Ian Belknap is leaving The Acting Company, on December 31, 2021, having served as its Artistic Director for the past ten years, to pursue new creative opportunities. “The Acting Company turns 50 in 2022. It’s a good time for an influx of new energy and to give myself a new challenge,' said Belknap, Artistic Director of TAC.
The new programming venture will showcase nine conceptual adaptations of multi-character works, in which all roles will be played by a single actor, and in two cases by two actors, using in-person, virtual or hybrid platforms. Works will premiere gradually over the next two seasons, alongside TIFT’s regular scope of programming.
The Acting Company today announces they will continue their Alumni Spotlight virtual programming series by producing a reading of Muse, a new play by Acting Company alum and Broadway mainstay Tom Alan Robbins.
Marc Baylin, a longtime leader in the national performing arts landscape, has been appointed Artistic Advisor and Programming Consultant at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.
Westport Country Playhouse will present a virtual Script in Hand playreading of “Rent Control,” the Off-Broadway hit comedy based on the true story of a struggling-to-survive actor in New York City who invents a moneymaking scheme that backfires.
The Graduate Acting Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts today announced that Carl Cofield will be leading the department as Chair and faculty member starting in September 2021.
The National Theatre today announces plans to reopen in June, welcoming audiences back to the South Bank for the first time since closing last December.
As part of 'New Federal Theatre Celebrates Black History Month,' Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre is offering a live streaming virtual reading of 'Widows' by Mfundi Vundla on February 27 at 7:00 PM. The reading will be available on-demand through March 1.
The Drama League will present the 87th Drama League Awards, which will be pre-recorded and streamed on May 21, 2021. The nomination process, which will focus on extraordinary digital theatrical productions during the shutdown of live performance and identifying individuals and organizations that made an impact in the last year, is currently underway.
College Light Opera Company has confirmed its plans for a summer 2021 season. The news was announced in a video from executive and artistic director Mark Pearson.
It was announced today that David Carpenter, the multi-platform entertainment producer (Saving Wonderland, Slava’s Snowshow on Broadway, Puffs: Filmed live) and CEO of Gamiotics Inc., will present RUBIX CONTROL, the latest live performance real-time gaming experience from Seize the Show.
Art House Productions has announced their first audio play, Black Tom Island by Martin Casella available starting Monday, January 18 at 10:00am EST. A free virtual panel discussion about the actual event featuring historians and the play's creative team will take place on Sunday, February 7 at 3:00pm EST on Zoom.
It was announced today that Seize the Show's award-winning production of SAVING WONDERLAND is back by popular demand for three performances only, featuring all new puzzles for audiences to solve!
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The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) production of Soul to Soul, the electrifying and emotionally captivating theatrical concert that explores the parallels between African American and Jewish music, will be presented virtually this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is announcing productions and programs for the winter and spring of its 26th season, spanning January through May.
Storyhouse is closing its doors as Cheshire enters Tier 3 on Boxing Day. With theatres included in the ban they have had no choice but to bring the curtain down for live audiences to its acclaimed and joyous production of A Christmas Carol. f
National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays, has announced the recipient of this year's Annual Commission: Nambi E. Kelley, in partnership with San Diego Repertory Theatre, will develop her new play, Project American X.