Scott Organ News

Julie Pacino, Poverty Row Entertainment, Rian Patrick Durham and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, by special arrangement with The Cherry Lane Theatre, just announced that Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Julia Stiles ("Dexter") will return to the New York stage opposite James Wirt in a fresh take on Scott Organ's play PHOENIX. Directed by Jennifer DeLia, PHOENIX begins performances at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) Monday, July 28, and opens Thursday, August 7. PHOENIX will play a limited engagement through Saturday, August 23. The design team for PHOENIX will be announced shortly.

After conducting a thorough national search, the Alliance Theatre has announced that Mike Schleifer has been chosen as the new General Manager of the Alliance Theatre, beginning March 3, 2014. Schleifer steps into the position left vacant by Max Leventhal, who served the Alliance for 10 seasons before transitioning to the role of Owners' Representative to the Woodruff Arts Center in September, 2013. Schleifer brings to his new role 19 years of theatre management experience in a variety of company leadership and stage management positions.

Gulfshore Playhouse announces a call for submissions for their Second Annual New Works Festival to take place in late summer 2014. The New Works Festival will bring together four playwrights and a team of actors and directors for a week-long festival in which each playwright will hone their play and then present their work to an audience.

Gulfshore Playhouse is proud to announce the success of its First Annual New Works Festival. Kicking off Gulfshore Playhouse's 2013-2014 season, the New Works Festival brought together a team of professional actors and directors to work on the three plays chosen following an open submission process that yielded over 80 entries. Over four days of rehearsals, the playwrights were given the opportunity to edit their plays before the week culminated in a staged reading for each play. The Second Annual New Works Festival is now set to take place in August 2014.

Gulfshore Playhouse is preparing to begin their 2013-2014 season with the First Annual New Works Festival, beginning today, August 12, and continuing through August 17. The week-long festival is an exciting new addition to the programming that Gulfshore Playhouse is offering to the Naples, Fl audience.

The Barrow Group's Short Stuff 7, the seventh installation of The Barrow Group's evening of one-act plays, is around the corner. The series celebrates playwrights and actors and highlights The Barrow Group's contemporary, naturalistic aesthetiC. Short Stuff 7 will run on The Barrow Group's Mainstage (312 West 36th Street, floor 3, NY, NY) from today, July 29 through August 18, 2013, every Wednesday-Sunday evening.

The Barrow Group's Short Stuff 7, the seventh installation of The Barrow Group's evening of one-act plays, is around the corner. The series celebrates playwrights and actors and highlights The Barrow Group's contemporary, naturalistic aesthetic. Short Stuff 7 will run on The Barrow Group's Mainstage (312 West 36th Street, floor 3, NY, NY) from July 29 through August 18, 2013, every Wednesday-Sunday evening. Tickets are $18 and available at: www.Smarttix.com. For more information please visit www.barrowgroup.org/showing

Gulfshore Playhouse is preparing to begin their 2013-2014 season with the First Annual New Works Festival to take place August 12 - 17, 2013. The week-long festival is an exciting new addition to the programming that Gulfshore Playhouse is offering to the Naples, Fl audience.

With much excitement, The Barrow Group announces Short Stuff 7, the seventh installation of The Barrow Group's evening of one-act plays. The series celebrates talented, up-and-coming playwrights and actors and will run on The Barrow Group's Mainstage (312 West 36th Street, floor 3, NY, NY) from July 29 through August 18, 2013, every Wednesday-Sunday evening. Tickets are $18 and available at:www.Smarttix.com. For more information please visit www.barrowgroup.org/showing

The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 30 of which are world premieres-a record number for the Festival-and a special screening.

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Tampa in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Albuquerque during the year 2012. Check out the Top Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

The second full season for Tampa Repertory Theatre kicks off with the regional premiere of the two-character romantic comedy Phoenix, by Scott Organ. The play opens tonight, October 11, at 7:30 PM in the Studio Theatre at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City, and runs through Sunday, October 28.

From Phoenix to Elsinore, with a stop in St. Louis, the Tampa Repertory Theatre's second season promises to engage audiences with plays new and old, but always provocative, innovative and classic. The season opens with a regional premiere: Phoenix, by Scott Organ.

The second full season for Tampa Repertory Theatre kicks off with the regional premiere of the two-character romantic comedy Phoenix, by Scott Organ. The play opens Thursday, October 11, at 7:30 PM in the Studio Theatre at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City, and runs through Sunday, October 28.

From Phoenix to Elsinore, with a stop in St. Louis, the Tampa Repertory Theatre's second season promises to engage audiences with plays new and old, but always provocative, innovative and classic. The season opens with a regional premiere: Phoenix, by Scott Organ.

Presentations of Page 73 Productions' developmental workshop of A THICK DESCRIPTION OF HARRY SMITH (Volume I) by Chicago-based playwright Carlos Murillo (DARK PLAY OR STORIES FOR BOYS) and directed by Kip Fagan (Page 73's JACK'S PRECIOUS MOMENT) will begin Thursday, June 28 at 2pm and continue Friday, June 29 at 2pm; Sunday, July 1 at 7pm and Monday, July 2 at 3pm (please note the altered performance time for the July 2nd performance) at Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at page73.org/harrysmith.