Rebecca Gilman News

City Theatre will present LAUGH HARDER, NOT SMARTER by The Second City from April 9 to 18 at City Theatre in Pittsburgh. Learn more about the performance here!

New York Stage and Film's 40th Anniversary Gala, commemorating 40 years of developing new works and a reunion of acclaimed artists at SAF, will honor Board Member Douglas Harmon and more.

Harbinger Theatre will close its fourth season with Swing State by Pulitzer Prize finalist, Rebecca Gilman, and directed by Brian Sheldon. Swing State marks Harbinger's 18th Capital Region premiere.

Smoke & Mirror Productions will present Berlioz: An Episode in the Life of an Artist, a new concert reading performance by Chicago playwright and musician Nick_Jones.

 Theatrikos Theatre Company has announced its upcoming production of Rebecca Gilman's poignant and timely drama, Swing State. Learn more about the show here!

The Acting Company has revealed its 2025-26 Season of programming. The season features Dickens' Great Expectations in a World Premiere Adaptation by Nikki Massoud, and more.

New York Stage and Film will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a summer season at Marist University beginning this July, bringing a slate of new theatrical works to the Hudson Valley.

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has won the 2025 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for his play Purpose. Learn more here!

​​​​​​​MadKap Productions will present DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE by Sarah Ruhl for 12 live performances at the Skokie Theatre. Learn more about the production here!

Harbinger Theatre has revealed its 2025 season, which includes four more Capital Region Premieres bringing Harbinger's total of premieres to 18 in 4 years. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

MadKap Productions will present ROMEO AND BERNADETTE for 13 live performances at the Skokie Theatre. Shakespeare meets the modern-world in this delightful musical rom-com with songs based on traditional Italian melodies. Learn more.

After a sold out run at the 2024 Twin Cities Horror Festival, the script for the camp horror comedy Let's Summon a Demon at Debbie's written by Brandon Monokian has been published by 1319 Press. Learn more!

Michael Lluberes, the founding producing artistic director of FIM Flint Repertory Theatre, is leaving the theatre after more than six years of service. Learn more about his plans here!

Ian Belknap has been named as the new Artistic Director of New York Stage and Film, bringing his extensive experience to the organization known for developing innovative theater projects. Learn more about Belknap.

BOY GETS GIRLwill be performed at Skokie Theatre from November 1-24.

Reagan Kay James, Julia Weiss, and Ashley Rose Wellman star in LET'S SUMMON A DEMON AT DEBBIE'S at the Twin Cities Horror Festival. This camp horror comedy runs in October at the Crane Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Watch the cast and creative team discuss 4th Wall Theatre's regional premiere of Swing State in the video here!

MadKap Productions will present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC for 16 live performances at the Skokie Theatre

MCC Theater (Bernie Telsey and Will Cantler, Co-Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced the creative team for the World Premiere of Table 17 by Douglas Lyons (Chicken & Biscuits) and directed by Zhailon Levingston (Cats: The Jellicle Ball).

Jeanine Tesori and Bess Wohl have joined The Dramatists Guild Council, the leadership team of the Guild.