Margo Jones News

NAATCO today announced the inaugural production of the NAATCO National Partnership Project: Queen, written by playwright and screenwriter Madhuri Shekar (House of Joy) and directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar.

Soul Rep Theatre Company will close its 2021-2022 season with the regional premiere of Nigerian-American playwright Ngozi Anyanwu’s colorful and imaginative play about grief, friendship, and an immigrant family – GOOD GRIEF: A Best Friend Play

The Classics Theatre Project, under the artistic direction of Joey Folsom, has curated a 2022 season of four dynamic productions fitting the company's mission to bring the classics to audiences in accessible and relevant ways.

The Classics Theatre Project, under the artistic direction of Joey Folsom, has curated a 2022 season of four dynamic productions fitting the company's mission to bring the classics to audiences in accessible and relevant ways. Spanning countries of origin, regions of America, and various eras, the works highlight the universality of the human condition and the sameness of the issues in human relationships that, regardless of time and place, endear a work as a classic.

Join the Segal Book Talk series Wednesday, December 1 at noon, for a conversation with Alexis Greene & Emily Mann about Greene's new book, Emily Mann: Rebel Artist of the American Theater. The discussion will be moderated by Frank Hentschker.

Seattle Center, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Climate Pledge Arena, Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition, and Seattle Kraken have partnered to create Artists at the Center — a new opportunity for emerging artists and the community to commemorate Climate Pledge Arena's inaugural year.  

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has named director and playwright Emily Mann, the former artistic director of the McCarter Theatre, as the recipient of its annual Gordon Davidson Award.

Through our Women in Theatre Through the Decades features, we will be highlighting the vital role that women have played in theatre history, showcasing those who paved the way and who continue to make history today. 

The Classics Go Texan Y'All. The Classics Theatre Project presents James McLure's Lone Star, live and outdoors at The Margo Jones Theater in Fair Park. With safety a top priority, a COVID safe protocol is in place including mandatory masks, contactless box office, touchless temperature checking, social distancing throughout the space, fully trained staff guiding audiences through the process and a flexible, physically distanced seating design where patrons chairs are not set up until they arrive, to meet their personal specifications, so audience members feel confident they can enjoy this much loved favorite safely.

Wynn Handman, the famed New York acting teacher and Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre, died at home April 11, 2020 of Covid-19 related pneumonia. He was 97.

Millennial Poison Theatre Co. presents the regional premiere of The Residents of Craigslist by Lucy Cashion and Will Bonfiglio.

Blake Hackler's new play surrounds three sisters in an East Texas town that have a dark family secret. Weaving scenes from the past and present, What We Were is a story of escaping, coping, and caring, decades in the making. Can one ever truly go home again?

Under the keen direction of Emily Scott Banks, this newest offering from TCTP endows the play with an air of intimacy that is both thrilling and heartbreaking.

Joey Folsom, Artistic Director of The Classics Theatre Project, today announced casting and the creative team for the first production of the 2019 season, Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke." 

On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Mahira Kakkar) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Greg Wood), a successful and charismatic restaurateur. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship with food and wine, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the full cast for the world premiere of Kiss My Aztec! John Leguizamo teams up with Artistic Director Tony Taccone for this musical comedy, following their collaboration on the hit one-man show Latin History for Morons, which received its world premiere at Berkeley Rep before heading to Broadway. Leguizamo will serve as co-writer and co-lyricist only for Kiss My Aztec! - 11 other talented actors will perform in this production. Taccone will also direct.

Van Quattro skillfully directs a powerhouse ensemble in the tight confines of the Margo Jones Theatre, moving actors in natural yet dynamic ways that create Sam Shepard's signature sense of suspense and claustrophobia.

The Classics Theatre Project presents its first production of the 2019 season, Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love." Directed by Canterbury Company Resident Artist (CCRA) Van Quattro, the ensemble cast features many CCRA members including Joey Folsom as Eddie, Sasha Mya Ada as May, Braden Socia as Martin, as well as Chris Messersmith as The Old Man.

Joey Folsom, Artistic Director of The Classics Theatre Project, today announced casting and the creative team for the first production of the 2019 season, Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love." Directed by Canterbury Company Resident Artist (CCRA) Van Quattro, the ensemble cast features many CCRA members including Joey Folsom as Eddie, Sasha Mya Ada as May, R. Andrew Aguilar as Martin, as well as Chris Messersmith as The Old Man. "Fool for Love" runs March 6-30at The Margo Jones Theatre.