Lanford Wilson News

Co-Founders Patrick Reilly and Tucker Aust have launched The Queer Ensemble. The collective's inaugural event will be a staged reading of Craig Lucas' The Dying Gaul. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 20, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Learn about the finalists for the 2024 Steinberg-ATCA New Play Award, announced by the American Theatre Critics Association.

The cast and creative team has been announced for the West Coast premiere of Martin McDonagh's HANGMEN at San Jose Stage Co.

Catch Margaret Curry's encore performances of THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN at Laurie Beechman Theatre on April 6 and May 4. Don't miss the 2024 Bistro Award-winning show.

Elliot Norton winners Kiki Samko and Victor Shopov lead the cast in Hub Theatre's production of BURN THIS by Lanford Wilson. The play, a funny exploration of life and loss, runs at the Boston Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre, April 6-21, 2024.

Discover the exciting new plays in the 2024-2025 season at City Theatre, including the 50th anniversary celebration.

Playwright Christopher Durang is the recipient of The Dramatists Guild's 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Learn more about Durang and about the award!

United Solo will present “Somewhere in Between,” a compelling one-man show written and performed by Adam Thompson and directed by Gideon McCarty. This thought-provoking production delves into themes of hope, dreams, and the complexities of love, offering a poignant exploration of the struggles faced in pursuit of artistic aspirations.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company will present “Punch-Drunk Love Song: Romance on Stage, Screen, and Beyond,” Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. Learn more about the event!

A reading of Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok will be performed at Boise Contemporary Theatre as part of the 5X5 Reading Series. The reading is set for March 11.

New York City's oldest and longest producing LGBTQIA+ theater company TOSOS has announced The 2024 Chesley/Chambers Reading Series, celebrating queer voices as part of the company's 50th Anniversary Season.

Deep Flight Productions is presenting the limited Off Broadway engagement of Lanford Wilson’s THE MOONSHOT TAPE and A POSTER OF THE COSMOS. Get a first look at photos below.

Elliot Norton winners Kiki Samko & Victor Shopov star in Lanford Wilson's Burn This with Hub Theatre. The show will run Saturday, April 6, through Sunday, April 21, 2024, with performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and on Sundays at 2:00 pm at The Boston Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre.

Playwrights Foundation announces cohort and finalists for Resident Playwrights Program, offering a two-year residency to Bay Area playwrights for artistic growth and career advancement. Meet the selected playwrights: Cat Brooks, Ruben Grijalva, Sloka Krishnan, and Leigh M. Marshall.

Ma-Yi Theater Company has announced that Lisa Sanaye Dring has been awarded a 2024 Tow Foundation Playwright Residency. Ma-Yi has also announced the 2024 Ma-Yi Writers Lab cohort, which is the largest collective of AANHPI playwrights in the country.

Third Rail Repertory Theatre presents Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok and directed by Cristi Miles, running March 1 - March 17, 2024 at CoHo Theatre.

To inaugurate its 10th anniversary season, New Mexico Actors Lab has announced that Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross will return for a third benefit production, this time performing a staged reading of Lanford Wilson's endearing love story, Talley's Folly.

Tanya Berezin, actress and former Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company has passed on November 29th at the age of 82 from lung cancer, according to the New York Times. She was at home of her daughter, Lila Thirkield, in San Francisco. 

New Dramatists will honor Michael Greif, the acclaimed director of this season's Days of Wine and Roses, The Notebook and Hell's Kitchen at its Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14.