La Mama E.T.C. News

'In Search of My Father...Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins,' written by and starring W. Allen Taylor of Berkeley, Calif., celebrates Black culture and the legacy of Black radio.

The Polish Cultural Institute and Culture Project present The Wild Finish written and performed by Monica Hunken and directed by Melissa Chambers.

The Bushwick Starr and Nellie Tinder will present the world premiere of Evelyn. Written and directed by Julia May Jonas and developed at the Starr, Evelyn is the next offering by Nellie Tinder.

The Bushwick Starr and Nellie Tinder are set to present the world premiere of Evelyn. Written and directed by Julia May Jonas and developed at the Starr, Evelyn is the next offering by up-and-coming company, Nellie Tinder.

Following its U.S. premiere in Chicago, "I Killed My Mother," a new play by Romanian playwright Andras Visky, will make its New York premiere at La MaMa E.T.C. this winter in a production staged by director Karin Coonrod.

The Polish Cultural Institute and Culture Project will present The Wild Finish written and performed by Monica Hunken and directed by Melissa Chambers.

CollaborationTown (The Play About My Dad, The Momentum) presents the World Premiere of THE DEEPEST PLAY EVER: THE CATHARSIS OF PATHOS by Geoffrey Decas O'Donnell with music by Michael Wells. Directed by Lee Sunday Evans and Jordan Seavey, previews begin March 9 at the New Ohio Theatre. An acclaimed 2006 production of this Brecht satire won an Outstanding Playwrighting Award at FringeNYC; this newly revised, reworked production is slated for opening on Wednesday, March 14.

The Bushwick Starr and Nellie Tinder are set to present the world premiere of Evelyn.

Following its acclaimed U.S. premiere in Chicago, I KILLED MY MOTHER, a new play by celebrated Romanian playwright András Visky, will make its New York premiere at La MaMa E.T.C. this winter in a production staged by director Karin Coonrod. Performances are from February 10 - March 4.

'In Search of My Father...Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins,' written by and starring W. Allen Taylor of Berkeley, Calif., celebrates Black culture and the legacy of Black radio.

Following its acclaimed U.S. premiere in Chicago, I KILLED MY MOTHER, a new play by celebrated Romanian playwright András Visky, will make its New York premiere at La MaMa E.T.C. this winter in a production staged by director Karin Coonrod. Performances are from February 10 - March 4.

The Polish Cultural Institute and Culture Project will present The Wild Finish written and performed by Monica Hunken and directed by Melissa Chambers.

As part of the Under The Radar Festival 2012, Japan Society proudly brings back the internationally acclaimed chelfitsch Theater Company to New York in the NY premiere of Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech. Written and directed by Toshiki Okada, this production plays Thursday, January 5 - Saturday, January 14 at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street).

La MaMa has announced that the world premiere of Oysters Orgasms Obituaries, written and performed by Raïna von Waldenburg, and designed and directed by Zishan Ugurlu, will begin performances Thursday, December 1 at 7:30pm, with a press opening set for Sunday, December 4, at 3pm, in La MaMa's First Floor Theatre, 74A East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue. Oysters Orgasms Obituaries is part of La MaMa's 50th anniversary season.

La MaMa in Association with The Katselas Theatre Company presents the New York Premiere of MAD WOMEN, conceived, written and performed by John Fleck.

In a featured presentation of its 50th Anniversary season, La MaMa E.T.C. will reprise 'Golem' by Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT), a dance-theater rendition of the famed Jewish legend that may have been the first-ever puppet 'Golem' when La MaMa presented it in 1997.

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced that, by popular demand, Hershey Felder will return to The Pasadena Playhouse with a special presentation of the world premiere of LINCOLN - AN AMERICAN STORY for Actor and Symphony Orchestra which will be performed in front of a 45-piece orchestra, preceded by his tour-de-force works, MONSIEUR CHOPIN - the love story of Frederic Chopin and the authoress George Sand, featuring Chopin's most beautiful piano music, and MAESTRO: LEONARD BERNSTEIN - the hit production that has played nationwide.

LAByrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vázquez, and Managing Director Danny Feldman) has announced the creative team for The Atmosphere of Memory by David Bar Katz.

Award-winning actor and musician Hershey Felder (George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin, Beethoven As I Knew Him) returns to Chicago with Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein. Combining first-person narrative with the music of composer Bernstein and the artists who inspired him, Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein is the story of the legendary American composer and longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic. Helmed by award-winning director Joel Zwick, Hershey Felder will return to Chicago's Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted, where from September 2004 through January 2006, he held residence with George Gershwin Alone and the World Premiere of Monsieur Chopin, culminating in 70 weeks of live performances. Maestro will begin previews on November 1st with press opening November 9th, and will play through December 30.

La MaMa has announced that the world premiere of Oysters Orgasms Obituaries, written and performed by Raïna von Waldenburg, and designed and directed by Zishan Ugurlu, will begin performances Thursday, December 1 at 7:30pm, with a press opening set for Sunday, December 4, at 3pm, in La MaMa's First Floor Theatre, 74A East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue. Oysters Orgasms Obituaries is part of La MaMa's 50th anniversary season.