Michaela Murphy News

Following its world premiere at Vienna’s prestigious Wiener Festwochen, The Wooster Group’s new production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother, directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, will open in New York at The Performing Garage (33 Wooster Street).

The Playhouse Youth Company at Bucks County Playhouse will present an all-new one-hour, show written and starring eleven young women from throughout the region.  Entitled, “Dream Awake,” the show will run on the main stage at the Playhouse from Thursday, July 22  through Sunday, July 25. T

The Wooster Group will premiere its new production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother at Vienna’s international Wiener Festwochen from June 8-17, 2021. It tells a story of a poor, uneducated Russian mother’s journey to revolutionary action. The play premiered in Berlin in 1932 and was the last of Brecht’s plays to open before the Nazis seized power. 

Bucks County Playhouse, like most education centers, went viral due to the coronavirus, and now their online educational programming is going international.

'Acting Foundations and Monologue Preparation for Teens' will be added to the slate of acting and writing classes already announced for Spring 2021.

Bucks County Playhouse's acclaimed education program encourages children, teens and adults to explore their creativity through a wide variety of online classes for Spring 2021. The current roster of classes includes: Acting for Adults, Broadway Dance Workshops, Improv for Adults, Writers Workshop and Writing and Performing Your Own Solo Show.

Producing Artistic Director of North Carolina Theatre and former resident director for the Broadway, Touring and Las Vegas productions of “Mamma Mia!”, Raleigh's Eric Woodall, will be a featured storyteller in Bucks County Playhouse's “Word of Mouth” live stream, that debuts, Sunday, February 28 at 7 pm. 

This month's edition of “Word of Mouth” will also feature storytellers Eric Woodall and Eric Rutherford, and is hosted by NPR's Ophira Eisenberg and renowned storyteller, Michaela Murphy, Bucks County Playhouse's Director of Education. 

Bucks County Playhouse has announced a new online Broadway dance class series that has been added to the lineup of acclaimed education programs which have moved online for Winter 2021.

Bucks County Playhouse moves its popular story-telling series, “Word of Mouth,” to the cultural arts platform Stellar (StellarTickets.com). Its first edition, “Word of Mouth: Fast Forward” will live stream on February 28 at 7pm, with replays on demand.

Children, teens and adults are invited to explore new skills and tap into hidden (and not so hidden) talents through Bucks County Playhouse's Virtual Education Programs. Some of the classes being offered in the upcoming Winter 2021 Season include Acting for Adults, Broadway Dance Workshops: Hamilton Series, Yes, And... Improv, Acting Foundations and Monologue Prep for Teens and more.

Bucks County Playhouse will present its popular story-telling series, “Word of Mouth,” this Sunday, December 13 at 7pm, hosted by renowned storyteller, Michaela Murphy, Bucks County Playhouse’s Director of Education.

Bucks County Playhouse has announced its lineup of acclaimed education programs have moved online for Fall and Winter 2020-21.

New British LGBTQ+ Musical The Phase by Zoe Morris & Meg McGrady releases a video of their song The Sex Talk.

Shakespeare's tale of Tyranny and Transformation, Fantastical figures, Family Feuds and Forgiveness is brought to life by Lights of London's professional acting troupe in the superb surroundings of Finsbury Circus City Garden in this premiere adaptation using original text, trimmed down and spatially adapted to the times.

Bucks County Playhouse's Word of Mouth Live!, an online storytelling series, returns this Sunday, August 9 at 7pm with an all-new show featuring Chris Daniel, Drew Prochaska, and Bethany Van Delft.

Bucks County Playhouse's Word of Mouth Live!, an online storytelling series, returns this Sunday, June 21 at 7pm with an all-new show featuring Broadway's Julie Halston, Faye Lane and Ellen Gallos.

While in-person live performances are waiting in the wings, Bucks County Playhouse is presenting Playhouse Live! -- the free live-streaming variety show on Sundays at 7 p.m. This week, Sunday April 19, the Playhouse will feature its popular story-telling series, 'Word of Mouth' hosted by renowned storyteller, Michaela Murphy, and more.

Today we shine a spotlight on New Hope, Pennsylvania's Bucks County Playhouse with Producing Director Alexander Fraser.

While in-person live performances are waiting in the wings, Bucks County Playhouse is inaugurating an online, streaming version of its popular story-telling series, 'Word of Mouth.' Held on Sundays at 7 pm - live on Bucks County Playhouse's Facebook page (TheaterBCP)