Native Theatre News

The Centre Theater's Independent Voices Festival includes a special event this week.

The Centre Theater's Independent Voices Festival includes a special event this week.

The Bay Street Project announces auditions for the drama, "Doubt" written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Joel Warren.

The Bay Street Project announces auditions for the drama, "Doubt" written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Joel Warren.

Azuka Theatre will conclude its 11th season with the World Premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger's the terrible girls, running March 17-April 3 at The Latvian Society, 531 N. 7th Street.

London's Royal Court Theatre will present its very first family Christmas show. The show is entitled GET SANTA! and is appropriate for children seven and older. GET SANTA! is written and directed by Anthony Neilson and will open on December 14. GET SANTA! will close on January 15, 2011.

Project: Humanity, Theatre Passe Muraille and Canadian Stage announced casting for The Middle Place by Toronto playwright Andrew Kushnir, directed by Alan Dilworth. The Toronto production will feature four of the original cast of five including Akosua Amo-Adem (who won the SummerWorks 2009 Award for best new emerging artist for her portrayal), Antonio Cayonne, Jessica Greenberg and Kevin Walker. Actor/playwright Andrew Kushnir will play himself in the production for the first time. The Middle Place runs October 21 to November 14, 2010, at TPM's Mainspace and moves to Canadian Stage's Berkeley Street Theatre, February 14 to March 12, 2011, before embarking on a tour to Ottawa and Victoria. For more informaiton visit http://www.canadianstage.com/

Native Voices at the Autry continues its vital role as the country's only equity theatre company dedicated exclusively to developing the work of Native American playwrights with two readings of esteemed playwright Carolyn Dunn's (Muskogee Creek, Cherokee*)

Native Voices at the Autry continues its vital role as the country's only equity theatre company dedicated exclusively to developing the work of Native American playwrights with two readings of esteemed playwright Carolyn Dunn's (Muskogee Creek, Cherokee*)

Native Voices at the Autry continues its vital role as the country's only equity theatre company dedicated exclusively to developing the work of Native American playwrights with two readings of esteemed playwright Carolyn Dunn's (Muskogee Creek, Cherokee*)

Project: Humanity, Theatre Passe Muraille and Canadian Stage announced casting for The Middle Place by Toronto playwright Andrew Kushnir, directed by Alan Dilworth. The Toronto production will feature four of the original cast of five including Akosua Amo-Adem (who won the SummerWorks 2009 Award for best new emerging artist for her portrayal), Antonio Cayonne, Jessica Greenberg and Kevin Walker. Actor/playwright Andrew Kushnir will play himself in the production for the first time. The Middle Place runs October 21 to November 14, 2010, at TPM's Mainspace and moves to Canadian Stage's Berkeley Street Theatre, February 14 to March 12, 2011, before embarking on a tour to Ottawa and Victoria. For more informaiton visit http://www.canadianstage.com/

The Sydney Fringe today announced the nominees of their 2010 Fringe Awards. A jury selected from industry professionals joined 100,000 other attendees in seeing the 260+ events that made up the Sydney Fringe, and the nominees have been selected from the finest works they saw at this year's event. The winners of these awards, as well as the Sydney Festival Award for Outstanding Independent Artist, will be announced October 27.

The Sydney Fringe today announced that they exceeded all year one targets for ticket sales and overall attendances at the burgeoning festival.

The announcement of the 2010 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award nominees has been set for Monday, October 18 at 7:00 pm. The event will be hosted by Native Voices at the Autry, the resident theatre company at the Autry National Center, located in Griffith Park at 4700 Western Heritage Way in Los Angeles.

On November 4th, a workshop production of JUDGEMENT premiered at The Roy Arias Theater on 43rd Street. In this daring comedy, a Robot from outer space comes to Earth and produces a reality TV show.

Native Voices at the Autry, American's leading Native American theatre company, kicks off its 11th Season with a reading of The Bird House by esteemed Native American playwright Diane Glancy (Cherokee*), directed by Stephan Wolfert with dramaturgy by Bryan Davidson, on Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:00 p.m., at the Wells Fargo Theater at The Autry National Center in Griffith Park.

Native Voices at the Autry, America's leading Native American theatre company, announces its 2010-11 season that spotlights its mission to develop new plays and foster emerging and established Native playwrights. The season's world premiere of Carolyn Dunn's (Muskogee Creek*) haunting and poetic The Frybread Queen, presented during the fall as a reading in the FIRST LOOK SERIES: PLAYS IN PROGRESS, and then fully staged in a spring mainstage Equity production, illustrates Native Voices' deep commitment to nurturing new works and seeing them fully realized. The production is the culmination of a pivotal, five-year development process shepherded by the company, including a developmental co-production in September with Montana Rep and The University of Montana School of Theatre and Dance. Also featured during the season is an additional reading in Native Voices' FIRST LOOK SERIES: PLAYS IN PROGRESS and the annual PLAYWRIGHTS RETREAT AND FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS showcasing works selected in a national playwrights competition. Additionally, the company presents more than a dozen readings, workshops and developmental productions of stage and radio plays in various stages of development in collaboration with such leading organizations as The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Montana Rep, The Alaska Native Playwrights Project, San Diego State University and Native Radio Theater Project.

Native Voices at the Autry, American's leading Native American theatre company, kicks off its 11th Season with a reading of The Bird House by esteemed Native American playwright Diane Glancy (Cherokee*), directed by Stephan Wolfert with dramaturgy by Bryan Davidson, on Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:00 p.m., at the Wells Fargo Theater at The Autry National Center in Griffith Park.

The announcement of the 2010 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award nominees has been set for Monday, October 18 at 7:00 pm. The event will be hosted by Native Voices at the Autry, the resident theatre company at the Autry National Center, located in Griffith Park at 4700 Western Heritage Way in Los Angeles.

Six local theatre companies are setting a new example for theatre in Philadelphia. The companies are joining forces to create Off-Broad Street, a consortium of theatres that will foster and celebrate independent theatre in Philadelphia.