Guthrie Director Joe Dowling today announced directors for the three productions slated to headline the theater's 2009 Tony Kushner celebration, in addition to three speaking events designed to expand and enhance the issues raised in the work of this Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
The Guthrie is proud to announce complete casting for its 34th production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Adapted by Barbara Field and again under the direction of Gary Gisselman, A Christmas Carol will feature actor Raye Birk, who returns to play Ebenezer Scrooge for the fourth consecutive year.
The London Theatre Guide is reporting that the West End production of 'GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING' will close earlier than expected on October 18th, 2008.
As the Guthrie and The Children's Theatre Company (CTC) get set to present two plays celebrating the life and work of renowned author C.S. Lewis, these Tony Award-winning theaters have joined forces to offer a special ticket package. Patrons can save more than 35% on two great holiday outings when purchasing tickets for both productions, Shadowlands at the Guthrie and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe at CTC.
The Guthrie announced that British biographer and film producer Douglas Gresham will join Guthrie Director Joe Dowling as this year's Global Voice speaker on Monday, November 10 at 7:30 p.m. on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.
The Guthrie today announced casting for William Nicholson's Shadowlands, directed by Joe Dowling. English actor Simon Jones (The Home Place, 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy') returns to Minneapolis, playing C.S. Lewis alongside Guthrie favorite Charity Jones (Jane Eyre, A Christmas Carol), who will play his wife Joy Gresham Davidman. Shadowlands begins previews November 1, opening November 7 and continuing through December 21 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.
'Theater Talk,' the nationally syndicated program co-hosted by New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel and producer Susan Haskins, will air a historic panel discussion about the state of Midwest resident theatres on Friday, October 3 (early Saturday morning) at 12:30 AM on WNET, Channel 13.
'Theater Talk,' the nationally syndicated program co-hosted by New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel and producer Susan Haskins, will air a historic panel discussion about the state of Midwest resident theatres on Friday, October 3 (early Saturday morning) at 12:30 AM on WNET, Channel 13.
Adrian Dunbar will star as 'Vermeer' in 'GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING', a new play by David Joss Buckley, which will open in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on Monday 29 September, following previews from 24 September, for a limited season ending on Saturday 1 November.
The Guthrie today announced two additions to its upcoming holiday season programming. The hilarious and well-loved storyteller Kevin Kling returns to the Wurtele Thrust Stage on Monday, December 8, in his celebrated one-man show: Kevin Kling: Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log, while local honky tonk band Trailer Trash brings its annual Trashy Little Xmas Family Show to the Dowling Studio on December 14.
San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater opens its 2008-09 season with VICTIMS OF DUTY from the master of absurdism, Eugène Ionesco. Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose helms Ionesco's most surreal and autobiographical play, starring David Sinaiko and Felicia Benefield, and featuring Avery Monsen and Ryan Oden, October 24 through November 23 (Press opening: Thursday, October 30).
The Guthrie today announced complete casting for A View from the Bridge, the timeless tragedy by quintessential American dramatist Arthur Miller. Director Ethan McSweeny (A Body of Water, Romeo and Juliet, Six Degrees of Separation) returns for this first-ever Guthrie staging of Miller's acclaimed play, which begins previews September 13.
The Guthrie today announced complete casting for Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, directed by Associate Director of Studio Programming Benjamin McGovern. Actors Steven Epp (Davies), Stephen Cartmell (Mick) and Kris L. Nelson (Aston) team up for this provocative piece, widely considered to be Pinter's first commercial and critical success.
Jeffrey Hatcher's hilarious adaptation of The Government Inspector closed late last month, concluding the Guthrie's official 2007-08 season. The 2008-09 season, kicked off by Little House on the Prairie, features an entire season of plays for the two main stages that are receiving their first-ever Guthrie productions.
In an effort to accommodate ticket demand for Little House on the Prairie, the Guthrie today announced that it has added 12 unique seats to the second balcony, in an area normally reserved for technicians and production staff.
In anticipation of the events surrounding the Republican National Convention, the Guthrie today released its public schedule for August 29 - September 7. Although the Guthrie will serve as the site for several rental events as part of the convention, much of the activity throughout the building, including backstage tours and self-guided audio tours, will be business as usual for visitors and staff.
Adrian Dunbar will star as 'Vermeer' in 'GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING', a new play by David Joss Buckley, which will open in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on Monday 29 September, following previews from 24 September, for a limited season ending on Saturday 1 November.
The Guthrie is pleased to announce that tickets for the 34th annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol will go on sale Monday, August 25 at 10 a.m.
The Guthrie today announced complete casting for A View from the Bridge, the timeless tragedy by quintessential American dramatist Arthur Miller. Director Ethan McSweeny (A Body of Water, Romeo and Juliet, Six Degrees of Separation) returns for this first-ever Guthrie staging of Miller's acclaimed play, which begins previews September 13.
The Guthrie is pleased to present Theater Latté Da's production of 'Old Wicked Songs' by Jon Marans. Directed by Peter Rothstein, the 1996 Pulitzer Prize nominee opens Theater Latté Da's 11th season, performing in the Dowling Studio from September 12 through October 5 in repertory with their recital of Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe, the song cycle at the heart of the play.
