The Omaha Community Playhouse unveiled its eagerly awaited 2026–27 season, presenting a slate of live performances designed to uplift, captivate, and resonate with audiences.
The Cumberland Theatre will present a new adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, directed by Kimberli Rowley, from March 26 to April 4. This version, penned by Kate Hamill, offers a modern take on Jane Austen's classic.
San Francisco Playhouse will stage the Bay Area Premiere of Kate Hamill’s imaginative Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really. This darkly comic drama skewers power dynamics and slays traditional women’s roles.
An irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous sleuth and sidekick. This fast-paced romp re-examines the world's most famous detective story with a bold new feminist lens.
TRW has secured worldwide performance rights for NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE: The '70s Beehive Musical, expanding on the success of BEEHIVE: The 60s Musical.
At this time last year, the American Repertory Theater was premiering a stirring new dramatic adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” by actor and playwright Kate Hamill, which moved back and forth between King Odysseus and Queen Penelope during a three-hour production with two intermissions.
Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has proven so enduringly popular since it was first published in 1868 that it has been turned into two plays, a musical, an opera, 11 different feature films and TV movies, three Japanese anime versions, and even a 12-part Korean streaming series.
San Francisco Playhouse will stage the Bay Area Premiere of Kate Hamill’s imaginative Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really. This is a fierce new play that turns Bram Stoker’s gothic horror classic on its head.
Peterborough Players will present an exciting lineup for its 2026 summer season, featuring classic and contemporary plays.
Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
This past season was the year of the comedy in St. Louis Theater. Companies across the city had audiences laughing all season long with slapstick, farce, and satire. There were some wonderful musical productions that really sang, a few hard hitting dramas, but comedies reigned in both quantity and quality. Instead of publishing a Top 10 list this year, I’m going to recognize the Best in St. Louis Theater for 2025. “The Best” is still a shortened list of just 13 shows out of the nearly 90 shows I saw this past year. It took weeks of thought and painstaking consideration to decide which productions would be included in my annual list. Here they are. The productions are listed in alphabetical order, not ranked by favorites:
Hedgerow Theatre Company will stage the regional premiere of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN in Rose Valley. Based on Louisa May Alcott’s novel, the production follows the March sisters during the Civil War and features live music performed by the cast. Check out photos of the show.
The Holy Theatre, in association with the Jane Austen Society of North America New York Metropolitan Region, will present a one-time-only benefit performance of The Austens at Symphony Space in New York City.
At a time when the weather is colder, and winter is tuning up, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ production of Emma keeps us warm. The latest show of the company's 59th season is a vibrant feast of laughter and love.
Connection is the heart of every great story, and the heartbeat of Flat Rock Playhouse. In 2026, they celebrate the universal themes that unite us — love, resilience, and community — through seven productions.
Shakespeare & Company's traditional winter show will return this year with Sense & Sensibility by Kate Hamill, a fast-paced, staged reading wherein the wit and romance of Jane Austen's classic tale come to life.
Literary lovers are invited to raise a teacup to Jane Austen to celebrate her 250th birthday at Shakespeare & Company. Ann Berman will be joined by Sense & Sensibility Director Ariel Bock.
Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy by Kate Hamill at the Santa Fe Playhouse provides insightful commentary on the nature of predators in a post “me-too” world through a retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with a refocus that frames women at the center of the story.
La Jolla Playhouse has appointed two-time Tony Award-nominated director Jessica Stone (Kimberly Akimbo, Water for Elephants) as the Playhouse’s new Artistic Director.
Syracuse Stage will welcome the season with “A Christmas Story,” a nostalgic winter tale of one small town boy's big holiday dreams, directed by Syracuse Stage Artistic Director Robert Hupp.
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