Vivienne Benesch News

PlayMakers Repertory Company will present "The Real Americans" written and performed by Dan Hoyle, April 27-May 1.  

PlayMakers Repertory Company concludes its Mainstage Season with Stephen Sondheim's musical masterpiece 'Sweeney Todd,' onstage tonight, March 30, through April 23.

PlayMakers Repertory Company concludes its Mainstage Season with Stephen Sondheim's musical masterpiece 'Sweeney Todd,' onstage March 30 through April 23. Special events associated with the show begin March 14.

PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly announces its 2016/17 Season.  Dynamic plays from three important women playwrights, plus a landmark drama by Arthur Miller, a romantic Shakespearean romp and a beloved musical masterpiece will highlight the new Mainstage Season from PlayMakers Repertory Company. The new season is the first selected for the theater by Vivienne Benesch, PlayMakers' new  Producing Artistic Director.

PlayMakers Repertory Company continues its Mainstage Season Jan. 20-Feb. 7 with a fresh take on a classic drama, "Three Sisters" by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Special events associated with the show begin Jan. 11.

PlayMakers Repertory Company begins the new year with HIGHWAY 47, a theatrical exploration of family, community and the importance of place written and performed by KJ Sanchez, tonight, Jan. 6-10.

PlayMakers Repertory Company begins the new year with HIGHWAY 47, a theatrical exploration of family, community and the importance of place written and performed by KJ Sanchez, Jan. 6-10.

Trinity Rep continues Season 52 Rebels, Renegades and Pioneers with Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winningcomedy, The Heidi Chronicles, directed by Vivienne Benesch. Performances run December 3, 2015 through January 3, 2016.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors Vivienne Benesch and Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is proud to announce mainstage programming for the summer of 2016. The season will feature Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), directed by Lucie Tiberghien (July 1-10); The Profane, a commissioned play by Zayd Dohrn (July 22-31), directed by Vivienne Benesch; and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (August 12-19), directed by Andrew Borba.

Trinity Rep continues Season 52 Rebels, Renegades and Pioneers with Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, The Heidi Chronicles, directed by Vivienne Benesch. Performances run December 3, 2015 through January 3, 2016.

PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has appointed Vivienne Benesch as its next Producing Artistic Director. After an extensive national search, she will take up the position Jan. 1, 2016 succeeding Joseph Haj as the company's eighth artistic leader.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents William Shakespeare's Henry V from August 14 through August 21 on the Bratton Stage.

Tony Award-winning Trinity Repertory Company, under the leadership of Richard L. Bready Artistic Director Curt Columbus, announces tickets to their 2015-2016 season will be available to the general public on August 17, 2015. Tickets for New England holiday favorite, A Christmas Carol, go on exclusive pre-sale on August 17 and to the general public on August 20. Tickets to all performances will be available online at www.trinityrep.com, by calling (401) 351-4242 or at the box office at 201 Washington St., Providence.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents David West Read's Afterlove for three Signature Staged Readings from Wednesday, August 5 to Friday, August 7 on the Bratton Stage.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel from July 24 through August 2 on the Bratton Stage.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Jason Wells's The Engine of Our Ruin for two Signature Staged Readings on July 17 and 18 on the Bratton Stage.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Thornton Wilder's Our Town from tonight, July 3 through July 12 on the Bratton Stage.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Thornton Wilder's Our Town from July 3 through July 12 on the Bratton Stage.

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, announced casting for their Mainstage 2015 Season, which includes blending Chautauqua Theater Company alumni with those making their company debuts. Principal actors are Andrew Borba, Carol Halstead, Tangela Large, Manu Narayan, Michael Potts, Shelia Tousey, and Kathryn Hunter Williams. The season features Our Town (July 3-12), Intimate Apparel (July 24-August 2), and Henry V (August 14-21), all performed at the Bratton Theater at Chautauqua Institution.

The 5th Annual Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Slam will be held today, April 24 from 1-4pm at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.