BWW Feature: Santa Barbara Summer Theatre Preview
by Maggie Yates
- May 8, 2019
In Santa Barbara, Ensemble's end of season production is a rom-com about an odd couple that comes together while learning to dance. SBCAST, an art space yet underutilized by the theatre community, will host Dogstar Theater Company's drink-and-walk exhibit of scenes and short plays. In Carpinteria, catch DramaDog's production of The Lost Virginity Tours, a comedy that takes four women on a road trip of memories as they visit the sights of first love. Up in Isla Vista, UCSB is producing the student one-act plays and a main-stage play about a young woman's heroine's journey over the border. Out in the valley, PCPA presents a raucous contemporary Broadway musical in the outdoor amphitheater in Solvang for theatre under the stars.
Photo Flash: First Look at Aurora Theatre's NATIVE GARDENS
by Julie Musbach
- May 3, 2019
Native Gardens, a dazzling, light-hearted comedy staged to resonate with teens and young adults, is set to hit Aurora Theatre's mainstage from May 2 - June 2! Based in a historic Washington D.C. neighborhood, two couples who live next to each other battle for their backyards - each wanting a landscape completely different from the other. This comedic confection is one of the top ten most produced plays in the country, sure to have audiences laughing all the way home!
Eagle Theatre Opens NATIVE GARDENS
by Julie Musbach
- Mar 22, 2019
On Friday, March 22nd, 2019, Eagle Theatre opens a new play by Mexican-American playwright Karen Zacarias, that pushes the boundaries and shatters biases one laugh at a time. This flower-flinging romp, running till April 14th, 2019, explores what happens when cultures clash and neighbors get nasty.
BWW Review: JUST LIKE US/JUSTO COMO NOSTROS at Looking For Lilith/Teatro Tercera Llamada
by Keith Waits
- Mar 22, 2019
The best collaboration happens organically, perhaps an arguable point, but this production of Just Like Us, co-produced by Looking for Lilith and Teatro Tercera Llamada seems such a natural pairing, less an innovation than the appropriate result of relationships built over time. Teatro Artistic Director Haydee Canovas has a history of working with Lilith, and the theme of how young women's lives are affected by larger societal forces fits right into the Lilith mission.
Eagle Theatre Explores What Happens When Neighbors Get Nasty
by Julie Musbach
- Mar 1, 2019
Eagle Theatre has just closed the doors on a successful sold-out run of their Theatre Philadelphia Barrymore Nominated production of Ragtime. Yet, the creative team at Eagle Theatre have already begun preparing for their upcoming Regional Premiere of Karen Zacarias's new flower-flinging romp, Native Gardens, running March 22nd - April 14th.
Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park Announces 2019-2020 Season
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 25, 2019
Artistic Director Blake Robison announced Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's 2019-20 season today, which includes plays from Karen Zacarias and Anna Ziegler, a new stage adaptation of a Margaret Atwood novel, a recent Broadway comedy hit and a world premiere from the award-winning, multi-cultural performance ensemble Universes.
Full Cast And Creative Team Announced For JUNK At Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 6, 2019
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar's (Arena's Disgraced) timely tale Junk. Inspired by the real junk bond giants of the 1980s, Akhtar explores how the riveting, hostile takeover of a family-owned manufacturing company paved the way to expose the rise of greed, power, race and wealth that led to reshaping the rules of Wall Street and the world. Directed by Jackie Maxwell, Junk runs April 5 - May 5, 2019 in the Fichandler Stage.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Cast Of THE HEIRESS at Arena Stage
by Alan Henry
- Feb 4, 2019
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for Ruth and Augustus Goetz's melodrama, The Heiress, suggested by the Henry James novel, Washington Square. After growing up subjected to her father's disinterest and strong resentment, a young woman in the 1850s discovers what love is in her journey towards independence, growth and strength, without an impactful female role model in her life. Directed by Deputy Artistic Director Seema Sueko, The Heiress runs February 8 - March 10, 2019 in the Fichandler Stage.
BWW Review: ELLA ENCHANTED THE MUSICAL at Dallas Children's Theater
by Lorens Portalatin
- Jan 30, 2019
Ella of Frell is turning the traditional Cinderella story upside down at Dallas Children's Theater! At birth, she was given the 'gift' of obedience which forces her to do anything people command: whether that's hopping on one foot all day or telling her best friend to just go away! As a teenager, strong-willed Ella chooses to reject this lifestyle as her fate and embarks on a quest to break the curse forever. Along the way, feisty Ella must outwit her evil stepsisters, escape hungry ogres, and save the prince before she can claim her real voice. In this fun and spirited musical extravaganza that stays true to the Newbery Honor book, children will discover the power of words while laughing, singing, and dancing out loud.
Full Cast And Creative Team Announced For THE HEIRESS At Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 4, 2019
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for Ruth and Augustus Goetz's melodrama, The Heiress, suggested by the Henry James novel, Washington Square. After growing up subjected to her father's disinterest and strong resentment, a young woman in the 1850s discovers what love is in her journey towards independence, growth and strength, without an impactful female role model in her life. Directed by Deputy Artistic Director Seema Sueko, The Heiress runs February 8 - March 10, 2019 in the Fichandler Stage.
Orlando Shakes Seeks New Plays For PLAYFEST 2019
by Julie Musbach
- Dec 17, 2018
Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF is seeking bold, new, full-length plays to be featured as staged readings at PlayFest 2019. Unsolicited ten-page samples will be accepted between January 5 and January 19, 2019. Due to overwhelming interest, the new play development team will cap unsolicited submissions at the first 100 received.
Gloucester Stage Company Announces 40th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi
- Dec 13, 2018
Gloucester Stage Company Artistic Director Robert Walsh and Interim Managing Director Christopher Griffith, are proud to announce the 2019 slate for Gloucester Stage's 40th Anniversary Season of professional theater on Boston's Northshore.
New Psychological Thriller DAMASCUS Opens At Florida Rep
by BWW
News Desk
- Nov 9, 2018
Florida Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce the southeastern United States premiere of "Damascus," a psychological thriller chosen from the theatre's popular PlayLab festival of new works in 2017. Playing November 9 to December 9 in the ArtStage Studio Theatre, the run includes four nearly sold out preview performances November 6-8 and features a talkback with the cast and playwright following the matinee performance on November 17.
Arkansas Rep Re-Opens With 2019 Season, Led by CHICAGO and More
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 13, 2018
Arkansas Repertory Theatre, the state's largest nonprofit professional theatre, is proud to announce its 2019 'Rebuild the Rep' Season. Beginning in February, the new season marks the return of The Rep after productions were suspended in April because of funding shortages.
New Psychological Thriller DAMASCUS Opens At Florida Rep
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 30, 2018
Florida Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce the southeastern United States premiere of "Damascus," a psychological thriller chosen from the theatre's popular PlayLab festival of new works in 2017. Playing November 9 to December 9 in the ArtStage Studio Theatre, the run includes four nearly sold out preview performances November 6-8 and features a talkback with the cast and playwright following the matinee performance on November 17.
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