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The Play Company's (PlayCo) Idea Lab series complements the productions in their 2016 season by bringing together artists, scholars, writers and community leaders for stand-alone events to examine themes raised in the shows. Following performances of the world premiere of The Wildness, a co-produced with Ars Nova, Playco will present three post show events over three Thursdays, March 3, 10 & 17.

'YO MISS!' by Judith Sloan will make its world premiere at La MaMa from tonight, March 4, through March 13, 2016.

mapdance celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exciting and varied event, featuring new works and reconstructions by renowned and upcoming international contemporary choreographers. The roster of artists includes Britain's Kevin Finnan (Motionhouse) and wacky maverick Liz Aggiss, as well as Israel Aloni and Lee Brummer, co-artistic directors of Sweden's ilDance. The current crop of thirteen 'mapdancers' also appear in Martin Lawrance's restaging of Richard Alston's vibrant, evergreen Roughcut (1990) and Abi (Lila Dance) Mortimer's elegant, Leonardo-inspired Schemes, Dreams and Machines from mapdance's 2015 tour.

NEXT TO NORMAL is an exploration of grief and how it can pull you down to the depths of depression. Although not what you usually expect from Red Mountain Theatre Company, it is a timely and real look at mental illness. It is hard to know where to start in giving accolades to this talented cast and crew.

Summary: The year is 1942, the setting: a city in the Tver region. Gelik, a very young lieutenant, and a girl named Ina were taken hostage by an insane divisional commander. By some miracle they managed to escape, but many years later, Gelik, during a conversation with a friend, suddenly realizes that the divisional commander's madness was nothing but play-acting: he had foreseen that all attempts to escape from the war would be seen as desertion - all, that is, except raving madness and affront (tearing into battle and killing everyone in your path). 2008. Ina, now a very elderly woman, falls victim to a telephone prankster who begins terrorising her. Gradually his daily calls become a kind of drug on which she depends. She discovers that he knows something about her life, and the remarks he makes evoke distant memories: there was a time, long ago, when she was a reporter, and she seems to recall travelling to Afghanistan, where she fell in love. In her mind, the love she once knew has not retained a specific form and features, but it still responds to her memories with a furious force. The protagonists survived the war and are rescued from captivity. They are not able, however, to leave the experiences of the war behind them and move on with their lives. The novel explores what happens once the conflict is over, as they learn to live without the war, with all their loves, passions and weaknesses. About the Author: Anna Nemzer was born in Moscow and graduated from the Historical and Philological faculty of the Russian State University for the Humanities. She worked as a journalist and an editor for the magazines 'Snob,' 'Russian Reporter' and 'Around the World.' She has also worked for the TV channel 'Kultura.' Since 2008, Nemzer has been the editor-in-chief of the magazine 'Snob.' In 2009, Nemzer wrote the first part of the novel 'Prisoner. It is not true,' dedicated to the memory of the generation affected by war. 'Prisoner' was published in the journal 'Znamia' and shortlisted for the Belkin Prize. In 2011, she finished the second part of the novel. The novel 'Prisoner' is her debut in prose. Review copies are available upon request. Title: 'Prisoner' Author: Anna Nemzer Publisher: Glagoslav Publications Language: English ISBN: 9781784379742 Extent: 224 pages Format: paperback, hardback, e-book

