Tim Acito News

New Ground Theatre Festival, Cleveland Play House's annual showcase of new theatrical works will open with the world premiere production of Deborah Zoe Laufer's thought-provoking Informed Consent. The Festival is comprised of 25 performances of works ranging from fully-produced, large-scale collaborations to solo performances, to readings of plays hot off the writer's printer that represent a variety of new work from nationally-recognized artists. This year's lineup also includes work from Tony Award nominee and CWRU/CPH alumna, Elizabeth A. Davis, as well as critically acclaimed playwrights George Brant and Eric Coble, and Roe Green Award Winner Heidi Schreck. For the third consecutive year, the Roe Green Award brings a leading American playwright to Cleveland to develop a new project culminating in a reading and public conversation with the playwright. CPH is indebted to Honorary Producer Roe Green, Supporting Sponsor Ohio Savings Bank and Associate Sponsors Ulmer & Berne, Westlake Reed Leskosky and Walter Haverfield. The New Ground Theatre Festival will run from May 7 - 17.

The Civilians, New York's award-winning investigative theatre company, is back at Joe's Pub on February 3rd with their latest installment of Let Me Ascertain You: Sex Variants 1941.

A total of 46 established and emerging writers, composers and lyricists will converge on the Goodspeed campus in East Haddam, CT this month to participate in the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing nearly 30 new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration.

The Velocity of Autumn, a new two-character play from Cleveland-based playwright Eric Coble, opens at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater under the direction of Artistic Director Molly Smith and by special arrangement with HOP Theatricals, LLC.

The Velocity of Autumn, a new two-character play from Cleveland-based playwright Eric Coble, opens at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater under the direction of Artistic Director Molly Smith and by special arrangement with HOP Theatricals, LLC.

Pitt Rep weaves a musical fairy tale with Zanna, Don't! by Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris, directed by Robert C.T. Steele, with musical direction by Harry Jamison and vocal direction by Stacy Cabaj at the Henry Heymann Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, 4200 Fifth Ave, from tonight, February 14 to March 3, 2013.

Pitt Rep weaves a musical fairy tale with Zanna, Don't! by Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris, directed by Robert C.T. Steele, with musical direction by Harry Jamison and vocal direction by Stacy Cabaj at the Henry Heymann Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, 4200 Fifth Ave, from February, 14 to March 3, 2013.

American Repertory Ballet presented yet another successful opening night of the highly acclaimed Nutcracker production Thanksgiving weekend at McCarter Theater in Princeton. Since the Company's Nutcracker premiere in 1964, the performances have become an enduring and beloved holiday tradition for New Jersey families.

According to The Washington Post, Molly Smith, artistic director of Arena Stage has signed on to direct a production of Eric Coble's THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN on Broadway in the Spring of 2013, a production that'll mark Broadway debuts for both. Lead producer Larry Kaye has said that signed on to star will be Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella.

The Spotlight Theatre today announced the full cast and crew for its Los Angeles production of the musical Zanna, Don't! Directed by Alex Neal. The Spotlight Theatre, native to Bakersfield, brings this Off-Broadway hit back to Los Angeles for a 26 performance run at Theatre/Theater (5041 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles) from January 6th thru February 25th, 2012 with support from the Kern County Board of Trade. Tickets are $25 to $30 and are on sale through showclix.com or the Theater box office at 323-822-7898 or online at www.zannadontla.com.

The Spotlight Theatre today announced the full cast and crew for its Los Angeles production of the musical Zanna, Don't! Directed by Alex Neal. The Spotlight Theatre, native to Bakersfield, brings this Off-Broadway hit back to Los Angeles for a 26 performance run at Theatre/Theater (5041 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles) from January 6th thru February 25th, 2012 with support from the Kern County Board of Trade. Tickets are $25 to $30 and are on sale through showclix.com or the Theater box office at 323-822-7898 or online at www.zannadontla.com.

The Arena Stage Board of Trustees has announced that it has renewed the contracts of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Managing Director Edgar Dobie for five additional years with the theater.

West Coast Ensemble is saddened to announce that after 30 years as a membership company, it is discontinuing its membership component effective November 1.

West Coast Ensemble is saddened to announce that after 30 years as a membership company, it is discontinuing its membership component effective November 1.

In her smart comedy The Book Club Play, D.C.-area playwright Karen Zacarías examines the intricacies of book clubs, with their unspoken rules, high-spirited debates and strong bonds formed when least expected. With an ensemble cast featuring Fred Arsenault, Ashlie Atkinson, Rachael Holmes, Eric Messner, Kate Eastwood Norris and Tom Story, this is Zacarías' second collaboration with Director Molly Smith at Arena Stage and is the first work of a Resident Playwright to be produced as part of their three-year residencies through the American Voices New Play Institute. The Book Club Play runs October 7-November 6, 2011 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.

Rising Action Theatre announced its 2011-2012 Fifth Anniversary Season. Five plays and musicals, celebrating the diversity and promoting tolerance through the theatre arts, will comprise the Season, beginning in September.

Rising Action Theatre announced its 2011-2012 Fifth Anniversary Season. Five plays and musicals, celebrating the diversity and promoting tolerance through the theatre arts, will comprise the Season, beginning in September.

Set in Heartsville, U.S.A., a parallel universe where homosexuality is the norm and heterosexuals are considered an oddity, ZANNA DON'T! is a fairy tale…at least that's what the audience is told by glitter-bedecked lead Zanna, a love sleuth waving a magic wand.

Set in Heartsville, U.S.A., a parallel universe where homosexuality is the norm and heterosexuals are considered an oddity, ZANNA DON'T! is a fairy tale…at least that's what the audience is told by glitter-bedecked lead Zanna, a love sleuth waving a magic wand.