James Jennings News

Get ready for a thrilling end to ATA's Season 47 with the powerful performance of 'Electra.' As the theater gears up for Season 48, experience the captivating play 'Romance with Orion' by James Jennings and don't miss Bruce Lawder's 'The Cherry Tree' at the season opener.

Discover the highly anticipated world premiere of 'honor' by William R. Duell. This psychological drama delves into themes of loyalty, forgiveness, and healing as two damaged men confront their demons. Don't miss this limited engagement production featuring an impressive cast and creative team. Get your tickets now!

JULIUS CAESAR will run June 21 - July 2 at American Theatre of Actors. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Charles Kipps will premiere his new play 'Suic!de Bridge' at The American Theatre Of Actors in May!

One Life, Live It!, a new play written and produced by Stephen S. Miller and directed by Laurie Rae Waugh will make its World Premiere at the New York Theater Festival at Teatro LATEA with three performances: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 6:15 p.m., Friday, May 12, 2023 at 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.

The American Theatre of Actors has announced SEASON 47 and the RAISE THE CURTAIN TO 50 CAMPAIGN.

ATAwrights: The American Theatre of Actors Playwrights' Festival will present two short plays in their world premieres: The North Forty written & directed by ATA founder and member of the original Off-Off Broadway Movement, James Jennings, and Wild Duck in Little Neck - loosely based on Ibsen's Wild Duck.- written and directed by Meny Bariro.

Corruption ... Espionage ... Combat ... on campus? Professors can fight dirty. Laurie Rae Waugh will present another work by the late Irving A Greenfield: WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT WALTER? at The Sargent Theatre of the American Theatre of Actors complex, 314 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, Opening November 2, and running through Sunday, November 13.

Alexander Zuccaro (Father John Misty’s music video 'Kiss Me', Spit & Vigor Theater Company’s MAROONED!, Rogue Theater Festival’s BlackBox SandBox) will be appearing in the leading role of Hippolytus in Roman philosopher and playwright's tragedy, Phaedra.

Written and Directed by The American Theater of Actors' founder James Jennings; the production stars Thomas Crouch, Emery Lawrence and Danika St. Denis in the title roles.

'Footprints of the Polar Bear and Other Eco-Centric Plays,' an evening of five one-act plays by playwright Phil Paradis will be produced at the American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10019.

Penobscot Theatre Company, the country's northeastern most regional, professional theatre company, has announced their Dramatic Academy's production of Squatch, the World Premiere of a new play by Travis Baker, Zane Baker & Isaac Miller. Performed at the Historic Bangor Opera House, Squatch will run from November 1-3.

Penobscot Theatre Company's Dramatic Academy will stage two 1950s-era shows to round out a season of successful youth programming.  REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, made famous by the 1955 film starring legendary Hollywood bad boy James Dean, will play August 15, 16, and 17 at 7pm, and August 18 at 3pm. THE MAN FROM PLANET 52, a campy love letter to B-movies, will be performed on August 15, 16, and 17 at 4pm and on August 18 at 11am.  The performances will be at the historic Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor.

Sometime in the 13th century, an anonymous author wrote a short play detailing the events of the Harrowing of Hell, when, after dying, Jesus went to Hell to rescue all the prophets imprisoned there.  This play, one of the first ever written in English, was so popular it survives in multiple sources, but has never been performed in the United States.  Newly translated into modern English, you may see this play in April at the American Theatre of Actors.  In it, Jesus, vanquishes Satan, and then goes on to release Adam, Eve, and others from their hellish imprisonment.  

GREAT EXPECTATIONS is Charles Dickens' thirteenth novel and depicts the personal growth and development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens's second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. The novel was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. In October 1861, Chapman and Hall published the novel in three volumes. It has been adapted into a multitude of films, television programs and stage productions. The adaptation by Barbara Field is currently on stage at The Vortex as produced by Different Stages.

In 1815, just months after the decisive Battle of Waterloo, in which the United Kingdom and Germany overthrew Napoleon Bonaparte, the great Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott made a pilgrimage to the battlefield.

Different Stages has a reputation for bringing excellent theatre to the Austin stage and THE BOOK OF LIZ is no different. Supreme silliness and laughs galore fill the performance space at Trinity Street Theatre for the space 90 minutes of great, quirky entertainment.

YANKEE TAVERN by prolific playwright Steven Deitz, is a labyrinthine journey through the mind of conspiracy theorist Ray (Bill Karnovsky). Through all the crazy scenarios Ray spouts, there may just be a kernel of truth.

One stormy night in the 8th century, a solitary monk had a terrifying dream - He saw the crucifixion of Jesus firsthand and then the cross itself began to talk to him. Based on his vision, he composed a lengthy poem, now called The Dream of the Rood, one of the earliest pieces of poetry in English to survive, and one of the most amazing.

 James Jennings announced that American Theatre of Actors will present An Evening of Three One-Act Plays by Phil Paradis opens Valentine's Day, and continues February14-18, 2018 at the Beckman Theater, 2nd floor, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY. Tickets are $15 at the door. Reservations can be made by calling 212-581-3044.