Studio Theatre News

With Lucinda Coxon's Herding Cats opening last night at Soho Theatre and via live stream until 22 May, New York-based, Olivier-winning, and Tony-nominated OHenry Productions and Stellar, in association with Soho Theatre, today announce the on-demand extension of the run.

Florida Repertory Theatre has announced its reimagined 2021-2022 Season in the Historic Arcade Theatre and the ArtStage Studio Theatre, setting a first indoor performance for Sept. 28, 2021. After an 18-month intermission the company plans to return to a full 9-show season.

In celebration of Pride Month, Palm Beach Dramaworks' Contemporary Voices series will shine the spotlight on playwright Michael McKeever in June. This free, online series features live readings and discussions of plays by a cross-section of some of the finest American playwrights working in theatre today.

Darryl Maximilian Robinson joined veteran entertainment journalist and host Ron Brewington to discuss public theatre performance, politics, systemic racism, The Covid-19 Pandemic and The Oscars during his third appearance on 'The Actor's Choice'.

The seventh installment of Geffen’s Stayhouse series Is THE DOOR YOU NEVER SAW BEFORE: A CHOOSICAL MUSICAL has been in previews, with opening May 22, 2021. This world premiere, written by Matt Schatz, is geared for children and the young at heart. An ‘Adventure Suitcase,’ full of puzzles and special items will be pre-mailed for the youngsters’ interaction during the Zoom of the show. Katie Lindsay directs the cast of Michael Faulkner, Shyla Lefner and Gabrielle Maiden.

The Road Theatre Company has begun streaming playwright Steve Yockey’s REYKJAVÍK, their second show of their 2021 virtual season. Set in Reykjavík, Iceland, Ann Hearn Tobolowsky directs the REYKJAVÍK cast of Stephen Tyler Howell, Alaska Jackson, Carlos Lacamara, Brian Ibsen, Danny Lee Gomez and Jacqueline Misaye. Ann managed to find some time between REYKJAVÍK rehearsals, and being half of a beloved Los Angeles theatre acting/directing couple, to answer a few of my enquiries.

Florida Studio Theatre opens its 29th Summer Mainstage Series with the return of one of the most successful shows in the theatre's history, Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas.

The Cape Cod Theatre Project (CCTP) continues to bring extraordinary playwriting talent to the Cape this July with Season 27, featuring its 100th play. The season will once again be presented in an all-virtual format with a mix of emerging and established playwrights. This year, CCTP welcomes new and in-progress works by Bill Cain, Amy Evans, Selina Fillinger and Mike Lew who explore themes of identity, hidden secrets, far-reaching love, as well as birth and death.

A year ago, it was “The Impossible Dream,” now, the nationally regarded Fulton Theatre is proud to announce a marquee season in the theatre's 169th year. The Fulton invites audiences to “Return to LIVE,” beginning this summer with a concert series that will ease back into full audiences.

This summer, give yourself a break and journey to the lakes region of Central Maine to celebrate the re-emergence of live theater in Maine. Join  Theater at Monmouth for its (R)evolutionary Redux Season.

Westport Country Playhouse will open its all-virtual 2021 production season with the regional premiere of “Tiny House,” a timely new comedy about downsizing, going green, escaping urban life, and fresh starts, written by Michael Gotch, and directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, has announced the participants in the sixth round of its Rising Leaders of Color (RLC) Program.

Studio Theatre Artist in Residence Psalmayene 24 directs a reimagined Flow by hip-hop theatre forebear Will Power, drawing inspiration from 90s hip-hop aesthetic and starring Justin Weaks, available to stream on studiotheatre.org from May 21 – June 13, 2021.

Without a doubt, this production is one of the most successful adaptations to the virtual theatre space, going beyond just a filmed version of a live play and embracing this new medium in a truly moving way.

Ignacio Lopez will be embarking on a tour of the UK starting on 7th August 2021 in Bridgewater and concluding in Peterborough at the Key Studio Theatre on 29th October 2021.

Jack Studio Theatre has announced their upcoming production of Stewart Pringle’s award-winning play, Trestle. Trestle is a warm hearted, funny and moving look at two retired people brought together each week as they fold away a trestle table in their community hall. A bittersweet comic drama about later life, love and community. And bananas.

The Uncle's triumphant return to the stage will feature their signature brand of original sketch comedy, live musical performance, and special guest appearance by stand-up comedian Jon Laster (BET's Comic View, Comedy Central's Premium Blend).

The Roundhouse is back! They’ll be re-opening their doors for seven days of electric performance with this year’s The Last Word Festival. This exciting programme will see some of the boldest stories told by some of the capital's most vital voices. 

The Naples Players opened their doors again on April 28th with Calendar Girls in Blackburn Hall and An Ideal Husband on May 19th in their Tobye Studio Theatre. 

The 60s sci-fi immersive musical comedy Wild Women of Planet Wongo, a wacky B-movie inspired musical about a planet of Amazonian women who first encounter men when two bumbling astronauts crash on their planet, is coming virtually to the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival after successful productions in New York City and Chicago.