APAC to Hold LOVE TRAPEZOID Workshop, 2/10-18
by Kelsey Denette
- Jan 18, 2012
THE ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (APAC) is proud to present an APAC Workshop of Matt Schatz's Love Trapezoid, directed by APAC Artistic Director Tom Wojtunik. Love Trapezoid will play four performances only at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church (30-44 Crescent St, Astoria, NY 11102. Entrance on 30th Road.) Performances are February 10-11 and February 17-18.
Kane Prestenback Releases Children's Storybook
by Kelsey Denette
- Dec 4, 2011
Emerging Off-Broadway talent Kane Prestenback recently announced the release of his first Children's Storybook, 'The Adventures of Little Kane: Quest for the Perfect Present.' "Adventures with Little Kane" is now available for purchase from the Blurb Bookstore, and at http://kaneprestenback.com/adventures in bookstore-quality softcover & hardcover editions, and the new release of iPad/iPhone compatible iBooks format.
Actors Theatre of Louisville Announces Lineup for the 36th Annual Humana Festival
by Lauren Wolman
- Nov 13, 2011
Actors Theatre of Louisville is thrilled to announce the lineup of the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. This year's Festival will feature 10 world premieres that celebrate 14 vital voices in American theatre today. Described by Gordon Cox at Variety as "one of the most prominent showcases of fully staged new plays in the U.S." the Festival is a driving force of new play development in America and attracts a national and international audience of nearly 40,000 theatre professionals and enthusiasts each year. This season, the Humana Festival runs February 26 through April 1, 2012.
Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein states,"I am incredibly proud of our artistic team and the selections in the 2012 Humana Festival. The plays that we announce today will join a prestigious catalogue of work we have launched into the American theatre repertoire. The Humana Festival remains a standout event in the American theatre, drawing local, national and international attention and attracting arts professionals and theatre enthusiasts from across the country. Last year's Humana Festival boasted more than 100 performances and attracted visitors from 44 states and 9 countries. We are extremely grateful to the Humana Foundation, whose commitment to support the Festival's mission is unmatched.'
This year's Festival showcases seven full-length plays, including a play by five writers commissioned by Actors Theatre and featuring the Acting Apprentice Company, and an evening of three ten-minute plays (yet to be announced). The productions will run in rotating repertory in Actors Theatre's 633-seat Pamela Brown Auditorium, 318-seat Bingham Theatre and 159-seat Victor Jory Theatre.
"We are tremendously excited to support an array of remarkable voices in this festival lineup that brings together a diverse collection of aesthetics, cultural perspectives and original stories," remarked Amy Wegener, Actors Theatre's Literary Director."This constellation of amazing playwrights includes a mix of men and women, experiences that range from the suburban Midwest to the Middle East, veterans of Broadway and writers who'll see their work produced on this scale for the first time. The Humana Festival's commitment to production as a vital stage of new play development, with the writer's imagination as our compass, allows the creative teams to fully engage with the possibilities of the plays' rich theatrical worlds-and for audiences to share in that discovery."
Idris Goodwin, who will make his Humana Festival debut, said, "How We Got On launches my most recent theatrical endeavor: to pay homage to Hip Hop in the Midwest, the culture that shaped me as a writer. What greater affirmation than to participate in this country's most essential new play festival.'
'I'm tremendously grateful and thrilled that my odd play about a vampire with second thoughts will premiere at the Humana Festival," said playwright Greg Kotis on having his play selected. "I've had the honor to participate in the Festival twice before, first as a co-author of BRINK! (an anthology show written for and performed by Actor Theatre's Acting Apprentice Company), and then as a performer in and an author of one of the ten-minute plays. The Humana Festival continues to be one of the essential events of our national theatre season, and I'm very happy to be a part of it once again.'
Mona Mansour said, "I am thrilled to be invited to be in this year's festival, where so many plays I admire were launched. And I am equally thrilled to be there with Mark Wing-Davey, who directed the very first reading of The Hour of Feeling at the Public Theater."
