Internationally renowned actor, Golden Globe Winner, and multiple Emmy Nominee Matthew Modine and TONY-Award Nominee and Broadway Star Melissa Errico star in a unique dramatic presentation drawn from the passionate letters of Thomas Jefferson and painter/composer/musician Maria Cosway, intertwined with the performance of music mentioned in their correspondance, including works by Sacchini, Hewitt, and rarely performed compositions by Cosway herself.
Sandi Farkas, Founder of the Playwrights of New York (PONY) Fellowship, has announced that health insurance will now be provided as part of the yearly Fellowship going forward.
The Juilliard School will offer its first Master of Fine Arts in Drama with classes beginning in the Fall of 2012, a watershed moment in the Drama Division's forty-four year history.
Primary Stages will host the Fifth Annual New York One-Minute Play Festival, the proceeds from which will benefit the Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA).
Casting has been announced for the Fifth Annual New York One-Minute Play Festival, hosted by Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters. The New York One-Minute Play Festival will take place Sunday, October 16 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street), the Off-Broadway home of Primary Stages. Seating is extremely limited.
Casting has been announced for the Fifth Annual New York One-Minute Play Festival, hosted by Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters. The New York One-Minute Play Festival will take place Sunday, October 16 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street), the Off-Broadway home of Primary Stages. Seating is extremely limited.
Primary Stages will host the Fifth Annual New York One-Minute Play Festival, the proceeds from which will benefit the Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA).
Juilliard's Drama Division announces the complete schedule for its 2011-2012 season of fully-staged productions featuring students in their fourth and final year of acting training at Juilliard. This season's plays include Arthur Miller's All My Sons, directed by Harris Yulin, October 19-23; Juilliard alumnus Nathan Jackson's Broke-ology, directed by Kent Gash, November 10-14; and Noel Coward's Hay Fever, directed by Dakin Matthews, December 8-12. The Drama Division is led by James Houghton, Richard Rodgers Director of Drama.
Following the sold out performances and overflow crowds at its first eight Cino Nights presentations (of new plays by Gary Sunshine, Mando Alvarado, Courtney Baron, Florencia Lozano, Kristen Palmer, Emily DeVoti, Lucy Thurber, and Jessica Dickey) Rising Phoenix Rep continues the series on June 19th at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. with CLOWN BAR by Adam Szymkowicz.
The Icicle Creek Theatre Festival and ACT- A Contemporary Theatre announce the two plays selected for workshops at this year's Festival (August 20-24): You For Me for You by Mia Chung, and The Whale by Sam Hunter. These new plays will be presented at Icicle Creek Music Center in Leavenworth, WA, on Saturday, August 20, and at ACT Theatre in Seattle on Tuesday, August 23 and Wednesday, August 24.
Marin Theatre Company Artistic Director Jasson Minadakis and Producing Director Ryan Rilette are pleased to announce the winners of MTC's two national new American play prizes.
Max Wilk, author, playwright, film and television writer, and long time dramaturg for the National Playwrights Conference passed away at the age of 90, on Saturday, February 19th, at his home in Westport, Connecticut.
The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis proudly announces the 2010-2011 season, which includes one World Premiere, one National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, two re-mounted World Premieres, seven Midwest Premieres and a greatest hits version of the ever-popular holiday variety show.
The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profittheaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, will produce sixnew plays in staged reading format at its National Showcase of New Plays, hosted December 4-6 inAtlanta by member theaters Actor's Express and Horizon.
The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profittheaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, will produce sixnew plays in staged reading format at its National Showcase of New Plays, hosted December 4-6 inAtlanta by member theaters Actor's Express and Horizon.
The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profittheaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, will produce sixnew plays in staged reading format at its National Showcase of New Plays, hosted December 4-6 inAtlanta by member theaters Actor's Express and Horizon.