John Pielmeier News

Next season the Geffen Playhouse is introducing Angelenos to acclaimed new works - including the previously announced Red Hot Patriot: The Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins featuring Kathleen Turner, Pulitzer Prize nominee The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz and Tony Award nominee Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts - as well as introducing the theater community at large to three world premieres - including a stage adaptation of The Exorcist by Edgar Award winner John Pielmeier (Agnes of God), The Jacksonian, a new work by Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley, and Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, the playwriting debut of actor Alan Alda. In addition to the acclaimed playwrights represented this season, the Geffen Playhouse is welcoming internationally lauded directors to helm these works including Tony Award winners John Doyle and Robert Falls.

Avalon Theatre Company closes its sixth season with John Pielmeier's haunting glimpse into science, faith, and even miracles, AGNES OF GOD, April 28 - May 8 at Avalon in ArtSpace at Crestwood Court.

Playwright John Pielmeier has constructed an interesting work with AGNES OF GOD. It's decidedly uneven in tone, and the template for the script is very similar to the one utilized by the far-superior Equus (as a learned colleague of mine pointed out), but it's an engaging and involving show nonetheless. Avalon Theatre Company's current production is certainly a solid one, driven by three fine performances and intelligent direction.

Avalon Theatre Company closes its sixth season with John Pielmeier's haunting glimpse into science, faith, and even miracles, AGNES OF GOD, April 28 - May 8 at Avalon in ArtSpace at Crestwood Court.

Avalon Theatre Company closes its sixth season with John Pielmeier's haunting glimpse into science, faith, and even miracles, AGNES OF GOD, April 28 - May 8 at Avalon in ArtSpace at Crestwood Court.

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2010 season to be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards on February 5, 2011, in Los Angeles and New York.

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2010 season to be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards on February 5, 2011, in Los Angeles and New York.

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2010 season to be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards on February 5, 2011, in Los Angeles and New York.

THE ELEPHANT MAN is based upon the true story of John Merrick, who though hideously deformed, reveals himself to be a man of remarkable intelligence and sensitivity.

THE ELEPHANT MAN is based upon the true story of John Merrick, who though hideously deformed, reveals himself to be a man of remarkable intelligence and sensitivity.

THE ELEPHANT MAN is based upon the true story of John Merrick, who though hideously deformed, reveals himself to be a man of remarkable intelligence and sensitivity.

THE ELEPHANT MAN is based upon the true story of John Merrick, who though hideously deformed, reveals himself to be a man of remarkable intelligence and sensitivity.

THE ELEPHANT MAN is based upon the true story of John Merrick, who though hideously deformed, reveals himself to be a man of remarkable intelligence and sensitivity.

THE ELEPHANT MAN is based upon the true story of John Merrick, who though hideously deformed, reveals himself to be a man of remarkable intelligence and sensitivity.

THE ELEPHANT MAN is based upon the true story of John Merrick, who though hideously deformed, reveals himself to be a man of remarkable intelligence and sensitivity.

Repertory Theater of Iowa kicks off its 2010-2011 season with an electrifying drama by John Pielmeier called Agnes of God. The shows runs October 7-16 at the Des Moines Social Club, 1408 Locust Street across from the Pappajohn Scuplture Park downtown.

STEAMBATH by Bruce Jay Friedman. Imagine you wake up one morning . . . perspiring in a steam room and then realize . . . you are in the Afterlife and God is . . . the Puerto Rican bath attendant!

STEAMBATH by Bruce Jay Friedman. Imagine you wake up one morning . . . perspiring in a steam room and then realize . . . you are in the Afterlife and God is . . . the Puerto Rican bath attendant!

STEAMBATH by Bruce Jay Friedman. Imagine you wake up one morning . . . perspiring in a steam room and then realize . . . you are in the Afterlife and God is . . . the Puerto Rican bath attendant!

STEAMBATH by Bruce Jay Friedman. Imagine you wake up one morning . . . perspiring in a steam room and then realize . . . you are in the Afterlife and God is . . . the Puerto Rican bath attendant!