Lisa Joyce News

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Beast, written by Michael Weller and directed by Jo Bonney, will begin performances Friday, August 29 at 8pm, at NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. Opening night is scheduled for Monday, September 15 at 7pm. The production will run through Sunday, October 12.

Sundance Institute today announced the acting company for its 2008 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, to be held July 7 to July 27 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. The 2008 ensemble company includes: Satya Bhabha, (Queens Boulevard) Reed Birney (Stuff Happens), J. Alex Brinson (The Happening), Amari Cheatom (Histoire du Soldat), Michael Chernus (Hunting and Gathering), Tracee Chimo (Water and Discarded Hair), Jennifer Dundas (Good as New), Greg Felden (Naked Will), Chinai Hardy (In the Red and Brown Water),Erin Hill (a-ha), Nicholas Hormann (The Little Foxes), Ella Joyce (Roc), Lisa Joyce (U.S. Drag), Christina Kirk (Well),David Margulies (Angels in America, 45 Seconds from Broadway, Wonderful Town), James McDaniel (Malcolm X), Kristine Nielsen (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Green Bird), Deirdre O'Connell (In the Blood, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore), Nija Okoro (August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone), Alison Pill (The Lieutenant of Inishmore), Susan Pourfar (The Last Sunday in June), Gita Reddy (Hindustan), Heidi Schreck (Major Barbara), Jeanine Serralles (Hold, Please), Lois Smith (The Trip to Bountiful, Buried Child, The Grapes of Wrath) and Susie Sokol (The Sound and the Fury).

Off-Broadway's new theater company the stageFARM present the premiere of Blackburn Prize winner U.S. Drag by Gina Gionfriddo, directed by Trip Cullman. Limited engagement through March 16 at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row. Opening Night is Saturday evening, March 1 at 8PM.

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Off-Broadway's new theater company the stageFARM has announced the complete cast for the upcoming Off-Broadway premiere of Blackburn Prize winner U.S. Drag by Gina Gionfriddo, directed by Trip Cullman. Performances begin Saturday, February 23 at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street), with Opening Night set for Saturday evening, March 1 at 8PM.

The Best of the National Tours that played Baltimore!

The new Off-Broadway theatre company the stageFARM has announced that the world premiere engagement of its current production, Vengeance, has been extended through December 1.

The Off-Broadway theatre company the stageFARM has announced the world premiere of Vengeance, a series of five original 10-minute plays for a limited engagement through Saturday evening, October 20 at The Cherry Lane Theatre.

Having moved gracefully through the moral shadowlands of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt, acclaimed actress Adriane Lenox now finds herself in a lighter realm - that of Noel Coward's hilarious classic Blithe Spirit, which plays the Williamstown Theatre Festival from July 18th through 29th.

WHO: The First National Tour WHAT: Doubt WHEN: Through May 13; Tues - Sat at 8PM, Sat at 2PM, Sun at 1 & 630PM. WHERE: Hippodrome Theatre HOW MUCH: $25 - $60 + fees.

We recently sat down with Adam Rapp and discussed his latest work Essential Self-Defense. We also talked writing routines, directors and the midwest in this revealing interview.

Superb cast brings John Patrick Shanley's award-winning play to life in thought-provoking and moving production

Cherry Jones has extended her contract and will continue as Sister Aloysius in the national tour of Doubt

Doubt opens in Chicago with Tony Award Winner Cherry Jones.

Tony Award-winners Cherry Jones and Adriane Lenox, from the original cast of Doubt, star with Chris McGarry and Lisa Joyce in the hit national tour of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play

Tony Award -winning Best Actress Cherry Jones stars in the National Touring production of the Tony Award - and Pulitzer Prize-winning play DOUBT, a 'superb new drama' (The New York Times) by John Patrick Shanley. The production, directed by Tony Award -winner Doug Hughes, will make its Chicago premiere at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) for a limited three-week engagement beginning January 9 - 28, 2007

'Doubt' - the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner for Best Play - with Broadway's Cherry Jones, arrives in San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre November 7 through December 3.

Adriane Lenox, Chris McGarry and Lisa Joyce will join Cherry Jones in the upcoming national tour of Doubt

Red Light Winter playwright Adam Rapp and star Christopher Denham will appear on 'Theater Talk' this Friday, June 16th

Red Light Winter, written and directed by Adam Rapp, played a sold-out extended run at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, and is now being presented in New York.