John Patrick Shanley News

Hal Ackerman takes a frank look at his own mortality in his play Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me. The playwright also takes center stage in his autobiographical work, joined by supporting cast members Dennis Lee Kelly and Lisa Robins. Michael Arabian directs a four-week run at The Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica April 18 through May 10.

New season subscription packages on sale today for CanStage's 2008/09 season. Doubt, Frost/Nixon and Blackbird, are among the highlights.

LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theatre join forces with Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and Director Philip Seymour Hoffman for the world premiere of The Little Flower of East Orange, an inter-generational ghost story set in an upper Manhattan charity hospital. The Little Flower of East Orange will begin previews on Tuesday, March 18 and run through Sunday, April 20 with an official press opening on Sunday, April 6 at 7 PM. Tickets go on-sale on Sunday, February 17.

TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, announced its 2008-09 season, including 'Grey Gardens, 'Doubt, 'Radio Golf' and new works by Stephen Schwartz and GrooveLily.

The Drama Desk will shine the spotlight on some of New York theater's leading behind-the-scenes creative talents at the organization's first special Panel of the new year on Thursday, January 31, 2008, 5:30 to 7:30 PM at BMI, 320 West 57th Street, 3rd Floor.

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit, 'An Intimate Night,' an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show on Monday, January 28, 2008 at the Rainbow Room with Sutton Foster, David Hyde-Pierce, Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli.

Classic Stage Company will present Tony Award-winning actor Richard Easton and Jeremy Strong in the world premiere of New Jerusalem, a new play by David Ives, directed by Tony Award-winner Walter Bobbie, for a limited engagement from Friday, December 28 through Sunday, February 3 at Classic Stage Company; Opening January 13 with Fyvush Finkel, David Garrison, Jenn Harris, Michael Izquierdo and Natalia Payne.

LAByrinth Theater Company presented its annual charity showdown - 'Celebrity Chrades' on Monday October 29 at St. Paul's Hall

The South Coast Repertory Theatre is proud to present the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt, A Parable, directed by Martin Benson; John Patrick Shanley's riveting drama about the tug-of-war between a young priest and a strong-minded nun at a Catholic school.

Nicolas Kent, the Tricycle Theatre's Artistic Director, will direct Dearbhla Molloy as Sister Aloysius, Nikki Amuka-Bird as Mrs Muller, Padraic Delaney as Father Flynn and Marcella Plunkett as Sister James in the British premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt. Doubt will run from November 22 - January 12, 2008.

The Process Group presents a gripping production of John Patrick Shanley's Savage in Limbo at the DUO Theater on October 18 through November 4. The play is directed by Bryan Close.

Ivan Hernandez will assume the role of 'El Gallo' in the new production of The Fantasticks Monday, September 17.

The Tricycle Theatre announces their upcoming season, which includes the British premieres of Moonlight and Magnolias and the award-winning play, Doubt. Plus the world premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company's I'll Be The Devil and a special engagement from the Edinburgh Festival.