Company 2007 - Articles Page 35

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the first production of its 2009-2010 season, the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's play OOHRAH!, directed by Evan Cabnet. The production will feature Cassie Beck, Sami Gayle, Darren Goldstein, J.R. Horne, Jennifer Mudge, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Maximilian Osinski.

The YORK THEATRE COMPANY (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) proudly acknowledges the Hon. Charles B. Rangel for including their new show Blind Lemon Blues in the Congressional Record today.

Marin Theatre Company is delighted to present the comedy BOOM by award-winning Marin native Peter Sinn Nachtrieb.

Diverse City Theater Company ('DCT') presents its 2009 Mainstage production of 'Race Music' by Warren Bodow, directed by DCT's Artistic Director Victor Lirio. Performances will begin Thursday, September 3rd @ 8PM thru Saturday, September 19th @ 8PM. 'Race Music' will play at Theatre Row's The Beckett Theatre located at 410 West 42nd Street in New York City and will feature Chris Ceraso*, Brandon Jones*, Penelope Lowder*, Kevin Kelleher* and Teresa Stephenson.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to present its first production of its 2009-2010 season.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the first production of its 2009-2010 season, the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's play OOHRAH!, directed by Evan Cabnet. The production will feature Cassie Beck, Sami Gayle, Darren Goldstein, J.R. Horne, Jennifer Mudge, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Maximilian Osinski.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the first production of its 2009-2010 season, the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's play OOHRAH!, directed by Evan Cabnet. The production will feature Cassie Beck, Sami Gayle, Darren Goldstein, J.R. Horne, Jennifer Mudge, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Maximilian Osinski.

The Staff and Board of Trustees of Know Theatre today announce the resignation of Artistic Director, Jason Bruffy. Bruffy will be moving to Salt Lake City, Utah to become the new Executive Artistic Director at the Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC).

Veteran director Anne Bogart and her innovative SITI Company are pleased to announce their 2009-2010 first full-New York season. Considered by many to be one of America's national treasures, the ensemble theater company SITI has garnered praise for its thought-provoking and visually compelling work, emphasizing the cross-cultural exchange of dance, music and art, and international collaborations.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company present The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company (DGDC) in ENCORE, conceived, directed and choreographed by Daniel Gwirtzman.

Street Theatre Company of Nashville, TN announces four encore performances of Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show, back by popular demand, Upstairs at Bongo Java (2007 Belmont Blvd), September 10-13, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

As one beloved Cygnet member spreads his wings to make his new home in Seattle, Washington, two new staff members are settling in to make their home at Cygnet Theatre. Joshua Rowland, Cygnet's Patron Services Manager since January 2007, ends his position with Cygnet on August 23rd. Mike 'Rojo' Reynolds will take over as Cygnet's new Patron Services Manager and Jessica John has been named Cygnet's new Public Relations Director. Both officially took their Cygnet titles on August 10th.

Vital Theatre Company, Inc and Carrie Libling, Director of Family Programming, are pleased to announce the opening of the first Canadian production of PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL on Saturday, October 10th at the RICHMOND HILL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS in the Plaza Suite.

As one beloved Cygnet member spreads his wings to make his new home in Seattle, Washington, two new staff members are settling in to make their home at Cygnet Theatre. Joshua Rowland, Cygnet's Patron Services Manager since January 2007, ends his position with Cygnet on August 23rd. Mike 'Rojo' Reynolds will take over as Cygnet's new Patron Services Manager and Jessica John has been named Cygnet's new Public Relations Director. Both officially took their Cygnet titles on August 10th.

VITAL THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the extension of THE BULLY, an original musical for children with music and lyrics by JOHN GREGOR and book by DAVID L. WILLIAMS, directed and choreographed by TROY MILLER, at the VITAL THEATRE.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the first production of its 2009-2010 season, the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's play OOHRAH!, directed by Evan Cabnet. The production will feature Cassie Beck, Sami Gayle, Darren Goldstein, J.R. Horne, Jennifer Mudge, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Maximilian Osinski.

