The School of Drama at UNCSA has announced a $1 million gift from acclaimed actor and two-time Tony Award-winning director of stage and screen Joe Mantello, a graduate of the school’s class of ’84.
Urban Stages will present a series of talkbacks for their acclaimed Off Broadway debut of Yussef El Guindi’s play People of the Book, directed by John Langs, beginning October 24, 2024.
Urban Stages is presenting the New York premiere of Yussef El Guindi’s play People of the Book, directed by John Langs. The show runs through November 3, 2024 at Urban Stages (259 West 30 Street). Check out photos from the opening night celebration here!
Urban Stages has announced its 2024-25 season featuring the NY premiere of Yussef el Guindi's PEOPLE OF THE BOOK and the 16th Annual Award Winning Winter Rhythms.
ACT Theatre has announced the comedic play POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, running from September 7 to September 29.
At first glance, Dear Readers, Stefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy”, as adapted by Ben Power and currently playing at ACT, may seem like a daunting task. I mean, a 3-and-a-half-hour play (thankfully with two intermissions) about bankers. It doesn’t sound like a rollicking good time. It sounds like the theatrical equivalent of eating your vegetables. Well, with a scintillating script and stunning performances from the three actors in the play, these vegetables have been sauteed to perfection and spiced and sauced to delicious result.
After six years of successful leadership, Artistic Director John Langs is set to depart from ACT Contemporary Theatre. Learn more about the change in leadership!
Discover the upcoming 2024/25 season at ACT Contemporary Theatre. Experience all the joy, drama, and excitement that Seattle's premier theatre has to offer.
Seattle's ACT Contemporary Theatre has unveiled its 2024/25 Season, showcasing five innovative contemporary productions. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
ACT Contemporary Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for The Lehman Trilogyby Stefano Massini and adapted by Ben Power, starting April 27 and extended by popular demand to May 19.
If you’re unfamiliar with the playwright Samuel D. Hunter, Dear Readers, you shouldn’t be. His latest, “A Case for the Existence of God”, currently playing at ACT, isn’t the first of his we’ve seen in the area. We were blessed with his “A Great Wilderness” back in 2014, plus his “The Whale” which first got a workshop at the Icicle Creek Theatre Festival, not to mention it’s latest life as an Oscar winning film in 2022. His raw takes on modern lives are exhilarating and his current production at ACT is no different.
ACT Contemporary Theatre announced the cast and creative team for the Seattle premiere of A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter, starting February 2. ACT’s opening play in 2024 is directed by ACT Artistic Director John Langs and features powerful Seattle actors Conner Neddersen and Nathaniel Tenenbaum.
ACT Contemporary Theatre announced today the cast and creative team for their 48th production of the beloved classic, A Christmas Carol. Originally adapted for the stage in 1976 by ACT founder Gregory Falls, this season's production will see Seattle actor Darragh Kennan in the infamous role of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Get the latest updates on the cast and creative team for ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre's upcoming co-production of Lauren Yee's CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND. Don't miss this exciting collaboration between two renowned theaters.
WEVERY BRILLIANT THING is a show about awareness - awareness of yourself, of others, of obstacles and challenges, of feelings and emotions, and the beauty of life right down to the smallest detail. While framed within the story of darkest depression, the show illuminates how much joy there still is even among the shadows. Outlook and perspective can change everything, and EVERY BRILLIANT THING is bound to change yours.hat did our critic think of EVERY BRILLIANT THING at ACT Theatre?
ACT Theatre's highly anticipated original production of the international sensation Every Brilliant Thing takes the stage this spring in the round of the Allen Theatre. The play, written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, is a heartwarming and hilarious look at the lengths we go to for those we love and has been playing to acclaim across the world, including a recent HBO special.