Taneisha Duggan News

Today, at a time when most development opportunities for writers and artists have disappeared, The Playwrights Realm is launching their annual open submissions for their 2021/2022 Writing Fellowship (the company’s longest-running artistic development program) and Scratchpad Series.

TheaterWorks Hartford (TWH) Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero announced today that their 20/21 season will begin streaming Sunday, September 27, 2020. 

TheaterWorks Hartford announced additional artists today scheduled for their streaming music series LIVING ROOM and chat show GET SAUCED:

What starts off as a 'he said, she said' recounting of what appears to be a simple hookup between two Princeton freshmen turns into something more penetrating and harrowing in playwright Anna Ziegler's powerful and jarring 'Actually,' which is now running at Hartford's Theaterworks through June 22.

What starts off as a "he said, she said" recounting of what appears to be a simple hookup between two Princeton freshmen turns into something more penetrating and harrowing in playwright Anna Ziegler's powerful and jarring "Actually," which is now running at Hartford's Theaterworks through June 22.

TheaterWorks Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero announced today the cast and creative team for the Connecticut Premiere of ACTUALLY. The cast features Ronald Emile as Tom and Arielle Siegel as Amber. TheaterWorks Producing Associate and Aetna Breaking Barriers Fellow Taneisha Duggan will direct. ACTUALLY runs May 22 through June 23 and is the 4th show of the 2018-2019 season adn will be presented at the Wadsworth Atheneum

Aetna and TheaterWorks announced today their artistic partnership, BREAKING BARRIERS, a pilot fellowship program providing opportunity for female directors of color in theater. The only one of its kind, the fellowship addresses the lack of parity in artistic leadership positions in the theater, particularly as it relates to women-identifying people of color.

Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero announced today that TheaterWorks 2018-2019 Season will include The River by Jez Butterworth, A Doll's House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, Fully Committed by Becky Mode, and Actually by Anna Zeigler. The fifth and final production will be announced shortly.

TheaterWorks announced today a partnership with Hartford Consortium for Higher Education to provide FREE STUDENT RUSH TICKETS for all student members. The Hartford Consortium includes member schools, Capital Community College, Central Connecticut State University, Charter Oak State College, Goodwin College, Hartford Seminary, Manchester Community College, University of Saint Joseph, St. Thomas Seminary, Trinity College, UCONN Hartford and University of Hartford. Free Student Rush Tickets - all free, all the time - are available at the door an hour prior to performance based on availability. FREE STUDENT RUSH TICKETS will be available throughout the season for all performances.

TheaterWorks announced today a partnership with Hartford Consortium for Higher Education to provide FREE STUDENT RUSH TICKETS for all student members. The Hartford Consortium includes member schools, Capital Community College, Central Connecticut State University, Charter Oak State College, Goodwin College, Hartford Seminary, Manchester Community College, University of Saint Joseph, St. Thomas Seminary, Trinity College, UCONN Hartford and University of Hartford. Free Student Rush Tickets - all free, all the time - are available at the door an hour prior to performance based on availability. FREE STUDENT RUSH TICKETS will be available throughout the season for all performances.

Connecticut and the O'Neill Theater Center in the Spotlight of This Summer's News for Women in Theater

TheaterWorks (Rob Ruggiero, Producing Artistic Director) announced today that FADE the 4th show of TheaterWorks 31st Season will run June 1 through June 30, 2017 (please note date correction).

TheaterWorks (Rob Ruggiero, Producing Artistic Director) announced complete casting today for NEXT TO NORMAL the 3rd show of TheaterWorks 31st Season. The production runs March 23 through April 30, 2017.

TheaterWorks (Rob Ruggiero, Producing Artistic Director) announced complete casting today for NEXT TO NORMAL the 3rd show of TheaterWorks 31st Season. The production runs March 23 through April 30, 2017.

TheaterWorks will present AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY: TALKIN' MOVIES WITH RICHARD DREYFUSS on Sunday, November 13, 2016 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Last night at Joe's Pub at The Public, Harvey Fierstein, who played a celebrated Tevye in the 2004 revival of Fiddler; Fiddler on the Roof co-creator Sheldon Harnick; original Broadway cast member Austin Pendleton; renowned Yiddish theatermaker Jenny Romaine; Taniesha Duggan, Director of Audience Engagement of Hartbeat Ensemble; andAlisa Solomon, author of Wonder of Wonders, discussed how successive generations of storytellers used Sholom-Alechem's characters to reflect changing concerns about family, identity, and more. Check out photos from the special event below!

The Berlin Turnpike is home to hot meals, Home Depot and hookers.

Horse Trade Theater Group in association with Cause Dyke Drama and Wreckio Ensemble will present LESBIAN LOVE OCTAGON, written and directed by Kimberlea Kressal (Bail Out: The Musical with Wreckio Ensemble) with music and additional lyrics by Will Larche (We Put The Spring In Springfield: The Music of The Simpsons), June 5-29 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). The production will feature Jenny Atwood (European tour of SHOUT!), Taneisha Duggan* (Get to Nomi at La Mama), Kristian Espiritu (Funny Girl in Los Angeles), Jax Jackson (Teddy Ferrara at The Goodman in Chicago), Kelly Lockwood-Larson (Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues), Lindsay Naas* (Urinetown! at The Secret Theatre), Caitlin Lee Reid* (The Break Up Notebook with ReVision Theatre), and Tiwith an ensemble of Felicia Blum (Tess: A New Rock Opera at NYMF), Tracie Franklin*, Jaimie Kelton*, Bernadette Marshman, Allison O'Braza, and Lauren Sapienza*. The creative team will include Lighting Design by Pamela Kupper (Crazy for the Dog at the Jean Cocteau Rep) and Scenic Design by Michael McClain. The production will be Stage Managed by Katie Chai. *Actor appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association

HartBeat Ensemble previously announced its participation in the 16th Annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). FLIPSIDE, an original ensemble work developed by HartBeat Ensemble, will be performed at HERE Mainstage Theatre, 145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY.

HartBeat Ensemble today announced its participation in the 16th Annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). FLIPSIDE, an original ensemble work developed by HartBeat Ensemble, will be performed at HERE Mainstage Theatre, 145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY.