Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, opens the Rep's 2009-10 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Broadway director Moisés Kaufman will direct.
Moisés Kaufman and Stephen Belber, two of the co-writers of THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, will be featured guests on this weekend's edition of 'The New York Times Close Up' on NY1.
As previously announced, on October 12, nearly 150 theaters nationwide will stage readings of the epilogue piece to 2000's The Laramie Project, entitled The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, in honor of the 11th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death. Two regional companies that have announced productions include Washington DC's Arena Stage and Who Wants Cake in Michigan.
CollaborationTown will present the World Premiere of Jordan Seavey's CHILDREN AT PLAY. Directed by Scott Ebersold (Outstanding Director at FringeNYC 2005 for the silent concerto), the play features a cast of 8 including downtown favorites Susan Louise O' Connor (2009 Theatre World Award for Broadway's Blithe Spirit opposite Angela Lansbury) and Boo Killebrew (Best Actor at FringeNYC 2003 for This is a Newspaper, 2007 NYIT Award for Best Featured Actress in 6969).
The coda to the Laramie Project, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, will premiere at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on October 12, the anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death on which the play is based. As part of the opening event, stage and screen star Glenn Close will host a pre-show that will be webcast to over 150 theaters nationwide that will also be presenting this sequel piece.
StageWest and The Des Moines Playhouse present 'The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later,' at 7:00 PM, on Monday, Oct. 12, at The Des Moines Playhouse. Tickets are free, and may be picked up at The Playhouse ticket office, Noon-6:00 PM, Tuesday-Friday. There is a limit of four tickets per person.
Magic Theatre, San Francisco?s premiere home for new plays, is proud to present the local premiere of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later. This groundbreaking original script focuses on the long-term effects of the murder of Matthew Shepard on the town of Laramie, Wyoming and how the crime continues to reverberate in our society.
Jerry Manning signed a two-year contract as Seattle Repertory Theatre's producing artistic director, the theatre announced today.
'The Laramie Project is a play with tremendous historical and cultural impact,' said Vali Forrister, producing artistic director of Actors Bridge Ensemble. 'Actors Bridge was pleased to be the first theater company to bring this important work to Nashville back in 2002. And now, to be part of this nationwide unveiling of its epilogue is an honor, but also a reminder to ourselves, our audience and our community that Matthew Shepard's story still reverberates. Unfortunately, many of the issues the murder brought up are unresolved both at a local and national level.'
Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, opens the Rep's 2009-10 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Broadway director Moisés Kaufman will direct.
Asolo Repertory Theatre and theatres around the world will present the simultaneous global premiere of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later on October 12, 2009, at 8 p.m. This landmark event is free and open to the public, and a national and international interactive online presence.
Producing Artistic Director Todd Olson today announced that American Stage Theatre Company will present the groundbreaking LARAMIE PROJECT with its new Epilogue simultaneously in a historic event that joins over 100 theaters around the country. The American Stage performance is Monday, October 12, beginning precisely at 7:30 p.m.
Come out & PLAY! October 12th through the 18th when Theatre Puget Sound hosts Live Theatre Week 2009. This 5th Annual Live Theatre Week boasts record participation from Puget Sound area arts organizations with over a dozen new theatres joining in this year with special events and/or Free Night of Theatre offers.
Kingsbury Hall, in conjunction with Plan-B Theatre, presents a preview performance of the new play by the creators of the highly acclaimed play The Laramie Project.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, which set box office records when it presented the West Coast premiere of The Laramie Project in 2001, announced today that it will present a staged reading of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later as part of the international debut of this new script.
Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar today announced that About Face Theatre will present the groundbreaking LARAMIE PROJECT Epilogue in a historic event that joins over 100 theaters around the country.
On October 12, 2009, La Jolla Playhouse will join with theatres across the country in presenting a reading of the Tectonic Theater Project's new work: The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, by The Laramie Project creators Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris and Stephen Belber. This compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original piece will premiere on October 12, 2009 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and at more than 100 other theaters in all 50 states, Canada, Great Britain, Spain, Hong Kong and Australia.
Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, opens the Rep's 2009-10 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Broadway director Moisés Kaufman will direct.
Tickets are on sale now for the New York one-night-only reading of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, the compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the play, The Laramie Project, which was written in response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard. The epilogue, which is written by Tectonic Theater Project members Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris and Stephen Belber, will be performed simultaneously in theatres across the globe on Monday, October 12 starting at 8 PM (EST).
The creators of the highly acclaimed play The Laramie Project, which since 2000 has been one of the most performed plays in America, will premiere a compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original piece. Entitled THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER, the play will be performed in New York at Lincoln Center, over 100 other theaters across the country on October 12, 2009.
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