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Arizona Theatre Company to Conclude 56th Season With Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST

April 10, 2024

Arizona Theatre Company will conclude its 56th season with Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: UNTIL THE FLOOD at Stray Cat Theatre

February 28, 2024

What did our critic think of UNTIL THE FLOOD at Stray Cat Theatre? Attending a one-person play presents a unique theatrical experience, offering an intimate and immersive journey into the depths of a single performer's storytelling prowess. Yet, within this singular spotlight lies the allure and hazard of the format.

Review: INTIMATE APPAREL at Arizona Theatre Company

February 20, 2024

INTIMATE APPAREL: It is the great achievement of Arizona Theatre Company that Lynn Nottage's meditation on one woman's loneliness and desire is fully realized. Directed by Oz Scott, with a stellar ensemble, featuring Tracy N. Bonner's tour de force performance, the production is a must-see. Runs through March 3rd at Tempe Center for the Arts.

Review: GLORIA At Stray Cat Theatre

October 03, 2023

Under the astute and inspired direction of Dolores E. Mendoza, GLORIA (Stray Cat Theatre’s 22nd Season opener) the lines and action of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's play are transformed into a jarring high-voltage theatrical experience. Runs through October 14th at Tempe Center for the Arts.

Feature: Matt August Talks New Role As Artistic Director, Programming Future at Arizona Theatre Company

April 03, 2023

All of these theaters had programming that was - you know, sort of your tent poles on the mainstage, your occasional blockbuster musical. On the second stage, there was riskier work, new work being developed that might not appeal to a 700-seat audience. I thought that was incredible - you're doing these blockbuster Broadway musicals, the best of the best plays, and then new work that is exciting and thrilling. And that sort of became part of my DNA as I was thinking about directing.

Theatre for Youth USA Brings Major Conference & Festival To Tempe

February 08, 2023

Theatre for Young Audiences USA (TYA/USA), the national organization that provides advocacy and resources to the field of Theatre for Young Audiences, in collaboration with Childsplay in Tempe, Arizona, will present the 2023 TYA/USA National Festival & Conference: AMPLIFY on May 9-12, 2023.

Theatre for Young Audiences USA Presents the 2023 TYA/USA National Festival & Conference: AMPLIFY in May

February 03, 2023

Theatre for Young Audiences USA (TYA/USA), the national organization that provides advocacy and resources to the field of Theatre for Young Audiences, in collaboration with Childsplay in Tempe, Arizona, will present the 2023 TYA/USA National Festival & Conference: AMPLIFY on May 9-12, 2023.

Interview: Director Chris Chavez of LA RUTA at Stray Cat Theatre

December 15, 2022

Stray Cat Theatre's (SCT) second show of the season, La Ruta by Isaac Gomez, is an important offering touching on the often-ignored crime of femicide, or the murdering of women simply for being a woman, just across our border in the city of Juárez, Mexico.

Review: LA RUTA at Stray Cat Theatre

December 05, 2022

The importance of LA RUTA's subject needs to be seen and the story it tells needs to be known. Stray Cat Theatre presents this stunning and disturbing production through December 17th at Tempe Center for the Arts.

Broadway Curious Brings Final Event WHEN'S IT MY TURN? to ASU

April 27, 2022

Monthly talk show/concert Broadway Curious presented by The Bridge Initiative offers its final event of this season Thursday, May 19th, at 7:00pm, at ASU Kerr, 6110 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85253. The venue opens its doors at 6:30pm for bar service and meet-and-greet with the artists.

The Bridge Initiative Streams JUST BE

April 06, 2022

With legislation targeting trans youth being passed in Arizona, emerging local playwright Maybe Stewart's voice is critical. The workshop production of Stewart's autobiographical new play just be will be available to stream from April 8th to May 17th, 2022 through ShowTix4U.

BWW Review: Unique Takes ~ Appleford on Stray Cat Theatre's SHEEPDOG

March 14, 2022

In Stray Cat Theatre’s Arizona premiere of the absorbing 2019 play SHEEPDOG by Kevin Artigue, now playing at Tempe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre until March 26th, a young police officer in an interracial partnership – he’s white, she’s black - answers an emergency call while on duty. He rushes to the scene. Directed by Louis Farber.