Jeffrey Sweet News

South Ark Stage (Rhoda Herrick, Producing Artistic Director) has announced that it will present the world premiere of the new chamber musical The Black Monk, with book, lyrics and music by Wendy Kesselman. Under the direction of Kevin Newbury, the four-member cast features Austin Pendleton as the Monk, Scott Robertson as Igor, Elon Rutberg as Andrei, and Sarah Ziegler as Tanya.

Eurydice, a bold, slyly comic, visually fascinating take on the classic Orpheus myth by Sarah Ruhl, is enjoying an ambitious revival by Victory Gardens Theater, to open the 35th season at Chicago's #1 presenter of new plays.

Eurydice, a bold, slyly comic, visually fascinating take on the classic Orpheus myth by Sarah Ruhl, is enjoying an ambitious revival by Victory Gardens Theater, to open the 35th season at Chicago's #1 presenter of new plays.

Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago's #1 presenter of new plays, will host two 2008-09 Season Preview events - Sunday, September 14 at 11 am, and Wednesday, September 24 at 6 pm - to give prospective new audiences an exclusive sneak peek at all six productions that make up the company's upcoming subscription season.

Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago's #1 presenter of new work, announced today it will present the Midwest premiere of British playwright David Harrower's provocative drama Blackbird as the final production of its 2008-2009 season.

'With and Without' playwright, Jeffrey Sweet, will speak at the Bickford Theatre Thursday Night Chat, following an 8 p.m. performance of the play on May 29.

Orange Hanky Productions presents the premiere Off-Broadway engagement of 'F*CK ME, B*AT ME, L*VE ME' by Kevin Podgorski at The Kraine Theatre, 85 East 4th Street (1st Floor) between 2nd Avenue & Bowery (3rd Avenue). Previews begin May 1st and the Opening is Thursday, May 8th at 8:00 pm. The cast includes Felipe Forero, Jeff Goldfisher, Jim Halloran, and Jason Romas.

Award-winning Playwright/Composer CAROL HALL joins Kia Corthron, Jeffrey Sweet, Gary Garrison, Roland Tec, Hilary Chaplain & David Engel, Kristine Niven and Margo Hammond in Artistic New Directions' presentation of 'AN ECLECTIC EVENING OF SHORT WORKS.'

The 87th edition of 'The Best Plays Theater Yearbook' has been released by Limelight Editions ($49.95, 562 pages).

Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1920, when Burns Mantle founded the annual Best Plays Theater Yearbook, the Best Plays of 2006-2007 were announced today by editor Jeffrey Eric Jenkins.

Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU) will host a panel discussion on Tuesday, May 15 at 7:30 PM at The Players Loft, 115 MacDougal Street on Publicists, Productions and The Press.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the world premiere of LoveMusik, a new musical featuring the songs of Kurt Weill, starring Tony Awardâ winners Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy.

Works by Alan Bennett, Adam Rapp, and Martin McDonagh are included in The Best Plays of 2005-2006

Plays by Caryl Churchill, Michael Frayn, David Mamet, Donald Margulies, Paula Vogel, August Wilson and other playwrights of note are celebrated in the 86th edition of The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2004-2005, which will be released on July 19th by Limelight Edition

Ensemble Studio Theatre will hold their Octoberfest 2005 festival of new works from October 5th through 30th

Ten new works from the Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway 2004-2005 theatre season have been selected for publication in the latest Best Plays Theater Yearbook

The Best Plays Theatre Yearbook, 2003-2004 will honor both male and female playwrights with more of an emphasis on the women this year