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Ars Nova has announced the following upcoming events.

American Ballet Theatre, the University of California, Irvine and Segerstrom Center for the Arts continue their 12-year artistic partnership, presenting ABT's 2012 Summer Intensive. The program was created by ABT to help talented young dancers, selected through an audition process, further hone and develop their talent.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the full cast for the American Premiere of Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, directed by Michael Longhurst. If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet will feature Annie Funke as "Anna," Michelle Gomez as "Fiona," Jake Gyllenhaal as "Terry" and Brian F. O'Byrne as "George."

Pig Iron Theatre Company is excited to announce the world premiere of ZERO COST HOUSE, a new work of performance created in collaboration between Pig Iron and Toshiki Okada, esteemed Japanese playwright and the director of chelfitsch, an acclaimed dance-theater ensemble.

Hennepin Theatre Trust and Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT) announced today a new partnership showcasing MMT's upcoming season at the Trust's New Century Theatre in City Center. This endeavor highlights MMT's ongoing evolution and commitment to presenting performances in downtown Minneapolis. Details about MMT's 2013 season and ticketing will be announced shortly. Additional information will be posted on HennepinTheatreTrust.org and at aboutmmt.org.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced it is accepting submissions for its fourth annual Buffalo Young Writers (BYW) contest; RLTP also indicated that, this year, it will be extending a call-for-work to students between the ages of 15 and 23 currently enrolled in Western New York (WNY) schools. (Previously, only WNY students ages 17 to 22 were invited to submit.) As in past years, local students are encouraged to write a ten-minute play; one grand-prize winner (selected by RLTP) will receive $250 and see his or her play produced at the Road Less Traveled Theater. Four runners up will also receive readings of their submissions, as well as complementary tickets to RLTP shows.

In the 2011-12 season, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich premiered three new works-Shadows for piano and orchestra, Commedia dell'Arte for violin and orchestra, and a Quintet inspired by Schubert's "Trout" Quintet that was performed across the country.

Birmingham Hippodrome's popular summer workshop for Young Carers returns to the theatre for a phenomenal sixth year from Monday 30 July - Friday 3 August 2012.

Cape Rep Theatre presents Avenue Q, the Tony award winning musical with Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and Book by Jeff Whitty.

On Saturday evening, July 28th, at 7:30 p.m. center stage at The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre (BRIFT) will come alive in the most hilarious of ways. Three short plays by award-winning writer Christopher Durang will be performed by actors trained by Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds.

The third exhibition produced jointly by Volkswagen and Ars Electronica opens on Thursday, July 12, 2012. "Impetus and Movement" is the show's title; Automobil Forum Unter den Linden reprises as the venue.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the 'most fantasmagorical stage musical in the history of everything,' flies into Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne from 30 January 2013.

Seattle Women's Chorus (SWC) kicks off its 2012-2013 Season with their Fall concert, How Sweet the Sound (October 12-20, 2012) in a spectacular new venue, Saint Mark's Cathedral on Capitol Hill. SWC celebrates 10 years of big, bold, beautiful music and their 200+ voices will fill the Cathedral as they pay tribute to the choral tradition and create new rhythms and sounds.

Harbor Lights Theater Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tamara Jenkins and Associate Artistic Director Jay Montgomery, continues the company's third season of professional Equity theater on Staten Island with the area premiere of the Broadway sports drama LOMBARDI, from August 17 -26 at Veterans Memorial Hall at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden (1000 Richmond Terrace).

Ballet Hispanico, recognized as the preeminent Latino dance institution in the United States, will perform as part of the 18th edition of Fire Island Dance Festival. The company will present A Verme, a World Premiere piece, developed with acclaimed choreographer Edwaard Liang.

Beginning tonight, July 12, and through August 20, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will host the 34th annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island and the 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series at Wingate Field in Crown Heights.

UCB's only musical improv team, Diamond Lion, will bring its improvised scenes and songs to this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival.

The Houston return of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, Thursday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hobby Center for a limited engagement of five weeks through Sunday, August 12. THE LION KING's sold-out eight-week Houston premiere engagement in 2002 at Jones Hall was followed by a sold-out six-week return engagement in 2006 at the Hobby Center.

After a three-year absence, Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway returns to the 47th Street Theatre with a brand new edition, Forbidden Broadway: ALIVE AND KICKING. The show, which opens Thursday, September 6, will run for a limited engagement through January 6, 2013. Previews begin on July 24th. This production will mark Forbidden Broadway's 30th Anniversary, as well as its 21st edition.

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts announces the Live @ Peck Pavilion series in Marcus Center's Peck Pavilion that will kick off this month. This new series is sponsored by our Media Partner, OnMilwaukee.com, and will feature types of performances the Center typically presents inside the building on its newly updated grounds.