Kip Fagan News

Glass Bandits Theater Company will present the World Premiere of playwright Paul Cameron Hardy's (semi-finalist for the Page 73 2013 Playwriting Fellowship) feeling.directed by Eddie Prunoske (In Memoriam: a recession play in 13 acts with House of Yes), October 5-26 at The New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher Street between Washington and Greenwich). The production will feature Meredith Burns* (wolves in abasement with Glass Bandits), Donna Haley* (Blanche in Brighton Beach Memoirson Broadway), Carl Holder* (The Boogman Thumbs A-1-A with Glass Bandits), Ben Mehl* (The Comedy of Errors with The Public Theater), Quinn Meyers (Red House), and Luke Robertson* (Good Television with Atlantic Theater). The creative team will include Set and Lighting Design by Josh Smith (Blind Guy Alley at Incubator Arts Project), Costume Design by Andrea Hood (Here Lies Love at Williamstown), Sound Design by Erik T. Lawson (Candy Tastes Nice at Madame X) and Props Design bySandy Siu (CW's The Carrie Diaries).

Single tickets for Long Wharf Theatre's 2012-13 season are on sale starting Monday, August 5.

Atlantic Theater Company has just announced that Robert Beitzel, Halley Feiffer, Susan Pourfar and Tony Award nominee Deborah Rush will star in the world premiere production of Academy Award winner Ethan Coen's first full length play WOMEN OR NOTHING, staged by acclaimed director David Cromer.

The Araca Group's AracaWorks will present a week-long reading series featuring the New York premieres of three plays by Duncan Macmillan, Randall Colburn, and Joe Waechter. Gaye Taylor Upchurch, Kip Fagan, and Margot Bordelon will direct the series.

The first weeklong residency was held at The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in Tarrytown, New York from June 21-29. It featured playwrights Stephen Brown and Max Posner, along with director Portia Krieger and a company of actors. The Pocantico Center residency, established in 2008 by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, supports artists in their creative process. This was Page 73's fifth summer sending playwrights to the residency.

The Araca Group's AracaWorks will present a week-long reading series featuring the New York premieres of three plays by Duncan Macmillan, Randall Colburn, and Joe Waechter. Gaye Taylor Upchurch, Kip Fagan, and Margot Bordelonwill direct the series.

Actors Peter Friedman, Bobby Moreno and Kelly McAndrew will participate in staged readings of Grand Concourse by Heidi Schreck (There are No Big Secrets, Creature) at the Cape Cod Theatre Project. Readings are tonight, July 18th, 19th, and 20th at 8 p.m. at Falmouth Academy.

Actors Peter Friedman, Bobby Moreno and Kelly McAndrew will participate in staged readings of Grand Concourse by Heidi Schreck (There are No Big Secrets, Creature) at the Cape Cod Theatre Project. Readings are July 18th, 19th, and 20th at 8 p.m. at Falmouth Academy.

Join director Kip Fagan (The Revisionist with Vanessa Redgrave and Jesse Eisenberg; Grand Concourse by Heidi Schreck) and playwright/actress Halley Feiffer (I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard) for Cape Cod Theatre Project's third StageTalk of the season. The conversation takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, July 16 at 10 a.m at Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA.

Join Broadway playwright Sharr White (The Other Place, The Snow Geese), for Cape Cod Theatre Project's second StageTalk of the season. The conversation begins Tuesday, July 9 at 11 a.m at West Falmouth Library, 565 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, Mass.

HERE has announced its 2013-2014 producing season, launching in Fall 2013 with a premiere Artistic Director production, Trade Practices, by Kristin Marting & David Evans Morris; followed by three productions from artists in the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP): BOTCH by Joe Diebes; The Pigeoning by Robin Frohardt; and Keep Your Electric Eye On Me by Shaun Irons & Lauren Petty. HERE's upcoming season also includes the second annual PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre Now festival in January; HERE's yearly CULTUREMART festival which gives audiences a first look at new work in process from HERE Resident Artists; and a presentation from the Dream Music Puppetry Program, to be announced.

Join Academy Award Nominee Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Playwright Rinne Groff (Compulsion, The Ruby Sunrise) and Playwright in Residence Jackie Sibblies Drury (Soho Rep's We are Proud to Present a Presentation) for Cape Cod Theatre Project's First StageTalk of the season. The conversation begins today, July 2 at 10 a.m at Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA.

Join Academy Award Nominee Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Playwright Rinne Groff (Compulsion, The Ruby Sunrise) and Playwright in Residence Jackie Sibblies Drury (Soho Rep's We are Proud to Present a Presentation) for Cape Cod Theatre Project's First StageTalk of the season. The conversation begins Tuesday, July 2 at 10 a.m at Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced the company's 2013-14 season-its 19th-will include world premieres by Halley Feiffer, Charles Fuller, Samuel D. Hunter, Craig Lucas, Lucy Thurber, and Ken Urban.

Page 73 Productions - the Off-Broadway company dedicated to producing and developing works by early-career playwrights - will present a reading of their 2013 Interstate 73 member Peter Gil-Sheridan's play RITU COMES HOME on Monday, June 17 at 4pm at A.R.T./New York's Studios@520 (520 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Studio B) Davis McCallum (WATER BY THE SPOONFUL; ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE) will direct.

Husband-and-wife duo - two-time Tony Award-winner Katie Finneran (most recently on Broadway in 'Annie') and Darren Goldstein ('Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson') hosted the 15th Anniversary Benefit for the Off-Broadway theatre company Page 73 Productions last week at City Winery (155 Varick Street) in Manhattan. BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities and you can check out full photo coverage below!

Seduction and power, desire and sex are themes of David Ives' dark comedy Venus in Fur, receiving its Philadelphia premiere at Philadelphia Theatre Company tonight, May 24-June 23 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). Directed by Kip Fagan, the two-person cast features Mark Alhadeff and Jenni Putney.

Two-time Tony Award-winner Katie Finneran (most recently on Broadway in "Annie") and husband Darren Goldstein ("Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson") are set to host the 15th Anniversary Benefit for the Off-Broadway theatre company Page 73 Productions onWednesday, May 22nd 2013 at City Winery (155 Varick Street) in Manhattan. The evening's festivities begin at 7:00pm and will include dinner, cocktails (including specialty cocktail "The Caroline McGraw" in honor of the 2013 P73 Playwriting Fellow) and the annual New Play Bake Off. Longtime Page 73 supporters Carson and Joseph Gleberman will be honored at this year's benefit.

Page 73 Productions - the Off-Broadway company dedicated to producing and developing works by early-career playwrights - will present a reading of their 2013 Interstate 73 member E.M. Lewis' play SONG OF EXTINCTION on Wednesday, May 15 at 4pm at Roundabout Theater Company's rehearsal studios (115 West 45th Street 12th Floor). Calloway Award winner Carolyn Cantor (THE GREAT GOD PAN, AFTER THE REVOLUTION) will direct.

Long Wharf Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joshua Borenstein, announces the slate of plays for its 49th season.