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, and Richard M. Parison, Jr., Producing Director, announce the theatre?s 15th Anniversary Season. Opening on the Mainstage will be Rodgers and Hammerstein?s musical masterpiece Carousel from June 17 through July 11. BSC will present its first thriller, the Tony Award-winning play Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer, from July 16 through August 1. Tennessee Williams? landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire will conclude the Mainstage summer season from August 6 through 29. The Mainstage fall show will be announced at a later date. On Stage 2, receiving its world premiere is Mark St. Germain?s Freud?s Last Session from June 10 through 28. Glen Berger?s hit Off-Broadway play Underneath the Lintel will play on Stage 2 from July 8 though 26.

Funny, magical, and moving, Lorenzo Pisoni's Humor Abuse is a tour-de-force journey through the photo album of his extraordinary life. A touching homage to his father, Humor Abuse opens Philadelphia Theatre Company's 2009/2010 season at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. Co-written by Pisoni and Erica Schmidt, who also directs the piece, Humor Abuse runs September 25-October 25.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the first production of its 2009-2010 season, the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's play OOHRAH!, directed by Evan Cabnet. The production will feature Cassie Beck, Sami Gayle, Darren Goldstein, J.R. Horne, Jennifer Mudge, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Maximilian Osinski.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, the world premiere of a three part theatrical event by the late Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote, will feature a company of 22 actors under the direction of Michael Wilson. The exciting, sweeping work will be co-produced in the 2009-2010 season by Hartford Stage (Michael Wilson, Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Managing Director) and Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director).

Lifetime's new one-hour comedic drama series, Drop Dead Diva, became the Network's highest-rated original drama series debut across key demographics since the June 3, 2007, launch of the hit drama Army Wives. The July 12, 2009, premiere of Drop Dead Diva averaged a 1.6 rating, a 148% increase from the 9:00 PM time period's prior four-week average, among the highly coveted advertiser demographic of Women 18-49 and a 1.9 among Women 25-54, a 158% increase from the prior four week average. In Households, Drop Dead Diva scored a 2.2 rating, up 103% from the prior four week time period and averaged more than 2.8 million total viewers, a 129% jump from the prior same four weeks.

Berkeley?s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the final Aurora Script Club meeting of the season with Samuel Beckett?s Waiting for Godot. Aurora Theatre Company Education Director Michael Mansfield hosts this moderated discussion about what we do while we wait/live and what?s worth waiting/living for, examining the upcoming Aurora Theatre Company production of Bob Glaudini?s Off-Broadway hit Jack Goes Boating, written in 2007, and Beckett?s absurdist masterpiece, penned in 1948.

The Canadian Stage Company wraps its 2008.2009 season with Doubt, a parable, the award-winning play that's taken North America by storm. The production stars Canadian theatre icons Seana McKenna (Canadian Stage's The Clean House, Wit) and David Storch (Canadian Stage's Frost/Nixon and director of Palace of the End), and is helmed by renowned director Marti Maraden (Canadian Stage's Trying). The production runs from through May 30, 2009 (media night: May 7) at the Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front Street East. For tickets and information, contact 416-368-3110 or canstage.com.

Sydney Theatre Company has released the judges? shortlist of six plays in the running for the prestigious 2008 Patrick White Playwrights? Award. The Award is an annual initiative of Sydney Theatre Company and The Sydney Morning Herald established in 2000 in honour of Patrick White?s contribution to Australian theatre and to foster the development of Australian playwrights.

Concussion, the second production of Sydney Theatre Company?s 2009 Next Stage program is a violent, sprawling and brutally funny play by Ross Mueller, produced and presented in partnership with Griffin Theatre Company. An ensemble cast of Rachel Gordon, Belinda McClory, Sam North, Chris Ryan, Luke Ryan and Terry Serio are directed by Brett Adam with design by Sydney Theatre Award-winning team Brad Clark and Alexandra Sommer. Performances are at Sydney Theatre Company?s Wharf 2 from 13 March 2009.