Roland Hayes News

Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts today announced that playwright Matthew Lopez, author of this past season's The Whipping Man, will be the 2012-13 Aetna New Voices Fellow at Hartford Stage. The announcement comes on the heels of former Aetna Fellow Quiara Alegria Hudes winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in April.

City Theatre announces six plays lined up for its 2012-2013 season. From Fifties rewind to eighteenth-century intrigue-a provocative 1950s fantasy; a vibrant world premiere about Pittsburgh's South Side; a sharp, sexy Broadway hit; a moving, new musical about the hard road to stardom; a heartwarming Irish comedy; and an imaginative tale about The Crucible's infamous seductress.

The Tony Award®-winning Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director, and Michael Stotts, Managing Director, proudly announces the lineup of programming for the theater's 2012-13 season, the first chosen under Darko Tresnjak's artistic leadership.

City Theatre announces the first three plays of its 2012-2013 main season, a lineup of new essentials for any Pittsburgh theatre-goer: South Side Stories by Tami Dixon, Seminar by Theresa Rebeck, and Breath and Imagination by Daniel Beaty.

From the Top announced today that 20 high school and early college musicians from Greater Boston have completed a Year-Long Intensive Arts Leadership Program.

Producer Daryl Roth today announced that she will present Through the Night, the acclaimed solo show written and performed by Daniel Beaty, in an extended run Off Broadway, beginning performances September 10 at The Union Square Theatre.

Producer Daryl Roth today announced that she will present Through the Night, the acclaimed solo show written and performed by Daniel Beaty, in an extended run Off Broadway, beginning performances September 10 at The Union Square Theatre.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for Breath and Imagination, the next offering in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series. As always, these readings are open to the general public and admission is free, but reservations are suggested and can be obtained by e-mailing Reading Series Coordinator Jeff Landsman at jlandsman@yorktheatre.org or calling 212-935-5824 x24.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for Breath and Imagination, the next offering in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series. As always, these readings are open to the general public and admission is free, but reservations are suggested and can be obtained by e-mailing Reading Series Coordinator Jeff Landsman at jlandsman@yorktheatre.org or calling 212-935-5824 x24.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces six new titles as the next offerings in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series

Remember flipping your Slinky down the stairs? Remember chasing the ice cream truck, Rock ?em Sock ?em Robots, milk money, road trips in the back seat of the family station wagon? These are just a few of the slices of Americana served up in Pat Hazell's The Wonder Bread Years, which will presented by Penguin Rep Theatre from June 26 through July 19 in Stony Point, New York.

On the heels of the news that Penguin Rep Theatre had extended the run of its acclaimed 2009 season-opener, Tom Dudzick's comedy Our Lady of South Division Street, executive director Andrew M. Horn announced today that the company had just been awarded a grant from The Shubert Foundation, a prominent grant-maker to nonprofit theatres and dance companies throughout the United States.

Penguin Rep Theatre has extended the run of its widely-acclaimed world premiere production of Tom Dudzick's comedy Our Lady of South Division Street, which was originally slated to close June 7, through Sunday, June 14, executive director Andrew M. Horn announced today.

Penguin Rep Theatre, under the leadership of artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, open its 2009 season with Our Lady of South Division Street, a new comedy by Tom Dudzick, directed by Mr. Brancato, from May 15 through June 7 in Stony Point, New York. Our Lady of South Division Street is the story of Clara Nowak, her daughters Beverly and Ruth, and son Jimmy.

Miracles, wild women, beautiful music and lots of laughs will entertain and enlighten audiences during the upcoming 2009 season at Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, New York. The nonprofit professional theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Executive Director Andrew M. Horn, today announced the four plays selected for the theatre's 32nd season as well as a freeze on prices.

A Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and a famed stage and screen star will both participate in Hartford Stage's, 2008 Brand:NEW Fall Festival of New Work.

AfroSolo Arts will be giving the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award to Hope Foye.