Mary Overlie News

Experience Heather Kravas's unique performance in OVERLY MERRY at The Chocolate Factory Theater. This innovative show promises to captivate audiences with its creative approach to theater.

Omnibus Theatre's AI Festival today unveils a series of wraparound events to compliment the previously announced state-of-the-art headline programme. AI Festival is an urgent response to the cultural conversation surrounding the benefits and dangers of rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence and this additional activity aims to encourage audiences to join the discussion.

Today, The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative announced their plans for programming in Los Angeles that will take place during the summer, including two special installations of sculptor Alison Saar’s statue of Hansberry at Gloria Molina Grand Park from June 14th – June 30th and at the A C Bilbrew Library from July 7th – July 31st.

The Catastrophic Theatre is now presenting the world premiere of THEY DO NOT MOVE by Brian Jucha with the Catastrophic ensemble. There is joy to be found in this show because it brings its audience in, has them constantly take stock of new situations, causes them to reflect on the state of the world today, and strikes to inspire positive change.

The award-winning SITI Company has announced the final details for the SITI Legacy Plan. This includes the SITI Living Archive - a robust physical and digital archive, the book SITI Company: This Is Not A Handbook, transition grants for ensemble artists totaling $180,000, and the appointment of Brad Carlin as Managing Director.

The Catastrophic Theatre has announced the second production of our  2022-23 season, celebrating 30 years of making avant-garde theatre in Houston. 

SITI Company’s Board of Directors announced that longtime Executive Director, Michelle Preston, will be stepping down at the end of October after 10 years of leadership. Preston began her tenure at SITI as the Deputy Director in 2012 and was named SITI’s Executive Director in 2014 following the departure of Megan Wanlass.

The award-winning SITI Company has announced additional details for its Finale 30th Anniversary Season. At the conclusion of the finale season in December 2022, SITI Company will cease to operate in its current iteration as a touring, teaching, performing ensemble with an administrative staff and a studio.

WORLD RENOWN Teachers will deliver Summer Workshops in Acting -Voice - Movement Lighting and Stage Management at Rose Bruford College London: Online July & August 2022.

'A Connected Place', a new play by Youlim Nam just has been confirmed to reprise the show at the Kabayitos Theatre at the Clemente as a play reading on Oct 26th, 2021 at 8 pm.

Actor and Playwright Youlim Nam is one of 3,000 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program.

London's Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has assembled world-renowned Master Teachers to deliver Online Summer Master-Classes and Workshops in July and August 2021.

The 36th Annual NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, reconceived this year to honor all of the 2019/20 nominated artists, took place tonight as a virtual ceremony.

Today (August 25) in live streaming: the premiere episode of Next Year, Some Year, the Schuyler Sisters unite for Latino Victory Fund, and so much more!

Today (August 11) in live streaming: The Chers reunite on Stars in the House, John Cariani visits The Producer's Perspective, and so much more!

The Brick Theater, Title:Point, and Object Collection present Periscope, written by Ryan William Downey (Sleeping Car Porters, Biter (Every Time I Turn Around) airing live July 12th at 8pm EST via Out of an Abundance of Caution, an online performance series.

FoolsFURY and its Board of Trustees today announced that Ben Yalom will step down as the company's founding artistic director of 22 years.

Euripides' BACCHAE is one of the bloodiest of the Greek tragedies we have: a grisly tale of how violently the capricious Olympian gods can retaliate on mortals if they feel disrespected. Here, the god in question is Dionysus, god of wine, passion, fertility--and theater. As played by Ellen Lauren, he's sinewy and androgynous and lewd: part Mick Jagger, part mad imp.

Award-winning artists' collective Rogue Artists Ensemble is thrilled to announce the Inaugural Rogue Lab Readings Series, a four-day event that includes readings of seven new works written, directed, and designed by emerging LA artists, as well as post-show discussions and receptions. The reading series will feature new plays by 2018-2019 Rogue Lab playwrights Lisa Sanaye Dring, Eric Fagundes, John Guerra, Mildred Inez Lewis, Chelsea Sutton, and Jennie Webb, and a special new play presentation by writing team Taylor Coffman and Z. Lupetin.