Lauren Gunderson News

Capital Arts Theater Guild will present its inaugural installment of their new national musical development program, the National Music Theater Foundry. Taking place on January 24 & 25, 2025, at the Theatre Raleigh Arts Center's TR STUDIO.

New Village Arts has announced our first production of 2025: the San Diego premiere of THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE to be performed on the Ray Charles Stage in the Conrad Prebys Theatre at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center.

Cast and production team have been announced for Citadel Theatre’s upcoming production of Lauren Gunderson’s I AND YOU. I AND YOU will open on Friday, February 21, 2025.

Jane Austen and Christmas go hand-in-hand, like ornaments and trees or Santa and Rudolph. Luckily for us, Capital Stage has brought back one of my favorite Austen-inspired works, Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley. It is the third in a trilogy of plays by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon that focus on the Bennet sisters in the years following Pride and Prejudice.

New Village Arts has announced its first production of 2025: the San Diego premiere of THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE to be performed on the Ray Charles Stage in the Conrad Prebys Theatre at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center

South Coast Repertory will bring the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Orange County native Sanaz Toossi home with the West Coast premiere of her comedy Wish You Were Here.

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly might be my favorite secular Holiday offering – a shining jewel that follows the Bennet sisters of Jane Austin fame attempt at a cheery Xmas week mired by romantic foibles reminiscent of a good Shakespeare play. Award-winning playwright Lauren Gunderson developed this play, co-authoring the Christmas at Pemberley plays (Miss Bennet, The Wickhams, and Georgiana and Kitty) with Margot Melcon, former director of new play development at Marin Theatre Company. They have become beloved staples at TheatreWorks and this production shines through its stellar casting and excellent creative crew.

BroadwayWorld chats with Bay Area native Sophie Oda about her return to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley after 20 years to appear in 'Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley' playing through December 29th in Palo Alto.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has released first look photos of the holiday play Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, written by Bay Area playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon.

Michael Lluberes, the founding producing artistic director of FIM Flint Repertory Theatre, is leaving the theatre after more than six years of service. Learn more about his plans here!

ActorsNET is visiting the famous Pemberley estate for the third time with Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s “GEORGIANA AND KITTY: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY,” the final play in the Pemberley trilogy. 

New Mexico Actors Lab 2025 Season features five engaging and compelling plays by award-winning playwrights: Bike America by Mike Lew (May 1-18), the premiere of local playwright Dale Dunn's A Subtle Kind of Murder (June 5-22), Cowboy Mouth by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith (September 11 - 28), Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive (October 16 - November 2), and The Half Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson (November 20 - December 7).

Welcome back to the Pemberley Estate of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon's holiday hit trilogy - CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY at Capital Stage.

Northlight Theatre will continue its 2024–2025 season with Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women adapted by Lauren Gunderson from the novel by Louisa May Alcott, directed by Associate Artistic Director Georgette Verdin.

San Francisco Playhouse is currently collaborating with a lineup of 16 established and emerging playwrights to pen new plays. Learn more about the plays and about the Playhouse!

The Cloverdale Playhouse in Montgomery, Alabama revealed its 2025 season, 'A Season of Give And Take,' focusing on themes of compassion, understanding, and the transactional nature of human interactions. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Clague Playhouse will present Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, from Friday, November 8 through Sunday, December 8, 2024. See photos of the cast.

City Theatre has announced the second subscription season show of the 2024/2025 season, a delightful companion piece to last season’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly—The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon.

ActorsNet of Bucks County at the Heritage Center will present its upcoming holiday show - Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. The show will be held at Heritage Center Theatre in Morrisville.

The Denver Center Theatre Company has announced the playwrights, dates, and details for the 2025 Colorado New Play Summit (CNPS). Learn more about the festival here!