Eugene Ionesco News

The Bay Area's award-winning Rough and Tumble presents Len Jenkin's adaptation of Voltaire's sardonically satiric masterpiece Candide.

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater continues its 2008 season of critically acclaimed stage-work with Avant GardARAMA! Like Cutting Ball's 2004 edition of Avant GardARAMA!

West Palm Beach's only resident professional theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks announces Eugene O'Neill's last completed drama, 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' will kick off its 9th anniversary season on Friday, October 17th (8PM) at their intimate downtown theatre (322 Banyan Boulevard.) The 2008-09 slate of productions will continue with a roster of plays including 'The Chairs' by Eugene Ionesco, 'The Weir' by Connor McPherson and the Florida premiere production of 'Peter and Jerry' by Edward Albee.

Project Oriented Productions (POP) is proud to feature the works of playwrights Kellie Arens and Jonathan Albert in a night of two one-acts: Cornered and Transit, two plays fighting against a stagnant country with 88-hour work weeks and $8.00 cups of coffee.

Project Oriented Productions (POP) is proud to feature the works of playwrights Kellie Arens and Jonathan Albert in a night of two one-acts: Cornered and Transit, two plays fighting against a stagnant country with 88-hour work weeks and $8.00 cups of coffee.

The Organic Theater Company presents their spring 2008 season (details following), running in repertory from April 18 through May 11, 2008 (no previews): The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, adapted by Alexander Gelman, world premiere adaptation runs April 18 and May 3 at 8 p.m., and April 26 and May 11 at 2 p.m. The Dressing Room by Kunio Shimizu, runs April 19 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, runs April 20 and May 3 at 2 p.m., and April 25 and May 10 at 8 p.m. Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, adapted by Alexander Gelman and company, runs April 26 at 8 p.m., and April 27 at 2 p.m. The $30,000 Bequest by Mark Twain, adapted by Alexander Gelman, runs May 2 at 8 p.m., and May 4 at 2 p.m. Man with Bags by Eugene Ionesco, translated by Marie-France Ionesco, adapted by Israel Horovitz, runs May 9 at 8 p.m., and May 10 at 2 p.m.

Stage 13 presents, as part of the New York International Fringe Festival, Dan Fogler's 'Elephant in the Room' August 10 - 26, 2007.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present Eugene Ionesco's absurdist classic The Bald Soprano from August 7th through the 26th.

Single tickets for all eight productions of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 2007 Season, which begins May 1, 2007, are now on sale. The only professional theatre in New Jersey dedicated mainly to the Shakespeare canon, the Theatre will host eight productions, with single tickets for Main Stage productions ranging $28 - $52, and individual tickets for A Midsummer Night's Dream on the Outdoor Stage $30 for adults and $15 for children.

The play will open Off Broadway at The Minetta Lane Theatre on Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 7pm for 48 performances only, through Sunday, November 19, 2006.

Susan Vargo is pleased to announce plans for the new, spectacular all-star benefit, PLAY ON BROADWAY - the first-ever Broadway game show - on Sunday, October 16, 2005.

'Let the merriment and the mirth prevail!' From November 30 through December 26, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents the regional theatre premiere of Illyria, an exuberant new musical adapted from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, with book, music and lyrics by Peter Mills.