'Celebrating the world we share' is the theme for the first International Children's Festival to be held at PlayhouseSquare May 3-8, 2010. Presented by the Community Engagement & Education Department, the International Children's Festival will be a fun and interactive experience featuring performances, workshops, exhibits and a Global Village.
Learn the creative process and get a glimpse behind the scenes of Performance Network Theatre's production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's 'Little Shop of Horrors.' The Behind the Scenes event will be held on Sunday, May 2nd at 4:15pm, following the 2pm matinee performance.
The Way Off Broadway Children's Theatre, the only theatre of its kind in the area - offering lunch matinee shows geared for children and their families - continues its 2010 Season with its spring production of Aladdin, which runs through August 8, 2010. The 2010 Season marks the Children's Theatre's fifteenth year of bringing children's stories to life on the stage in Frederick.
On April 1, 2010 Ann Arbor's only professional theatre, Performance Network, received a $9,350 check from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF). No April fool's joke, but the first of two installments of an $18,700 capacity building grant that will support Performance Network's efforts to expand its 2010 season subscribers.
In response to sold-out shows and rave reviews from both critics and patrons, Performance Network's production of 'Little Shop of Horrors' with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken has been extended through May 16th, 2010.
Now extended through May 15, Angels in America has continued to sell out. We are very pleased to allow more people to share this beautiful story.
Performance Network Theatre presents storyteller, LaRon Williams, on Saturday, May 15 at 1pm. The all-ages show, part of the Children's Theatre Network's Saturday Series for Young Audiences, will be followed by a milk and cookies reception.
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that USMAN ALLY, TERENCE ARCHIE, DESMIN BORGES, CHRISTIAN LITKE, and MICHAEL T. WEISS (NBC's 'The Pretender') will star in the New York premiere of THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY, a new play written by Kristoffer Diaz and directed by Edward Torres.
Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith announces the D.C.-based pioneering theater company's 60th season filled with award-winning artists and projects to celebrate the grand opening of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. The 2010/11 inaugural season includes eight full productions, seven presentations from the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program and public readings from all 30 of Edward Albee's works, totaling at least 45 projects produced and presented by Arena Stage in the inaugural year at the Mead Center. With the opening next fall, Arena Stage will fully become a national center for production, presentation, development and study of American theater.
The Way Off Broadway Children's Theatre, the only theatre of its kind in the area - offering lunch matinee shows geared for children and their families, will end its current production of Cinderella on April 25th.
Performance Network Theatre presents 'Speak for Yourself! Young Detroiters Talk about Race' on Saturday, April 24 at 12pm. This all-ages show, in collaboration with the Michigan Youth and Community Program and the Children's Theatre Network, will be followed by a short post-show discussion with trained moderators from the University of Michigan.
Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith announces the D.C.-based pioneering theater company's 60th season filled with award-winning artists and projects to celebrate the grand opening of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. The 2010/11 inaugural season includes eight full productions, seven presentations from the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program and public readings from all 30 of Edward Albee's works, totaling at least 45 projects produced and presented by Arena Stage in the inaugural year at the Mead Center. With the opening next fall, Arena Stage will fully become a national center for production, presentation, development and study of American theater.
Children's Theatre of Charlotte's Resident Touring Company, the Tarradiddle Players, gives a hilarious new twist to the story of King Arthur in the final show of their 2009-2010 season, 'The Commedia King Arthur' (April 23-May 2).
Know Theatre of Cincinnati is pleased to announce its fourth and fifth production of the season, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, written by Tony Kushner. Angels in America will open with the first of the two part play, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, on Know Theatre's mainstage April 3 and play through May 8, 2010. The second half of the production, Angels in America: Perestroika, will open April 23 and play through May 8, 2010.
Performance Network Theatre, Blackbird Theatre, Tipping Point Theatre and Williamston Theatre announce joint General auditions for their 2010-2011 seasons running September through August. Auditions will be held at Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI.
Learn the creative process and get a glimpse behind the scenes of Performance Network Theatre's production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's 'Little Shop of Horrors.' The Behind the Scenes event will be held on Sunday, May 2nd at 4:15pm, following the 2pm matinee performance.
The Sarasota Festival of New Plays is in full swing at Florida Studio Theatre. As a part of its ongoing commitment to new play development Florida Studio Theatre, in addition to the Richard & Betty Burdick Play Reading Series, will present numerous events.
Performance Network Theatre is pleased to announce that their online auction is now live! The auction is in conjunction with the 'Taste of the Season (Party for the Arty)' fundraiser which includes fifteen theatre-themed fundraising parties, taking place from April 15-25 in a variety of locations around Ann Arbor. Private homes, restaurants, performance spaces and even barns will host unique and intimate gatherings from Cuban Fiestas to Provencal (Indoor) Picnics.
I met up with Hans in between his Matinee and Evening shows of "An Iliad" on Saturday. In the short time since he arrived here in 1993 to go to school at Cornish College of the Arts (where he graduated in 1996) this 39 year old from Detroit, Michigan has become one of the hot tickets in the Seattle theater scene. But beyond that, he's also a really great guy.
Performance Network Theatre presents 'Stories Beyond Words' on Saturday, April 17 at 1pm. This all-ages show, part of the Children's Theatre Network's Saturday Series for Young Audiences, will be followed by a milk and cookies reception.
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