Neil LaBute News

The Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the first production of its 2011 Season.

Victory Gardens continues its 2010/11 Season with the world premiere of The Boys Room by Ensemble Playwright Joel Drake Johnson, directed by Associate Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. The Boys Room marks Shinner and Johnson's sixth collaboration-A Guide For The Perplexed, Four Places, The End of the Tour, Before My Eyes, all at Victory Gardens, and Tranquillity Woods for Steppenwolf's First Look series. The production runs January 21 - February 20, 2011 at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park. The Press Opening is Monday, January 31, 2011, at 7:30 pm.

Profiles Theatre continues its 2010-2011 Season with reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder. Previews are January 21-26, 2011 with press opening January 27, 2011. The production runs through March 13, 2011 at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway in Chicago.

Heather Jane Rolff will make her Broadway play debut in the pivotal role of ‘Helen' alongside comedy superstar and actor Dane Cook, stage, film, and television actor Josh Hamilton and stage and screen star Julia Stiles this spring, completing the cast for the first Broadway production of Neil LaBute's FAT PIG at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). LaBute will make his Broadway directorial debut with the play, which begins performances Tuesday, April 12, 2011 for an official opening night of Tuesday, April 26, 2011.

Paragon Presents Neil LaBute's Latest Bristling Comedy reasons to be pretty- OPENS JANUARY 29TH

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, DANIEL BREAKER, KIMBERLY HÉBERT GREGORY, KEVIN ISOLA and KAREN OLIVO will star in the world premiere comedy, BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK, the new play by Lynn Nottage, directed by Jo Bonney. BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK is Ms. Nottage's first play to be produced in New York since she won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined in 2009.

The Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the first production of its 2011 Season.

Producers Joan Stein and Stuart Ross announced casting today for the Monday, January 17, 2011 performance of STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS.

Mining the depths and heights of their own life experiences to bring to life onstage a plethora of challening and compelling characters, dramatic actresses in Nashville were at the pinnacle of their talents in 2010. Thoroughly captivating their audiences night after night, they put their tremendous talents on display with no-holds-barred performances that have raised the bar for actresses who follow in their wake in the coming seasons. And these ten women gave what we considered to be the most noteworthy performances of the 2010 season...

Amanda Peet, Johnny Galecki, Sharon Lawrence and Bill Pullman will each read a new monologue by Neil LaBute when Vs. Theatre Company hosts "An Evening With Neil LaBute" this Saturday, January 15.

Vs. Theatre Company, which will produce the Los Angeles premiere of Neil LaBute's The Mercy Seat at [Inside] the Ford this spring, hosts 'An Evening With Neil LaBute' on January 15. The acclaimed playwright and filmmaker will take questions from the audience in a discussion moderated by theater director/acting coach Howard Fine.

Amanda Peet, Johnny Galecki, Sharon Lawrence and Bill Pullman will each read a new monologue by Neil LaBute when Vs. Theatre Company hosts "An Evening With Neil LaBute" this Saturday, January 15.

The Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the first production of its 2011 Season.

The Shape of Things, tells of a shy college student named Adam, who falls in love with an outgoing and beautiful graduate student in art, named Evelyn.

Profiles Theatre is bringing back its acclaimed Midwest Premiere of Jailbait by Deirdre O'Connor, directed by Artistic Director Joe Jahraus, for a limited engagement at its new space, The Second Stage.

Producers Joan Stein and Stuart Ross announced casting today for the Monday, January 17, 2011 performance of STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS.

As reported by Deadline.com, Brendan Fraser and Kristin Scott Thomas will star in Neil LaBute's new film, Seconds of Pleasure. The site also reports that Ed Harris and Colin Firth are in talks to appear in the movie.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are to appear together on stage for the first time in a new production of William Shakespeare's timeless comedy Much Ado About Nothing directed by Josie Rourke. Opening at Wyndham's Theatre on Wednesday 1 June with previews from Monday 16 May and booking until Saturday 3 September 2011, Much Ado About Nothing is presented in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions. Booking for the production opens today (8 January 2011) and further casting will be announced shortly.

Capital Stage begins the New Year with the Sacramento premiere of Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty. Following LaBute's The Shape of Things and Fat Pig, reasons to be pretty is the final installment of a trilogy that focuses on modern day obsession with physical appearance.

In reasons to be pretty, Greg's tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand remarks about a female coworker's pretty face and his own girlfriend Steph's lack thereof get back to Steph. But that's just the beginning.