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Scottish actor Michael Nardone (BBC One's The Night Manager and Rellik, HBO's Rome) will play the title role in National Theatre Director Rufus Norris' touring production of MACBETH, with Kirsty Besterman (Genesis Inc. at Hampstead Theatre, They Drink It in The Congo at the Almeida Theatre, and BBC One's Father Brown) joining the cast as Lady Macbeth.

Michael Nardone (BBC One's The Night Manager and Rellik, HBO's Rome) will play the title role in Rufus Norris' touring production of Macbeth, with Kirsty Besterman (Genesis Inc. at Hampstead Theatre, They Drink It in The Congo at the Almeida Theatre, and BBC One's Father Brown) joining the cast as Lady Macbeth.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association holds the Winner Workshop for their second New Works Playwright Competition. With this initiative, OCTA invited local playwrights to submit teasers of never before seen scripts and the top five were performed script-in-hand during the March semi-finals. Now, the winning playwright, Jessie Salsbury, gets a two-night workshop event of her play ADOPTION OF GRIEF, July 13 and 14.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association holds the Winner Workshop for their second New Works Playwright Competition. With this initiative, OCTA invited local playwrights to submit teasers of never before seen scripts and the top five were performed script-in-hand during the March semi-finals. Now, the winning playwright, Jessie Salsbury, gets a two-night workshop event of her play ADOPTION OF GRIEF, July 13 and 14.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association holds the Winner Workshop for their second New Works Playwright Competition. With this initiative, OCTA invited local playwrights to submit teasers of never before seen scripts and the top five were performed script-in-hand during the March semi-finals. Now, the winning playwright, Jessie Salsbury, gets a two-night workshop event of her play ADOPTION OF GRIEF, July 13 and 14.

The time has come for Olathe Civic Theatre Association to prepare for its second New Works Playwright Competition Finals! After receiving nearly double the number of entries from last year, the members of the NWPC committee have narrowed the pool to five finalists. Applicants submitted a ten-page teaser vetted by the committee and then ten semi-finalists were asked to send in full scripts. Now, OCTA will present the five teasers, from four original plays and one original musical, at this year's New Works Playwright Competition Finals in early March.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) is thrilled to announce it will once again host its New Works Playwright Competition for the second year in a row. A unique opportunity for local playwrights in the Kansas City Area (Jackson, Clay, Platte, or Cass counties) and Kansas, the competition-style event was a hit with both patrons and participants last season. The public aspect of the competition is comprised of two events: the finalist performances in March and the Winner Workshop performances in July.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) is thrilled to announce it will once again host its New Works Playwright Competition for the second year in a row. A unique opportunity for local playwrights in the Kansas City Area (Jackson, Clay, Platte, or Cass counties) and Kansas, the competition-style event was a hit with both patrons and participants last season. The public aspect of the competition is comprised of two events: the finalist performances in March and the Winner Workshop performances in July.

Twenty-three performers who have performed with organisations and venues including the National Theatre and Royal Court in London, the English National Opera, National Theatre of Scotland, Citizens Theatre and Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre and Traverse Theatre will be taking to the stage to perform the supporting role during the month-long Festival Fringe run of Scribble, winner of the Assembly Roxy Theatre award, opposite Alan MacKenzie in the lead role of Ross.

Local playwright Michelle Tyrene Johnson, winner of Olathe Civic Theatre Association's inaugural New Works Playwright Competition, returns for the Winner Workshop of the competition's wildly popular script, The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip.

Local playwright Michelle Tyrene Johnson, winner of Olathe Civic Theatre Association's inaugural New Works Playwright Competition, returns for the Winner Workshop of the competition's wildly popular script, The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip.

???????Olathe Civic Theatre Association is pleased to announce the five finalists whose work will be showcased during the theatre's inaugural New Works Playwright Competition March 10 and 11. Audiences will see short teasers of scripts submitted by local playwrights earlier this season and will vote for the script that will receive a full workshop at OCTA this summer. The winner will be announced following the second night of the competition.

???????Olathe Civic Theatre Association is pleased to announce the five finalists whose work will be showcased during the theatre's inaugural New Works Playwright Competition March 10 and 11. Audiences will see short teasers of scripts submitted by local playwrights earlier this season and will vote for the script that will receive a full workshop at OCTA this summer. The winner will be announced following the second night of the competition.

???????Olathe Civic Theatre Association is pleased to announce the five finalists whose work will be showcased during the theatre's inaugural New Works Playwright Competition March 10 and 11. Audiences will see short teasers of scripts submitted by local playwrights earlier this season and will vote for the script that will receive a full workshop at OCTA this summer. The winner will be announced following the second night of the competition.

Montreal's English theatre community gathered in celebration at the beautiful and historic Rialto Theatre on Monday October 24th for the 4thannual METAs ceremony, honouring excellence in Montreal English theatre for the 2015-2016 Season.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) is thrilled to announce that it will host its first New Works Playwright Competition, a unique new opportunity for local playwrights in the Kansas City Area.

The Montreal English Theatre Awards (METAs) recognize and celebrate outstanding artistic work in Montreal's English Theatre. Established in 2012, the peer-juried awards exist to promote professional and emerging English theatre artists and companies, to heighten their visibility both regionally and beyond, and to elevate the level of critical discourse about theatre in Montreal amongst artists and with the community at large.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) continues its 2015-16 season with the door-slamming British farce No Sex Please, We're British, by Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot. The show begins tonight, April 15 and continues through May 1 and is directed by Bob Stewart.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) continues its 2015-16 season with the door-slamming British farce No Sex Please, We're British, by Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot. The show runs April 15-May 1 and is directed by Bob Stewart.

Title 66 Productions, the company that brought Clive Barker's play The History of the Devil to the Fantasia International Film Festival, is excited to present Nuclear Sky: The Experiment as part of Montreal Digital Spring 2015. This devised, collectively created work will be at Theatre Rouge du Conservatoire for five shows only, tonight, June 3, through June 7.