Michael Levin News

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's new lab series will open with The Aleph.

We Gotta Bingo!, the Actors Theater of Minnesota's wildly popular and hilariously interactive dinner theatre experience (up until now, a St. Paul favorite), is moving across the river for a Minneapolis run January 8-31, 2010, at Hennepin Stages, 824 Hennepin Ave.

The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the 'Naked Shakespeare' series, continues its 2009/2010 season with an eclectic series of shows during the month of February. The troupe kicks off the month on Monday, February 1st at 8 p.m. with another edition of the popular 'Sonnets and Soliloquies' at the Wine Bar on Wharf Street. On Valentine's Eve, Saturday, February 13 at 8 p.m., the company reprises their scene night 'Fools for Love' at the Inn on Peaks Island. Finally, on Tuesday February 16 at 7:30 p.m., Acorn presents their high school touring version of Macbeth in a rare public showing at SPACE Gallery in Portland.

We Gotta Bingo!, the Actors Theater of Minnesota's wildly popular and hilariously interactive dinner theatre experience (up until now, a St. Paul favorite), is moving across the river for a Minneapolis run January 8-31, 2010, at Hennepin Stages, 824 Hennepin Ave.

We Gotta Bingo!, the Actors Theater of Minnesota's wildly popular and hilariously interactive dinner theatre experience (up until now, a St. Paul favorite), is moving across the river for a Minneapolis run January 8-31, 2010, at Hennepin Stages, 824 Hennepin Ave.

Acorn Productions announces that they will be producing a season of 3 children's plays beginning this February in the company's new Acorn Studio Theater at the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook.

Acorn Productions continues the company's 2009/10 season of Naked Shakespeare events with two evenings of scenes at SPACE Gallery on Congress Street in downtown Portland.

Acorn Productions 12th annual Phyzgig festival, a celebration of physical comedy and variety entertainment for the family, will take place in downtown Portland between Christmas and New Year's Eve 2009.

We Gotta Bingo!, the Actors Theater of Minnesota's wildly popular and hilariously interactive dinner theatre experience (up until now, a St. Paul favorite), is moving across the river for a Minneapolis run January 8-31, 2010, at Hennepin Stages, 824 Hennepin Ave.

Acorn Productions, presenters of the free 'Naked Shakespeare' series, will be returning to the Wine Bar on Monday, November 2 at 8 p.m. with an all-new installment of 'Sonnets and Soliloquies,' the company's monthly free performances of some of the Bard's best verse.

Acorn Productions announces that the company will kick off their 2009/2010 season of dramatic readings of new scripts by Maine playwrights with AN ARMY OF ONE, by Laura Emack. This full-length play follows the story of booksmart high school senior Joan, who poses as a potential enlistee to expose hardball recruiting, but ends up responding to her country's call by a committed emissary she cannot dismiss. The script will be brought to life by actors from Acorn's 'Naked Shakespeare' Ensemble as well as students studying their craft in the Acorn Academy Academy. This reading is the first of a series of five events that will take place over the next few months to assist Acorn's staff in choosing the one play that will be given a full production at the St. Lawrence Arts Center next spring as part of the Maine Playwrights Festival.

Sundance White Oak Lab has announced principal casting for the production of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. The cast will include Broadway veterans Craig Bierko, Dick Latessa and Sherie Rene Scott. The musical is being adapted by theater vets William Finn and James Lapine. Sundance will also premiere the musical adaptation of 'Like Water for Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel.

Acorn Productions, presenters of the free 'Naked Shakespeare' series, will be returning to the Wine Bar on Monday, November 2 at 8 p.m. with an all-new installment of 'Sonnets and Soliloquies,' the company's monthly free performances of some of the Bard's best verse.

Acorn Productions announces that the company has selected 5 full-length plays to be given dramatic readings in the Acorn Studio Theater as part of the process of choosing a featured play for this year's Maine Playwrights Festival. The scripts were chosen from the 17 pieces submitted this fall by Maine-based playwrights and address issues ranging from race relations to aging and military recruiting practices.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Immediate Theatre Company and Monarch Theater with the NY premiere of GHOST LIGHT, written by Desi Moreno-Penson and directed by José Zayas.

Acorn Productions announces that the company will kick off their 2009/2010 season of dramatic readings of new scripts by Maine playwrights with AN ARMY OF ONE, by Laura Emack. This full-length play follows the story of booksmart high school senior Joan, who poses as a potential enlistee to expose hardball recruiting, but ends up responding to her country's call by a committed emissary she cannot dismiss. The script will be brought to life by actors from Acorn's 'Naked Shakespeare' Ensemble as well as students studying their craft in the Acorn Academy Academy. This reading is the first of a series of five events that will take place over the next few months to assist Acorn's staff in choosing the one play that will be given a full production at the St. Lawrence Arts Center next spring as part of the Maine Playwrights Festival.

Tony Award winning writers and composers William Finn, James Lapine and Ted Sperling, and Tony nominees Quiara Alegría Hudes and Jonathan Butterell are among the participants who will develop new musical projects at the White Oak Lab in Yulee, FL, in October.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Immediate Theatre Company and Monarch Theater with the NY premiere of GHOST LIGHT, written by Desi Moreno-Penson and directed by José Zayas.

Acorn Productions and the Wine Bar collaborate on an evening of 'Sonnets and Soliloquies: Greatest Hits'

Acorn Productions announces that the 2009/10 season of Naked Shakespeare events begins on Monday, September 21 at 6 p.m. with a 'Sonnet and Soliloquies' performance in Monument Square in Portland.