Phipps Revival 1914

With a decisive battle mounting in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Yara Arts Group has chosen to replace its upcoming production of 'Dark Night Bright Stars,' a play based on the friendship of a Ukrainian painter with an African-American actor in 1858, with 'Hitting Bedrock,' a new work based on first-person testimonials of refugees from Donetsk and people stranded there. La MaMa E.T.C. will present the piece February 20 to March 8 in its First Floor Theater 74A East Fourth Street, Manhattan. Virlana Tkacz directs.

'Dark Night Bright Stars' by Yara Arts Group, directed by Virlana Tkacz, recreates the meeting of Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861), the great Ukrainian poet and painter, and Ira Aldridge (1807-1867), the African-American actor who was much honored in Europe. La MaMa E.T.C. will present the American premiere of the work February 20 to March 8 in its First Floor Theater 74A East Fourth Street, Manhattan.

Following last summer's production of Twelfth Night, Attic Theatre Company returns to Morden Hall Park this September with a new site-specific play to mark the centenary of the First World War. FIELDS UNSOWN, a play by Catherine Harvy and Louise Monaghan, directed by Louise Hill and designed by Harriet de Winton, runs today 17-21 September 2014.

Following last summer's production of Twelfth Night, Attic Theatre Company returns to Morden Hall Park this September with a new site-specific play to mark the centenary of the First World War. FIELDS UNSOWN, a play by Catherine Harvy and Louise Monaghan, directed by Louise Hill and designed by Harriet de Winton, runs 17-21 September 2014.