TheaterWorks News

MAC Award winner Michael Kirk Lane welcomes lauded guests to his 92Y series CABARET CONVERSATIONS

Arizona native Chanel Bragg, an artist and passionate advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion, has been named Associate Artistic Director at Arizona Theatre Company.

Door Shakespeare is taking registrations for the youth summer theatre program, Camp Will, running July 13a?"17, July 27a?"31, and August 10a?"14 from 10 a.m. to noon. All sessions are held online through video conferencing, and taught by professional actors from Door Shakespeare's company. Camp Will is for students who are 9 through 17 years old.

TimeLine Theatre Company has announced that four new playwrights have joined its Playwrights Collective, the company's new play incubator.

In keeping with its mission to be a place for people of every age to learn about theater, learn to be in the theater and learn to love the theater a?" even when the coronavirus has forced cancellation of all in-person programming until fall a?" TheaterWorks remains a West Valley creative driver with the launching of SummerWorks Online classes for youth.

TheaterWorksUSA will stream a benefit reading of their musical adaptation of Bunnicula, a spine-tingling musical about a floppy-eared bunny with mysterious habits based on the book by James & Deborah Howe on Sunday May 24 at 2pm.

TheaterWorks Hartford announced their 2020-2021 Season today. Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero said a?oeI have tried to craft a season that has a balance of heart, humanity and humor. We've brought back two shows we lost in 19/20, two shows that had successful New York engagements and one relatively new play by Matthew Lopez the author of our audience favorite THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE.'

This week is Next to Normal week at TheaterWorks! The company is streaming its production of the show at 8 p.m. on May 8 to 10. In honor of the stream, a slew of events have been announced.

TheaterWorks Hartford announced important updates impacting its 19/20 Season. 

TheaterWorks Hartford announced additional artists today scheduled for their streaming music series LIVING ROOM and chat show GET SAUCED:

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the April Panel Solo Strategies: Finding Your Story (and the People Who'll Want to Hear It) on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 via Zoom.

The Fountain Hills Theater complex, located in Arizona's Phoenix valley area, officially stopped live performances four weeks ago due to CDC and state and local guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Their production of the farce Footlight Frenzy was halted mid-run and an additional four more shows (which were in the rehearsal/planning stages) were also cancelled. This became the official end of their 2019-20 season, a full two months earlier than was planned. The safety of patrons, actors, volunteers, and staff remains their top priority during this time.

Out of concern for the health and safety of our community, Renaissance Theaterworks made the difficult decision to suspend its production of ACTUALLY, by Anna Ziegler, scheduled to run March 27 a?" April 19, 2020. 

TheaterWorks announced additional artists today to their virtual series LIVING ROOM and GET SAUCED:

TheaterWorks announced today that their virtual series LIVING ROOM and GET SAUCED will continue to stream weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays through the spring season.

TheaterWorksUSA is inviting families to gather together for a special Easter Sunday benefit reading of The Velveteen Rabbit. The event will be live-streamed on TWUSA's Facebook and YouTube channels on Sunday, April 12, at 2 PM est. TheaterWorksUSA also announces the launch of TheaterWorks Anywhere.

Today, TheaterWorksUSA is proud to announce the launch of TheaterWorks Anywhere, a digital series that aims to give young people a fun and active way to use their imaginations while learning about the process of creating theater.

Out of  concern for the health and safety of our community, Renaissance Theaterworks made the difficult decision to suspend our production of ACTUALLY, by Anna Ziegler,  scheduled to run March 27 a?' April 19, 2020.

The Hartford Courant has shared the ways in the leading theaters in Hartford are coming together to bring online streaming content to audiences while theaters are dark.

The Twitter stans of composer Joe Iconis and his frequent collaborator and Be More Chill star, George Salazar, came together this week to create a tribute to the duo.