The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) is pleased to announce their 2009 lineup of new plays. 'The addition of a fifth play during our last season was very well received,' stated Ed Herendeen, CATF Founder and Producing Director.
The Fountain Theatre continues its unique relationship with one of the world's greatest living playwrights, Athol Fugard, with the West Coast premiere of Coming Home. Stephen Sachs directs Matthew Elam, Deidrie Henry, Noah Murtadha, Thomas Silcott, Timothy Taylor and Adolphus Ward in Fugard's newest work, which opens June 20 and continues through August 29. Low-priced previews begin June 13.
The next show at the Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown is billed as a show the entire family will enjoy. Honus & Me, a play by Steven Dietz adapted from the book by Dan Gutman, tells the story of little league player Joey Stoshack who finds the most valuable baseball card in the world, the T-206 Honus Wagner - while cleaning out an elderly neighbors attic.
The next show at the Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown is billed as a show the entire family will enjoy. Honus & Me, a play by Steven Dietz adapted from the book by Dan Gutman, tells the story of little league player Joey Stoshack who finds the most valuable baseball card in the world, the T-206 Honus Wagner - while cleaning out an elderly neighbors attic.
The Coterie Theatre's 2009-2010 season of live theatre offers a range of performances that includes Edgar Allan Poe, zombies, Laura Ingalls Wilder's famous house on the prairie and Broadway superstar ducks.
The Fountain Theatre continues its unique relationship with one of the world's greatest living playwrights, Athol Fugard, with the West Coast premiere of Coming Home. Stephen Sachs directs Matthew Elam, Deidrie Henry, Noah Murtadha, Thomas Silcott, Timothy Taylor and Adolphus Ward in Fugard's newest work, which opens June 20 and continues through August 29. Low-priced previews begin June 13.
City Theatre announces the line-up of plays for its 09/10 season, as well as two all-new special presentations. The eight plays run the theatrical gamut from hilarious comedy to taut thriller, and include two world premieres, an award-winning international hit, and the return of the crowd-pleasing 'Sister.'
12 Miles West Theatre Company is about to present the New Jersey premiere of Steven Dietz' quirky and hysterical More Fun Than Bowling. This intriguing look at love, life and the perils of bowling will be on stage at 12 Miles West Theatre Company, in residence at Playwrights Theatre in Madison, May 14th through June 7th with an opening night 'Meet the Artists' reception on Friday, May 15th.
The Tony Award® -winning McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ, has announced the complete cast for the world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's landmark trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays. Presented in two parts, the production will be presented with a single cast and performed in repertory in McCarter's Berlind Theatre. The Brother/Sister Plays is co-produced with New York's Public Theater.
Jackson Repertory Theatre will present NO SOLO MIO, written and performed by Carl Kissin, and STEPMOTHER IN A SARI, written and performed by Leslie Harrell Dillen, April 24-May 10. Jackson Rep is a new theater company in residence at The Garden School, 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. Tickets are $12/general and $10/students and seniors, and are available in advance at www.SmartTix.com (212-868-4444) or Inner Peace, 79-24 37th Ave in Jackson Heights.
The season will start with the Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret and will include Shakespeare, Neil Simon and a new play by Sarah Ruhl, Dead Man's Cell Phone.
Trinity Rep is proud to announce that its 2009-2010 season will start with a bang: Cabaret will kick off what promises to be a lively year of love and levity at Trinity Rep. The scintillating musical written by Joe Masteroff with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb will be followed by the touching romantic comedy Shooting Star by Steven Dietz (October-November); the classic hijinks of William Shakespeare?s Twelfth Night (will also be the focus of Project Discovery Plus educational slot) (January-February); MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl?s quirky look at modern connections, Dead Man?s Cell Phone (February-March); Neil Simon?s inimitable touchstone of American comedy, The Odd Couple (April-May); and Pamela Gien?s lyrical and haunting drama, The Syringa Tree (April-May). The unified curtain time of 7:30 PM for all evening performances will continue in addition to 2 PM matinees. A Christmas Carol will follow this schedule with the exception of Sundays, when performances will occur at noon and 5 PM.
San Jose Repertory Theatre prepares to make history with the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini?s international best-selling novel, The Kite Runner ? a haunting story of friendship and redemption in modern Afghanistan. Adapted by Bay Area resident Matthew Spangler and directed by David Ira Goldstein, artistic director of the Arizona Theatre Company, The Kite Runner runs from March 21-April 19, 2009 at the San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio in downtown San Jose. Press Opening is March 27 at 8:00 p.m.
San Jose Repertory Theatre will present the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's international best-selling novel, The Kite Runner - a haunting story of friendship and redemption in modern Afghanistan. Adapted by Bay Area resident Matthew Spangler and directed by David Ira Goldstein, artistic director of the Arizona Theatre Company, The Kite Runner runs from March 21-April 19, 2009 at the San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio in downtown San Jose. Press Opening is March 27 at 8:00 p.m.
Olympia Dukakis will appear at PlayFest on January 30 & 31 as Prospera in two readings of Another Side of the Island, her new adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.What is PlayFest? PlayFest - The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays is a ten-day theater event packed with dynamic new plays and new play programming for anyone who loves great theater!
Olympia Dukakis will appear at PlayFest on January 30 & 31 as Prospera in two readings of Another Side of the Island, her new adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.What is PlayFest? PlayFest - The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays is a ten-day theater event packed with dynamic new plays and new play programming for anyone who loves great theater!
Asolo Rep unveils the cast for the rest of our season at a Town Hall event on December 2, 2008 at 5:00 pm. Asolo Rep's Town Hall events have become a tradition in Sarasota where new and loyal audiences come together to meet the cast and creative teams of each production and to hear Asolo Rep Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards address the themes and highlights of each production and special events of the year.
Asolo Rep unveils the cast for the rest of our season at a Town Hall event on December 2, 2008 at 5:00 pm. Asolo Rep's Town Hall events have become a tradition in Sarasota where new and loyal audiences come together to meet the cast and creative teams of each production and to hear Asolo Rep Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards address the themes and highlights of each production and special events of the year.
Consistently included among the Midwest's top-tier holiday events, Goodman Theatre's annual production of A Christmas Carol returns for its 31st season. Guided by sixteen years of experience with the production, Chicago actor/director William Brown returns to direct Tom Creamer's adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella for his third consecutive year.
Boundless Theater Company in collaboration with Teatro Círculo (www.teatrocirculo.org) present the U.S. premiere of Shelagh Stephenson's acclaimed FIVE KINDS OF SILENCE directed by Tlaloc Rivas at Teatro Círculo: 64 East 4th Street (between Bowery & 2nd Avenue, NYC).
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