Rachel Corrie News

Their Voices Will Be Heard: 'My Name Is Rachel Corrie' and 'Pieces' - two compelling stories share the Downstage at New Rep space and shed light on the Israeli/Palestinian situation

For its final Downstage @ New Rep production this season, New Repertory Theatre is excited to present two plays running in rotating repertory, each expressing a unique view of the Middle East situation. Called 'Their Voices Will Be Heard,' the series of events features My Name is Rachel Corrie and Pieces, two solo plays, each about a young woman whose coming of age took place within the context of the Israeli/ Palestinian situation. Pieces opens on Sunday, March 8, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. My Name is Rachel Corrie opens on Sunday, March 8, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. Both shows play through March 30, 2008 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown.

Downtown theater stalwart Jean Cocteau Repertory has shed its longtime home at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre, expanded its mission, and has been rechristened The Exchange.

Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau for James Hammerstein Productions announce that the acclaimed Royal Court Theatre production of My Name is Rachel Corrie to play its final performance Off Broadway on Sunday, December 17th

Oskar Eustis, the Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Gregory Mosher, Director of the Columbia University Arts Initiative and former director of Lincoln Center and Goodman Theatres and Diane Borger, General Manager of The Royal Court Theatre, will form 'The Role of Non-Profit Theatres in the Arts' panel for the December 5th Tuesday Talkback

Daniel Levy (Senior Fellow & Director of Prospects For Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation), Afif Safieh (Head of the PLO Mission to the U.S.) and Alan Rickman (MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE), will form the panel for the November 21st Tuesday Talkback. Moderated by Jamil Dakwar, Senior Human Rights Attorney for the ACLU, this Daniel Levy (Senior Fellow & Director of Prospects For Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation), Afif Safieh (Head of the PLO Mission to the U.S.) and Alan Rickman (MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE), will discuss the current political realities of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict for the November 21st Tuesday Talkback. Moderated by Jamil Dakwar, Senior Human Rights Attorney for the ACLU, this panel discussion will occur following the 8pm performance of My Name is Rachel Corrie as part of its ongoing series.

The parents of Rachel Corrie, Craig & Cindy Corrie and Yonatan Shapira (Israeli founder), Solaiman Khatib (Palestinian founder) of Combatants For Peace will form the panel for the November 14th Tuesday Talkback

Acclaimed playwrights David Hare, Tony Kushner, and Robert O'Hara will form the 'Playwrights and Politics' panel for the November 7th Tuesday Talkback

The American premiere of London's Royal Court Theatre production of My Name is Rachel Corrie, a new play taken from the writings of American activist Rachel Corrie, has extended its run through December 30th only.

The producers of Off-Broadway's My Name is Rachel Corrie are pleased to announce a Tuesday Talkback series of panel discussions for ticketholders at each of the following 8 PM performances:

After all the controversy, the accusations of censorship and the petitions and letters of protest, Britain's Royal Court Theatre production has finally made it to New York. Sadly, the off-stage drama far exceeds anything taking place on stage at the Minetta Lane Theatre

The controversial, award-winning new play My Name is Rachel Corrie is currently in previews at Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre, where it opens on Sunday, October 15th for a run of 48 performances only through Sunday, November 19th

Megan Dodds will reprise her role in the American premiere of the award-winning Royal Court Theatre production of My Name is Rachel Corrie

Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan may star in Harold Pinter's 1970 play Old Times as part of the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006-2007 season

The play will open Off Broadway at The Minetta Lane Theatre on Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 7pm for 48 performances only, through Sunday, November 19, 2006.

Doubt, My Name is Rachel Corrie, and Gem of the Ocean among the plays in Seattle Rep's 2006-2007 Season

The nominations have been released for the 2006 Laurence Olivier Awards. The ceremony for this year's awards will take place at the Park Lane Hilton on February, 2006. Leading the pack this year are Billy Elliot with nine nominations, and Guys and Dolls with eight.

West Wing's Rob Lowe stars in A Few Good Men, Chichester succeeds in 'Business' and 3 Billy Elliots prepare for their West End opening

Alan Rickman directs a play, tickets soar above Broadway prices and Brad Oscar gives us Max in London