? Peninsula Players Theatre will present a reading of "Who Am I This Time? (& Other Conundrums of Love)" by Aaron Posner, adapted from stories by Kurt Vonnegut at Bjorklunden at 7590 Boynton Lane, Baileys Harbor at 7p.m., Monday, April 4. Posner's charming comedy explores love, pure and complicated, by weaving short stories from Vonnegut's early masterpiece "Welcome to the Monkey House." Join the Players reading of comedic love stories that explores, with warm hilarity, human foibles in a small town. Admission is free.
While the remarkable and long awaited New England Premier of Kurt Vonnegut's 'God Bless You Mr. Rosewater,' is just a few short weeks away from being played out on Cape Cod Community College's Tilden Arts Center Main Stage.
Want to be in an Encores! production? This is your chance!
New York City Center will hold an open audition for teen actors (ages 13-18) on Saturday, March 19, at Talent Unlimited High School (317 East 67th Street) for the Encores! Off-Center production of Runaways-Elizabeth Swados' landmark 1978 musical about the stories, fears, and fantasies of young people living on the streets.
On Wednesday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m. at the fashion-forward Soho shoe boutique Fiorentini + Baker, Soldier Kane will play live (Soldier on violin and banjo, Kane on guitar and drums) in front of projections of Art Kane's groundbreaking photographs to celebrate the release of their new CD Soldier Kane on Mulatta Records as well as the success of the recently released Art Kane book from Reel Art Press.
The next show in the Vortex Theater will be Terra Nova, by Ted Tally. Opening March 25 and running until April 17, the play covers the last leg of the ill-fated 1912 Terra Nova South Pole expedition, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Co-directed by Mark Hisler (left, in below image) and Aaron Worley (right), this show is a cunning balance between a thoughtful social commentary and a visceral human trial. Mark Hisler and I met to discuss this balance, and the history behind it.
?Peninsula Players Theatre will present a reading of "The Love List" by Norm Foster at Bjorklunden at 7590 Boynton Lane, Baileys Harbor at 7p.m., Monday, March 7. "The Love List" is a careful-what-you-wish-for comedy by Norm Foster, often hailed as "Canada's Neil Simon." Join the Players reading of this firecracker comedy that examines men's expectations of the perfect woman. Admission is free.
BroadwayWorld Rhode Island readers nominated four area companies as 'Rising Stars/Theaters to Watch' during the 2015 Regional BroadwayWorld Awards. Now, in a four-part series, the artistic directors from each theater join BWW RI as guest bloggers, sharing their creative vision and inspiration in their own words. Next up is Jeff Church, the founding Artistic Director of the Burbage Theatre Company in Providence, RI.
The Pearl Theatre Company is pleased to present the New York premiere of Stupid Fu**ing Bird, Aaron Posner's award-winning wry riff on Anton Chekhov's masterpiece The Seagull. Directed by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's Artistic Director Davis McCallum, the production, running March 15-May 8, scoops up Chekhov's tale of unrequited love, missed opportunities, and misplaced dreams and sets it down squarely in the bustle of 21st century life. With its rebellious title evoking Constantine's subversive play-within-a-play from the original, it captures the heartbreaking humor of the tale while playing as brilliantly with dramatic form as Chekhov himself once did.
?Peninsula Players Theatre will present a reading of "The Who & The What" by Ayad Akhtar, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, at Bjorklunden at 7590 Boynton Lane, Baileys Harbor at 7p.m., Monday, February 1. This play reading is produced with support from and in conjunction with Door County Reads and its exploration of Akhtar's novel "American Dervish." Join the Players reading of a fierce and funny new play about family, faith and what happens when the two disagree. Admission is free.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANDA JUNE is the only full length play by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., based on his novel of the same name. Like many Vonnegut works, it captures beautifully the absurdity of life, death and senseless violence all while making you laugh so hard you worry you'll hurt yourself. Burbage Theatre Company has taken this under-utilized gem and shined it up perfectly. Though the play takes place in 1970, it's shocking to note how well it holds up, especially when acted and directed so well.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE the only play by the great American satirist Kurt Vonnegut Jr, directed by Wendy Overly, begins previews January 7 as the first play in the Burbage Theatre Company's winter series, This Winter's War. Happy Birthday, Wanda June runs through February 5 at Aurora Providence, 276 Westminster Street, Providence, RI. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
The Burbage Theatre Company, just after their critically acclaimed summer rep series Loving the Ghost, mounts another 'mini-season' at Aurora Providence.
Academy Award-nominated actor James Franco (The Interview, 127 Hours, Milk) performs Kurt Vonnegut's satirical classic SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE available exclusively from Audible today, November 3.
Academy Award-nominated actor James Franco (The Interview, 127 Hours, Milk) performs Kurt Vonnegut's satirical classic Slaughterhouse-Five available exclusively from Audible on November 3. Listeners can pre-order the audiobook now at audible.com/vonnegut.
The Oakland University Student Life Lecture Board and Gender & Sexuality Center will soon welcome well-known actress and LGBT advocate Laverne Cox as the first speaker in its annual educational lecture series for the campus community.
Emergent Arts Theater, as part of their UNclub series, and through the hospitality of Theatre Nova, is proud to present 'An Evening with Barry Crimmins' on October 4, 2015 at 8pm at the Yellow Barn, 416 W. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48103. All seats are $15.
Bad Theater Fest, created as a supportive, fun and open environment for artists to present their work, has announced their lineup of dramatic short plays, comedy shows, dance, puppet theater, solo shows and short films. Bad Theater Fest is part of the re-branding celebration at The PIT Loft (formerly Treehouse Theater), 154 W 29th St (b/t 6th and 7th Ave) - 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10001. The festival takes place over three consecutive weekends: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 plus Nov 5, 6, 7 with multiple performances each evening. Tickets are $15 and available for purchase at badtheaterfest.com or thepit-nyc.com.
