Lauren Gunderson News

Actor Niall Costigan (Coronation Street) is set to join the cast of Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will as it embarks on the next leg of its European Premier, heading to Shakespeare North Playhouse October 19th- November 11th 2023.  Learn more about the production here!

Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio with Hub Theatre's production of 'The Book of Will' directed by Bryn Boice. A story of friendship and legacy, filled with love, loss, and Shakespearean shenanigans. Running from October 27 to November 12, 2023, at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre. 'Pay-What-You-Can' tickets available.

Silent Sky comes to Theatre Tallahassee next year. Performances run February 23 - March 10, 2024. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets ehre!

Following the initial run in Chester last year, Joanna Woodward is soon set to lead the opening of The Time Traveller's Wife in the West End this October. She talks to us about the value of creating from the ground up, the universality of this story, and the joy of a complex female character.

Magdalena Miecznicka is set to make her playwriting debut at Hampstead Theatre with Nineteen Gardens, an intimate two-hander directed by Alice Hamilton and starring Olivia Le Andersen and David Sturzaker. 

All new rehearsal photos have been released for The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical. The world premiere production of The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical will open at the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End on 1 November, with previews from 7 October 2023.  Check out the photos here!

ActorsNET of Bucks County has announced the company’s exhilarating 27th Season with six diverse shows ranging from a modern political farce to a charming Shakespearean classic.  Learn more about the lineup here!

What did our critic think of THE BOOK OF WILL at Ottawa Little Theatre?

An event four hundred years in the making! To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publishing of Shakespeare's First Folio, Hub Theatre Company of Boston will close its season with Lauren Gunderson's The Book of Will, directed by Elliot Norton Award winner Bryn Boice.

A cerebral thriller that puts its humanity front and centre, anthropology is a strong start to Hampstead's new season

Experience William Shakespeare's The Tempest presented by The CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program, opening September 20, 2023. Don't miss this captivating production.

The Original Cast Recording to THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE: THE MUSICAL will be released later this month. The Original Cast Recording will be released on 29 September 2023. Pre-order the album now here!

Shakespeare North will bring to life the story and the history behind the creation of the First Folio. Learn more about the event here!

11 Minutes Theater Company presents “The Revolutionists” October 5 - October 21 at The People’s Building. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!

Olney Theatre's Vanguard Arts Fund has selected a diverse group of artists, including renowned playwright Lauren Gunderson, for their latest round of awards. Learn more about the talented individuals recognized and supported by this prestigious fund.

What did our critic think of COSTA RICAN ACTOR ISA CONDO-OLVERA STARS AS MARIANA IN LAUGHS IN SPANISH at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre?

Live Arts Theater has announced a dynamic lineup of four plays, a powerhouse musical, and a new works festival for its 2023/24 Expectations Season. The 33rd anniversary season opens with Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA performed in rotating repertory with LIFE SUCKS. by Aaron Posner, followed by a holiday offering-the sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice-MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. The Tony award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS hits the Live Arts stage in the new year, with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein, followed by the Virginia premiere of the powerful two-hander FIREFLIES by Donja R. Love. The Expectations Season closes with the return of the Live Arts WATERWORKS festival, a month-long celebration of new theatrical works that brought in more than 600 submissions and engaged hundreds of volunteers during its inaugural year.

The full cast has been announced, joining the previously announced David Hunter (Henry) and Joanna Woodward (Clare), Tim Mahendran (Gomez), Hiba Elchikhe (Charisse) and Ross Dawes (Henry’s Dad) in The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical. Find out who else will star in the new musical here!

Lauren Gunderson asks pressing questions about AI in her new sci-fi thriller

Sierra Stages will present The Revolutionists, a blistering comedy that follows four famous women as they navigate the perils and politics of The French Revolution. Presented as the next installation of Theater by the Book, The Revolutionists runs one night only on Wednesday, September 13 7pm at Miners Foundry in downtown Nevada City, CA.