Vortex Theater Company News

The Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre kicks off its new season in August with the West Coast premiere of Chinglish. David Henry Hwang won three Obies and the Tony Award for Best Play with popular scripts like M. Butterfly and FOB. Now he's back with a canny comedy of cross-cultural errors. Two-time Obie-winner Leigh Silverman returns to the Roda Theatre to stage the play.

An experienced, talented cast takes on the age-old tradition of matchmaking with a contemporary twist in San Jose Repertory Theatre's world premiere of Love in American Times, by Philip Kan Gotanda. Love in American Times is directed by San Jose Rep's Artistic Director Rick Lombardo, and will run from May 12 through June 5, 2011.

An experienced, talented cast takes on the age-old tradition of matchmaking with a contemporary twist in San Jose Repertory Theatre's world premiere of Love in American Times, by Philip Kan Gotanda. Love in American Times is directed by San Jose Rep's Artistic Director Rick Lombardo, and will run from May 12 through June 5, 2011.

On Monday September 20, 2010, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, and host Lisa Kron, announced the 2010 recipients at the Sixth Annual IT Awards Ceremony at Cooper Union.

The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2010 nominees at its annual sold-out event at the Carmine Street Recreation Center located at 25 Carmine Street. The 2010 IT Awards Ceremony will be on Monday, September 20, 2010.

Twelve early-career directors and designers have been selected for the 2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Programs for Theatre Directors and Designers. The recipients were chosen by an independent, national selection panel composed of theatre professionals. These programs are administered by TCG, in association with the National Endowment for the Arts, with major support from The Ford Foundation.

Vortex Theater Company (Joshua Randall, Artistic Director) is set to present A Midsummer Nightmare, an off-season haunted house running May 22 June 13, 2009 at the Sanford Meisner Theater (164 Eleventh Avenue, between 22/23). The event will run 7:00pm-11:00pm Wednesday Sunday and tickets are $6 at the door. A limited number of online ?Advanced VIP? tickets, which enable holders to jump to the front of the line, are $12 and are available at www.theatermania.com.

Vortex Theater Company (Joshua Randall, Artistic Director) is set to present A Midsummer Nightmare, an off-season haunted house running May 22 June 13, 2009 at the Sanford Meisner Theater (164 Eleventh Avenue, between 22/23). The event will run 7:00pm-11:00pm Wednesday Sunday and tickets are $6 at the door. A limited number of online ?Advanced VIP? tickets, which enable holders to jump to the front of the line, are $12 and are available at www.theatermania.com.

For the third and final production in its 2007 season of musicals, the Vortex Theater Company will present a radical new adaptation of one of the most classic ghost stories of all time - Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol.' Created and adapted by downtown favorites, director Kris Thor and musician Joel Bravo, the Vortex version, A Christmas Carol: the new musical, stars anti-folk performance-art legend Jason Trachtenburg as Scrooge. Officially open on Thursday, November 29 at the newly renovated Sanford Meisner Theater. The production will close on Saturday, December 22.

Due to the high demand for advanced ticket sales resulting in a number of sold-out shows, the Vortex Theater Company is releasing additional tickets for every performance of its upcoming production, Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical. The Vortex has also created a select number of obstructed view seats for a discounted ticket price of $12.

For the second production in its 2007 season of musicals, the Vortex Theater Company will premiere its radical new vision of Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical, directed by Gisela Cardenas with musical direction by Milica Paranosic

For the second production in its 2007 season of musicals, the Vortex Theater Company (Joshua Randall, Artistic Director) will premiere its new version of Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical, directed by Gisela Cardenas with musical direction by Milica Paranosic

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus in association with playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog, Venus) and Producer Bonnie Metzgar's 365 National Festival has announced 365NYC JulyFest - a festival that will offer an explosion of innovative presentations of Suzan-Lori Parks' '365 Days/365 Plays' during the month of July.

Vortex Theater Company will open its 24th season, a season devoted to musicals, with a radical new version of Gilbert & Sullivan's audience favorite H.M.S. Pinafore, directed by Dave Dalton, with musical direction by Edward Barnes and choreography by Carrie Cimma.

Vortex Theater Company has announced its plans for the company's 24th season - featuring three musicals

The Public Theater, in association with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' and Producer Bonnie Metzgar's 365 Days/365 Plays National Festival, have announced that 65 theater companies in New York City have been selected to participate in the year-long production of Parks' '365 Days/365 Plays'

On September 18th, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2006 award recipients at a exceptional evening hosted by Tony-nominee Charles Busch

On July 17, 2006, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2006 nominees at the Ukrainian National Home

The Vortex Theatre will present In Delirium: after the sorrows of young werther from March 31st through April 23rd off-Broadway