Author Kris Jayne will publish debut three-part contemporary romance novel, 'The Thirsty Heart Series' on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2016. 'The Thirsty Hearts Series' has already received high praise from early reviewers. A thirsty heart longs for love-even if its owner doesn't know it. These heroines and heroes have lost love, troubled love, and new love at their fingertips. 'The Thirsty Hearts Series' journey starts with Micky and Nick in Charming You. Micky Llewellyn trusted men before-with disastrous results. Nick Halden's life has unfolded according to plan-a career at a top law firm and an engagement to the perfect socialite (he hopes). Fate throws Micky and Nick together, and in their struggle to balance love and ambition, they have to decide what they want before they lose the one thing that matters. Next, in Choosing You, Micky's best friend Taryn Lieber continues planning her dream wedding along with her fiancé, Jeff McConnell, and his adorable daughter, Olivia. Their love couldn't be more perfect until the arrival of Jeff's first wife, Shannon, throws Jeff and Taryn's relationship into chaos. Conflict, mistrust, and danger follow as they try to hang on and make it down the aisle. Cherishing You follows Shannon as she works to pull her life together and prove to her ex-husband and the world that her past of drug addiction and crime is history. Jonah Moran hasn't struggled for much. He has a cushy job at his father's billion-dollar company, a string of socialite girlfriends, and anything money can buy. Drawn together in a novel passion, Shannon and Jonah find solace in each other's worlds, but can they push through the barriers and find lasting love? This series is recommended for readers eighteen and older due to strong language and sexual situations. Kris Jayne is available for interviews and appearances. For booking presentations, media appearances, interviews, book-signings and any inquiries involving publishing, television and film rights as well as foreign and audio rights, please contact Lea Cabalar, fierceandfabpromotions@gmail.com. About Kris Jayne Kris Jayne is a devoted writer, reader, and traveler. She spends her days blissfully sweating out the writing process in the Dallas area with her dog, Otis the Shih Tzu (DNA verified after being told he was a Lhasa Apso). Her passion for writing is only matched by her passion for the adventures of travel. In 2008, she let a friend talk her into sleeping outside for the first time in her life when she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

Judith Sloan is a masterful actor/dialectition and a sublime mixologist of sound. She blends both gifts in her newest play, 'YO MISS!,' in which she channels her own family's traumas through the experiences of immigrant and minority teens whom she has taught in arts programs over the last two decades.

The Royal Court has worked with a group of 12 writers from Syria and Lebanon over the last two years with workshops supported by the British Council in Broumana and Beirut. These workshops have been led by playwrights David Greig, Sam Holcroft and Royal Court International Director Elyse Dodgson. Excerpts from all of the plays were presented at Al Madina Theatre in Beirut in May 2015 directed by Richard Twyman.

New Repertory Theatre announces the NEXT REP BLACK BOX FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT SYMPOSIUM SERIES, January 24-February 18, 2016 in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA.

Focusing on the perspective of a British woman, Sheila Munds-Belbin's new book, 'Beloved Enemy,' goes back in time to World War II German-occupied France.

The Old Globe presents the Third Annual New Voices Festival, featuring readings of new American plays by professional playwrights this weekend, January 15 - 17, 2016.

The word 'conflict' is laden with negative connotations and is, from many perspectives, something to avoid if at all possible. In her book 'DIY Conflict Resolution: Seven Choices and Five Actions of a Master,' Nance L. Schick uncovers the truth about conflict-that it manifests globally, culturally as well as in relationships, careers, business deals, and deep within the human mind, body and soul. She also shares her interactive program for identifying, evaluating, and resolving conflict that impedes living authentically.

'YO MISS!' by Judith Sloan will make its world premiere at La MaMa from March 4 to 13, 2016.

Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces the return of the critically acclaimed VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL, an expansive exhibition of some of the finest Israeli, Arab and American artists from across the country and around the world. The five offerings included in the 2015-16 Festival, which runs from today, January 6-May 1, 2016, grapple with issues of peace and conflict in a divided Middle East.

Dr. Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, bestselling author of Wired for Love and co-creator of a Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT) and the PACT Institute, has announced the launch of his new book, Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate. Wired for Dating offers powerful tips based in neuroscience and attachment theory to help you find a compatible mate, and go on together to create a secure-functioning relationship.

Film and television star, pop culture icon and social media powerhouse George Takei (Star Trek, 'Heroes') has been blazing trails as an activist over the last decade, championing gay rights and marriage equality in the U.S., and in recent years sharing his childhood experiences of being imprisoned in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.

