Lanford Wilson News

T. Schreiber Studio (Artistic Director Terry Schreiber) announced today it will extend its critically acclaimed revival of Lanford Wilson's seminal play BALM IN GILEAD through Sunday, December 12.

Both Matt and Sally have reasons for staying single. But they discover it's their secrets that could bring them together.

The Common Tongue's CONNECT FIVE unites new writers with established playwrights in an evening of one act plays by award winning writers Wendy MacLeod and Lucy Thurber and emerging playwrights Danny Mitarotondo and Bronwen Prosser.

The Common Tongue announces casting for CONNECT FIVE, an evening of one-act plays that unites new writers with established playwrights.

Rising Phoenix Repertory announces the FOURTH PLAY IN THE CINO NIGHTS SERIES BUSTED a new play by FLORENCIA LOZANO / directed by PORTIA KRIEGER featuring Maggie Bofill, Audrey Esparza, Nate Miller, Puy Navarro, Ana Reeder, and Jeanine Serralles

STONEHAM THEATRE'S SEASON 11: GREAT STORIES

T. Schreiber Studio (Artistic Director Terry Schreiber) announced today it will extend its critically acclaimed revival of Lanford Wilson's seminal play BALM IN GILEAD through Sunday, December 12.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present its forty-first world premiere, To Cross the Face of the Moon / Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, commissioned by HGO through its Song of Houston project. Music by José 'Pepe' Martinez, music director of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, with libretto by acclaimed Broadway director and author Leonard Foglia, the opera will be performed in concert by a cast that includes mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, baritone and HGO studio alumnus Octavio Moreno, and Martinez, together with Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, on Saturday, November 13, 2010, at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Texas. This will be Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán's only Houston performance in 2010.

'COLOGNE, Or The Ways Evil Enters The World.' the short story, was first published by Windfall Press. Its production history began in 1999 at Highways in Santa Monica starring the author, and under David Schweizer's direction continued at The Tiffany Theatre in West Hollywood produced by Paula Holt & Eileen T'Kaye. It subsequently played at Theatre 150, Ojai, at The Evidence Room, LA, at Santa Fe Playhouse, New Mexico, Off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Theatre (adding Suzi Dietz to the producing team), and finally at the Lavender Footlights Festival in Miami. The current production marks the debut of Harry Hart-Browne in the role and the first time an actor other than the playwright has assayed the role.

Both Matt and Sally have reasons for staying single. But they discover it's their secrets that could bring them together.

Following the sold out performances and overflow crowds at its first two Cino Nights presentations (of Gary Sunshine's BEST SEX EVER and Mando Alvarado's (O)N THE 5:31), Rising Phoenix Rep continued the series November 7th with Courtney Baron's HERE I LIE which was performed by Denis Butkus and Samantha Soule to a sold out house. In this two-character play, 'Maris and Joseph have made their beds and now have to lie in them. Two people connected by illness, loneliness, and the need to be understood, they navigate the murky waters of subjective truth. If you believe it, can you make it true?' The production was directed by Rising Phoenix Rep artistic director Daniel Talbott.

Second Stage Theatre will present the New York premiere of Rajiv Joseph's (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) Gruesome Playground Injuries featuring Pablo Schreiber and Jennifer Carpenter in 2011, the New York Times reveals today. Scott Ellis will direct. Preview will begin on January 5, 2011, with an opening night scheduled for January 31, 2011.

THE PRODUCTION COMPANY is now ready to unveil our beautiful, larger space - The Lex Theatre in Hollywood's Theatre Row - and we are thrilled to announce the first three plays of our 2011 Season!

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess, which opens the new Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle, the third theater space in the Mead Center.

The Athena Theatre Company proudly presents A Staged Reading of Waking Up 'Love is not an inevitability.'by Augusto Federico Amador

Rising Phoenix Repertory announces the THIRD PLAY IN THE CINO NIGHTS SERIES- HERE I LIE a new play by Courtney Baron, directed by Daniel Talbott and featuring Denis Butkus and Samantha Soule

Classic drama, contemporary comedies, a world premiere and even a western. The University of Houston's School of Theatre & Dance 2010-2011 performance season has something for everyone.

STONEHAM THEATRE'S SEASON 11: GREAT STORIES

Barefoot Theatre Company - now in its 12th season Off-Broadway - will present the world-premiere of Chiara Montalto's play EMERGENCY USED CANDLES, with previews beginning November 4 and a press opening night set for November 6 at the Studio Theatre (38 Commerce St.) at Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan.

Barefoot Theatre Company - now in its 12th season Off-Broadway - will present the world-premiere of Chiara Montalto's play EMERGENCY USED CANDLES, with previews beginning November 4 and a press opening night set for November 6 at the Studio Theatre (38 Commerce St.) at Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan.