The Actors Theatre News

Marc Masterson today announced he will step down as Artistic Director after 11 seasons at the helm of the Tony-Award-Winning theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville. Masterson will depart in fall 2011 to take up the role of Artistic Director at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is pleased to partner 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 Theater of War on February 28 and March 7.

In conjunction with its upcoming stage production of Ethan Frome, Lookingglass Theatre will present a screening of the 1993 film Ethan Frome, featuring Patricia Arquette, Liam Neeson and Joan Allen.

In conjunction with its upcoming stage production of Ethan Frome, Lookingglass Theatre will present a screening of the 1993 film Ethan Frome, featuring Patricia Arquette, Liam Neeson and Joan Allen.

The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) and the Magic Theatre present The Virgin Play Reading Series on four Mondays in March. These readings of scripts-in-progress by the playwrights themselves, offer audiences the chance to hear the plays before they arrive on the stage and see the new play development process up close. After each reading, the playwright and director will have a conversation with the audience members.

Josh Kornbluth, whose monologue style was shaped by his mentor and monologue pioneer Spalding Gray, will perform his first commissioned piece, Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews? from March 4-20 on Stage West at the Herberger Theatre.

Huntington Theatre Company kicks off its spring of comedy with Educating Rita by Willy Russell (Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers), welcoming back celebrated British director Maria Aitken.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Lookingglass Theatre Company has created the Magnificent Gift Pass, which includes two tickets for any performance in Lookingglass' 2010-2011 season, a three-course dinner for two at by Executive Chef Mark Payne of deca RESTAURANT + BAR in The Ritz-Carlton Chicago (a Four Seasons Hotel), and complimentary valet parking.

Less than a year after receiving top billing at last year's prestigious Humana Festival of New American Plays, Aurora Theatre will stage the second production of note for Sirens, a new comedy by Deborah Zoe Laufer. The production will close on February 6, 2011.

Actors Theatre will celebrate its 25th season by bringing back one old friend, saying goodbye to another and opening the theatrical door to vibrators, Andy Warhol and 'This.'

The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training presents its third production of the 2010-11 season - Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom by Jennifer Haley, directed by Marcus Stern, and performed by the Institute Class of 2011.

In conjunction with its upcoming stage production of Ethan Frome, Lookingglass Theatre will present a screening of the 1993 film Ethan Frome, featuring Patricia Arquette, Liam Neeson and Joan Allen.

The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training presents its third production of the 2010-11 season - Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom by Jennifer Haley, directed by Marcus Stern, and performed by the Institute Class of 2011.

Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), continues its 18th season with Heather McDonald's 'An Almost Holy Picture,' directed by Tony Tsendeas and featuring Michael Stebbins, Rep Stage's producing artistic director. Freely drawn from Pamela Ward's story 'The Hairy Little Girl,' 'An Almost Holy Picture' follows the odyssey of former minister Samuel Gentle as he travels from Massachusetts to New Mexico - and from despair to triumph - heeding a mysterious voice. 'An Almost Holy Picture' opens February 2 and runs through February 20, 2011 in the Studio Theatre of the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center (HVPA) on the HCC campus. For tickets and additional information, visit www.repstage.org.A post-show reception follows the Saturday, February 5 evening performance and free post-show discussions follow the February 11 and 18 performances.

The New York Society Library is pleased to present playwright and screenwriter Ruth Wolff, with Simon Jones, Tina Chen, and actors from The Actors Company Theater, discussing and performing scenes from Ms. Wolff's collection Notable Women-And a Few Equally Notable Men. The performance will take place Monday, January 31, at 6:30 p.m. at the New York Society Library, 53 East 79th Street (just east of Madison Avenue, 6 train to 77th Street).

Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.

Artistic Director Sean Murray is proud to announce Cygnet Theatre's very first World Premiere - acclaimed writer Stephen Metcalfe's THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS.

Beginning January 20th, 2011 The Director by Nancy Hasty will begin performances at The American Theatre of Actors (314 West 54). Nutshell Productions will present The Director, directed by Richard Hymes-Esposito. The show will open on Thursday, January 27th and run through February 19th.

Beginning January 20th, 2011 The Director by Nancy Hasty will begin performances at The American Theatre of Actors (314 West 54). Nutshell Productions will present The Director, directed by Richard Hymes-Esposito. The show will open on Thursday, January 27th and run through February 19th.

Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.