Growing up should be this much fun! Join Tommy Stohlgren, his four irreverent brothers and friends in an old neighborhood in Oakland, California for eight days in 1964. 'It's a story based on actual events,' Stohlgren said, 'as well as I can remember them fifty years later. My brothers and friends think it was a comically accurate re-telling, and that matters most to me.' Stohlgren's autobiographical gem traces his transition from a sweet Catholic school kid to a skeptical smart-ass. We laugh along side him as he finally notices girls, and gets tossed from religion class. After an hour-long lecture that 'God is All-loving and All-merciful' from 'Sister Mary-something (the names have been changed to protect the innocent), young Tommy reaches a logical conclusion, 'If God is all-loving and all-merciful, there could be no Hell!' Needless to say, the nuns at St. Theresa's Catholic School are not pleased. Then, Stohlgren begins to question everything about his faith-based upbringing. He stumps a young priest in confession, and botches his first and only Mass as an altar boy. With a lot of help and sketchy philosophical advice from his wild brothers, with whom he shares one bedroom, Tommy fully develops a strong conflict with authority, abandons his ancestral religion, and becomes an evidence-based learner, and later, a scientist - laughing all the way! Today, Dr. Stohlgren, a globally renowned scientist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, teaches ecology and critical thinking. Although Stohlgren has worn Hawaiian shirts every day for thirty years, he approaches the topic of critical thinking with some seriousness. 'It's amazing to me how many teens and adults believe in ghosts, Bigfoot, ESP, UFOs, the Devil, and other mythical beings, for which there is no evidence,' Stohlgren says. 'I follow the advice of comedian George Carlin (1937- 2008), who said, 'Don't just teach your children to read...Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.' However, it's the humor in the book that steals the show. The scenes with five uncontrollable boys in the cramped bedroom, around a tiny kitchen table, and the same Catholic school are uproariously funny. Different shenanigans in the book are compassionate, caring, awkward, disgusting, and illegal - a true coming of age story! Stohlgren laughs, 'Despite the book being available for several hours now, there has been no official response from the Vatican!' The Kindle version of the book can be ordered for $1.99. The screenplay also available.

Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces the return of the critically acclaimed VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL, an expansive exhibition of some of the finest Israeli, Arab and American artists from across the country and around the world. The five offerings included in the 2015-16 Festival, which runs from January 6-May 1, 2016, grapple with issues of peace and conflict in a divided Middle East.

The Old Globe today announced it will present the Third Annual New Voices Festival, a weekend of readings of new American plays by professional playwrights, January 15 - 17, 2016.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, under the leadership of Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Diane Quinn, is pleased to present the new American play Nice Fish, conceived, written, and adapted by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins, and directed by Claire van Kampen.

Donmar Warehouse Announces the 2016 Spring Season!

San Francisco Opera today announced casting updates to the 2016 summer season which begins May 27 with the American premiere of Spanish director Calixto Bieito's production of Georges Bizet's CARMEN, followed by Giuseppe Verdi's DON CARLO opening on June 12 and Leoš Janácek's JENUFA starting on June 14.

English Touring Theatre return to the Exeter Northcott Theatre at the end of November (tonight 24-28 Nov 2015), this time with THE ODYSSEY: MISSING PRESUMED DEAD, their acclaimed collaboration with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. The production reunites Simon Armitage and Nick Bagnall after their recent collaborations on The Last Days of Troy and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

The Play Company's (PlayCo) 2015-16 Idea Lab features three curated events, November 18 & 28 and December 4, following performances of award-winning, German playwright Maria Milisavljevic's Abyss. The critically acclaimed U.S. premiere, directed by Maria Mileaf, runs through December 6 at Theaterlab, 357 West 36th Street. Writing about Abyss for The New York Times, Ben Brantley praised the 'poetic drama,' as 'genuinely artful...And it will take you places you didn't expect to go.' Speaking about the play's painfully current themes, he said it considers, 'some very topical questions of European national identities in a time of permeable and shifting borders.'

Bertolt Brecht's masterful drama 'A Life of Galileo,' portraying Galileo's struggle to defend his scientific observations at the risk of personal ruin, will run from tonight, Nov. 13 to Dec. 6 at Northwestern University.