Wooster Group News

Mabou Mines, a pioneering American avant-garde theater company, will present a film series showcasing their rare cinematic projects. The films include Archive (2001) and more.

Target Margin Theater will present the world premiere of 'THIS IS REAL,' inspired by Jean Genet, from March 1 to April 5, 2026. The production explores themes of identity and reality through innovative staging and performance.

Grace McLean will be joining the cast of MCC Theater's Cold War Choir Practice as a member of the Choir, reprising her role from the 2025 Summerworks production.

BroadwayWorld talks to Bay Area theater luminary Carey Perloff about her production of Chekhov's classic tragicomedy 'The Cherry Orchard' running at Marin Theatre January 29 to February 22.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani helped promote Under the Radar Theater Festival's 'Under the Radar for All' effort, giving away 1,500 free tickets to participating shows at theaters across the city.

Obie-winning actor Randolph Curtis Rand will join the company of NYC’s longest-running play, Perfect Crime, celebrating its 39th anniversary this year. Learn more here!

The Coronet Theatre will present its Spring 2026 season beginning in February, featuring six UK premieres and a slate of international productions that draw from classic literature, contemporary dance, and visual art.

MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73 have revealed the cast and creative team for Cold War Choir Practice, a play with music by Ro Reddick and directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams.

Under the Radar has unveiled the full lineup of over 30 productions for the festival’s 21st edition. See the full programming lineup here and see how to purchase tickets!

August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone introduces us to a group of men and women teetering on the brink as they search for lost family, identity, and purpose in the aftermath of slavery. I decided to speak with the play’s director Gregg T. Daniel about his production opening October 18 at A Noise Within in Pasadena.

IndieSpace has announced Brooklyn Art Haus, Dixon Place, Green Space, Inspiration Point, IRT Theater, New Perspectives Studio, Noosphere Arts (Noo Arts), QED Astoria, St. Lydia's, and The Little Victory Theatre as recipients of this year's The Little Venue That Could Program.

IndieSpace has revealed their fall slate of events and grant programs for indie theater artists. See the full lineup here and learn more about the programming!

Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Punch, by James Graham is now playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Meet the cast of Punch here and learn all about the show's stars!

Featuring songs from Jeff Buckley, Golden Rainbow, Puccini, and beyond, UH OH! is a wild journey through the sacred soul of the artist in a capitalist world that demands she be commodified. Read a conversation with star and writer Kendal Hartse.

Contemporary arts center OZ Arts Nashville will host the annual celebratory reading of their ongoing Art Wire fellows program. Learn more and see how to attend.

Suzanne Vega will perform a career-spanning show including favorites like “Tom’s Diner,” “Luka,” and many more, plus new material from her forthcoming album Flying with Angels (May 2025) at Town Hall.

New York's new interdisciplinary performance group, co-founded by artistic director Austin Regan and resident artist Kendal Hartse – will present their inaugural production UH OH!

At the beginning of 2025 IndieSpace, an organization established to disrupt the ongoing displacement of small theaters and to create a new model for equitable funding for the indie theater community, took a small but intentional pause-to breathe, to listen, and to realign their direction as an organization.

NYU Skirball will present Ethan Philbrick's The Conquest of Bread, a free May Day Special Event, on Thursday, May 1 at 7:30 pm. The world premiere choral work is inspired by Russian anarchist and philosopher Peter Kropotkin's 1892 critique of capitalism.

Willem Dafoe launched his program for the 2025 Venice Biennale Theater Festival while warning of government interference in the arts under President Trump, including recent leadership changes at the Kennedy Center.