Sam Shepard News

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Ira Levin's wickedly funny who'll-do-it Deathtrap, at 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, on Friday, February 12, 2010 (with performances continuing through February 27).

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Ira Levin's wickedly funny who'll-do-it Deathtrap, at 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, on Friday, February 12, 2010 (with performances continuing through February 27).

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Ira Levin's wickedly funny who'll-do-it Deathtrap, at 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, on Friday, February 12, 2010 (with performances continuing through February 27).

Performance Space 122 Presents: THE TALKING SHOW THE MAGICAL RIDICULOUS JOURNEY OF ALIEN COMIC. World premiere: February 18 - March 7 Written and performed by Tom Murrin Directed by Lucy Sexton

Please join us for a reading of a new play, Family Secrets, and meet with the playwright Norman Barasch.

The White Horse Theater Company, known for acclaimed productions of plays by Sam Shepard and Tennessee Williams, will present a rare revival of Tennessee Williams' Clothes for a Summer Hotel. The play is directed by White Horse Producing Artistic Director Cyndy A. Marion, recognized for her recent revivals of Williams' Small Craft Warnings and In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel.

Tied to its revival of Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, currently in previews, Dark Nights at The New Group proudly presents 'Shepard and Music: A Conversation and Readings hosted by Ethan Hawke.'

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Ira Levin's wickedly funny who'll-do-it Deathtrap, at 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, on Friday, February 12, 2010 (with performances continuing through February 27).

The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, presents Sam Shepard's Buried Child at Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse February 5-21 with a preview performance open to the public on Thursday, Feb. 4; John Shepard directs.

The White Horse Theater Company, known for acclaimed productions of plays by Sam Shepard and Tennessee Williams, will present a rare revival of Tennessee Williams' Clothes for a Summer Hotel. The play is directed by White Horse Producing Artistic Director Cyndy A. Marion, recognized for her recent revivals of Williams' Small Craft Warnings and In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will present 'The Paris Review: Mary Karr and Philip Gourevitch in Conversation' on Monday, February 22 at 7 p.m. in Joe's Pub.

The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, presents Sam Shepard's Buried Child at Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse February 5-21 with a preview performance open to the public on Thursday, Feb. 4; John Shepard directs.

Athena Theatre Company has announced that Sally Burtenshaw will replace Ann Farthing in the role of Mom in the production of Sam Shepard's True West currently playing thru February 14 at Theatre Row.

The Sundance Institute has chosen 8 playwrights to take part in their annual Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat, Variety is reporting. The retreat began Monday, February 1st, and the residency will last through February 19th. The residency will take place in Ucross, Wyoming.

The award-winning, critically acclaimed Athena Theatre is entering its sixth season, proud to present their first production for the 2010 season in NYC, Sam Shepard's True West will play Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm at Theatre Row.

Opera Boston presents the company's first commissioned work- the world premiere of Madame White Snake, an opera by composer Zhou Long and librettist Cerise Lim Jacobs, based on a beloved ancient Chinese legend.

The 2010 Sundance Institute's Playwrights' Retreat at Ucross begins today and will run through February 19, 2010.

New York University professor and professor of performance studies in the department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts Richard Schechner has been awarded the 2010 Thalia Award. The award is presented annually by the International Association of Theatre Critics and will be given to Schechner at a ceremony in Yerevan, Armenia June 16th to 20th.

The award-winning, critically acclaimed Athena Theatre will close Sam Shepard's True West on January 31.

Broadway's John Leone, who recently finished a stint as Four Season Nick Massi, makes his Metropolitan Room debut on Sunday January 31 at 4pm in 'Songs My Father Loved.'