Anna Bella Eema would be a terribly depressing story were it not infused with such intense, infectious energy-so much so that it tumbles off the thrust stage and threatens to swallow whole the tiny, black-box space that's home to the Strand Theater Co. This energy is wild, untamed and mildly spiritual, a perfect echo of the characters that Obie Award-winning playwright Lisa D'Amour has so carefully crafted, exploring the murky corners of their personalities by allowing them to narrate their own obscure histories.
San Rafael's beautiful Falkirk Mansion / Falkirk Cultural Center serves as a haunting backdrop when the award-winning Porchlight Theatre Company players and their colleagues from the Bay Area theatrical community present dramatizations of classic stories of the macabre written by American writers Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving and William Faulkner.
Ahuri Theatre, in association with Why Not Theatre, announces the world premiere of A Fool's Life, a fantastical tale of a family man coming undone, conceived and directed by Ahuri Theatre Artistic Director Dan Watson.
Ahuri Theatre, in association with Why Not Theatre, announces the world premiere of A Fool's Life, a fantastical tale of a family man coming undone, conceived and directed by Ahuri Theatre Artistic Director Dan Watson.
This year's collection of shows from Gemini CollisionWorks, The Collisionworks 2011: At The Ends (aka 3 Terminal Plays or 3 Ultimate Plays), focuses on finality, mortality, and the conclusion of all things, with the caveat that all endings bring the possibility of new beginnings.
This year's collection of shows from Gemini CollisionWorks, The Collisionworks 2011: At The Ends (aka 3 Terminal Plays or 3 Ultimate Plays), focuses on finality, mortality, and the conclusion of all things, with the caveat that all endings bring the possibility of new beginnings.
New Leaf Theatre, in association with Chicago DCA Theater, present the final performance of the world premiere of Georgette Kelly's adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's beloved novel Lighthousekeeping. The play, directed by Jessica Hutchinson, closes at Chicago DCA Theater's Storefront Theater at 66 E. Randolph Street.
Acclaimed author and humorist Mark Twain is being honored by the U.S. Postal Service with the issuance of a commemorative Forever postage stamp in the city that served as the setting for two of his most famous works.
A drama based on a story by William Faulkner, a musical comedy with a score by a pop music legend and a holiday show with a twist on a Dickens' classic will be presented as concert readings as part of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project Festival of New Plays, May 13-15, 2011.
A drama based on a story by William Faulkner, a musical comedy with a score by a pop music legend and a holiday show with a twist on a Dickens' classic will be presented as concert readings as part of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project Festival of New Plays, May 13-15, 2011.
New Leaf Theatre, in association with Chicago DCA Theater, presents the world premiere of Georgette Kelly's adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's beloved novel Lighthousekeeping.
The Brick Theater, Inc. and thingNY and Panoply Performance Laboratory present Time: A Complete Explanation In Three Parts A documentary chamber opera created by thingNY and the Panoply Performance Laboratory
May 4-May 14, 2011 at 8pm
The Brick Theater, Inc. and thingNY and Panoply Performance Laboratory present Time: A Complete Explanation In Three Parts A documentary chamber opera created by thingNY and the Panoply Performance Laboratory
May 4-May 14, 2011 at 8pm
A drama based on a story by William Faulkner, a musical comedy with a score by a pop music legend and a holiday show with a twist on a Dickens' classic will be presented as concert readings as part of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project Festival of New Plays, May 13-15, 2011.
