The Wilma Theater announced the Philadelphia Premiere of Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo as the fourth play selected for its 2009-2010 Season at the theater's 30th Anniversary Gala Celebration on Friday night. The Gala celebrated co-Artistic Directors Blanka Zizka and Jiri Zizka's 30th Year at the Wilma and honored board chair Peggy Greenawalt with the 'Wilma Star Award' for her service to the Wilma Board, including four years as Chair.
Beginning June 26, Vassar & New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater will celebrate its 25th anniversary season. Powerhouse provides its audience a window into the creative process of some of the nation's top artists and writers as they engage in the rigorous development of plays and musicals, before going on to larger stages in New York, across the country, and around the world.
Playwrights Foundation (PF) welcomes an unprecedented group of national and regional playwrights and directors for the development of new works as part of the In The Rough Reading Series 2009, or ROUGH. This year's selections include: Meat by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Mark Rucker; Language Rooms by Yussef El Guindi, directed by Mark Routhier; Job by Thomas Bradshaw, directed by Jonathan Spector; Defiant by George Brant, directed by Marissa Wolf; This Is Not a Torture or an Engine by Erin Bregman, directed by Molly Aaronson-Gelb; Assisted Living by Deirdre O'Connor, directed by Jon Tracy; Natasha and the Coat by Deborah Stein, directed by Sean Daniels; and The Verizon Play by Lisa Kron, directed by Amy Mueller. Readings will take place from Mar. 30 -- May 19, every Monday and Tuesday.
FURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS THE SECOND SHOW OF THEIR
2008-2009 SEASON!
THE LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Written by Anthony Neilson
Directed by Robert Pescovitz
Limited Engagement will open on Saturday, November 29
at the Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre!
FURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS THE SECOND SHOW OF THEIR
2008-2009 SEASON!
THE LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Written by Anthony Neilson
Directed by Robert Pescovitz
Limited Engagement will open on Saturday, November 29
at the Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre!
This first show in the Furious season is the West Coast premiere of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winning play, which recently finished an Off-Broadway run.
Today, the Jefferson Awards announced the 150 nominations in 35 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions which opened between August 1, 2007 and July 31, 2008. Beginning with this season, the Jeff Awards is acknowledging the work of Large and Midsize theatres in separate categories for productions and technical elements.
Local playwright Yussef El Guindi has been named ACT's 2008 New Play Award winner for his new work Language Rooms. ACT will present two staged readings, followed by post-play discussions with the playwright and director, FREE to the public, on March 7 & 8 at 7:30PM in its Bullitt Cabaret space.
Ars Nova presents, as part of the OUT LOUD series, a free reading of Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat, by Yussef El Guindi, directed by Joanna Settle. Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat on Monday, October 29 at 7 PM at Ars Nova
New York Theatre Workshop Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director Lynn Moffat have announced a two-day program of readings, Aswat: Voices of Palestine, set to take place on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 12:00pm, and Sunday, May 6, beginning at 2:00pm.