Will Hochman News

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Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy winner Mary-Louise Parker will star in the Broadway premiere of THE SOUND INSIDE, written by Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter), directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band's Visit). Ms. Parker will revisit her acclaimed performance as 'Bella' in Rapp's new play following its world premiere last summer at Williamstown Theatre Festival (New York Times 'Critic's Pick'). Will Hochman will make his Broadway debut reprising his role as 'Christopher.'

It has often been said that the work-a-day world is made up of blood, sweat and tears. Perhaps that is most true for blue collar workers who find themselves laboring with their hands, especially in factories where those on the line are required to stand for hours on end doing repetitive work with little hope of any real recognition or promotion into management. Such is the case of the characters in Center Theatre Group's production of SWEAT, the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage, now at the Mark Taper Forum through October 7, 2018.

Playwright Lynn Nottage's 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning SWEAT, her raw take on the intertwining issues affecting a close-knit group of Reading, Pennsylvania townsfolk, has just opened at the Mark Taper Forum. Portraying Cynthia, the inescapable lightning rod in SWEAT's volatile scenario, Nottage stalwart Portia brings a human face to a multiple of 'faceless' generalized preconceptions. Portia gave us her thoughts on working with Lynn Nottage, Phylicia Rashad and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Center Theatre Group's production of 'Sweat' by Lynn Nottage will opened at the Mark Taper Forum last night. Check out photos from the event below!

Center Theatre Group's production of "Sweat" by Lynn Nottage will open at the Mark Taper Forum on Wednesday, September 5 at 8 p.m. Directed by Lisa Peterson, the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is currently in previews and continues through October 7, 2018.

Center Theatre Group presents "Sweat" by Lynn Nottage. The 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play will be presented at the Mark Taper Forum August 29 through October 7, 2018. Directed by Lisa Peterson, the opening of "Sweat" is set for September 5.

Rehearsals have begun for Center Theatre Group's production of "Sweat" by Lynn Nottage. The 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play will be presented at the Mark Taper Forum August 29 through October 7, 2018. Directed by Lisa Peterson, the opening of "Sweat" is set for September 5.

Center Theatre Group has announced the cast for "Sweat" by Lynn Nottage. The 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play will be presented at the Mark Taper Forum August 29 through October 7, 2018. Directed by Lisa Peterson, the opening of "Sweat" is set for September 5.

Actor Will Hochman and Tony Award winner Mary-Louise Parker star in the world premiere of Adam Rapp's new play, The Sound Inside, at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Directed by David Cromer and running through July 8 at Nikos Stage.

Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director) has announced additional casting for the 2018 summer season, including Eden Espinosa, Samira Wiley, Krysta Rodriguez, Rachel Tucker, and many more.  It was also announced that two-time Tony Award® winner Chita Rivera will perform a one-night-only solo concert benefitting Williamstown Theatre Festival's New Play & Musical Development Initiative. 

Actor Will Hochman (off-Broadway: Dead Poets Society), has signed on to co-star with Tony Award winner Mary-Louise Parker in the world premiere of Adam Rapp's new play, The Sound Inside, at Williamstown Theatre Festival

Around the edges of human interpersonal encounters are the things left too unsaid: the yearning, the regret, the lust, and most devastatingly, the guilt. Silence is our central tie. We feel it in our bodies. Communicate it with our eyes. The inter- becomes intra- when it is imbibed. Absorbed. The central theme of this collection of poems is that silence is imbibed when so much could be said, but the brevity of form demands less. 'Jenn Gutiérrez's new collection of poems is one of the most important books of poetry from a new generation of poets. Read the poems closely in Silence Imbibed and you will hear a new sense of silence that becomes music imbued with the blood, grit and love of this poet's struggles. Every one of the poems in this book, indeed, every word in this book makes new meaning from her elaborate stories and incredible use of white space....This collection of incredible metaphors may change the way you understand anything-it's as if her poems give voice and microphone to so much of what is said and lost, to so much of what is unsayable simply singing in and between her lines....Her poems will please you, challenge you, and ultimately take you through the pain and joy of a life that we must know better to be better ourselves.' -Will Hochman Jenn Gutiérrez holds a M.F.A. in English and Writing from Southampton College. Previous work has appeared in journals such as The Texas Review, The Writer's Journal, The Acentos Review, Antique Children, Underground Voices, Bacopa Literary Review, Verdad Magazine, and Flycatcher Journal. Her debut collection of poems, titled Weightless, was published in 2005. ($15, ISBN: 978-1-937536-10-7, LCCN: 2011942885, PS3607.U817 S55-2011, 100pp, 6X9?) Anaphora Literary Press is an independent publisher that has published dozens of creative and non-fiction books. Among these publications is the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, a tri-annual journal, which has published best-selling authors like Cinda Williams Chima and Carrie Ryan. The press is a member of The Independent Book Publishers Association and The Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Anaphora authors have done readings at major venues. Several titles have been assigned in college classes, and reviewed in major academic, trade and news publications. The Press's Director, Anna Faktorovich, is an English professor.