The New Mexico Actors Lab announced today that they have received a matching grant for their August production of The Cradle Will Rock. This grant - provided by four anonymous donors - totals a fund of $12,500 that will match dollar-for-dollar any other donations they receive for The Cradle Will Rock up to the $25,000 budgeted for this show.
New Mexico Actors Lab founder Robert Benedetti announced today that co-Artistic Director Nicholas Ballas has been named the group's sole Artistic Director, and that Benedetti will now serve as Managing Director in concert with Mr. Ballas.
The 2019 New Mexico Actors Lab season has been a very strong one, and the trend continues with their final production, 4,000 Miles. Amy Herzog's 2013 Pulitzer finalist is about, in large part, the relationship between 21 year old Leo and his 91 year old grandmother, dealing with themes of family, loss, responsibility, and love in a lovely, intimately staged fashion.
When a group of actors with a passion for the classics (who already have a plan for a theater) are presented with the opportunity to present outdoor Shakespeare in what is arguably one of the loveliest venues in Santa Fe, they just have to go for it; even if it means putting together a large scale production of one of Shakespeare's most well known and beloved works in fewer than six months.
New York playwright John Yarbrough's THE ROSE-RED CITY won the top audience prize at the British Theatre Challenge at London's Stockwell Playhouse, held October 20 & 21. The play was among ten plays selected for performances at the Challenge, chosen from hundreds of international submissions.
The International Shakespeare Center Santa Fe, which produced so much programming last year for First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare in Santa Fe, has announced a year-long exploration and celebration of Shakespeare's penetrating exposition of politics, family dynamics, and rationality, The Tragedy of King Lear.
The Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV presents the original play by Robert Benedetti, Summers of Fear, March 4 - 13 in the Judy Bayley Theatre.
The Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV presents the original play by Robert Benedetti, Summers of Fear, March 4 - 13 in the Judy Bayley Theatre.
The Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV presents the original play by Robert Benedetti, Summers of Fear, March 4 - 13 in the Judy Bayley Theatre.
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) announces the selection of Morehead State University and University of Nevada Las Vegas as co-winners of the 2010-2011 Guest Artist Initiative Program grants. Each school will receive SDCF funding of $3000 to hire a professional director or choreographer for a mainstage production in early 2011.
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