John Pielmeier News

Barter Theatre unveils the 2016 production schedule with a behind-the-scenes preview of what the next season has in store. Producing Artistic Director Richard Rose announces an exciting season filled with comedy, drama and many world-famous shows patrons will recognize from their silver-screen adaptations.

Coming off their critically acclaimed, award nominated season which included two world premieres of ERIK by John Patrick Bray and The FIREBIRD by Tim Errickson, Rising Sun Performance Company is pleased to announce that they will be presenting a reading series of new full length works this fall.  

The next reading in the Center Stage Jackson series is AGNES OF GOD, a play written by John Pielmeier. A novice nun (Carly Ann Jacobs) gives birth and insists that the child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist (Mary Lou Blanchard) and the mother superior of the convent (Candi Dunnigan) clash during the resulting investigation. The story is based on a real life incident. Directed by Ann Holt, the reading will take place at the Ensemble Theatre - Art 634, 634 Mechanic St., Jackson, MI 49203 today, April 18, 2015 at 2:00 pm. There is no charge but donations are welcome.

The next reading in the Center Stage Jackson series is AGNES OF GOD, a play written by John Pielmeier. A novice nun (Carly Ann Jacobs) gives birth and insists that the child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist (Mary Lou Blanchard) and the mother superior of the convent (Candi Dunnigan) clash during the resulting investigation. The story is based on a real life incident. Directed by Ann Holt, the reading will take place at the Ensemble Theatre - Art 634, 634 Mechanic St., Jackson, MI 49203 on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 2:00 pm. There is no charge but donations are welcome.

The Manatee Players' production of the drama AGNES OF GOD by John Pielmeier opens in the intimate Bradenton Kiwanis Theater at the Manatee Performing Arts Center tonight, February 19 and plays through Sunday March 8.

The Manatee Players' production of the drama AGNES OF GOD by John Pielmeier opens in the intimate Bradenton Kiwanis Theater at the Manatee Performing Arts Center on Thursday February 19 and plays through Sunday March 8.

The Manatee Players' production of the drama AGNES OF GOD by John Pielmeier opens in the intimate Bradenton Kiwanis Theater at the Manatee Performing Arts Center on Thursday February 19 and plays through Sunday March 8.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that a stage version of The Exorcist is currently in the works, and Tony nominee Sean Mathias is on board to direct the project. The play, adapted by John Pielmeier, enjoyed a run at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse in 2012, starring Richard Chamberlain and Brooke Shields. Production details have not yet been announced.

South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre company located in Camden, New Jersey continues its 10th season titled 'A Season of Faith' with a production of AGNES OF GOD written by John Pielmeier and directed by Joseph M. Paprzycki. The cast includes Susan Dewey, as Mother Miriam Ruth, Dana Haberen as Agnes and Nancy Bennett as Dr. Livingstone.

Three one-acts from the writer The New York Times critic Ben Brantley described as "…one of our funniest playwrights," master of parody Christopher Durang, will be presented beginning November 9 at L'Etage Cabaret in Philadelphia. A Streetcar Named Durang: Two Burlesques and a Western will be presented by The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, the Philadelphia-based theater company whose mission is to present classic absurdist theater to audiences in the Philadelphia region.

The Group Rep presents as their first production of their 41st Season Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire directed by L. Flint Esquerra, produced by Kellie Brook Malone for the Group Rep. This Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award-winning play famously recounts how the faded and promiscuous Blanche DuBois is pushed over the edge by her sexy and brutal brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Considered to be one of the most remarkable plays of our time, the play solidified Tennessee Williams' position as one of the most important young playwrights of his generation.

Director John Goncar and a talented cast bring the chilling story of nuns and infanticide to the Ephrata stage

Rising Sun Performance Company's Founding Artistic Director announced today that their upcoming production of 'Donkey' by John Patrick Bray is slated to be published and licensed with Next Stage Press. This is will be Bray's third publishing with Next Stage Press, Bray's other plays available for licensing with Next Stage Press include Hound and Liner Notes, which were also produced at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (2009, 2010); Trickster at the Gate, and short plays in 64 Squares and Game Night. Donkey will be available for licensing in late June 2014.

The performance on Thursday evening carried more than the usual share of preview jitters: lines were stumbled over, cues missed, and overall the performance did not attain the level of professionalism that the FAC is capable of providing...But in spite of this I was captivated, inspired both by the performance I saw and by what it had the potential to become. Because when Agnes of God works (and it did, more often than not) it's a thrilling mystery and an engrossing parable about faith, skepticism, and the psychology behind our deeply held beliefs. Encompassed by Christopher L Sheley's beautifully minimalist halo of a set, Levy and his cast take the audience on a journey into the dark uncharted territory of the human soul.

The South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre organization located in Camden, New Jersey announces its tenth season titled 'Faith'. The season celebrates our rich past by producing four plays concerning the idea of faith as seen in works written by Arthur Miller, John Pielmeier, Joseph M. Paprzycki and August Wilson.

Agnes Of God by John Pielmeier is set for City Theatre, opening tonight, March 7 and running until March 23.

The Roscommon Arts Centre will present an exciting lineup of events that features The Fureys and Davey Arthur, Sanctuary Players' 'Pretend Sick,' and The Roscommon Drama Festival.

Agnes Of God by John Pielmeier is set for City Theatre, opening March 7 and running until March 23.

The Roscommon Arts Centre will present an exciting lineup of events that features The Fureys and Davey Arthur, Sanctuary Players' 'Pretend Sick,' and The Roscommon Drama Festival.

SINCE AFRICA, a new play by Mia McCullough about a Lost Boy of Sudan-- both lost in his native land and lost as he attempts to adjust to his new home in America - will be given its NY premiere following successful productions at San Diego's Old Globe, Philadelphia's InterAct, and Chicago Dramatists theatres with performances starting February 20 and an official press opening on February 23 in a production by New York's Red Fern Theatre Company at The Theater at the 14th Street Y (344 E. 14 St. between 1st and 2nd Ave. in NYC). The play is directed by Nancy Robillard.