Neil LaBute News

Jessica Pinkett names and shames the best and worst in Edinburgh.

Jeremy Piven is known to tv viewers as Ari Gold, the manic agent on HBO's hit Entourage. He will soon be seen on the big screen as Don Ready, a high powered car salesman in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard.

Profiles Theatre announces the fourth extension of its hit production Graceland, the World Premiere play written by Ellen Fairey. To make way for Profiles? upcoming Midwest premiere of Neil LaBute?s The Mercy Seat, Graceland will move to the theatre space three doors down from Profiles (National Pastime Theater) beginning September 17.

Jeremy Piven is known to tv viewers as Ari Gold, the manic agent on HBO's hit Entourage. He will soon be seen on the big screen as Don Ready, a high powered car salesman in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard.

The Strand opens its second season with Neil LaBute's Mercy Seat, directed by Danielle Young. Mercy Seat runs September 11th to October 4th, 2009. Set on September 12, 2001, The Mercy Seat continues Neil LaBute?s unflinching fascination with the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes. In a time of national tragedy, the world changes overnight. A man and a woman explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they had lived just the day before. Can one be opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness?

This eclectic mix at The Festival of New American Short Plays is perfect for that short dog days of summer attention span.

Announcing our 2009-2010 Season Are you made of anticipation for Walking Shadow's 2009-2010 mainstage season? This year features a new play about romance and betrayal by Neil LaBute, a vicious comedy about petty criminals, and a time bending adventure by company member John Heimbuch.

Aurora Theatre Company opens its 18th season, focusing on 'family and fortune,' with Clifford Odets' classic Depression-era drama AWAKE AND SING! Bay Area theater veteran Joy Carlin (Jack Goes Boating, Hysteria, The Price), who first directed this play for Berkeley Repertory Theatre 24 years ago, revisits this landmark drama for Aurora.

Jeremy Piven is known to tv viewers as Ari Gold, the manic agent on HBO's hit Entourage. He will soon be seen on the big screen as Don Ready, a high powered car salesman in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. Piven spoke to SSSTV about Twitter, his film and his early career.

Dael Orlandersmith takes Chicago audiences on an electrifying journey through the spirit and soul of Harlem in her explosive solo piece Stoop Stories at Goodman Theatre. Hailed a 'triumph' (Washington City Paper) in its world premiere at Washington, D.C.'s Studio Theatre this past spring, Stoop Stories comes to Chicago directed by Obie Award-winner Jo Bonney.

Workhouse Publicity is proud to announce that it has been selected by Eastcheap Rep on behalf of their upcoming production of Neil LaBute's bash, a harrowing play that originally made its New York debut in 1999.

Firehouse Theatre Project's 2009-2010 Season is coming up fast! So, it is time to purchase your season subscription to ensure your ticket for the finest in off-broadway and original plays available in the Richmond area and beyond. They have comfortable new seats and a spectacular lineup of plays you will not want to miss!

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company celebrated the official completion of the company's Addison Street expansion wing, The Nell and Jules Dashow Wing, named in honor of lead donor Deborah Ruth's parents, at a special opening event held in the new space on August 17.

Variety reports that Neil LaBute will write and direct an adaptation of 'The Burnt Orange Heresy,' Charles Willeford's crime novel set in the world of modern art, with William Horberg ('The Kite Runner') producing.

New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors)

The Open Fist Theatre Company presents their First Ever, FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, with new works written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Steven Haworth, Karen Hartman, Julie Hebert, Neil LaBute, Rick Pagano and directed by Bjorn Johnson, Neil LaBute, Marya Mazor, Charles Otte and Randee Trabitz. The Festival began on Thursday, July 23 and runs through Sunday, September 13 at The NEW Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (former home of The Actor's Gang) in Hollywood.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company announced today the official completion of the company's Addison Street expansion wing, The Nell and Jules Dashow Wing, named in honor of lead donor Deborah Ruth's parents.

The Charlestown Working Theater announces it's Fall Season, including the World Premier of Tennessee William's Play by Beau Jest Moving Theater, Neil LaBute's BASH, and CWT's Acclaimed Adaptation of The Odyssey.

Workhouse Publicity is proud to announce that it has been selected by Eastcheap Rep on behalf of their upcoming production of Neil LaBute's bash, a harrowing play that originally made its New York debut in 1999.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company announced today the official completion of the company's Addison Street expansion wing, The Nell and Jules Dashow Wing, named in honor of lead donor Deborah Ruth's parents.