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EAT PRAY LOVE author Elizabeth Gilbert, THE THEATER OF WAR writer Bryan Dowries, WAITRESS songwriter and pop star Sara Bareilles, feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello are set for BAM's 2015 UNBOUND lineup

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EAT PRAY LOVE author Elizabeth Gilbert, THE THEATER OF WAR writer Bryan Dowries, WAITRESS songwriter and pop star Sara Bareilles, feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello are set for BAM's 2015 UNBOUND lineup

In this taut 2013 theatrical adaptation of Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela's award winning-book, the apartheid regime's most notorious assassin and head of its death squad, Eugene de Kock (played by Matthew Marsh), sits opposite psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (played Noma Dumezweni) in Pretoria Central Prison in 1997. Gobodo-Madikizela is a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission determined to understand his actions. She questions de Kock, who is sentenced to two life terms plus 212 years for crimes against humanity, murder, conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms, and fraud.

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis -- Tania Camargo, Managing Director; Patricia Wolff, Interim Artistic Director; James D'Asaro, Interim Producing Director) announce Artistic Advisors and programming for the 2015-2016 Season, opening October 1-3 with Twyla Tharp: a 50th Anniversary Celebration, a program of new work by Ms. Tharp, co-commissioned by The Wallis (in partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Joyce Theatre, Ravina Festival Association & Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University and Texas International Theatrical Arts Society).

In this taut 2013 theatrical adaptation of Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela's award winning-book, the apartheid regime's most notorious assassin and head of its death squad, Eugene de Kock (played by Matthew Marsh), sits opposite psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (played Noma Dumezweni) in Pretoria Central Prison in 1997. Gobodo-Madikizela is a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission determined to understand his actions. She questions de Kock, who is sentenced to two life terms plus 212 years for crimes against humanity, murder, conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms, and fraud.

When I was in Afghanistan, all's I wanted to do was come back to America. But when I got home to America there was this empty feeling and I just wanted to go back to Afghanistan. When your life is so extreme every single day, and you're just adrenaline pumping every day, and then you just come home to this perfect little world, it kind of just sets you off balance.­-Lance Corporal Kevin Daly.

The Civilians, the award-winning New York-based theatre company, announces the members of its 2013-14 R & D Group. The group's emerging and established artists were selected from over one hundred applicants. The R & D Group is comprised of artists from multiple theatrical disciplines. Each artist or creative team will develop an original work over the season. The artists and projects were selected to represent a range of different strategies for making new work from creative inquiry and research. This diversity of approach helps feed a culture of innovation in the group, making the R & D Group an effective lab of experimentation for the field of investigative theater.

Sources told the publication that the GIRLS star married his long time girlfriend, Tucker, on June 21 in a destination wedding.

The Headstrong Project hosted Words of War in support of comprehensive mental healthcare for military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. This presentation of wartime poetry, literature, theater and letters articulate the exuberance and ideals that drive men to war, the thrill and horror of combat, the difficulties of returning home, and the experience of family members worried about their loved one at war. Iconic wartime images will be projected during the presentation. Check out photos from the special event below!

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Through the Yellow Hour, a play written and directed by Adam Rapp (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Red Light Winter). The first production of the company's 18th season, Through the Yellow Hour will begin performances tonight, September 13, 2012 at Rattlestick Theater (224 Waverly Place-off Seventh Avenue South, between Perry and West 11th Streets). The cast includes Hani Furstenberg, Brian Mendes, Matt Pilieci, Danielle Slavick, Alok Tewari, Joanne Tucker, and Vladimir Versailles.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Through the Yellow Hour, a play written and directed by Adam Rapp (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Red Light Winter). The first production of the company's 18th season, Through the Yellow Hour will begin performances on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at Rattlestick Theater (224 Waverly Place-off Seventh Avenue South, between Perry and West 11th Streets). The cast includes Hani Furstenberg, Brian Mendes, Matt Pilieci, Danielle Slavick, Alok Tewari, Joanne Tucker, and Vladimir Versailles.

Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, will present two free performances in collaboration with Goodman Theatre and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble.

Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, will present two free performances in collaboration with Goodman Theatre and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble.

Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, will present two free performances in collaboration with Goodman Theatre and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Rivendell Artistic Director Tara Mallen directs this translation by Bryan Doerries, produced by Phyllis Kaufman.

Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, will present two free performances in collaboration with Goodman Theatre and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble.

Cast and panelists have been announced for the November 13 and 14 performances of Theater of War, the free public health project featuring a staged reading of Sophocles' Ajax performing over Veterans' Weekend.

Cast and panelists have been announced for the November 13 and 14 performances of Theater of War, the free public health project featuring a staged reading of Sophocles' Ajax performing over Veterans' Weekend.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), in association with University of San Francisco (USF), is partnering with Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays to military communities as a catalyst for town hall discussions, to present two free and public readings of Sophocles' Ajax.

The Program in Narrative Medicine, part of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, in association with Theater of War Productions, will be presenting Theater of War at the Miller Theater on the Columbia University campus on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 7 p.m.