Premiere Stages at Kean University will hold its 9th Annual Spring Readings Series Thursday, March 14 through Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, March 17th at 3:00 pm in the University Center Little Theatre, located on Kean's Central Campus, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, N.J. This year's readings will feature the 2013 Premiere Stages Play Festival finalists Brownsville Song by Kimber Lee (Lark Playwrights' Workshop, Ma-Yi Writers Lab), Soldier's Heart by Tammy Ryan (Primus Prize Winner for Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods), Ontario Was Here by Darren Canady (Jeff Award-nominated Brothers of the Dust), and The Beautiful Dark by Erik Gernand (New Works Project Winner at T. Schreiber Studio). One new play will be read by professional actors each evening, and the public is encouraged to actively participate in the new play development process through post-reading dialogues with the writers. Patrons are also afforded the opportunity to provide written evaluations.
Page 73 Productions, an Off-Broadway theatre company dedicated to developing and presenting works by early-career playwrights, will support the development of four new plays by playwrights Mary Hamilton, Kait Kerrigan, Kimber Lee, and Cori Thomas as part of their 2013 Page 2 Workshop, it has been announced by Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Co-Executive Directors of Page 73 Productions.
Off-Broadway's Page 73 Productions - a company dedicated to producing and developing works by early-career playwrights - will double the financial award associated with their annual P73 Playwriting Fellowship to $10,000 beginning in 2013, it has been announced by Page 73 Executive Directors Liz Jones and Asher Richelli. "We're thrilled to provide more financial assistance to playwrights who are just starting out and who are trying to make a name for themselves in New York City and all over the country," said Executive Director Liz Jones.
The Lark Play Development Center named five New York City-based dramatists as Playwrights' Workshop Fellows for the 2012-13 season. The group spans a wide range of cultural backgrounds and professional experiences and will meet regularly through June to develop new plays.
The Hansberry Project has announced the lineup for the 2nd Annual 'REPRESENT! A Multicultural Playwrights Festival' today, July 17 through July 22 at ACT Theatre.
ACT - A Contemporary Theatre's Mainstage switches from the farcical marriage comedy of Lewis Black's One Slight Hitch to the dark and haunting humor of Harold Pinter. The Hansberry Project also brings to the stage Seattle's second Multicultural Playwrights Festival. The Seagull Project presents their first in a series of Russian readings with The Great Soul of Russia, and in The Construction Zone, ACT will feature Steven Dietz and his new play, A Year Without Summer.
Southern Rep is thrilled to announce RAMP by Eisa Davis as winner of The Ruby Prize, a new play contest which awards $10,000 to a woman of color playwright and future development workshops at Southern Rep, as well as in New York City.
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents the world-premiere of FIGHT, a new play by third-year MFA in Playwriting candidate, Kimber Lee and directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Technology, Charles Otte, and Lee.
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents the world-premiere of FIGHT, a new play by third-year MFA in Playwriting candidate, Kimber Lee and directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Technology, Charles Otte, and Lee.
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents the world-premiere of FIGHT, a new play by third-year MFA in Playwriting candidate, Kimber Lee and directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Technology, Charles Otte, and Lee.
Aspen's acclaimed Theater Masters will present its third annual 'Take 10,' an evening of nine 10-minute plays from aspiring playwrights across the country as part of its National MFA Playwrights competition on May 26th - 29th at Off-Broadway's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (224 Waverly Place).
