Rachel Reiner News

Continuing its seventh season, Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director) is proud to announce the third production in the 2008-09 season. Reflections: An Evening of Short Plays, will include the world premieres of Their Town by Alvin Eng, What Happened Then by Michael Feingold and Compromise by Ian Strasfogel, with revivals of Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett and Swan Song by Anton Chekhov (with a translation by Marian Fell and adaptation by Eric Parness).

Resonance Ensemble begins 2008-09 season with two plays inspired by Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: the World Premiere of Christopher Boal's 23 KNIVES and Bernard Shaw's CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA beginning January 11, opening January 18, 2009 at Theatre Row's CLURMAN THEATRE

Resonance Ensemble (Artistic Director, Eric Parness; Managing Director, Rachel Reiner) presents a reading of the new play 23 KNIVES - by Christopher Stetson Boal (Crazy for the Dog) and directed by Eric Parness - on Monday, June 23 at 7:00pm at Manhattan Theatre Club (311 West 43rd Street, 8th Floor).

Resonance Ensemble (Artistic Director, Eric Parness; Managing Director, Rachel Reiner) presents a reading of the new play 23 KNIVES - by Christopher Stetson Boal (Crazy for the Dog) and directed by Eric Parness - on Monday, June 23 at 7:00pm at Manhattan Theatre Club (311 West 43rd Street, 8th Floor).

Anthony Rapp (Rent) and Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde) headed the cast of a one-night-only performance of The King Stag, written and directed by Jeremy Dobrish (adapted from the original Carlo Gozzi play) on Monday, March 24 with a 6PM reception and 7:30PM performance at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) to benefit Resonance Ensemble's 2008 season.

Anthony Rapp (Rent) and Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde) will head the cast of a one-night-only performance of The King Stag, written and directed by Jeremy Dobrish (adapted from the original Carlo Gozzi play) on Monday, March 24 with a 6PM reception and 7:30PM performance at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) to benefit Resonance Ensemble's 2008 season.

Today, The Broadway League, the national trade organization for the commercial theatre industry, announced the recipients for the 2008 'League Educator Apple Awards.'

Resonance Ensemble's world-premiere new play Sherlock Solo: An Original Presentation by the Master Detective - written and performed by Victor L. Cahn as the greatest detective to ever aid Scotland Yard…Sherlock Holmes will end its limited run at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) on Saturday February 2nd, as previously announced.

Thursday, September 27, The Center for Arts Education hosted its first-ever Arts Smart New York, A Friendraising Celebration. Laura Bell Bundy, star of the hit show Legally Blonde stopped by to show her support before her curtain and Leonard Lopate hosted the night's festivities.

Resonance Ensemble will present Arthur Giron's new play The Coffee Trees in repertory with the play that inspired it, Anton Chekhov's classic The Cherry Orchard

Carole Shelley will assume the role of Lady Bracknell for the one-night-only performance of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest on Monday, March 19 with a 6:00pm reception and a 7:30pm performance at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) to benefit Resonance Ensemble's 2007 season.

A one-night-only performance of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest to benefit Resonance Ensemble's 2007 season will be presented on Monday, March 19 with a 6:00pm reception and a 7:30pm performance at Theatre Row

Today, the League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., the national trade organization for the commercial theatre industry, announced the recipients for the 2007 'League Educator Apple Award.'

Crazy for the Dog - a new dark comedy written by Christopher Boal and directed by Eric Parness - will be given a 7-week commercial Off-Broadway extension by Rachel Reiner Productions LLC in association with Jean Cocteau Repertory with performances resuming July 11 at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre (330 Bowery) in Manhattan

Crazy for the Dog - a new dark comedy written by Christopher Boal and directed by Eric Parness - will be given a 7-week commercial Off-Broadway extension by Rachel Reiner Productions LLC in association with Jean Cocteau Repertory with performances resuming July 11 and running through August 26 at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre

On March 27th, F. Murray Abraham and Deborah S. Craig will star in a reading of Charles L. Mee's The Mail Order Bride

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