Lauren Gunderson News

Playwright Lauren Gunderson will be honored with the Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award at the 41st William Inge Theatre Festival. Join us from April 18-20, 2024, as we celebrate Gunderson's contributions to the American theater.

Get into the holiday spirit with Main Street Theater's production of Disney's Beauty & the Beast. Running from Nov. 12 - Dec. 23, 2023 at MST @ MATCH, this enchanting show is perfect for the whole family. Don't miss out on this heartwarming tale of love and adventure.

BBC Radio 4’s hit history podcast You’re Dead To Me, will be heading to Shakespeare North Playhouse this month for a very special episode all about the life, work and legacy of William Shakespeare.

City Theatre has announced the second production of its 2023/2024 season (49th overall), Lauren Gunderson (The Revolutionists, City Theatre 2018) and Margot Melcon's Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, directed by Kyle Haden, which runs from November 25 – December 17 on the City Theatre Main Stage. 

Discover the most-produced plays of the season, including 'What the Constitution Means to Me' and 'Clyde's.'

29th Street Playwrights Collective presents PARK SLOPE QUARTET, a staged reading by Catherine Rogers. Harry Michaels hires a poetry tutor, Elsie, as he prepares for the end of his life, leading to an age-defying love affair with life and death. Directed by Kathy Gail MacGowan.

Just in time for the Holidays, BTE presents 'Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley' Nov. 16-Dec. 17. Get ready for a festive and heartwarming production that will transport you to the world of Jane Austen's beloved characters.

Titan Theatre Company has revealed its 2023/24 season in their home as the official 'Company in Residence' at Queens Theatre in beautiful Flushing Meadows Park. 

The ​Reading Theater Project has announced the first play of the Season of Wonder: Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson. The production opens Thursday, November 2, 2023 and runs for one weekend only at the Yocum Institute’s Schumo Theater.

UIS Performing Arts Center presents Springfield's Readings on ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence on November 6th. Join more than 50 communities in addressing gun violence through powerful theater performances. Tickets available at UISpac.com.

San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Youth Theater Project has announced its participation in the Nationwide Reading of ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence on Mon., Nov. 6, 2023 - 6:30pm - SF Mime Troupe Studio.

This Time, a new single performed and written by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart, from THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE: THE MUSICAL, is available to stream now! Listen to the song here!

PYGmalion Theatre Company will open its 2023/2024 season with 'The Half-Life of Marie Curie' by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Fran Pruyn, from Nov. 3 to Nov. 18 at the Rose Wagner Center for Performing Arts. Learn more about the production here!

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.

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.

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!

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!