John Dillon News

Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company are proud to announce its 2013-2014 season, opening in September with the classic Spunk by George C. Wolfe, directed by Hilda Willis. Following Spunk, True Colors will produce the regional premiere of David Mamet's Racedirected by John Dillon opening in February and running through March. The season will close in July with Bernard Slade's Same Time Next Year starring Phylicia Rashad and Kenny Leon and directed by Portland Center Stage Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Actor's Express, Chris Coleman. Performances are Wednesday - Saturday @ 8 PM and Saturday and Sunday @ 2:30 PM.

Tom Paxton is a genuine American icon. The legendary folk singer and songwriter has been performing, singing, writing and recording songs for over 50 years and, judging by his performance to a sold-out house at the Broadway Cultural Center, he shows no signs of slowing down.

Endangered Species Project has announced a rare reading of a play that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1921 - the first play by a woman to do so - Miss Lulu Bett by Zola Gale.

Endangered Species Project has announced a rare reading of a play that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1921 - the first play by a woman to do so - Miss Lulu Bett by Zola Gale.

A momentous confluence of events will bring a world premiere and an American premiere to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) the weekend of April 5-7.

With standing ovation audiences and fewer than 100 seats left to sell in the originally scheduled five-week run of No Man's Land, Artists Rep will extend with another week of performances. Extension dates and times are Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 7:30pm; Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:30pm; Friday, Nov. 11 at 7:30pm; Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7:30pm and a 2pm matinee. There is no performance on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Starting today, this production of No Man's Land is, surprisingly, not only a Portland premiere, but also the first play by Harold Pinter that Artists Repertory Theatre has ever produced.

Beginning today, Artists Repertory Theatre's Producing Artistic Director Allen Nause and esteemed stage and film actor William Hurt will perform together again in the tour-de-force lead roles of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.

Starting October 3, this production of No Man's Land is, surprisingly, not only a Portland premiere, but also the first play by Harold Pinter that Artists Repertory Theatre has ever produced.

A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2011-2012 Season with the Chicago Premiere of Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw, directed by Damon Kiely. The production will run September 22 - November 6, 2011 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells. Press opening is Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:00PM.

Beginning in October, Artists Repertory Theatre's Producing Artistic Director Allen Nause and esteemed stage and film actor William Hurt will perform together again in the tour-de-force lead roles of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.

Join us for Opening Night of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.

Join us for Opening Night of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.

Shake at the Lake 2010 will feature a week-long run of last summer's hit A Midsummer Night's Dream in the heart of Piedmont Park May 5 - 9.

Shake at the Lake 2010 will feature a week-long run of last summer's hit A Midsummer Night's Dream in the heart of Piedmont Park May 5 - 9.

Shake at the Lake 2010 will feature a week-long run of last summer's hit A Midsummer Night's Dream in the heart of Piedmont Park May 5 - 9.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) has announced that the culmination of the union's 50th anniversary year is a gala celebration on Sunday, November 8 at the Tribeca Rooftop.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) has announced that the culmination of the union's 50th anniversary year is a gala celebration on Sunday, November 8 at the Tribeca Rooftop.

Georgia Shakespeare's producing artistic director Richard Garner has announced that local award-winning actors Daniel Thomas May and Courtney Patterson have been tapped to play Brick and Maggie Pollitt in Tennessee Williams' sizzling Southern tale of family deception, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, June 25 to August 1 at the Conant Performing Arts Center (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE).

Georgia Shakespeare's 2009 Summer Festival continues with Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring local award-winning actors Daniel Thomas May as Brick and Courtney Patterson as Maggie (pictured).