TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, has announced the line-up for its 2010-2011 season. Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora announced a 41st season that will include three world premieres (bringing the company's total to 56); three regional premieres including the newest play by the author of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, Broadway's quirky hit musical about writers writing a quirky hit musical and a spell-binding mystery about a Japanese-American veteran charged with murder; and two Broadway favorites. The company will once again lead off with an extensive New Works Festival.
Profiles Theatre announces the extension of its hit production Killer Joe by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder. All cast members are continuing in their roles, including Profiles ensemble members Darrell W. Cox and Somer Benson along with Kevin Bigley, Howie Johnson and Claire Wellin. The critically-acclaimed production has been extended for an additional six weeks, through April 11, 2010, at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway..
Following its sold-out run at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, Harriet Jacobs, Lydia R. Diamond's play that tells the harrowing true story about the life of a slave in the years leading to the Civil War, will make two more stops in New England.
Producer Daryl Roth has announced that casting has been completed for the return engagement of last season's Drama Desk nominated musical comedy for all ages, DEAR EDWINA. The show will return to the DR2 Kids Theatre (103 E. 15th St., NYC) for the holiday season and beyond, with a run extending from December 11 through February 15.
New Century Theatre Company (NCTC), under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors Hans Altwies and Paul Morgan Stetler, with Executive Director Michael Patten, launches its second season with company playwright Stephanie Timm's world premiere play On the Nature of Dust, directed by Kathleen Collins.
Not all love is pretty. Not all lives fulfilling. Can love be found when you've hit rock bottom? Or when you're hitting the rock? Playwright Tracy Letts' twisted psycho-thriller Bug explores love, fear and paranoia at a fever pitch. The 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning author of August: Osage County pits two lost souls against a vast conspiracy that may or may not be real.
The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the Midwest Premiere of Call Me Boricua! Written and performed by Ricardo Melendez, this one-man show starts Thursday, February 11, and runs through February 21, 2010 in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre at the Phoenix.
New Century Theatre Company (NCTC), under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors Hans Altwies and Paul Morgan Stetler, with Executive Director Michael Patten, launches its second season with company playwright Stephanie Timm's world premiere play On the Nature of Dust, directed by Kathleen Collins.
American Theater Company (ATC) celebrates its 25th Anniversary with The Silver Project, a year-long festival of 30 world premiere short plays penned by some of the country's leading playwrights. The Silver Project will run over ten evenings between February 8, 2010 and June 20, 2010 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago.
I'm not going to tip-toe around the fact that I'm a big Tracy Letts' fan; however, this is not August: Osage County folks. Everything for a great Letts' show is here, including Letts' treatment of the themes of morality, spirituality, violence and family. However, in Killer Joe, his earliest work, the ending is best described as... conventional? As much as I root for him, you can't have a hit every time out.
Broadway In Chicago is proud to announce the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the Chicago engagement of August: Osage County.
The producers of August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, are pleased to announce that full casting for the First National Tour has been completed.
The producers of August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, are pleased to announce that full casting for the First National Tour has been completed.
The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the Midwest Premiere of Call Me Boricua! Written and performed by Ricardo Melendez, this one-man show starts Thursday, February 11, and runs through February 21, 2010 in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre at the Phoenix.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 season, an exploration of the theme of belief, with The Brother/Sister Plays: In the Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by ensemble member Tina Landau from January 21 - May 23, 2010 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.
Harriet Jacobs' harrowing true story about her life as a slave in the years leading to the Civil War comes to the stage in Harriet Jacobs, a new play by Lydia R. Diamond.
The Joyce Foundation has announced the 2010 Joyce Awards winners in the Midwest cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis/Saint Paul. Since 2003, the Joyce Awards program has been the only granting opportunity exclusively supporting artists of color in major Midwestern cities. Joyce is awarding five outstanding arts organizations grants of $50,000 each to support new works in dance, music, theater, and visual arts.
