Kevin Kling News

Merrimack Repertory Theatre will unveil its exciting 2025-26 season, bringing a dynamic mix of drama, music, comedy and compelling cultural narratives to the stage. This season will include stories that resonate deeply across diverse experiences.

The ability to tell our stories and share of ourselves, with a community that is eager to reach out, is a superpower we all have.  We are, truly, indivisible; and we should take advantage of every chance we have to break bread, share our stories, and broaden our horizons. The Contemporary American Theater Festival has been one of West Virginia’s perennial treasures, and is well deserving of our support.  Be sure to plan your Summer around everything CATF has to offer!

ILLUSION THEATER celebrates its 50th anniversary with a season of new plays and special performances, honoring its legacy of producing transformative theater on pressing social issues.

Enjoy free outdoor performances at the Amphitheater at Lyndale Gardens in Richfield, Minnesota. See who is performing!

With an eye to the future, MRT announced today five new commissioned playwrights: Vichet Chum, Kevin Kling, Melinda Lopez, Dael Orlandersmith, and Kalean Ung.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) dives into the lazy, hazy days of summer with a comical delight for the entire family May 4-22 with the East Coast Premiere of Best Summer Ever, written and performed by Kevin Kling, the acclaimed playwright, storyteller, and contributor to NPR's “All Things Considered,” according to Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.

April has a variety of events to offer in venues across the Seattle Center campus with something for everyone to do. With the 60th anniversary of the World's Fair and the Ukraine A/NT Gallery show, there is no shortage of fun activities taking place at Seattle Center this month, and you don't want to miss out. 

This spring, Seattle Center is home to an array of events made just for kids to keep their minds curious – even when they're outside the classroom.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre will present Broadway couple Christina Acosta Robinson and Ken Robinson from March 30 to April 16 in Back Together Again: The Music of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway.

Gales of laughter will boost spirits in Lowell this winter when Merrimack Repertory Theatre celebrates America’s funniest Mom ever with Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End by Allison Engel and Margaret Engel, featuring Karen MacDonald, from January 19 to February 6, according to Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.

The Guthrie Theater announced it will present Kevin Kling's Tales From the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log on Tuesday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m. on the Wurtele Thrust Stage.

For the first time in 21 months, Merrimack Repertory Theatre will return to The Nancy L. Donahue Theatre for indoor performances when it presents a world premiere holiday comedy, The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge by Trista Baldwin, from November 26 to December 12, according to Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.

Mixed Blood Theatre presents the World Premiere of ANIMATE by Ken LaZebnik, performed at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, September 17-26, 2021.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre will continue its 2021-22 Season with Allison Gregory's Wild Horses, a woman's hilarious account of one wild summer in her youth, from September 17 through October 3 at various alternative locations and via video on demand, according to Nancy L. Donahue Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.

Music Director Osmo Vänskä and the Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra today announced plans for the ensemble’s 2021-22 season that runs from September 2021 to June 2022 and includes Classical, Live at Orchestra Hall, Movies & Music, Holiday and Relaxed Family concerts.

The season will include the world premiere of The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge by Trista Baldwin, a new concert of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway classics, the East Coast premiere of Best Summer Ever, and two productions that were postponed due to the pandemic.

Music Director Osmo Vänskä and the Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra today announced plans for the ensemble's 2020-21 season.

The Circuit Playhouse, Inc., parent company to The Circuit Playhouse, TheatreWorks at the Square, and Playhouse on the Square have announced their 2020-2021 Season.

American Alliance for Theatre & Education has announced the winners of their 2019 awards. This annoucement comes before AATE's 32nd annual conference which will be held in dynamic and vibrant New York City from August 1-5, 2019. Take a look at the winners below!

Impending Executive Director of Adventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC) Leon Seemann and exiting Artistic Director Michael J. Bobbitt announce the full line-up and all-female directing team for the 2019-2020 Season.