Rachel Reiner News

On March 7, 2011 at 8p.m. The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) is pleased to present their annual New Play Festival of works written and directed by women, produced by DeVida Jenkins and Rachel Reiner. Featuring star-studded casts, a diverse group of both celebrated and emerging playwrights, a team of professional directors, and an accomplished design team, this year's New Play Festival will perform for one-night-only at New World Stages (340 West 50th St., NYC). The festival is presented in honor of Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day (www.SwanDay.org), an annual celebration of the diversity, beauty and power of women's creativity. Proceeds from the festival will benefit the League of Professional Theatre Women, in its mission of promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional theatre.

Last night (Oct. 4), at the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW)'s Edith Meiser Oral History, Co-Presidents Naomi Grabel and Rachel Reiner announced two outstanding women whose work is being recognized at the League's December 2010 Awards Luncheon.

The Lee Reynolds Award is given annually to a woman or women active in any aspect of theatre whose work for, in, about, or through the medium of theatre has helped to illuminate the possibilities for social, cultural, or political change. The 2010 Lee Reynolds Award will be presented to Lynn Nottage, an outstanding American dramatist. In 2009, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined, which dramatizes the horrific injuries inflicted on women during war, an issue about which Ms. Nottage has frequently spoken publicly. She has also received the MacArthur 'genius' award for the total body of her work, which includes the plays Intimate Apparel, Fabulation, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, and Las Meninas. Most recently she received the inaugural award of the Steinberg Prize for Playwriting. Her new play, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, will have its premier at Second Stage Theatre in 2011.

Oberon Theatre Ensemble in association with The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present the World Premiere production of THE STARSHIP ASTROV by Duncan Pflaster, directed by Eric Parness.

Oberon Theatre Ensemble in association with The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present the World Premiere production of THE STARSHIP ASTROV by Duncan Pflaster, directed by Eric Parness.

Oberon Theatre Ensemble in association with The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to present the World Premiere production of THE STARSHIP ASTROV by Duncan Pflaster, directed by Eric Parness.

As one of four national award recipients, East High School Drama Teacher Ruth Ann Gaines is being recognized for her commitment to outstanding arts education and partnership with the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines on Broadway education initiatives.

Resonance Ensemble is dedicated to producing groups of related theatrical presentations that resonate across time and culture and confront universal themes and ideas significant to audiences of today. This season's resonating works include the Ibsen classic THE MASTER BUILDER and June Finfer's new play, THE GLASS HOUSE.

Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director, Rachel Reiner, Managing Director Dori Thompson, Chairman of the Board) will celebrate its 8th season with their annual benefit by honoring Theatre Row's Erika Feldman on Monday, March 22, 2010 beginning at 6PM (cocktail reception) and will feature a reading of Eric Overmyer's Amphitryon at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).

Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director, Rachel Reiner, Managing Director Dori Thompson, Chairman of the Board) will celebrate its 8th season with their annual benefit by honoring Theatre Row's Erika Feldman on Monday, March 22, 2010 beginning at 6PM (cocktail reception) and will feature a reading of Eric Overmyer's Amphitryon at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).

Rachel Reiner Productions is proud to present the World Premiere of Victor L. Cahn's EMBRACEABLE ME, directed by Eric Parness. EMBRACEABLE ME will begin performances on Friday, October 23 and will open on Wednesday, October 28, running thru November 14 at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

On November 9, The League of Professional Theatre Women will be present a New Play Festival on at the Cherry Lane Theatre in downtown Manhattan. The festival entitled 'Turning Points: Women Have Their Say' is designed to provide a forum for women in the arts to showcase their work.

On November 9, The League of Professional Theatre Women will be present a New Play Festival on at the Cherry Lane Theatre in downtown Manhattan. The festival entitled 'Turning Points: Women Have Their Say' is designed to provide a forum for women in the arts to showcase their work.

Love at first sight sometimes takes forever...Edward is smart, shy, and quirky. Allison is sexy, dramatic, and vulnerable. EMBRACEABLE ME is a witty and touching 'He said-She said' that traces the journey of these unlikely friends along many surprising detours and byways.

Rachel Reiner Productions is proud to present the World Premiere of Victor L. Cahn's EMBRACEABLE ME, directed by Eric Parness. EMBRACEABLE ME began performances on Friday, October 23 and will open on Wednesday, October 28, running thru November 14 at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

Rachel Reiner Productions is proud to present the World Premiere of Victor L. Cahn's EMBRACEABLE ME, directed by Eric Parness. EMBRACEABLE ME will begin performances on Friday, October 23 and will open on Wednesday, October 28, running thru November 14 at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

Rachel Reiner Productions is proud to present the World Premiere of Victor L. Cahn's EMBRACEABLE ME, directed by Eric Parness. EMBRACEABLE ME will begin performances on Friday, October 23 and will open on Wednesday, October 28, running thru November 14 at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

The League of Professional Theatre Women, a non-profit organization committed to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional theatre, is pleased to announce its new slate of officers. These women will serve as leaders of the League for a two-year term, from July 1, 2009 until June 30, 2011.

On Monday, June 1, Resonance Ensemble's (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director) Chairman of the Board Dori Thompson and the Resonance Ensemble Board of Trustees will celebrate and honor award winning playwright Arthur Giron. The reception and silent auction will begin at 6PM (reading beginning at 7PM) at Theatre Row's Lion Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

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).