The Actors Studio News

The Active Theater will present two special events during this week's performances of Anthony Dodge's Venus Flytrap.

The Active Theater will present two special events during this week's performances of Anthony Dodge's Venus Flytrap.

Based on Denis Woychuk's beloved picture books about a hippopotamus, Mimi, and a mouse, Gustav, who get what they wish for: adventure, excitement & each other.

Way Off Broadway's Actors' Studio was created in the fall of 2003 as an extension of the theaters wildly popular Children's Theatre Summer Camp program. While the camps would continue to having acting and musical sessions during the summer, the Actors' Studio would be able to offer classes during the spring and fall.

Based on Denis Woychuk's beloved picture books about a hippopotamus, Mimi, and a mouse, Gustav, who get what they wish for: adventure, excitement & each other.

Award-winning playwright Christopher Durang is celebrated for his outrageous and often absurd comedies. Lemon Durang Pie presents two of his hilarious one-act plays, performed by a cast made up of some of L.A.'s finest veteran and up-and-coming actors.

Tony Award nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Ragtime) will direct Tony Award nominee Xanthe Elbrick (Coram Boy) in the world premiere production of Venus Flytrap by Anthony Dodge. Venus Flytrap will begin performances on November 4, 2010 at The Workshop Theater.

Tony Award nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Ragtime) will direct Tony Award nominee Xanthe Elbrick (Coram Boy) in the world premiere production of Venus Flytrap by Anthony Dodge.

Tony Award nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Ragtime) will direct Tony Award nominee Xanthe Elbrick (Coram Boy) in the world premiere production of Venus Flytrap by Anthony Dodge. Venus Flytrap will begin performances on November 4, 2010 at The Workshop Theater.

Neile Adams McQueen, the former first wife of the legendary iconic actor, Steve McQueen, and mother and grandmother of the McQueen Family, will attend the Jules Verne Festival's Official 30th Anniversary Tribute to Steve McQueen, entitled, "The King of Cool Returns To Hollywood," with McQueen family members, Chad McQueen (her son), Jeanie McQueen (her daughter-in-law) and her grandchildren, Steve R. McQueen (Vampire Diaries), Molly Flattery, Chase McQueen and Madison McQueen.

Actress Salome Jens is an actor's actor. She considers acting a pure art form and is ever respectful of every single role she plays. From films like Angel Baby to Mae Olinski in TV's Mary Hartman Mary Hartman to her one-woman play About Anne, her work is passionate, thoughtful and evocative. She will be performing About Anne @ Group rep in NoHo November 19 and 20 as a benefit for the theatre. In our chat recently conducted on the stage of Group rep, she talks about the roots of About Anne (poet Anne Sexton, who struggled her entire short life with mental illness and committed suicide) and other theatrical passions.

Way Off Broadway's Actors' Studio was created in the fall of 2003 as an extension of the theaters wildly popular Children's Theatre Summer Camp program. While the camps would continue to having acting and musical sessions during the summer, the Actors' Studio would be able to offer classes during the spring and fall.

Based on Denis Woychuk's beloved picture books about a hippopotamus, Mimi, and a mouse, Gustav, who get what they wish for: adventure, excitement & each other.

THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: AMBER ALERT offers five brand new, never performed before short stories "ripped from the headlines" by writer Clay McLeod Chapman - each isolating that moment where innocence curdles into something… much, much darker. High school wrestlers with contagious skin diseases, vaginal hymenoplasty, secret diaries from dead astronauts, chemical castration, and parent-teachers conferences - all within one show.

'When Harry Tries To Marry,' a cross-cultural romantic comedy directed by Nayan Padrai in his filmmaking debut, will make its world premiere as a Marquee Screening at the Austin Film Festival on Friday, October 22 at 9 p.m.

Tony Award nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Ragtime) will direct Tony Award nominee Xanthe Elbrick (Coram Boy) in the world premiere production of Venus Flytrap by Anthony Dodge. Venus Flytrap will begin performances on November 4, 2010 at The Workshop Theater.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will begin previews for AFTER TE REVOLUTION on Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 PM. With an Opening Night set for November 10, the limited engagement will play through Sunday, November 28 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). AFTER THE REVOLUTION will be the second production of the theater company's 40th Anniversary Season.

Award-winning playwright Christopher Durang is celebrated for his outrageous and often absurd comedies. Lemon Durang Pie presents two of his hilarious one-act plays, performed by a cast made up of some of L.A.'s finest veteran and up-and-coming actors.

THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: AMBER ALERT offers five brand new, never performed before short stories "ripped from the headlines" by writer Clay McLeod Chapman - each isolating that moment where innocence curdles into something… much, much darker. High school wrestlers with contagious skin diseases, vaginal hymenoplasty, secret diaries from dead astronauts, chemical castration, and parent-teachers conferences - all within one show.

THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW: AMBER ALERT offers five brand new, never performed before short stories "ripped from the headlines" by writer Clay McLeod Chapman - each isolating that moment where innocence curdles into something… much, much darker. High school wrestlers with contagious skin diseases, vaginal hymenoplasty, secret diaries from dead astronauts, chemical castration, and parent-teachers conferences - all within one show.