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Victory Gardens continues its 2010/11 Season with the Chicago premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, directed by Dexter Bullard.

The neighborhood, the donut shop, and Arthur have all gone to pot. When young Franco Wicks busts in with fresh dough and even fresher dreams, stale Arthur can no longer pretend he doesn't care. The author of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winning August: Osage County turns up the comedic heat on a man and a community grappling with change.

he SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) announce casting for the Regional Premiere of Wirehead by Matt Benjamin and Logan Brown. Susi Damilano will direct a cast of SF favorites, including Madeline H.D. Brown, Scott Coopwood*, Lauren Grace*, Craig Marker*, Gabriel Marin*, and Cole Alexander Smith.

PURE Theatre is proud to present the regional premiere of Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts.

Green Beetle Productions is thrilled to announce that their critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE, Backstage CRITIC'S PICK!) production of PLAY DATES, written by Sam Wolfson (Jewtopia), directed by Jennifer Chambers and produced by Kristen Lee Kelly is EXTENDING through SUNDAY, APRIL 17 at THEATRE ASYLUM, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

Theatre Exile brings the long-awaited Philadelphia premiere of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore to Plays and Players Theatre in February, 2011.

Theatre Exile brings the long-awaited Philadelphia premiere of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore to Plays and Players Theatre in February, 2011.

Victory Gardens continues its 2010/11 Season with the Chicago premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, directed by Dexter Bullard.

Victory Gardens continues its 2010/11 Season with the Chicago premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, directed by Dexter Bullard.

Sprinkled with chuckles and glazed with connections, Superior Donuts tells the story of how an unlikely friendship can emerge in the most unexpected places. In Chicago's diverse Uptown neighborhood, a downtrodden donut shop owner hires a street-savvy and aspiring young writer with hustle and bright ideas.

The neighborhood, the donut shop, and Arthur have all gone to pot. When young Franco Wicks busts in with fresh dough and even fresher dreams, stale Arthur can no longer pretend he doesn't care. The author of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winning August: Osage County turns up the comedic heat on a man and a community grappling with change.

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 26th season with the World Premiere of The Big Meal, written by New York Times 2010 Outstanding Playwright Award-winner Dan LeFranc and directed by Dexter Bullard.

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 26th season with the World Premiere of The Big Meal, written by New York Times 2010 Outstanding Playwright Award-winner Dan LeFranc and directed by Dexter Bullard.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater continues its inaugural season this spring with an unparalleled tribute to one of the nation's greatest living playwrights, Edward Albee. The company has mounted a two-month festival featuring 30 events, making nearly every one of his plays available in performance spaces throughout the Mead Center.

Green Beetle Productions is thrilled to present a newly revised version of a hilarious new play from the co-writer of JEWTOPIA, PLAY DATES, written by Sam Wolfson, directed by Jennifer Chambers and produced by Kristen Lee Kelly.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater continues its inaugural season this spring with an unparalleled tribute to one of the nation's greatest living playwrights, Edward Albee.

New Village Arts has built quite a reputation for its productions of the work of one of America's greatest dramatists, Sam Shepard. To celebrate Season 10, NVA presents a Shepard favorite. SIMPATICO blends all of Shepard's trademarks with an unbelievable sense of humor in a film-noir style. The plot deals with a horse-racing scheme run amuck and follows two former best friends through blackmail, intrigue, betrayal and redemption and includes bourbon, Buicks and a Kentucky Derby dress. Equity actor Mike Sears (Carter) and NVA Ensemble Member Manny Fernandes (Vinnie) bring the two friends to life and are joined by NVA Ensemble Member Jack Missett (Simms), Kelly Iversen (Kelly), Terri Park (Rosie) and Kim Strassburger (Cecilia). Watch unbelievable actors tackle extreme situations under the direction of award-winning director and NVA Ensemble Member Lisa Berger, known for her ability to take edgy stories and tell them with compassion, humanity and humor. SIMPATICO will be playing at New Village Arts Theatre (2787 State Street, Carlsbad Village) from March 2 - 27, 2011. The official opening night is March 5 at 8 PM. Tickets can be purchased at www.NewVillageArts.org or by calling 760-433-3245.

Green Beetle Productions is thrilled to present a newly revised version of a hilarious new play from the co-writer of JEWTOPIA, PLAY DATES, written by Sam Wolfson, directed by Jennifer Chambers and produced by Kristen Lee Kelly.

Green Beetle Productions is thrilled to present a newly revised version of a hilarious new play from the co-writer of JEWTOPIA, PLAY DATES, written by Sam Wolfson, directed by Jennifer Chambers and produced by Kristen Lee Kelly.

Green Beetle Productions is thrilled to present a newly revised version of a hilarious new play from the co-writer of JEWTOPIA, PLAY DATES, written by Sam Wolfson, directed by Jennifer Chambers and produced by Kristen Lee Kelly.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) presents the World Premiere of A SMALL FIRE, a new play by Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Drunken City at PH, The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows). Directed by Trip Cullman (Adam Bock's The Drunken City at PH and Swimming in the Shallows, plus Bachelorette, Some Men, The Last Sunday in June, the recent Edgewise, Adam Rapp's upcoming The Hallway Trilogy) the production will close Sunday, January 23 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

Theatre Exile brings the long-awaited Philadelphia premiere of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore to Plays and Players Theatre in February, 2011.

Theatre Exile brings the long-awaited Philadelphia premiere of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore to Plays and Players Theatre in February, 2011.

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 26th season with the World Premiere of The Big Meal, written by New York Times 2010 Outstanding Playwright Award-winner Dan LeFranc and directed by Dexter Bullard.

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is excited to be a part of the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of afterlife: a ghost story. Steve Yockey's poetic play follows a young couple in the process of grieving, who tumble into an alternate reality, are forced to confront the ghosts that haunt them, and ultimately must decide what their afterlife will be. Directed by Kate Warner, afterlife: a ghost story will open for the press on Monday, January 17, 2011 and run through Sunday, February 6, 2011 in the Charles Mosesian Theater.