Mary Shelley News

Stagecrafters presents Frankenstein, a new adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic horror story, on Stagecrafters' 2nd Stage, Friday, October 18, through Thursday, October 31.

This Halloween season, Found Stages' Frankenstein's Funeral will take audiences on a physical journey through Mary Shelley's 200-year-old novel. This immersive experience takes place Oct. 4_Nov. 3, 2019 at St. John's Lutheran Churcha?"a historic Atlanta home once known as Stonehenge Mansion, converted into a church in 1959.

Found Stages is disrupting the patriarchal interpretation of Frankenstein. Since as early as the 1840s, this classic story by a woman ahead of her time has been stripped of its complexity to showcase the scientist as the hero of progress, battling an ignorant monster. This October, Found Stages' Frankenstein's Funeral will correct this long-standing misrepresentation of Mary Shelley's 200-year-old novel.

An eerie evening of ghost stories crackles to life as Mary Shelley spins her tale of love, horror, power, and unholy experimentation. This visceral new adaptation from Lookingglass Theatre Company brings together inventive staging, acrobatics, and a unique in-the-round experience to McCarter's Matthews Stage.

2020 marks the 20th birthday of the Dragon Productions Theatre Company and is the first season that new co-artistic directors Alika Spencer Koknar and Bora a?oeMaxa?? Koknar have programmed for the company. The theatre season is the typical mix of Dragon produced a?oeMain Stage Seriesa?? shows and a?oe2nd Stages Seriesa?? plays. However, in 2020, as part of a company re-branding effort in progress, the 2nd Stages series will be renamed the Dragon's Nest Incubator Program to better acknowledge Dragon's commitment to the development of local artists of varying disciplines.

When you see Halloween decorations lining the aisles of every store, you may groan -- autumn has hardly begun! But at the Walnut Street Theatre, spooky season is in full swing, and you won't be sorry for it.

The full cast of Sydney & The Old Girl has been confirmed, as previously announced Miriam Margolyes and Mark Hadfield will be joined by Vivien Parry for Eugene O'Hare's world premiere black comedy. Directed by Phillip Breen, the production will open on 31 October, with a national press night on Tuesday 5 November at 7pm.

Today, the JCCSF announced two new events for its Arts & Ideas 2019a?"20 season, presented in partnership with Litquake. On Tuesday, October 15, writer Jeanette Winterson will reimagine Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for the 21st century. The following night (Wednesday, October 16), BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg will discuss his new hilarious, heartbreaking short-fiction collection, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory. The 2019-20 Arts & Ideas lineup will feature music icons, world class authors and poets, and inspiring entrepreneurs. The lineup will continue to expand as additional events are announced.

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Rona Munro's revised version of the seminal gothic horror novel places 18-year-old writer Mary Shelley amongst the action, as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now.

FRANKENSTEIN, the Off-Broadway musical playing at St. Luke's Theatre on Tuesdays at 7 PM, has been extended into its 4th calendar year, as an open run, with tickets through January 28, 2020 on sale now.

Back by popular demand for this Halloween week, the Capital Classics Theatre Company presents radio theatre-style performances of H.G. Wells' science fiction novel a?oeThe Invisible Mana?? at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford on Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 27 at 2 p.m.

Eleven world premiere plays and musicals seen first by Chicago audiences were among those receiving nominations by the Jeff Awards, announced today. A total of 192 nominations were made in 34 categories that honor Chicago Equity theatrical productions that opened between August 1, 2018 and July 31, 2019. During the 2018-19 season, Jeff Awards judges attended opening nights of 132 Equity productions offered by 43 producing organizations and from these openings, 112 productions were a?oeJeff Recommendeda?? and eligible for award nominations.

With Friday 30 August marking both Frankenstein Day and Mary Shelley's 222nd birthday, the cast of the Belgrade Theatre's forthcoming co-production of Frankenstein have been marking the occasion by paying a visit to one of the author's old haunts.

The Hult Center team announces the next season of programming.

New Generation Theatrical has announced the 16 play selections that will perform in the inaugural Be Original Theater Festival at the Dr. Phillips Center. The festival will be held at the Dr. Phillips Center October 4 a?" 6, 2019, and will feature 32 total performances over three days, spread throughout the Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater and the Rehearsal Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center.

With a chilling new staging of Frankenstein heading to Coventry this October, the Belgrade Theatre is teaming up with Fargo Village's Big Comfy Bookshop for a spooktacular celebration of the author's 222nd birthday.

The California premiere of Nick Dear's FRANKENSTEIN, directed by Michael Michetti and adapted from the original novel by Mary Shelley, is currently running as a stand-alone production through September 8th at A Noise Within. This electrifying tale of a creature cast away by his creator into a hostile worlda?"only to wind his way back in a dangerous game of destructiona?"has captivated audiences for over 200 years. The gothic story comes to life with Nick Dear's adaptation of the chilling fable by Mary Shelley, animating the themes of social rejection, intellectual hubris, and the nascency of good and evil.

A NEW adaptation of the Gothic masterpiece Frankenstein comes to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, next month (September).

Doctor Frankenstein, a play by George Allison asks, 'What if Mary Shelley got it wrong... on purpose?'