Kevin R. Free News

Filmmaker Nate Neal's adventure-comedy TREASURE OF THE LOST REEL, shot on Kodak Super 16mm film and starring William Russ, will hold its World Premiere at Village East by Angelika during the Big Apple Film Festival.

Portland Stage will begin 2026 with big belly laughs! Bringing this three-time Tony Award-winning laugh riot, Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig, to the stage.

FRIGID New York and The Apollo will present the 17th season of the Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival, a platform for playwrights of African and African-American descent to write and produce evocative material for diverse audiences.

Phoenix Festival will present DR. UNCANNY PRESENTS: MOREAU ’96, a staged reading with music adapted from David Gregory’s 2014 documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (courtesy of Severin Films). 

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) just announced its 2025-2026 season—a line-up of bold new plays that cross cultures, generations and borders, featuring stories of love, intersectionality and resistance.

CHUANG Stage will present the world premiere of Mfoniso Udofia’s The Ceremony, the sixth play in her Ufot Family Cycle, September 11–October 5, 2025, at Boston University’s Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, directed by Kevin R. Free.

Yendor Theatre Company will launch Soul-O, a new series celebrating the richness and vibrancy of the one-person play. The series will kick off on Saturday, June 28 with No History, a raw and intimate new solo play written and performed by actor and playwright Reynaldo Piniella.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival will present Kudzu Calling, written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays and directed by Kevin R. Free. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Jersey City Theater Center and The New Jersey Play Lab will present the inaugural Garden State New Play Festival from May 1–4 and 8–11, 2025.

Portland Stage’s latest production, Steven Dietz’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s MURDER ON THE LINKS, aims to lighten the winter blues with a comic take on the usually formulaic murder mystery. 

The award-winning queer musical comedy 'HOMOS! A Solo Disaster Musical, bitch' by and starring Dan Kitrosser will return to New York. Learn more!

Portland Stage Company will kick off 2025 with laughter. MURDER ON THE LINKS hits the stage this month. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

FRIGID New York will present the 16th season of the Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival, a platform for playwrights of African and African-American descent to write and produce evocative material for diverse audiences, at wild project.

Mile Square Theatre will present the holiday show of their 21st season, the World Premiere of THE CHRISTMAS SHOW MUST GO ON, written by Pia Wilson. Learn more here!

The Fire This Time Festival will present Melda Beaty, Rachel Herron, and Marcus Scott as playwrights for its New Works Lab. Learn more about the Lab and about the playwrights!

Mile Square Theatre will partner with the Hoboken Business Alliance and Live And In Color foror A Diwali Celebration, conceived and directed by Devanand Janki & Kevin R. Free.

MILE SQUARE THEATRE  has announced the FIRST show of their 21st season: The New Jersey Premiere of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, written by JOHN MINIGAN.

Portland Stage Company will bring back the smash comic hit, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. 

The League of Independent Theater has announced the 2024 New York Independent Theater Award recipients, highlighting exceptional leadership, service, and artistry in the indie and off-off Broadway community.

Voyage Theater Company will present SAY GAY PLAYS, an evening of queer theater to benefit New Alternatives For Homeless LGBT Youth on Monday, May 13 at NYU Skirball.