John Pielmeier News

A special online benefit reading of COURAGE, dealing with PETER PAN author J.M. Barrie, written and performed by John Pielmeier, award-winning author of the Broadway hit AGNES OF GOD, will be presented by Penguin Rep Theatre, the Stony Point-based professional theatre.

Introducing the Putnam Theatre Alliance, delivering daring theatre to the Hudson Valley and presenting the region as a hub for the development of top-quality productions. Their premier presentation is Freedom Project, an ongoing series of highly produced readings.

Dress Circle Publishing has announced the release of THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 4, the latest in a series by historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper. The book will be available on Tuesday, March 9 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2020-2021 Broadway shutdown.

Emmy(R) Award-winning actress Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue) returns to Lifetime following her long stint on Army Wives to star in the new 'Ripped from the Headlines' Lifetime original movie, The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice.

Morehead State Universitya??s School of Creative Arts will kick off the 2020-21 theatrical season with a virtual production of John Pielmeiera??s a?oeAgnes of God.a?? 

Hudson Theatre Works' Virtual Festival continues. New work will appear every Wednesday and Thursday at 6pm on Hudson Theatre Works YouTube Channel and Instagram account respectively. Donations to various organizations will be listed including Hudson Theatre Works.

Despite the fact that Norman Jewison's AGNES OF GOD has existed as both an award-winning play and later film, it doesn't seem to have been produced very often.  That's all the more reason to rush out and see Epic Theatre's well-executed version of a play that is strange, fascinating and heartbreaking. Juxtaposing the mystical with legal is always good fodder for a thorny debate, and this solid cast delivers the layered and complicated humanity needed to make the story resonate.

Epic Theatre Company is has reunited the team from its smash production of Lauren Gunderson's 'The Revolutionists' to produce the first major local revival of John Pielmeier's 'Agnes of God.' This searing story of a young nun faced with an impossible dilemma is sure to be the most talked about drama of the season.

John Pielmeier's mind-bending drama, ''Agnes of God,'' started as a successful play on Broadway and was later turned into a movie starring Jane Fonda. On the surface, ''Agnes of God'' is about a psychiatrist who longs to understand herself and opinions on the world. While working, the court has appointed that she take on Agnes (Katie Marie Eaker), a case of a nun who has gave birth in a convent and has been charged with infanticide. Dr. Martha Livingstone (Jesi Brown Friedly), psychiatrist, longs to discover the truth hidden behind Agnes's shrouded and cloistered mind. A psychological conflict ensues between Dr. Livingstone and Mother Miriam Ruth (Tina Valdois-Bruner) over Agnes's mental and spiritual health, and the show became a myriad of contrasting opinions between science and religion, the temporal and spiritual, and what is fact versus faith.

Factory 449's 'Agnes of God' is an emotional, intimate play that speaks to inner struggles. With a sharp script and an exceptional cast, it's an insightful and aching performance that is both enjoyable and heartbreaking to watch.

On Saturday November 9, 2019, Factory 449, a Helen Hayes Award-winning theatre company in residence at Anacostia Arts Center, opens 'Agnes of God' by John Pielmeier. 

Factory 449: a theatre collective, coming off its critically acclaimed, Helen Hayes Award-winning production of Cordelia Lynn's' LELA & CO., presents AGNES OF GOD by John Pielmeier.

Theater Resources Unlimited presents the Writer-Producer Speed Date, a unique opportunity to pitch a project to a roomful of New York producers and artistic directors on Sunday, October 13, 2019 from 4:30pm to 8:30pm at the newly opened 797 Studios, 797 Eighth Avenue (betw. 48th and 49th), 3rd floor, NYC.

Casting has been confirmed for The Exorcist's eagerly anticipated run at Theatre Royal next month.

The full cast has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of The Exorcist, starring national treasure and BAFTA Award Winner, Paul Nicholas, most recognised for playing the role of Vince Pinner in the celebrated British sitcom Just Good Friends, who will play Father Merin. Alongside Paul will be TV star Sophie Ward, best known for her roles in Holby City and Heartbeat playing Chris MacNeil, and household name Ben Caplan best known for his time as Sgt. Peter Noakes in Call the Midwife, who will play Father Damien. This talented trio will lead the cast for the UK and Ireland tour of the spine-tingling live production of The Exorcist, based on the best-selling novel by William Peter Blatty.

William Friedkin's movie, The Exorcist, adapted by John Pielmeier, will come to life on the Teatro Nuovo's stage Oct. 18 through Nov. 10.

Epic Theatre Company is announcing its biggest season ever. The incredible eighth season is made up of twelve unique and breathtaking titles, including a partnership with the Academy Players that will bring two musicals to Epic's audience for the very first time.

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Today, we're celebrating the birthday of star of stage and screen, Brooke Shields!

Fountain Hills Theater publicly announced their 2019-20 Season on Feb. 16th at Broadway in the Hills. There are a total of 15 knockout titles, including 10 musicals and 5 plays for its Mainstage, Mainstage Too! and Youth Theaters. For tickets, and Season Tickets, please call the Box Office at 480-837-9661 x3 or email play@fhtaz.org.