Mara Manus News

The Public Theater offered New Yorkers a free staged reading of Winter Miller's In Darfur in Central Park for one night only, on Monday, July 9th.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus in association with playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog, Venus) and Producer Bonnie Metzgar's 365 National Festival has announced 365NYC JulyFest - a festival that will offer an explosion of innovative presentations of Suzan-Lori Parks' '365 Days/365 Plays' during the month of July.

The Public Theater'sproduction of Shakespeare's classic tragedy King Lear, directed by Tony Award-winning James Lapine and featuring Tony Award-winner Kevin Kline, opened on March 4th

The Public has extended its new production of Shakespeare's King Lear, directed by Tony Award-winning James Lapine and starring Tony Award-winner Kevin Kline.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus in association with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' and Producer Bonnie Metzgar's 365 National Festival have announced that March / April schedule of the New York presentations of Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 Days/365 Plays.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce casting for The Public's new production of Shakespeare's King Lear directed by Tony Award-winning James Lapine.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus are pleased to announce that Nicki Genovese will join The Public Theater staff as its new General Manager, beginning part-time in December and full-time on January 2nd

Academy Award-nominee Ed Harris stars in the US premiere of Wrecks, a new play written and directed by Neil LaBute that opened at the Public Theater on October 10th

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that the U.S. premiere of WRECKS, written and directed by Neil LaBute and featuring Ed Harris, has sold out for its run and will be extended for three additional weeks with performances running through November 19th. Previews began on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 in the Anspacher Theater. The press opening is Tuesday, October 10, 2006.

Mother Courage, presented by the Public Theater, opened at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park on August 21st after beginning previews on August 8th

On September 6th, the Public Theater will hold a free reading of David Hare's Stuff Happens

The world premiere of José Rivera's play School of the Americas opens today, July 6th

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus in association with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' and Producer Bonnie Metzgar's 365 Days/365 Plays Project are inviting New York City's theater companies to participate in the year-long production of Parks' 365 Days/365 Plays

The world premiere of José Rivera's play School of the Americas will begin previews tomorrow, June 20th; the official opening will be July 6th, and the show will close on July 23rd

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that the first preview of Shakespeare in the Park's Macbeth will be delayed by one day.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce its 2006-07 Season, exciting new productions that will usher in The Public's next 50 years as one of the nation's leading producers of Shakespeare and new work.

LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater have announced complete casting for the world premiere of José Rivera's play School of the America, starring John Ortiz and Patricia Velasquez and running from June 20th through July 23rd

The New York premiere of David Hare's critically acclaimed play STUFF HAPPENS will be extended for the second time, adding a total of eight weeks to the original run.

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that The Public Theater's 2006 Summer Gala will bring the Public's 50th Anniversary Season to a close by honoring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep, two prominent actors who have made significant artistic contributions to The Public Theater over the last four decades.

The Public Theater is taking applications for the 2006 Shakespeare Lab, a thirteen-week acting intensive scheduled to take place May 30th through August 27th; the application deadline is Friday, March 31st