Epic Theater Ensemble brings out the vote on Election Eve with 'First Vote '08,' a one-night only special event to benefit Epic's innovative, civic-minded in-school and after-school education programs.
The three theater organizations from across
the nation, Golden Thread Productions in San Francisco,
the Lark Play Development Center in New York, and Silk
Road Theatre Project in Chicago, who formed Middle East
America (MEA): A National New Plays Initiative have
awarded the 2008 Middle East America Distinguished
Playwright Award to Adriana Sevan.
Epic Theater Ensemble, in partnership with John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will host a one-night only special event to benefit Epic's innovative, civic-minded in-school and after-school education programs. Some of today's top writers and performers will honor a large group of First Time Voters with an evening of satirical, scandalous, and inspiring short plays, songs, sketches, and toasts
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Acting Managing Director Fred Walker have announced that the next event in NYTW's special series of twenty-fifth anniversary public programs will be 'Two-and-a-Half Decades of Serving the Artist,' a discussion exploring the 'workshop' component of the theatre's activities on Monday, March 24 at 7:30pm, at NYTW, 79 East 4 Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery.
Expanding on its 50-year history of developing new plays and cultivating new voices for the American Theater, The Public Theater has announced the 12 members of the inaugural Emerging Writers Group, a new program launching next month that targets playwrights at the earliest stages in their careers and nurtures their artistic growth by providing necessary resources and support.
The Public Theater has announced the fall line-up for 'New Work Now!,' a nationally recognized festival of free play readings that showcases a new generation of artists for the American Theater