Shishir Kurup News

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Raleigh Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 27th. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

Trinity Rep invites the public to a kick-off performance of the nationwide theater initiative, Every 28 Hours, on Monday, October 26, 2015. The project responds to the statistic that every 28 hours, a black person is killed by police. Following a week-long workshop in St. Louis, Missouri with playwrights from around the country, the first public reading of up to 90 one-minute plays resulting from the workshop will be held in Trinity Rep's Dowling Theater on Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7pm. The event is free and open to the public.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced today the launch of a 39-play, three-year commissioning project, Play on! 36 playwrights translate Shakespeare.

PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, kicks off its new Mainstage Season tonight, Sept. 16-Oct. 4 with the award-winning comedy-drama DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar. PlayMakers will host special events associated with the show beginning Sept. 9.

Rented Space Theatre Company presents the UK premiere of MERCHANT OF VEMBLEY by Shishir Kurup, 6TH - 25TH OCTOBER. Post show talks every Wednesday. Tickets: £17.50 /£13.50

PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, kicks off its new Mainstage Season Sept. 16-Oct. 4 with the award-winning comedy-drama DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar. PlayMakers will host special events associated with the show beginning Sept. 9.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Quiara Alegria Hudes's The Happiest Song Plays Last, directed by Shishir Kurup tonight, July 11 in the Thomas Theatre. Preview performances are July 7, 9 and 10.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Quiara Alegria Hudes's The Happiest Song Plays Last, directed by Shishir Kurup, July 11 in the Thomas Theatre. Preview performances are July 7, 9 and 10.

Nationally-renowned Cornerstone Theater Company, the Los Angeles ensemble dedicated to community-engaged theater, is proud to premiere Bliss Point. Bliss Point takes us into the sometimes frightening realm of the hunger of addiction, where the need for emotional fulfillment, love, respect, connection, and spirituality is fed through substance abuse. Written by Shishir Kurup and directed by Juliette Carrillo, Bliss Point is a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre. It runs Wednesdays through Sundays, today, May 29 to June 22, 2014.

Nationally-renowned Cornerstone Theater Company, the Los Angeles ensemble dedicated to community-engaged theater, is proud to premiere Bliss Point. Bliss Point takes us into the sometimes frightening realm of the hunger of addiction, where the need for emotional fulfillment, love, respect, connection, and spirituality is fed through substance abuse. Written by Shishir Kurup and directed by Juliette Carrillo, Bliss Point is a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre. It runs Wednesdays through Sundays, May 29 to June 22, 2014.

It may take a few minutes for a viewer to get his bearings within the world of WATER BY THE SPOONFUL. The canvas laid out by playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes stretches from Puerto Rico to San Diego, from Philadelphia to Japan. Characters go by their chatroom handles, and their relationships to each other - even among family members who meet face to face - are complicated and are not immediately made clear.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Quiara Alegria Hudes's Water by the Spoonful, directed by Shishir Kurup, March 30 in the Thomas Theatre. Preview performances are tonight, March 26, March 28 and 29.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open Quiara Alegria Hudes's Water by the Spoonful, directed by Shishir Kurup, March 30 in the Thomas Theatre. Preview performances are March 26, 28 and 29.

Through a theatrical coincidence, Kentwood Players and Cornerstone Theater Company are both working to positively influence an otherwise overlooked community on Skid Row through their support of the Los Angeles Mission this holiday season. Both companies believe art has the power to change the lives of people who need it the most and are using the power of live theater to bring the holiday spirit to LA's Skid Row.

Cornerstone Theater Company is thrilled to present the world premiere of the fourth play in its Hunger Cycle, Love on San Pedro, an unlikely love story set in the intricate and vibrant community of Skid Row, downtown Los Angeles. Love on San Pedro was written by James McManus through a partnership with Full Stage USA at New Dramatists, a program made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The play is directed by Cornerstone ensemble member Shishir Kurup. It will be presented at Los Angeles Mission, opening November 7 and running Wednesdays through Sundays until November 24.

Award-winning solo artist Mike Schlitt, in association with Son of Semele, has extended his solo-hit Jesus Ride through May 12. The production, which garnered "Outstanding Solo Show" at the New York Fringe in 2009, has been running at Son of Semele Theater since March 9 and will continue through mid-May playing Saturday evenings.

Award-winning solo artist Mike Schlitt, in association with Son of Semele, present Jesus Ride through April 8. The production, which garnered "Outstanding Solo Show" at the New York Fringe in 2009, was presented at Son of Semele Theater last year and will return there this spring for a 5-week run that will culminate in an Easter Sunday performance and celebration.

On March 14th, over 100 guests gathered in old Hollywood soundstage turned restaurant, El Cid, to dine on tapas, enjoy specialty themed cocktails and listen to a brand new radio play come to life. Written by Kit Steinkellner, based on her trip to the Amazon, the play featured voice work from Lisa Bierman, Jack De Sena and Shishir Kurup, and the ambient vocal stylings of Dakaboom.

Writers' Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, continues its 20th Anniversary Season with Hesperia by Randall Colburn, directed by Associate Artistic Director Stuart Carden.