The American Conservatory Theatre News

Theatre Southwest will present their production of David Lindsey-Abaire's play, WONDER OF THE WORLD, beginning December 31st with a special New Years Gala. The show will run through January 23rd. The cast for the production will include James Reed, Stacy A. Spaeth, Ananka Kohnitz, Cheryl Tanner, Brian Heaton, Jeanette Sebesta, and John Kaiser. The show is directed by David Holloway.

The Ford's Theatre 2009-2010 season continues with 'The Rivalry' by Norman Corwin, January 22 to February 14, 2010.

Chris Henry & Royal Family Productions will present the World Premiere of Sean Cullen's SAFE HOME directed by award winning director Chris Henry.

A Noise Within (ANW), the critically acclaimed classical repertory theatre company hailed by critics as 'adventurous,' 'compelling and current,' 'ingenuity at work,' and 'what great theatre is all about,' launches its 2009-10 season with Shakespeare's spellbinding Richard III directed by ANW Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director Geoff Elliott, opening Saturday, October 3 and closing Saturday, December 12, 2009 (previews begin Saturday, September 26), at the company's theatre in Glendale.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Holiday Stories, at WICA, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, December 11 - 20, 2009.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents 'Holiday Stories' three original adaptions of holiday favorites, from December 11-20, 2009. 

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Holiday Stories, at WICA, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, December 11 - 20, 2009.

Rasgos Group Theatre and Teatro LaTea proudly presents 'OH...! OLLANTAY...', directed by Walter Ventosilla, playing a limited-run Thursday January 28 through Sunday, February 14, 2010 at Teatro LaTea - Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center - 107 Suffolk St, 2nd Floor, between Delancey and Rivington Sts, Lower East Side. Performances are scheduled for Thursdays at 8pm (in English), Fridays at 8pm (in Spanish), Saturday - 3pm (English), Saturday - 8pm (Spanish), Sunday - 4pm - (Spanish).

Cygnet Theatre is proud to present the San Diego premiere staged-reading of acclaimed writer Stephen Metcalfe's Tragedy of the Commons. The cast will include Jim Winker, Manny Fernandes, Monique Gaffney, Francis Gercke, Veronica Murphy and Tim West and will be directed by Stephen Metcalfe. Tragedy of the Commons will be presented ONE NIGHT ONLY at Cygnet's Old Town Theatre on Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 7:30pm. A wine and appetizer meet-and-greet will precede the reading, and a talk-back with the cast and playwright, Stephen Metcalfe, will immediately follow the reading.

Theatre and science become creative companions for the world premiere production of The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity and Utter Confusion, commissioned by Silk Road Theatre Project and produced in association with Goodman Theatre.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Holiday Stories, at WICA, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, December 11 - 20, 2009.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents Holiday Stories, at WICA, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, December 11 - 20, 2009.

Connie Champagne brings her remarkable portrayal of Judy Garland in 'A Judy Garland Christmas' to The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, on Tues, Dec 22 at 8 PM. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents 'Holiday Stories' three original adaptions of holiday favorites, from December 11-20, 2009. 

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the Utah premiere of A CHRISTMAS STORY, the stage version of the classic holiday film based on the stories of Jean Shepherd.

Broadway star and vocal magician, JAMES BARBOUR, will repeat last season's holiday sold-out success with this season's HOLIDAY CONCERT 2009 which will be presented in both New York and Los Angeles.

A Noise Within, the critically acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, announces special events linked to two of its current productions, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT and NOISES OFF, running through December 17 and December 20, respectively at A Noise Within theater space in Glendale.

A Noise Within (ANW) pokes a bit of fun at its own name with some theatrical humor when it stages the joyfully out-of control British farce NOISES OFF by MICHAEL FRAYN, opening Saturday, November 14 and closing Sunday, December 20, 2009 (previews begin November 7).

A Noise Within (ANW) pokes a bit of fun at its own name with some theatrical humor when it stages the joyfully out-of control British farce NOISES OFF by MICHAEL FRAYN, opening Saturday, November 14 and closing Sunday, December 20, 2009 (previews begin November 7).

Come Halloween, all San Francisco will see - and hear -- how the West was sung when the City's only professional musical theatre company, 42nd Street Moon (www.42ndstreetmoon.org) continues its 2009 / 2010 season with the classic western musical Destry Rides Again starring beloved local chanteuse Connie Champagne as 'Frenchy', the enticing dance hall girl made famous by Marlene Dietrich in the film version.