This year's festival program will feature (in chronological order):
Seven full-length world premieres, including
The Veri**on Play by Lisa Kron
How We Got On by Idris Goodwin
The Hour of Feeling by Mona Mansour
Eat Your Heart Out by Courtney Baron
Death Tax by Lucas Hnath
Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards by Greg Kotis
Oh, Gastronomy! by Michael Golamco, Carson Kreitzer, Steve Moulds, Tanya Saracho and Matt Schatz, performed by the Actors Theatre Acting Apprentice Company.
An evening of three Ten-Minute Plays (to be announced)
The 2012 Humana Festival schedule also features special industry weekend packages, networking opportunities, discussions and soiree events, making Louisville the place to be in American theatre this spring. For more information on individual plays, see below.
Actors Theatre celebrates the 36th Annual Humana Festival with its underwriter The Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Humana, Inc. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.
Editor: The involvement of The Humana Foundation in the Humana Festival of New American Plays is very important to us. We would greatly appreciate inclusion of its participation in your coverage. The Humana Festival represents the largest and longest-running active partnership between a corporation and a theatre in the United States.
Playwrights Foundation Presents 1st Annual San Francisco 1-Minute Play Festival, 12/18 & 12/19
by Lauren Wolman
- Nov 27, 2010
It's theater boiled down to its essence. Sixty Seconds from lights up to lights down. The much-anticipated short-form theatre festival comes to San Francisco in partnership with new play development center Playwrights Foundation! Curated by Dominic D'Andrea, the program will present over 80 plays all under sixty seconds by some of the most exciting emerging and established writers in the American Theatre
Red Fern Presents GOOD EGG 10/22, 10/23
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 22, 2010
RED FERN THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Dorothy Fortenberry?s GOOD EGG, directed by Kel Haney.
Red Fern Presents GOOD EGG 10/22, 10/23
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 23, 2010
RED FERN THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Dorothy Fortenberry?s GOOD EGG, directed by Kel Haney.
Red Fern Presents GOOD EGG 10/22, 10/23
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 21, 2010
RED FERN THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Dorothy Fortenberry?s GOOD EGG, directed by Kel Haney.
Red Fern Presents GOOD EGG 10/22, 10/23
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 22, 2010
RED FERN THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Dorothy Fortenberry?s GOOD EGG, directed by Kel Haney.
Red Fern Presents GOOD EGG 10/22, 10/23
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Oct 19, 2010
RED FERN THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Dorothy Fortenberry?s GOOD EGG, directed by Kel Haney.
Fourth Annual One-minute Play Festival Held at APAC 9/25-26
by BWW
News Desk
- Sep 26, 2010
THE NEW YORK ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL and ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER are pleased to announce THE 4TH ANNUAL NEW YORK ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL. September 25 and September26 at 8:00pm, at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church (30-44 Crescent St, Astoria, NY 11102. Entrance on 30th Road.)
Fourth Annual One-minute Play Festival Held at APAC 9/25-26
by BWW
News Desk
- Sep 25, 2010
THE NEW YORK ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL and ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER are pleased to announce THE 4TH ANNUAL NEW YORK ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL. September 25 and September26 at 8:00pm, at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church (30-44 Crescent St, Astoria, NY 11102. Entrance on 30th Road.)
Red Fern Presents GOOD EGG 10/22, 10/23
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 24, 2010
RED FERN THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Dorothy Fortenberry?s GOOD EGG, directed by Kel Haney.
Fourth Annual One-minute Play Festival Held at APAC 9/25-26
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 10, 2010
THE NEW YORK ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL and ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER are pleased to announce THE 4TH ANNUAL NEW YORK ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL. September 25 and September26 at 8:00pm, at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church (30-44 Crescent St, Astoria, NY 11102. Entrance on 30th Road.)
Walden Theatre Announces ALICE IN WONDERLAND
by BWW
News Desk
- Jun 19, 2010
The Walden Theatre Summer Academy, a bedrock theatre summer program for children ages 8-13, will perform Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on five weekends this summer.
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