Sophocles News

Pittsburgh Public Theater launches its 37th season with Electra, written by ancient Greek master Sophocles and adapted by Frank McGuinness.

Rachel Reiner Productions is proud to present the World Premiere of Victor L. Cahn's Dally With The Devil, directed by Eric Parness. Dally With The Devil will begin performances on Saturday, September 10 and will open on September 14 running thru October 8, 2011 at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street). Tickets are $55 and can be purchased at www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.

City Parks Foundation brings the SummerStage theater program to East River Park from August 27 until September 2.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) has announced its 2011-2012 mainstage season.

As a teenage Emperor, Nero presided of rioting and the burning of Rome aged just seventeen.

The Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for its upcoming production of The Burial at Thebes, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone, playing September 24 - November 6, 2011, on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.

Japan Society presents the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) production of Medea as the launch to its Fall 2011/Spring 2012 Performing Arts Season.

Japan Society presents the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) production of Medea as the launch to its Fall 2011/Spring 2012 Performing Arts Season.

Hailed by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times as a 'spoof of children's theater with some truly funny songs and endearingly loopy performances from a cast of just three,' OEDIPUS FOR KIDS - a sold out hit at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival - is proud to announce two regional productions - at Nearly Naked Theatre (Phoenix, AZ) and Renegade Theatre (Orlando, FL) - in anticipation of an upcoming off-Broadway production. More information on the NY run will be announced shortly.

City Parks Foundation brings the SummerStage theater program to East River Park from August 27 until September 2.

Celebrating its 18th anniversary season in 2011/12, Lantern Theater Company announces a slate of plays and events that illustrate the company's ongoing commitment to celebrating the best in classic and contemporary playwriting.

Rachel Reiner Productions is proud to present the World Premiere of Victor L. Cahn's Dally With The Devil, directed by Eric Parness. Dally With The Devil will begin performances on Saturday, September 10 and will open on September 14 running thru October 8, 2011 at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street). Tickets are $55 and can be purchased at www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.

Quintessence Theatre Group is proud to announce its 2011-2012 season, which includes Goldoni's THE VENETIAN TWINS and Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, presented in repertory, Anouilh's adaptation of Sophocles' ANTIGONE, and Chekhov's THE SEAGULL.

BURNING COAL THEATRE COMPANY sm presents WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2011/2012 Second Stage Series

Empirical Rogue is a company comprised of alumni from the American Repertory Theatre / Moscow Art Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training, a two year MFA program based at Harvard University and in Russia at the Moscow Art Theatre - one of the most rigorous graduate training programs in the US.

The New Hapshire Theatre Project recently announced the productions which will be presented as part of their 2011-2012 season.

Empirical Rogue is a company comprised of alumni from the American Repertory Theatre / Moscow Art Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training, a two year MFA program based at Harvard University and in Russia at the Moscow Art Theatre - one of the most rigorous graduate training programs in the US.

NHTP is dedicated to creating innovative, excellent and educational theatre that serves as a catalyst for personal transformation and community connection.

7 Ronin, a new group of creative minds, will debut with a performance of Sophocles' 'Antigone'at the Maryland Institute College of Art's BBOX performance space July 8th.