Sean Daniels News

PlayMakers Repertory Company kicks off the New Year with a sparkling comedy classic, 'Private Lives' by Noel Coward, onstage today, Jan. 22-Feb. 9.

The Hornets' Nest series of script-in-hand readings with professional actors and directors returns with three plays investigating the most difficult and controversial questions of today. Following each reading, audience members will have the opportunity to engage in open discussion with key figures from the Rochester community. Since its inception in 2007, the Hornets' Nest series of readings has become nationally recognized and lauded as one of the most innovative theatrical initiatives in the country.

PlayMakers Repertory Company kicks off the New Year with a sparkling comedy classic, "Private Lives" by Noel Coward, onstage Jan. 22-Feb. 9.

The Huntington Theatre Company announces that the 2014 Breaking Ground festival of new plays will be held January 30 - February 2 at the Huntington's home for new work, the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.

Sophistication takes the stage at PlayMakers Repertory Company with Noel Coward's comedy classic 'Private Lives,' Jan. 22 - Feb. 9, and theater-goers can add to their enjoyment with special Cafe Society seating.

The Hornets' Nest series of script-in-hand readings with professional actors and directors returns with three plays investigating the most difficult and controversial questions of today. Following each reading, audience members will have the opportunity to engage in open discussion with key figures from the Rochester community. Since its inception in 2007, the Hornets' Nest series of readings has become nationally recognized and lauded as one of the most innovative theatrical initiatives in the country.

Geva Theatre Center' 41st Season continues with The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the John Buchan novel and the film by Alfred Hitchcock. Directed by Sean Daniels, this fast-paced whodunit begins performances tonight, October 22 and runs in the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage through November 17.

Direct from sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013, Benjamin Scheuer's The Bridge and Michael Roulston and Sarah-Louise Young's Songs for Cynics transfer to St. James Theatre Studio this autumn.

Geva Theatre Center' 41st Season continues with The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the John Buchan novel and the film by Alfred Hitchcock. Directed by Sean Daniels, this fast-paced whodunit begins performances on October 22 and runs in the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage through November 17.

Geva Theatre Center presents a world premiere - the Geva Theatre Conservatory production of All Your Questions Answered by Greg Kotis, the Tony Award-winning writer of Urinetown. Directed by Sean Daniels, All Your Questions Answered will run in the Fielding Nextstage from today, September 29 - October 13, 2013.

Tomorrow evening the curtain lifts on the world premiere of All Your Questions Answered, a new play by two-time Tony Winner Greg Kotis at Geva Theatre Center. Directed by Sean Daniels, All Your Questions Answered will run in the Fielding Nextstage from September 29 - October 13, 2013.

The play will have one performance, Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 8:00pm, at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St. in Hayward, CA. Tickets are $10 (open seating), and are available through the Box Office at (510) 881-6777 or online at www.dmtonline.org.

Geva Theatre Center presents a world premiere - the Geva Theatre Conservatory production of All Your Questions Answered by Greg Kotis, the Tony Award-winning writer of Urinetown. Directed by Sean Daniels, All Your Questions Answered will run in the Fielding Nextstage from September 29 - October 13, 2013.

Direct from sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013, Luke Kempner's The Only Way is Downton, Benjamin Scheuer's The Bridge and Michael Roulston and Sarah-Louise Young's Songs for Cynics transfer to St. James Theatre Studio this autumn.

PlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new play development organization, will hold its ninth annual New Play Development Conference from today, July 12-28 at the Adrienne Theater (2030 Sansom Street) in Philadelphia. The Conference will feature two-and-a-half weeks of intensive work on six works-in-progress by Gabriel Jason Dean (Terminus); Lisa Dillman (No Such Thing); Deborah Zoe Laufer (Informed Consent); Peter Gil-Sheridan (Cockfight); James Ijames (A Thousand Kinds of Silence); and Joe Waechter (Profiles).

PlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new play development organization, will hold its ninth annual New Play Development Conference from July 12-28 at the Adrienne Theater (2030 Sansom Street) in Philadelphia. The Conference will feature two-and-a-half weeks of intensive work on six works-in-progress by Gabriel Jason Dean (Terminus); Lisa Dillman (No Such Thing); Deborah Zoe Laufer (Informed Consent); Peter Gil-Sheridan (Cockfight); James Ijames (A Thousand Kinds of Silence); and Joe Waechter (Profiles).

MERKINS, DANIELLO & SONS will present NOT WITHOUT MY GALLBLADDER, written and directed by Sean Daniels andEric Mercado, as part of the 5th Annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.