June Carryl News

IAMA Theatre Company has selected Agyeiwaa Asante as the 2026 recipient of the Los Angeles-based theatre company’s The Rhimes Unsung Voices Playwriting Commission.

GIRL BLUE, a new play exploring the life of Nina Simone, will have its first UK industry reading at Seven Dials Playhouse, directed by Michael Matthews and written by June Carryl.

 Getty's Villa Theater Lab will present Thieves of California,  a performance inspired by Aeschylus's ancient Greek tragedy, Seven Against Thebes and set in a dystopian future in California.

Directed by Isadora Wolfe this production is rather unusual and quite unique. It is physical, poetic and charged with emotional power. Packed with passion, revenge, hubris and heartbreak, METAMORPHOSES is a gripping night of theatre that proves the ancient myths still burn with relevance today.

In Other People's Shoes Productions will produce a staged reading of James Still's play based on the true stories of two Holocaust survivors who were friends of Anne Frank's in Amsterdam. Learn more here.

Echo Theater Company will present the The Enabler Monologues, a theatrical protest event that exposes the enablers of fascism — the politicians, billionaires, media moguls and power players who paved the way for Trump’s return. Learn more.

Echo Theater Company will present the The Enabler Monologues, a searing, darkly comedic, one-night-only theatrical protest event that exposes the enablers of fascism. Learn more!

IAMA Theatre Company has selected Alicia Carroll as the 2025 recipient of the Los Angeles-based theatre company’s The Rhimes Unsung Voices Playwriting Commission, sponsored by IAMA Patron of the Arts Shonda Rhimes.

Production photos for 5-Star Theatricals' first production of its 2025 season, Cabaret, have been released. Check here for the photos and more details.

The Menopause Monologues (directed by Lisa Anne Morrison) is set to open at the iconic birthplace for new plays, Theatre of NOTE in Hollywood. Learn more about the production!

Celebration Theatre will welcome in The Divine this holiday season with Tales of the Transistors: The Divine. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Written by acclaimed actress and playwright June Carryl and produced by Imagine Theatre, this light-hearted, fantastical voyage through the savanna is inspired by folktales and origin stories from South Africa.  There is a charming Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland feeling of whimsy and adventure afoot in this production.

“The Girl Who Made the Milky Way,” a world premiere, family-friendly theatrical experience commissioned by Imagine Theatre, opens tonight in a partnership between Imagine and The Colony Theatre, where performances take place. Check out photos here!

Imagine Theatre in partnership with The Colony Theatre will present a world premiere, family-friendly theatrical experience inspired by a Khoisan myth. An original commission by Imagine Theatre, The Girl Who Made the Milky Way is written by acclaimed playwright June Carryl. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

In Other People’s Shoes Productions has revealed the next event in their Show & Tell series with a reading of (In)Visible Me, a play geared for teens. Learn how to attend.

Imagine Theatre welcomed Allycia Atania to its Board of Directors. Atania brings extensive experience in TV, film, and regional theatre, along with a background in cultural sociology and arts education. Learn more about Atania and the role.

Casting has been announced for the fourth and final week of The Blank Theatre's 32nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival. The last three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be presented live onstage August 1–4.

Casting has been announced for week three of The Blank Theatre’s 32nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival. The next three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be presented live onstage July 25–28.

It’s easy to understand why Blue garnered excellent reviews and a Fringe First Award for their run in Edinburgh last year. It’s an intense, alarming, carefully eloquent, and raw achievement. It’s a reactive and reactionary piece of theatre, real and terrible, relevant and urgent. If all that doesn’t entice you to book for this exquisite sociopolitical debate, it’s only 60 minutes long and the perfect prologue to an evening of discussion at a bar.

BLUE, the play which has just opened at Seven Dials Playhouse will be holding two Black Out nights on 18th  and 27th  of March.