Robert O'Hara News

Blackfriars Theatre has announced its 2022-2023 Season. In the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blackfriars made a point of raising the bar and the community's expectations of what local theater can look like.

The Ringwald Theatre is postponing its production of Bootycandy. 'Plans to bring this beautiful story to the stage at a later date are in development and we will announce new dates as soon as that information is available.'

The Human Race embraces its mission of “exploring the human condition” in its 36th season by presenting themes of family, national security, dementia, creativity, race, and autism. Honoring its mission by “promoting enlightenment, inclusion and understanding,” the season includes two World Premieres (one play and one musical), a regional premiere, a Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play, and the return of a favorite. 

Tony Award-nominated and five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb has announced complete casting for the rescheduled 25th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. 

The Ringwald Theatre, a Ferndale-based professional performing arts company whose mission is to engage diverse audiences through fresh, risk-taking theatrical experiences, unveiled a new mural by local artist, detroit_baklava

The Ringwald Theatre will present the Michigan premiere of Robert O’Hara’s outrageous comedy Bootycandy.

The evening will feature performances and remarks by Norm Lewis, Heidi Blickenstaff, Joshua Henry, Tom Kitt, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Tyler Bunch, Scott Richards, Paulette Haupt, Ellie Ellsworth and others.  

The West Coast premiere of playwright Jeremy O. Harris' unflinching new work “Slave Play” reopened the Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum with the highest grossing five-week engagement in the storied theatre's more than 50-year history.

Tony Award-nominated and five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb has announced the complete line-up for the rescheduled 25th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays. SUMMERWORKS will run May 20 – July 2, 2022 at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street) and will feature productions of three new plays.

Milwaukee Rep hosts The Next Narrative Monologue Competition (formerly the August Wilson Monologue Competition) a new, national program for high school students featuring the work of contemporary Black playwrights. 

Audible Inc. has announced additional live events from Audible Theater. These stage shows will be recorded live from the Minetta Lane Theatre and released to a global audience as Audible Originals.

The Tyrones are back this season at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Audible Theater's new production of Eugene O'Neill epic Long Day's Journey Into Night is currently in performances off Broadway, playing through February 20, 2022. At the helm is Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara, who directs Emmy Award nominee Bill Camp, four-time Obie Award winner Elizabeth Marvel, Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood, and Jason Bowen in a contemporary reimagining of the classic play.

Audible Theater’s new production of Eugene O’Neill epic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O’Hara, is now in performances at the Minetta Lane Theatre through February 20 only.

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has announced that it will present the 21st Monte Cristo Award to its Founder George C. White.   George’s career includes not only his 37 years as President of the O’Neill and Chairman of its Board of Trustees, but also numerous activities and accomplishments in theater throughout the world.

Just yesterday, Slave Play, the ground-breaking work by Tony Award nominee Jeremy O. Harris under the direction of Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara, officially closed at the August Wilson Theatre.

Photos have been released for Audible Theater’s new production of Eugene O’Neill epic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O’Hara. This new production is now in performances at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Opening night is Tuesday, January 25.

It’s an intervention disguised as a family barbecue and you’re invited to get a front row seat. Starting February 10, Kansas City Melting Pot Theatre will present the award-winning Barbecue by Robert O’Hara.

A new stage production of the Eugene O’Neill epic Long Day’s Journey into Night, directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O’Hara (A Streetcar Named Desire for Audible, Slave Play), begins performances tonight at Audible Theater’s Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, between MacDougal & 6th Avenue – one block south of W. 3rd Street).

New York Theatre Workshop has announced that Safe Harbors NYC, Dominican Artists Collective and JAG Productions will join Noor Theatre as Companies-In-Residence at NYTW.

Audible Theater’s new stage production of the Eugene O’Neill epic Long Day’s Journey into Night, directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O’Hara (A Streetcar Named Desire for Audible, Slave Play), will now begin performances on Tuesday, January 18, one week later than planned.