Mariana King

Play On Shakespeare today announces an expansive list of compelling actors and dynamic directors confirmed to participate in the Play on! Festival, presented in association with Classic Stage Company (CSC) and Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). Play on! features 39 readings of new, work-in-progress translations of Shakespeare's plays into contemporary modern English by some of today's most exciting playwrights-May 29-June 30 at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater at CSC (136 E. 13th Street). In 2015, Oregon Shakespeare Festival launched an ambitious 39-play, three-year commissioning project, Play on!, tasking 36 playwrights-more than half of whom were women and playwrights of color, each paired with a dramaturg-to translate Shakespeare's canon in celebration of the enduring impact of the Bard's work. Supported by a generous grant from the Hitz Foundation and inspired by long-time patron Dave Hitz's passion for Shakespeare, the project was and continues to be led by Lue Morgan Douthit. For more information, visit playonfestival.org.

Ghost The Musical is being presented at the Hamilton Stage of the Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) in Rahway through Sunday, March 10. Romance, intrigue, inspiration, laughs, and more make for a superlative theatrical experience.

The apprentices of Daughters of Troy announce Daughters Rising, a show featuring pieces written, directed, and performed by them. Daughters Rising features a cast of sixteen performers, and focuses on the work created by the apprentices this year, as well as highlighting difference mediums of art, such as poetry, dance, music, and digital media. The show will take place May 15th at 9:30 pm at The Dramatist Guild Foundation Music Hall.

Daughters of Troy announces the 2017/18 Apprentice Company. This marks the second education initiative for the company, following the Summer Apprentice Company. As Daughters of Troy workshops material over the fall, the company aims to foster the development of young artists through the Apprentice Company.

Daughters of Troy presented The Persephone Project Labor Day weekend on Governors Island as part of Barton Booth's Make Room Initiative. The company is excited to share photos from this work-in-progress.

Daughters of Troy is currently developing The Persephone Project on Governors Island in New York through Barton Booth's MAKE ROOM initiative. This year's  residency explores female sexuality and desire through the lens of the Persephone myth. An exhibition of artwork inspired by the themes will be open to the public on Saturday, Sept. 2 and Sunday, Sept. 3 from 10a-6pm, along with free performances of the theatrical works-in-progress at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm at Building 8A in Nolan Park on Governors Island.