terraNOVA Collective kicks off the first annual GROUNDWORKS New Play Series at The New Ohio Theatre featuring the new plays generated by the 2012 Groundbreakers Playwrights Group and terraNOVA's other new play development projects. GROUNDWORKS is terraNOVA's new initiative to not only showcase its new play development projects but to expose the work to artistic leaders and other industry professionals in hopes of finding world premiere productions for the plays.
Producing Artistic Director, Jennifer Conley Darling announces today that terraNOVA Collective has appointed four new staff members and plans to heighten the visibility and opportunities for its Groundbreakers Playwrights Group, produce annual main stage productions, while continuing to build the successful soloNOVA Arts Festival.
terraNOVA Collective announces six new playwrights for the 2012 season of their Groundbreakers Playwrights Group which will include Krista Knight (2011 KCACTF Musical Theater Award for Salamander Leviathan), Jennifer Lane (Harlowe at 3LD), Andrea Lepcio (NEA Outstanding New American Play Award finalist for Looking for the Pony), Matthew Paul Olmos (Princess Grace Award finalist), Crystal Skillman (2010 New York Innovative Theatre Award for The Vigil or The Guided Cradle), and Ken Urban (Summer Play Festival at The Public).
Artistic New Directions (Artistic Co-Directors, Kristine Niven & Janice L. Goldberg) will present the World Premiere of Jennifer Lane's heart-wrenching psychological drama, 'PSYCHOMACHIA,' as their 26th Anniversary Season's first production, in association with Shetler Studios & Theatres.
Ashlie Atkinson, Debra Jo Rupp, Tom Pelphrey, Frank Deal and Eric Michael Gillett headline the workshop of Jennifer Lane's Psychomachia, the first presentation in The Bridge Theatre Company's 2009-2010 season. Directed by Robin A. Paterson (Making Marilyn, Stress Positions), Psychomachia performs October 28 through 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Shetler Studios Penthouse 1 (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor).
Ashlie Atkinson, Debra Jo Rupp, Tom Pelphrey, Frank Deal and Eric Michael Gillett headline the workshop of Jennifer Lane's Psychomachia, the first presentation in The Bridge Theatre Company's 2009-2010 season. Directed by Robin A. Paterson (Making Marilyn, Stress Positions), Psychomachia performs October 28 through 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Shetler Studios Penthouse 1 (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor).
Ashlie Atkinson, Debra Jo Rupp, Tom Pelphrey, Frank Deal and Eric Michael Gillett headline the workshop of Jennifer Lane's Psychomachia, the first presentation in The Bridge Theatre Company's 2009-2010 season. Directed by Robin A. Paterson (Making Marilyn, Stress Positions), Psychomachia performs October 28 through 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Shetler Studios Penthouse 1 (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor).
Ars Lyrica's 2009-2010 season offers a fantastic musical excursion: London, Naples, Paris, and Rome await - and you don't need to get on an airplane or pack a bag! Our musical 'Grand Tour' follows a path trod by generations of young people to soak up the culture of distant nations.
IGNITED STATES PRODUCTION COMPANY is pleased to announce the New York premiere production of TO BARCELONA!, written by Michael Niederman, and directed by Elyzabeth Gorman. TO BARCELONA! will play a limited engagement at The Workshop Theater, NY (312 West 36th Street, 4th Fl.). Performances begin Saturday, October 11 and continue through Sunday, October 26.
Hart House Theatre has managed of a major coup, snagging the rights to present the Canadian premiere of the offbeat REEFER MADNESS - The Musical, a fun little musical satire.
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