The Civilians News

Doctuh Mistuh Productions has built a reputation for bold, envelope-pushing theatre, but with Pretty Filthy, they don’t just push boundaries—they torch them.

 A Trojan Woman,  a one-woman play by Sara Farrington adapted from Euripides’ The Trojan Women, will play at the Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College. Learn more!

Atlantic Theater Company has revealed its Judith Champion Launch Commissioning Program writers for 2025. Learn more about the Commissioning Program and the writers here!

Hundreds of lovers of new theatre will gather this summer for an advance look at tomorrow’s hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 22nd Annual New Works Festival. Learn more!

The Orchard Project has announced the teams and artists selected to participate in its 2025 Summer Labs in Saratoga Springs, NY. Fifteen teams are creating new theatrical work in The Orchard Project's hallmark Performance Lab; eight are developing television shows in its Episodic Lab; four are creating new podcasts in its Audio Lab; and nine multidisciplinary artists are developing new work in the Greenhouse Lab.

Vineyard Theatre has revealed its upcoming 43rd Season, which will include two world premiere productions, with a third winter production to be announced soon. Learn more here!

The Nantucket Performing Arts Center has revealed a new era of theater, music, dance, comedy and other performing arts, which will be presented as part of its 2025 season.

Doctuh Mistuh Productions has revealed the casts for two Austin premieres: the off-Broadway hit, The Toxic Avenger: The Musical and Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards Best Musical nominee, Pretty Filthy. Learn more!

Second Stage Theater has just announced five productions for the Company’s upcoming 47th Season, which will include productions of Marjorie Prime, Becky Shaw, Meet the Cartozians, Meat Suit, and. he Receptionist. We have all of the details here!

Inspired by the relationship between playwright Gabriel Jason Dean and his brother, an incarcerated high-level member of the alt-right. RIFT opens at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in July.

The Cape Cod Theatre Project has revealed its 31st Season of New Plays, running weekend nights in July from July 3 through July 26 at Falmouth Academy's Simon Center for the Arts. See the lineup and learn more!

The Echo Theater Company has revealed the winners of the company’s 2024 New Play Competition. Learn more about the competition and see how to attend the reading!

The National Endowment for the Arts has canceled numerous grants to arts organizations following President Trump's proposal to eliminate the agency, impacting theaters and nonprofits across the U.S.

On Monday, April 14 True Colors in association with Miss Mason Productions presented Music from Bayano: An Afro-Panamanian Odyssey, an epic poem with music by Afro-Panamanian poet Darrel Alejandro Holnes. Check out photos from the event.

The Civilians will honor Grammy-nominated and Obie-winning composer Stephen Trask at Strange Rock and Rollers, The Civilians’ 2025 Spring Benefit. Learn how to purchase tickets to the event here!

Roger Q. Mason will receive the World Premiere of their play California Story with Outside in Theatre at LACC's Caminito Theatre. Learn

California Story, the first play in Roger Q. Mason's Califas Trilogy, will premiere at Caminito Theater at Los Angeles City College on May 12, 2025. Directed by Michael Alvarez, the production features an outstanding cast, including Aphrodite Armstrong, Camila Arteche, Davi Santos, Gracie Cartier, Morgan Day, Sawyer Shine, and Peter Mendoza.

Shakespeare in the Woods will celebrate its fifth anniversary season of experimental classical theatre in Southern Vermont, with Richard II and more. See the full lineup and learn more.

Fault Line Theatre is launching their 15th Season. In 2025, Fault Line Theatre will continue developing new plays with their Irons in the Fire series. Learn more about the plays here!

True Colors in association with Miss Mason Productions will present Music from Bayano: An Afro-Panamanian Odyssey, an epic poem with music by Darrel Alejandro Holnes at Joe's Pub. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.