Meera Rohit Kumbhani News

Casting has been announced for weeks four and five of The Blank Theatre's 30th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. Being presented as digital shorts, the final three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be available to stream on Vimeo July 22– August 11.

It may be an unfamiliar sport to most American audiences, but in Kate Attwell's ambitious new play Testmatch, cricket becomes a prism in which she explores the lasting legacy of British colonialism in the Commonwealth countries that regularly compete against their former rulers. Attempting to lob questions of race, gender, sexuality, and class across the centuries, it ultimately misses the wicket.

Tony Award winner and American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon announced the full cast and creative team for the scorching world premiere of Kate Attwell's Testmatch, a contrast of two time-traveling stories focusing on cricket, a game of strict rules and hidden violence.

Get all the scoop on WEIRD LONERS, airing on FOX on today, April 14, 2015!

Get all the scoop on WEIRD LONERS, airing on FOX on today, April 7, 2015!

Get all the scoop on WEIRD LONERS - *Series Premiere*, airing on FOX on today, March 31, 2015!

FOX is announcing premiere dates for new series WORLD'S FUNNIEST FAILS (working title) (Jan. 16), BACKSTROM (Jan. 22), THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (March 1) and WEIRD LONERS (March 31); and returning series MASTERCHEF JUNIOR (Jan. 6), GLEE (Jan. 9), THE FOLLOWING (March 2), HELL'S KITCHEN (March 3) and BONES (March 26).

La Jolla Playhouse presents its final production for its 2013/14 season: the world premiere of The Who & The What, by Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright for Disgraced and author of the acclaimed novel American Dervish, directed by Kimberly Senior (Disgraced), running now through March 9, 2014 (press opening: Wednesday, February 19 at 7:30pm) in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

La Jolla Playhouse presents its final production for its 2013/14 season: the world premiere of The Who & The What, by Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright for Disgraced and author of the acclaimed novel American Dervish, directed by Kimberly Senior (Disgraced), running tonight, February 11 - March 9, 2014 (press opening: Wednesday, February 19 at 7:30pm) in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre.

La Jolla Playhouse announces its final production for its 2013/14 season: the world premiere of The Who & The What, by Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright for Disgraced and author of the acclaimed novel American Dervish, directed by Kimberly Senior (Disgraced), running February 11 - March 9, 2014 (press opening: Wednesday, February 19 at 7:30pm) in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre.

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Philippine-New York Chapter, a group of young urban professionals ages 18-40, will present a special fundraising performance of Lloyd Suh's ('American Hwangap,' 'Great Wall Story') new play 'Jesus In India,' staged by Drama Desk winner Ma-Yi Theater Company, today, March 3, 3 p.m. at Theatre at Saint Clement's (423 W 46th St., between 9th and 10th Avenues).

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Philippine-New York Chapter, a group of young urban professionals ages 18-40, will present a special fundraising performance of Lloyd Suh's ('American Hwangap,' 'Great Wall Story') new play 'Jesus In India,' staged by Drama Desk winner Ma-Yi Theater Company, on Sunday, March 3, 3 p.m. at Theatre at Saint Clement's (423 W 46th St., between 9th and 10th Avenues).

The Ma-Yi Theater Company will present the East Coast premiere of JESUS IN INDIA, a new play by Lloyd Suh (American Hwangap), directed by Daniella Topol. The play will be performed Off-Broadway at The Theatre at St. Clements (423 West 46th Street, between 9th and 10th Aves) from Tuesday, February 12 through Sunday, March 10, 2013. The Opening Night is scheduled for Thursday, February 21, 2013. Tickets are priced $30-$35 and are available by calling TheaterMania at 212-352-3101 or online at www.ma-yitheatre.org.

The Pittsburgh Public Theater presents Mark Brown's adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, the classic story by Jules Verne. Tony-nominated director Marcia Milgrom Dodge will stage this entertaining adventure that runs April 12 - May 13, 2012 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District.

The Pittsburgh Public Theater presents Mark Brown's adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, the classic story by Jules Verne. Tony-nominated director Marcia Milgrom Dodge will stage this entertaining adventure that runs April 12 - May 13, 2012 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District.

Paisley in Blue Productions is pleased to announce the premiere of vanya, their original adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Directed by Onur Karaoglu, the production is created and performed by an ensemble of former Columbia University MFA graduates. vanya is a highly physical adaptation utilizing live original music to explore the desperate melancholy of love present in Chekhov's original text. The production will run from April 14 - April 30, 2011 at 2 Great Jones in the heart of the downtown Manhattan.

Paisley in Blue Productions is pleased to announce the premiere of vanya, their original adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Directed by Onur Karaoglu, the production is created and performed by an ensemble of former Columbia University MFA graduates. vanya is a highly physical adaptation utilizing live original music to explore the desperate melancholy of love present in Chekhov's original text. The production will run from April 14 - April 30, 2011 at 2 Great Jones in the heart of the downtown Manhattan.

Columbia Stages presents the Acting class of 2010 in Euripides' Phoenician Women, adapted and directed by Karin Coonrod. War is imminent. The city is held hostage by a conflict in its royal family. The overarching grasp of the individual has triumphed over the community. None of this is lost on the chorus, visitors from the East called Phoenicians. Civilization rests on the virtues of family and city.

Columbia Stages presents the Acting class of 2010 in Euripides' Phoenician Women, adapted and directed by Karin Coonrod. War is imminent. The city is held hostage by a conflict in its royal family. The overarching grasp of the individual has triumphed over the community. None of this is lost on the chorus, visitors from the East called Phoenicians. Civilization rests on the virtues of family and city.