Tova Wolff News

Refracted Theatre Company has announced its 2024 season, featuring the Chicago premiere of Laura Winters' dark comedy CORONATION, and more!

Refracted Theatre Company has announced the cast and production team for TAMBO & BONES, Dave Harris's genre-defying play that transcends time and usurps cliché, directed by Mikael Burke. TAMBO & BONES runs October 12 - November 11, 2023, with previews October 5 - 8 at the Bookspan Theatre at The Den.

Refracted takes audiences behind the scenes of the creative process with a workshop of A PLAY ABOUT DAVID MAMET WRITING A PLAY ABOUT HARVEY WEINSTEIN, Mathilde Dratwa’s thought-provoking and darkly comedic exploration of the intersection of art, ethics, and power in American society. Refracted will hold four workshop performances May 21 - 31, 2023 at Theater Wit, directed by Tova Wolff.

Refracted Theatre Company has announced its 2023 season, featuring Dave Harris’s dark comedy (and rap concert) Tambo & Bones, directed by Mikael Burke and more.

Refracted Theatre Company will present its 2022 RefrAction Lab Showcase, featuring excerpts from five new works developed during its eight-month playwriting lab for emerging Chicago playwrights.

Refracted Theatre Company is launching its inaugural Chicago season with the world premiere of Andrew Kramer’s dark comedy St. Sebastian, directed by Artistic Director Graham Miller. This three-hander about a queer white couple that moves into a historically Black neighborhood will be presented September 15 – October 2, 2022 at The Den Theatre.

Refracted Theatre Company has announced the cohort chosen for its 2022 RefrAction Lab, an eight-month playwriting lab for emerging Chicago playwrights.

Refracted Theatre Company is launching its inaugural Chicago season with the world premiere of Andrew Kramer’s dark comedy St. Sebastian, directed by Artistic Director Graham Miller. This three-hander about a queer white couple that moves into a historically Black neighborhood will be presented September 15 – October 2, 2022 at The Den Theatre.

Refracted Theatre Company, Chicago’s newest theatre company, will host its official launch event: The Refracted Salon, on Thursday, July 14, 2022 from 6:30 – 9:30 pm at Guild Row.

Refracted Theatre Company has announced its inaugural Chicago season, featuring a launch event, a world premiere production and a new play development initiative. Refracted is dedicated to curating experiences where curiosity is rewarded with the unexpected, and an open heart is met with a colorful display of what it means to be human.

Refracted Theatre Company has announced 2 additional performances of their acclaimed World Premiere production of I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHY as part of NYC's Open Culture program on June 5 & 6.

Refracted Theatre Company will present the World Premiere of I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHY as part of NYC's Open Culture program May 22 -30. This audio immersive theatrical experience is written by award-winning playwright Harrison David Rivers and directed by Refracted's Artistic Director Tova Wolff.

Climate change, privilege, and politics intersect in Refracted Theater Company's LIVE innovative workshop production Homeless Garden, an adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard this October 10th (Brooklyn) and October 17th (Manhattan).

Refracted Theatre Company is inviting you to an audio-immersive theatrical experience for one. The Swell, an audio-immersive play experience, premieres on multiple platforms launches July 23, 2020.

David Seidler's original play THE KING'S SPEECH will make its D.C. debut at the National Theatre from February 11-16, 2020.

Refracted Theatre Company (RTC) is pleased to announce its first season of programming, beginning with Refracted Salon: A Celebration of Artists and Perspectives on Saturday, December 14 at 7pm at The Studio Space at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (144 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam). Tickets are available online at www.RefractedCo.com.

This review is not about Monica Lewinsky. Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky, stars Caroline Kinsolving as the complex, archetype-defying quasi-Monica. This clever time-shifting one-act play succinctly captures the tension between holding on and letting go of one's identity in an era where private lives are frequently made public either strategically or by scandal.

BWW catches up with Hannah Tova Wolff to chat about bringing Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky.

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) announces the 2019 line up for the annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival. EAST TO EDINBURGH begins on Tuesday, July 9 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 28. The performance schedule varies. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets to each EAST TO EDINBURGH show are $15 ($12 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call the 59E59 Box Office at 646-892-7999 or visit www.59e59.org. 

Via Brooklyn is pleased to announce the New York preview of Dianne Nora's Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky from July 25-27 at 59E59 Theaters as part of the East to Edinburgh Festival. Shining a light on intimacy and privacy in a media-obsessed culture, this new play will travel to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a two-week engagement immediately following its East Coast debut. Priced at $15, tickets for the New York engagement go on sale on May 21 for 59E59 members and on May 29 for the general public. To purchase tickets, visit www.59e59.org or call the box office at 646.892.7999.