Jean Anouilh News

Theatre veteran Tony Tanner's latest directorial project GIVE ME THE SUN, his adaptation of Ibsen's GHOSTS, world premieres September 15, 2018 at the Lounge Theatre. The actor/writer/director, having worked with a Who's Who of theatrical talents, allowed me to pick his brain on his extensive theatrical history.

The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, whose mission is to produce the works of absurdist playwrights and authors from around the globe, once again turns to The Onion, America's Finest News Source for its annual fundraiser for the 9th year running. Intimate L'Etage Cabaret will host the event, celebrating the on-line weekly satirical news source known for its outrageous and absurd humor on Sunday, May 20, 2018. Raw Onion: Comfort Food will have two performances at 6 pm and 8 pm.

Blackfriars Repertory Theatre celebrates their 20th anniversary with a new production of N. Richard Nash's The Rainmaker, co-producing with The Storm Theatre Company, opening April 27, 2018 in the Black Box Theater at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture.

Cahoots Theatre is proud to present the rice and beans theatre production of (A Taste of Empire), written and directed by Jovanni Sy, translated and performed in Cantonese by Derek Chan-with open captioning in English and Simplified Chinese-for seven performances only, May 1-6, 2018 at Factory.

What summer would be complete without a picnic and free outdoor entertainment? Add into that live music, a wild love triangle, and mistaken identities and you have this year's edition of Shakespeare in Clark Park. This year SCP will showcase Philadelphia's finest actors alongside student musicians for a glam rock inspired Twelfth Night, directed by Jack Tamburri, which is set to run July 25-29, 2018 in Clark Park in West Philadelphia.

The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training continues its 2017-18 season with Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal : a comedic satire about class, love, and sex in the French aristocracy. The Rehearsal opens on Wednesday, February 21 and plays through March 11 in the Cook Theatre at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. A special pay-what-you-can preview performance will be offered to the public on Tuesday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m. with a $3 minimum.

Twilight Theater Company, the community theater that brings you 'Entertainment with Edge' announces its upcoming production of Antigone by Sophocles, adapted by Lewis Galantiere, based on the play by Jean Anouilh, opening January 26th.

French dramatist and playwright Jean Anouilh opens the IRC's 12th season in Philadelphia, presenting and celebrating seldom-produced works of absurdist authors and their forebears.

Twilight Theater Company, the community theater that brings you 'Entertainment with Edge' announces its upcoming production of Antigone by Sophocles, adapted by Lewis Galantiere, based on the play by Jean Anouilh, opening January 26th.

The Storm Theatre Company, under the Artistic Direction of Peter Dobbins, will present THE FIGHT, a timely and relevant new play about the battles of modern feminism, written by Jonathan Leaf and directed by Mr. Dobbins, tonight, October 26th, through November 18th at Grand Hall (440 Grand Street).

The Storm Theatre Company, under the Artistic Direction of Peter Dobbins, will present THE FIGHT, a timely and relevant new play about the battles of modern feminism, written by Jonathan Leaf and directed by Mr. Dobbins, October 26th through November 18th at Grand Hall (440 Grand Street).

Antigone Sophoclese drama adapted by Jean Anouilh directed by Karen Paisley now showing at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre in Kansas City. Talented acting ensemble gives a fresh new take on an ages old story. Contemporary in it's presentation, this updated adaptation takes on the rebellious nature of youth and the weight of responsibility of the powerful. Sept 14-Oct1

Amazon Original Series THE ROMANOFFS, created, written, directed and executive produced by nine-time Emmy award winner Matthew Weiner (Mad Men), and co-produced with Weinstein Television, has set additional guest actors slated to join the series, including Corey Stoll, Andrew Rannells and Mike Doyle.

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre will present Antigone, adapted by Jean Anouilh, previewing September 14 and September 15 for an opening on September 16. The production will run through October 1 at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre will present Antigone, adapted by Jean Anouilh, previewing September 14 and September 15 for an opening on September 16. The production will run through October 1 at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.

This year's Tony Award nominations feature a rarity: a Best Play category comprised of as many women as men. Surrounding Paul Vogel's INDECENT and Lynn Nottage's SWEAT, however, is a profusion of male-written work; of the Best Musical nominees, only one so much as includes a woman on its writing team (Irene Sankoff, COME FROM AWAY).

Blackfriars Repertory Theatre and The Storm Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Death Comes for the War Poets, a dramatic verse tapestry by Joseph Pearce. The production, which will be performed June 9-24, 2017 at The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture's Black Box Theater, is directed by Peter Dobbins.

As previously announced, Feinstein's/54 Below will present the 'full-bodied' Mademoiselle Colombe, by Michael Valenti (Oh, Brother), Edwin Dulchin and Albert Harris, starring Samantha Massell (Fiddler on the Roof, La Boheme) as the beautiful and talented young Colombe.

French playwright Jean Anouilh wrote his 'Antigone' during the Nazi occupation of France. It became a symbol of resistance as freedom fighters viewed the heroine's defiance as a crie de coeur of patriotism. The play, written with a modern sensibility, is based on the Greek tragedy of the princess who dies for burying her brother's corpse against the orders of her dictator uncle. Its parallels to modern times are exciting and provocative.

On Monday, March 20, 2017, Asolo Rep and the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training proudly announced their 2017-18 seasons in the Mertz Theatre, located in the FSU Center for the Performing Arts.