Rebecca Aparicio News

BEASTGIRL, a captivating new musical centered around three first-generation Dominican-American sisters, begins its world premiere at the Kennedy Center’s Studio K this month. Don’t miss your chance to see it.

 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced the full cast and creative team for Beastgirl, a Kennedy Center-commissioned world premiere for young adults based on the book Beastgirl and Other Origin Myths by New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo.

'La Casa de la Laguna' is a fascinating and thoughtful play, and carefully balances delicate conversations about statehood and independence, race, colonialism, and socio-economic status, and gender. The result is a deeply political and nuanced production that touches on issues that are as relevant today as they were in the mid-twentieth century.

This Saturday, October 23rd at 6:15pmEST, songs from the new musical, SALOMÉ VS. JOHN by Rebecca Aparicio and Stephen Elkins, will be performed in concert at Queens Theatre as part of the City Artist Corps Showcase.

The Tank will feature a Director's Showcase produced by Dennis Corsi (Artistic Director of The Fresh Fruit Festival and Director of New Works at Live & In Color) featuring excerpts from bold new work from five directors and six emerging playwrights.

The Tank announced today the full line up for Lime Fest, which will present 20 performances between Saturday August 14– Saturday August 28, 2021. The Tank’s LimeFest celebrates a dozen new works by over 80 emerging artists who identify as women, nonbinary or gender non-conforming to make way for more gender parity in the performing arts.

Forestburgh Playhouse announced today the creation of In the Works~In the Woods, a new annual arts festival to take place September 9-12, as part of its 75th Anniversary Season.

PST presents SILUETA, a new musical for Philadelphians, bringing the stories of immigrants and refugees to the front.

The Orchard Project today announced its 2021 programs as well as the names of participating artists and companies.

1776 will now play May - July 2022 in the Loeb Drama Center before it plays at Roundabout Theatre Company in fall 2022 and begins a national tour in February 2023.  WILD in Concert is a new musical starring Idina Menzel, which was created by Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler).

This unique event invited audience members to walk through the Crabapple Grove in Riverside Park guided by an ensemble of artists, and choose from a selection of original flash-fiction short stories penned by 15 theater writers.

Prospect Theater Company has announced its first in-person, live arts program of 2021: TREE TALES. This unique event invites audience members to walk through the Crabapple Grove in Riverside Park guided by an ensemble of artists, and interact with original flash-fiction short stories penned by 15 theater writers.

Theater directors Sammi Cannold and Rebecca Aparicio, in partnership with The Broadway Podcast Network, are hosting the second installment of The Comeback Project, a conversation series to help theatermakers restart in the wake of the pandemic.

The Lucille Lortel Theatre is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2nd Annual NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship, created as an opportunity for aspiring young writers citywide to get unparalleled access to professional theater artists for mentoring. The Fellows and Finalists of the program represent every borough of NYC, as well as a D79 school.

Today (March 4) in live streaming: Eva Noblezada visits Backstage Live, a Sophisticated Ladies Reunion on Stars in the House, and more!

Theater directors Sammi Cannold (Evita, New York City Center) and Rebecca Aparicio (Jack and the Beanstalk, A.R.T.), in partnership with The Broadway Podcast Network, are launching The Comeback Project, a conversation series to help theatermakers restart in the wake of the pandemic.

Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Adventure, a 55-minute original musical adaptation for kids ages 4+ and their grown-ups, is streaming on demand through Monday, January 4, 2021. Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Adventure takes us on an epic journey through Storyland.

Cast album of Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Adventure, with music and lyrics by Julia Riew and music direction and orchestrations by Ian Chan, at AmericanRepertoryTheater.org/Jack-and-the-Beanstalk.

American Repertory Theater has announced today Fall 2020 workshops offered through The Wellspring, a new partnership with the Harvard Center for Wellness and Health Promotion (CWHP).

Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Adventure, an original musical adaptation for kids ages 4+ and their grown-ups, will premiere virtually on Friday, November 27 at 6PM and be available on demand through Monday, January 4, 2021.