New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) presents 'Liberty City,' written by Jessica Blank and April Yvette Thompson, performed by Thompson, and directed by Blank; to begin performances Friday, February 15, at NYTW. Opening night is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4 at 7PM. The production will run through Sunday, March 16.
The Fire Dept will present an expanded and updated version of its acclaimed At War: American Playwrights Respond to Iraq, an evening of alternately moving, haunting, and funny material by noted and emerging American playwrights, woven together to present a kaleidoscope of views on the war.
Theater Resources Unlimited is pleased to announce the sixth annual TRU Love Benefit honoring producer and friend, Cheryl Wiesenfeld. On Sunday afternoon, November 11 from 1-4PM at the legendary Sardi's, Wiesenfeld will be given the TRU Spirit of Theater Award, which TRU gives each year to a person in the performing arts community who has demonstrated noteworthy generosity and helped nurture young producers.
The Fire Dept announced today the final cast for the launch of 'The Salon Series,' staged readings of new plays that address compelling contemporary issues, on Monday, June 25 at 6:30PM at the National Arts Club.
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
Josh Lucas (Poseidon, The Glass Menagerie), Jake Robards (You and I, V.O, Our Town), Dorian Missick (Six Degrees), and Alice Playten (Caroline, or Change, Seussical) have joined the cast of The Fire Dept Theater Company's Speakeasy.
The new theatre company, The Fire Dept, founded by Neil LaBute, Kathleen Chalfant, Janeane Garafalo and more, will launch with the new collaborative play SpeakEasy
The League of Professional Theatre Women, in association with the theater department of Marymount Manhattan College, will present Women at the Barricades: Playwrights Political Vision, a panel bringing together seven award-winning dramatists to talk about their political plays and the political issues that stir them to create
Speakeasy--billed as a 'giant play'--will feature Neil LaBute, Theresa Rebeck and more among its collaborating writers; it will be performed at Joe's Pub from October 22nd through 24th
