Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue, known for producing innovative and award-winning new work, is proud to announce its 33rd season featuring a newline-up of productions certain to spark excitement in 2011-2012.
This timely and controversial work examines the lives of two all but abandoned teens having to create a makeshift family and its values while getting through the pangs of growing up. New Theatre joins the prestigious Humana Festival of New Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, where it had its first production and the Actor's Express in Atlanta, GA to present the National New Play Network's Rolling World Premiere of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them.
The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, will celebrate their 4th birthday by performing in the 'Happy Birthday To Us IV Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza' at Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, 650 E Stonewall Street, Charlotte today beginning at 8:00pm.
Multi-award winning Rogue Machine launches its sixth world premiere production in Los Angeles. Monkey Adored, by the writer who captivated critics with his 'visually and emotionally gripping' Treefall - 10 BEST of 2009 - LA Weekly, will run for a limited time only. Last season, Rogue Machine's Four Places garnered 3 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards (including Production of the Year), 5 Garland Awards (including Production of the Year), and the Ovation Award for Best Production.
Anglophiles and Broadway babies alike rejoice at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's 2011-12 Season.
Aurora Theatre begins the 2011-2012 Harvel Lab Series with Glen Berger's profoundly funny Underneath the Lintel September 15- October 2, 2011.
New Theatre (THE NEW) continues it's 'family' theme season with the National New Play Network's Rolling World Premiere of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, running October 14 - 30, 2011. This timely and controversial work examines the lives of two all but abandoned teens having to create a makeshift family and its values while getting through the pangs of growing up. New Theatre joins the prestigious Humana Festival of New Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, where it had its first production and the Actor's Express in Atlanta, GA to present the National New Play Network's Rolling World Premiere of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them.
The Actors Theatre and Unicorn Theatre join forces again, this time to stage Yasmina Reza's hit, God of Carnage in partnership with UMKC Theatre.
The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, will celebrate their 4th birthday by performing in the 'Happy Birthday To Us IV Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza' at Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, 650 E Stonewall Street, Charlotte, on Saturday, October 8 beginning at 8:00pm.
After last season's highly successful and critically acclaimed co-production of Conor McPherson's The Seafarer, Unicorn Theatre and Kansas City Actors Theatre join forces again to produce the 2009 Tony Award Winner for Best Play, God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton.
Andrew Jessop has just been named Redtwist's Co-Artistic Director. 'Andrew combines the best qualities of his energetic and progressive risk-taking, with a respect for the time-honored qualities of great traditional theatre,' says Co-Artistic Director Michael Colucci.
Rebecca Creskoff, Meredith Forlenza, Brock Harris, Sarah Steele, C.J. Wilson and Harry Zittel will be featured in the LCT3 world premiere production of ALL-AMERICAN, a new play by Julia Brownell, directed by Evan Cabnet.
Multi-award winning Rogue Machine launches its sixth world premiere production in Los Angeles. Monkey Adored, by the writer who captivated critics with his 'visually and emotionally gripping' Treefall - 10 BEST of 2009 - LA Weekly, will run for a limited time only. Last season, Rogue Machine's Four Places garnered 3 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards (including Production of the Year), 5 Garland Awards (including Production of the Year), and the Ovation Award for Best Production.
The Colony Theatre will present the third production of its 37th season of shows - the West Coast Premiere of SHOOTING STAR, written by Steven Dietz and directed by David Rose.
Aurora Theatre begins the 2011-2012 Harvel Lab Series with Glen Berger's profoundly funny Underneath the Lintel September 15- October 2, 2011.
The Lark Play Development Center announced the 2011-12 Playwriting Fellows receiving residencies in its eleven-year-old Playwrights' Workshop program.
The Colony Theatre will present the third production of its 37th season of shows - the West Coast Premiere of SHOOTING STAR, written by Steven Dietz and directed by David Rose.
Chicago Dramatists and About Face Theatre are proud to co-produce the world premiere of THE KID THING by Chicago Dramatists Resident Playwright and About Face Theatre Artistic Associate Sarah Gubbins. Directed by Joanie Schultz, THE KID THING will preview September 1st, open September 9th and 10th and run through October 16th at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Ave. Recently, the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, has named THE KID THING as one of 19 theatre recipients of the second round of The Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards for 2011. The prestigious grant will fund the extension of the development and rehearsal period of the new play.
The Colony Theatre will present the third production of its 37th season of shows - the West Coast Premiere of SHOOTING STAR, written by Steven Dietz and directed by David Rose.
The Bickford Theatre and Playwrights Theatre will present the New Jersey Premiere of The Last Days of Mickey & Jean by Richard Dresser.
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