TED2012 Conference, which will take place from February 27 through March 2 in Long Beach, CA.
The Vision: 20 years ago, in January of 1992, Broadway was a different place: Times Square and the environs were dangerous and down at the heels, the World Wide Web had just launched, and the Soviet Union had come to an end just a month before. So much has changed on Broadway in that time that it begs the question 'What will Broadway be like 20 years from now?' But there's an even better, more important question than that: 'What's the best that Broadway can be 20 years from now?' And that's the question TEDxBroadway attempts to answer.
Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah's Premiere Family Theatre, has brought Spanish and theatrical flair to the United States with premiere of Zorro. The production opened on Feb. 15 and runs through April 11. Click below to go inside the rehearsal room and hear from the production's team!
eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage, Seattle's only Latino theatre collective, will hold their first annual fundraising gala on Valentine's Day February 14, 2012.
Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah's Premiere Family Theatre, will bring Spanish and theatrical flair to the United States premiere of "Zorro," Feb. 15 through April 11.
eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage, Seattle's only Latino theatre collective, will hold their first annual fundraising gala on Valentine's Day February 14, 2012.
