Signature Theatre News

 In celebration of Hispanic American Heritage Month, Adventure Theatre MTC will discuss developing new plays for Young Audiences with Playwright Alvaro Saar Rios and Director and Playwright Elena Valesco. This special bilingual Storytime will be presented in both Spanish and English.

Berkeley Rep's Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer today announced three additional virtual projects for the fall. The season, titled Rep On-Air, will include collaborations with Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza (Company, Speed-the-Plow, and Taboo), celebrated New Yorker cartoon artist Tom Toro, Pulitzer Finalist Eisa Davis, and Bay Area favorite Hershey Felder.

Wesleyan Universitya??'s a??Theater Departmenta?? presents a??'Re-Evaluating the Ground on Which We(s) Stand(s): An Evening of August Wilson with Broadway's Crystal Dickinson and Brandon Dirden,' on a??Friday, September 25, 2020 at 4:30pm on Zoom. Registration is required for access to this free virtual event.

On September 11, 2020, Signature Theatre released the fourth episode of The Signature Show, a free biweekly half-hour digital experience featuring performances by acclaimed artists, interviews, celebration of new musical voices and memories of Signature's past and a glimpse into its future.

Philadelphia Theatre Company begins its 46th season with the rolling world premiere of The Days of Re-Creation: A Virtual Play on September 30th at 7pm.

The 2020 Helen Hayes Awards, recognizing the outstanding work on Washington area stages in 2019, continued its four-week virtual event series. 

National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the line-up of new musicals for their 32nd Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, on Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20, 2020.

Signature Theatre will host a series of events through their SigSpace virtual programming with Signature Playwright-in-Residence Anna Deavere Smith, exploring Smith's play, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 as it relates to current civil unrest awoken by the deaths of George Floyd and many others.

Steve H. Broadnax III joins the artistic leadership of People's Light as Resident Director.

Signature Theatre has announced the fifth season of SigWorks: Monday Night New Play Reading Series. This season Signature will be presenting four plays - At the Full Yum by Rahima R. Rice, The Story of Walter by Audrey Cefaly, One-Shot by Andrew Rosendorf, and Light by Jarrin Davis.

Lambert Jackson Productions today announces live performances of Jason Robert Brown's Songs For A New World at The London Palladium on 11 October. Séimí Campbell directs David Hunter (Waitress), Rachel John (Hamilton), Cedric Neal (Motown) and Rachel Tucker (Come From Away) for two performances only in a return for musical theatre to West End.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced the creation of a new artistic initiative - The Beaumont New Play Commission Program.

The 2020 Henry Hewes Design Award Honors for the 2019-2020 theater season were announced today and will be presented at a virtual awards ceremony on October 14.

Downtown Urban Arts Festival/DUAF has announced the top winners from its 18th season including Oregon-based Melissa Rose won Best Play for her play Baggage and Brandice Peltier (from New Jersey) won Best Short Play for Grocery Run. In the film category, Skin, directed by Guy Nattiv, won Best Short Film.

The first virtual Helen Hayes Awards ceremony kicked off with the first night of its multi-night event last night, August 31.

Today, Signature Theatre released the third episode of The Signature Show, a biweekly half-hour digital experience featuring performances by acclaimed artists, interviews, celebration of new musical voices and tributes to the past, present and future of Signature Theatre.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced its Fall/Winter Looking Forward Season featuring more than 70 virtual events and programs to engage with and respond to audiences in Washington, D.C-metropolitan region and nationally.

Deadline has reported that Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse have signed with ICM Partners for literary representation across all media. Taylor and Wyse are writers, actors and directors for Broadway and Television.

Signature Theatre has released a new video as part of its Signature Strong series.

Hosted by Ben Cameron, the NEXT ON STAGE: DANCE EDITION judges panel will include: Phil LaDuca, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Tyler Hanes, Sasha Hutchings, and Megan Sikora- plus more special guests judges to be announced soon!