Neil LaBute News

St. Louis Actors' Studio will release two episodes per week for the next five weeks of Neil LaBute's direcTV show 'Billy and Billie' beginning July 6 via St. Louis Actors' Studio Twitter - @stlas1.

Producer Mark Cortale announced today that award-winning stars of the stage and screen Norm Lewis, Megan Hilty, and Cheyenne Jackson will join the line-up of talent slated to participate in The Seth Concert Series, the weekly virtual series based on Seth Rudetsky's international Broadway series that began at The Art House in Provincetown.

Out Front Theatre Company presents Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays by Mo Gaffney, Jordan Harrison, Moisés Kaufman, Neil LaBute, Wendy MacLeod, José Rivera, Paul Rudnick, and Doug Wright, conceived by Brian Shnipper.

Broadway Black, the multimedia organization highlighting the achievements of Black theatre artists, will present the inaugural Antonyo Awards, a celebration of the Black Broadway and Off-Broadway community.

M.F.A. Augustin J. Correro, a scholar on Tennessee Williams and Founding Co-Artistic Director of the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans, will join the cast and director Alison Tanney after tomorrow night's virtual reading of the classic THE GLASS MENAGERIE, presented by Play Reading Fridays.

Broadwayworld New Jersey continues our interview series with theatre professionals to learn about their future plans during temporary closures. Frank Licato, the Artistic Director of Hudson Theatre Works shared with us some interesting insights.

Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner has been tapped to star as matriarch Amanda Wingfield in the Actors Fund 'Friday Night Play Reading' series, created by Alison Tanney and Tim Realbuto.

Contemptible Entertainment is releasing six short films by Neil LaBute. The first two of the films drop today: Sexting, with Julia Stiles, Marin Ireland and Jamie Anderson; and Double or Nothing, with Adam Brody, Louisa Krause and Keith David.

Erika Henningsen has been cast as Laura Wingfield in The Actors Fund benefit reading of the Tennessee Williams classic 'The Glass Menagerie.'

The Actors Fund has created a donation link in honor of tomorrow evening's production of Neil LaBute's THE SHAPE OF THINGS. To donate, please visit www.ActorsFund.org/TheShapeOfThings.

The Secret Theatre's owner and Artistic Director, Richard Mazda, has released a statement on the immediate permanent closure of The Secret Theatre. Read his statement and see a separate video message from Richard below.

Playwright and director Neil LaBute will join the cast of the upcoming reading of a??The Shape of Thingsa?? for a post-show Q&A moderated by director/producer Alison Tanney.

A special one-night only virtual reading of Neil LaBute's THE SHAPE OF THINGS will be held on Friday, May 8th at 7:00 PM EST.

Neil LaBute's Ten X Ten Series will be offered as free content via The St. Louis Actors' Studio's Twitter account @STLAS1 beginning March 25, 2020.

Just last month, Broadway celebrated the return of West Side Story- a daring new interpretation from director Ivo van Hove. In 2009, Broadway was celebrating the opening of a different West Side Story. This version, which opened March 19 at the Palace Theatre, starred Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, and Tony winner Karen Olivo, and new Spanish lyrics from Lin-Manuel Miranda. The revival would go on to play 748 performances, running just under two years.

St. Louis Actors' Studio (STLAS) to offer Neil LaBute's 10 x 10 series as exclusive streaming content for its current subscribers (new subscribers to the 20/21 season) and ticket holders and will postpone the world premiere of LaBute's play a?oeComforta??. 

In her third volume of EXIT STRATEGY, Sandra will dazzle audiences in a delightful night of fun, love, and laughter as she reflects on the empowerment of women; and the joys and challenges that women embrace on their journey through life. Exit Strategy 3: An Evening with Sandra K will include the following monologues presented by Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc; New York: THE GOOD BODY, by Eve Ensler; ALL THE WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU, by Neil LaBute; IN A WORD, by Craig Pospisil; THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, by Eve Ensler; THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG, by Wendy Wasserstein.

Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director) with Wolfgang Novogratz announce the limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street) of Ronan Noone' play THE ATHEIST playing Friday, February 28th, Saturday, February 29th, and March 1st. Tickets for the show are $20.00. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to The Actors Fund - the national organization that has provided a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals since 1882. Tickets may be purchased via Brown Paper Tickets at https://wolfgang4theactorsfund.bpt.me or via link on urbanstages.org

a?oeBack the Nighta?? by award-winning playwright Melinda Lopeza?"the 2019-20 Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor in Theatre Arts at Boston Collegea?"will launch the spring season at the University's Robsham Theater Arts Center in a production directed by Boston-based director and educator Pascale Florestal in the Bonn Studio on January 23-26.

An International cast brings to life Doug and Kathleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries next month at The Cultch Theatre in Vancouver.