The Sundance Institute News

Arena Stage welcomes Josh Kornbluth, writer/performer of Red Diaper Baby and Love & Taxes, in his hilarious and provocative one-man show Citizen Josh. A Jonathan Reinis Production, Citizen Josh is written and performed by Kornbluth in collaboration with Arena's Associate Artistic Director David Dower.

The world premiere of 'Becky's New Car,' written by Steven Dietz and directed by Kurt Beattie opens October 23, 2008 at the ACT Theatre, 700 Union Street, Seattle WA 98101. Tickets are $10/$15 (for students/people 25 and under) to $55, with a Pay-What-You-Will showing on October 19 at 7:30 p.m. and October 30 at 2:00 p.m. Call (206) 292-7676 or (253) 839-4204 (for group sales) or visit www.acttheatre.org for tickets and information.

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre debuts the world premiere comedy Becky's New Car by local writer Steven Dietz, commissioned as a part of ACT's New Works for the American Stage in honor of Benita Staadecker.

Greasy Joan & Co. launches its 13th season of producing innovative productions of classic plays with the first annual CUTTING EDGE CLASSICS SERIES, a weekend of FREE new play readings commissioned by Greasy Joan, playing at various Chicago venues on August 16 & 17, 2008.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents PASSION PLAY by Pulitzer Prize nominee and MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient Sarah Ruhl, directed by OBIE Award-winner Mark Wing-Davey at the University Theatre (222 York Street, New Haven), September 19-October 11 only. Opening Night is Thursday, September 25

Greasy Joan & Co. launches its 13th season of producing innovative productions of classic plays with the first annual CUTTING EDGE CLASSICS SERIES, a weekend of FREE new play readings commissioned by Greasy Joan, playing at various Chicago venues on August 16 & 17, 2008.

SUZANNE CARRICO, the 2008 MAC Award Winner for 'Outstanding Debut,' will return to the Metropolitan Room with THE FRIENDLIEST THING, for three performances only, Wednesday, July 2nd & 9th & Saturday, July 5th all shows at 7:30pm.

'Passing Strange' adds a performance on Sunday, May 25th at 8pm.

Up and coming singer Suzanne Carrico, the 2008 MAC Award Nominee for 'Outstanding Debut,' will return to the Metropolitan Room with her new show 'The Friendliest Thing', for two special performances, Mondays, May 26th & June 2nd, at 7pm.

Suzanne Carrico, 2008 MAC Award Nominee, will return to the Metropolitan Room on May 26th.

Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) will stage the delicious comedy Time of My Life by Alan Ayckbourn, reuniting author, director and cast members from one of last season's biggest hits, Relatively Speaking.

Yale Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of The Evildoers by David Adjmi, directed by Rebecca Bayla Taichman. The Evildoers begins performances on January 18 and will play through February 9 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street, New Haven). Opening Night is Thursday, January 24.

The highly anticipated 'ABC World Premiere Movie Event: A Raisin in the Sun' is set to air on February 25th, 2008. BroadwayWorld.com brings you this sneak peek video at this stage to small screen adaptation.

The highly anticipated 'ABC World Premiere Movie Event: A Raisin in the Sun' has been selected to be screened (out of competition) at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, January 23, 2008, it was announced yesterday by the Sundance Institute. This will be the first time that a broadcast network film will be featured at the celebrated festival.

Playwrights Harrison, Eno, Groff, Gardley to receive Kesselring Awards

Sundance Institute and The Public Theater announced today the launch of the 2007 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in Residence at the Public Theater in New York. This residency marks the first theatre workshop in New York for the Sundance Institute and will take place November 6-18 at The Public Theater.

13P (Thirteen Playwrights, Inc.), the OBIE Award-winning theater company comprised of 13 playwrights, will present the world premiere of Ann Marie Healy's (P#6) Have You Seen Steve Steven?, to be directed by 2007 OBIE Award-winning director Anne Kauffman

Producers of the hit musical Grey Gardens announced today that the opportunity for theater-goers to see the two most acclaimed performances of the 2006-2007 Broadway season - those of Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson, who both won Tony Awards for their work in the musical - will be through Sunday, July 29th only. On that date, Wilson will give her final performance as 'Edith Bouvier Beale' in the acclaimed musical at The Walter Kerr Theatre

Edmund White's US premiere of 'Terre Haute' at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center is beautifully uncomfortable and exceptionally performed, putting us in the opposing minds of a terrorist and a novelist.

When presented last year, Darius de Haas' 'Stevie Wonder Songbook' concert at Lincoln Center was a sold-out hit…so he's doing two more shows on February 4th. We checked in with the star of stage and concerts to find out what to expect.