Jason Grote News

The Public Theater will begin performances for THE GOOD NEGRO, the fifth play of the inaugural PUBLIC LAB initiative.

Previews begin tomorrow, Tuesday May 6th, for Signature Theatre Company's world premiere production of Edward Albee's 'Occupant' starring Mercedes Ruehl and Larry Bryggman.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced casting and creative team today for THE GOOD NEGRO, the fifth play of the inaugural PUBLIC LAB initiative.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center today announced the eight plays to be developed at the 2008 National Playwrights Conference.

Soho Rep launches the 10th season of its highly popular WRITER/DIRECTOR LAB READING SERIES, readings of the very newest work by writers and directors at Soho Rep on Monday, April 7 at 7pm with, playwright Mike Daisey's THE MOON IS A DEAD WORLD, directed by Maria Goyanes -- the first of six new plays commissioned for the lab.

Page 73 Productions proudly announces that Tommy Smith is the recipient of the 2008 P73 Playwriting Fellowship.

Page 73 Productions has announced a post-show discussion on Wednesday, November 14 with 1001 playwright Jason Grote and the play's cast, which includes Mia Barron, Drew Cortese, Roxanna Hope, Jonathan Hova, Matthew Rauch, and John Livingstone Rolle. The discussion will focus on the author's collaboration with the cast in creating 1001.

On Saturday, November 3 between Jason Grote (author of 1001) and award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck after tomorrow's matinee performance of 1001. Grote and Rebeck's discussion will focus on the playwright's process when she or he is telling a human story in a political context.

Page 73 Productions has announced that the New York premiere of 1001, written by Jason Grote and directed by Ethan McSweeny, will begin performances Monday, October 22 at the Nagelberg Theatre at Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC), 55 Lexington Avenue. The opening is scheduled for Wednesday, October 31 at 8PM.

Artistic Directors Jessica Blank, Erica Gould and Audrey Rosenberg announced today the launch of The Salon Series, staged readings of new plays that address compelling contemporary issues, followed by food, drink and intimate discussion among the artists, audience and noteworthy guest speakers

The Obie Award-winning theatre company Soho Rep presented its 2007 Spring Gala, hosted by award-winning actor and director Tim Blake Nelson on Monday, May 14 at 101 Riverviews, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Personal Space Theatrics has announced a trans-Atlantic fifth season featuring: Myth America, a world premiere play penned by a team of New York and LA's hottest playwrights; a world premiere American musical, The Divide; an American premiere of a British farce by Tim Firth, The Safari Party; and a remounting of their sold-out production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced that the winner of the 2006 Weissberger Playwrighting Award is Etan Frankel, for his script Truth and Reconciliation

Playwright Mark Schultz is the recipient of The National Arts Club's 2006 Kesselring Prize for Playwriting. The $15,000 prize is awarded annually to a playwright of exceptional promise.

Sarah Benson, the theatre director and dramaturg who has been the Associate Artistic Director of Soho Rep for the past two years, will be Soho Rep's new Artistic Director

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center and The Graduate Center, CUNY, with The Lucille Lortel Foundation, will present the four-day event 'PRELUDE '06: At the Forefront of Contemporary NYC Theatre.'

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