Jean-Michele Gregory News

Upholding its annual resolution to present provocative new plays by the Bay, Berkeley Repertory Theatre begins the new year by dishing up a pair of daring shows.

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC., has announced their upcoming works for its 2010-2011 season. Below is the full lineup.

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC., has announced their upcoming works for its 2010-2011 season. Below is the full lineup.

BARRING THE UNFORESEEN, Mike Daisey's terrifying new monologue about ghost stories and why we tell them, will play a special, limited engagement the week of Halloween. Created and performed by Mike Daisey and directed by Jean-Michele Gregory, the show begins performances at IRT on Tuesday, October 26th.

BARRING THE UNFORESEEN, Mike Daisey's terrifying new monologue about ghost stories and why we tell them, will play a special, limited engagement the week of Halloween. Created and performed by Mike Daisey and directed by Jean-Michele Gregory, the show begins performances at IRT on Tuesday, October 26th.

BARRING THE UNFORESEEN, Mike Daisey's terrifying new monologue about ghost stories and why we tell them, will play a special, limited engagement the week of Halloween. Created and performed by Mike Daisey and directed by Jean-Michele Gregory, the show begins performances at IRT on Tuesday, October 26th.

BARRING THE UNFORESEEN, Mike Daisey's terrifying new monologue about ghost stories and why we tell them, will play a special, limited engagement the week of Halloween. Created and performed by Mike Daisey and directed by Jean-Michele Gregory, the show begins performances at IRT on Tuesday, October 26th.

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC., has announced their upcoming works for its 2010-2011 season. Below is the full lineup.

Annex Theatre serves up a double-double of piping hot Canadian fringe festival acts with BaronSpieler's The Excursionists: A Matter of Seconds double-billed with Martin Dockery's Wanderlust Sept 23rd-25th and double-billed with Monster Theatre's Freud vs. His Ego Sept 30th-Oct 2nd.

Hailed by The New York Times as 'the master storyteller' and 'one of the finest solo performers of his generation,' Mike Daisey's extemporaneous monologues skewer, illuminate, and ultimately celebrate our world with equal parts humor and heart. Texas Performing Arts is proud to present Mike Daisey, performing the Texas premiere of his acclaimed monologue, The Last Cargo Cult, September 21-22 at the McCullough Theatre.

Hailed by The New York Times as 'the master storyteller' and 'one of the finest solo performers of his generation,' Mike Daisey's extemporaneous monologues skewer, illuminate, and ultimately celebrate our world with equal parts humor and heart. Texas Performing Arts is proud to present Mike Daisey, performing the Texas premiere of his acclaimed monologue, The Last Cargo Cult, September 21-22 at the McCullough Theatre.

Annex Theatre serves up a double-double of piping hot Canadian fringe festival acts with BaronSpieler's The Excursionists: A Matter of Seconds double-billed with Martin Dockery's Wanderlust Sept 23rd-25th and double-billed with Monster Theatre's Freud vs. His Ego Sept 30th-Oct 2nd.

Hailed by The New York Times as 'the master storyteller' and 'one of the finest solo performers of his generation,' Mike Daisey's extemporaneous monologues skewer, illuminate, and ultimately celebrate our world with equal parts humor and heart. Texas Performing Arts is proud to present Mike Daisey, performing the Texas premiere of his acclaimed monologue, The Last Cargo Cult, September 21-22 at the McCullough Theatre.

The Seattle Repertory Theatre has announced casting for the upcoming 2010-2011 season. Of the 23 roles cast so far, 21 have been filled by Seattle performers, ranging from up-and-comers like Troy Fischnaller and Alexandra Tavares to long-time staples like Charles Leggett, Sea?n G. Griffin, Todd Jefferson Moore and Suzanne Bouchard. Additionally, five of the eight directors are local, as are many of the designers.

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC., has announced their upcoming works for its 2010-2011 season. Below is the full lineup.

Single tickets are now on sale for 2010 Tony-nominated, and Pulitzer Prize-finalist, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, written by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Aaron Posner. The show runs Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm from August 23 - September 19 on the Woolly Mammoth Mainstage.

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC., has announced their upcoming works for its 2010-2011 season. Below is the full lineup.

Today, in order to fulfill its commitment to deliver daring and diverse work, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced special schedules for certain shows in its upcoming season: The Great Game: Afghanistan, The Last Cargo Cult, and The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.

Groundbreaking monologist Mike Daisey returns with the story of his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. This narrative is woven against a searing examination of the international financial crisis that gripped the globe at the same moment. Confronting the financial system that dominates our world, Daisey wrestles with the largest questions of what the collapse means, and what it can tell us about our deepest values. Part adventure story and part memoir, he explores each culture to unearth a human truth between the seemingly primitive and achingly modern.

In our first official season since changing our name to Texas Performing Arts, we aspire to present programming that, 'more intentionally aligns with the academic mission of the University of Texas, increases student arts participation and engagement, and leverages our relationships with other community based arts and cultural organizations,' according to Texas Performing Arts Director and Associate Dean Kathy Panoff.