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THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Jeffrey Hatcher's eerie, two-handed play based on Henry James's 1898 ghost story, begins a return engagement at the Merchant's House Museum (29 East 4th Street between Bowery and Lafayette) on Thursday, November 11 and plays two weekends only through Sunday, November 21. THE TURN OF THE SCREW celebrated a sold-out run in February 2010 at the Merchant's House Museum in New York City's NoHo Historic District. Tickets are on sale now to the public for the return engagement!

Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women, the original hit comedy celebrating the honor, truth, humor and silliness of being female, debuts in Minnesota January 14-April 3, 2010 at Hennepin Stages in downtown Minneapolis. With a two-woman cast, Girls Only mixes sketch comedy, improvisation, audience participation, video and raucous songs in a unique examination of all things girly. The show finds its laughs in the very funny and charming similarities that all women share. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 15. To purchase tickets and for more information visit www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787. For group discount information call 612.373.5665.

Proposals are now being accepted from theatre companies and individual artists from around the country for the Third National Asian American Theater Conference and Festival to be held in Los Angeles, CA from June 16-26, 2011. This event is a continuation of the momentum generated by the National Asian American Theater Conferences and Festivals held in Los Angeles, New York City, and Minneapolis since 2006 and marks the very first time that both conference and festival will be held simultaneously.

Pace University welcomes two Shakespeare classics this month, with The Acting Company's Romeo and Juliet from Oct. 22-24 and Shakespeare's Globe's The Merry Wives of Windsor from Oct. 28-Nov. 7 at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts. These two productions are presented as part of the 2010-2011 Shakespeare at Pace season.

Thrillpeddlers is proud to announce a premiere groundbreaking collaboration between themselves and Vigor Mortis - Brazil's Premiere Grand Guignol Theatre. This play marks the joining of two of the finest Grand Guignol Theatre Companies working today as part of Thrillpeddlers premiere Artist In Residency Program, they are hosting Vigor Mortis to present the Brazilian troupe's new work on stage in America for the first time.

Suffolk University is poised to open the Modern Theatre, which brings a brand-new performance space to the Washington Street Theater District while restoring an important facet of Boston theatrical history.

Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company of Detroit presents the world premiere of The Current, by playwright-in-residence Sean Paraventi (Redford), directed by Molly McMahon (Detroit). The show runs from November 12-December 4, 2010. Tickets are $15-$18, with pay-what-you-can tickets available to all performances other than opening night, which is half-price. Tickets may be reserved by phone at 313-408-7269 or at www.magentagiraffe.org.

The toll on Scandinavian soldiers from peacekeeping--and the agony of popular indifference to their sacrifice--will be profound for American audiences to witness in 'Home Sweet Home,' an award-winning psychological drama by Danish playwright Andreas Garfield. The play was prominently recognized in Denmark's equivalent of the Tony Awards in 2007 and will be presented for its English Language and American premieres by Scandinavian American Theater Company (SATC) November 11 to 28 in the 9th Space at PS122. SATC is an emerging professional theater company that will be offering New York audiences daring and innovative works from Scandinavia's burgeoning theater scene. This one will be staged by Christoffer Berdal, who is currently one of Denmark's most sought-after directors.

This school year the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum adding 'Puppetry &?Literature' to its slate of programming for school children. This interactive literacy-based program highlights characters from Italian culture, including Strega Nona and La Befana. In the program children will perform a play in costume and create a puppet character to take back to school. Through readings they will learn about cause and effect, and build understanding of themselves and the cultures of the world.

LA Stage Alliance has announced the launch of LA STAGE Times, LASA's new website for Southern California performing arts coverage, featuring an exclusive interview with Gordon Davidson by Steve Julian, new columns by veteran LA Times and Variety critics Don Shirley and Julio Martinez, new managing editor Deborah Behrens, plus an exciting new interactive design that incorporates social marketing elements, weekly e-mail blasts, expanded production listings and the O! 'Ovation recommended' show promotion.

BETC will hold auditions for the 2011 portion of their Season 5, on Saturday, October 23rd from 10:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m. at The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, CO. Call backs will be held individually for each show in the following weeks.

Greg Germann joins previously announced Gregory Itzin, Amy Pietz and Steven Weber when L.A. Theatre Works records Enron, Lucy Prebble's rapid-fire, sophisticated thrill-ride that propels the audience through one of the most infamous financial scandals in history. Using a clever mix of humor, pathos, and music, the big biz machinations of Kenneth Lay. Jeffrey Skilling, and Andy Fastow are laid bare as razzle-dazzle entertainment, casting a shocking new light on the state of today's economy and how we got here. All performances will be recorded to air on L.A. Theatre Works' syndicated radio theater series, which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.

The highly anticipated debut single, 'IMMORTAL,' from buzz worthy musician, NOAH, which features members of the critically-acclaimed rap group, The Wu-Tang Clan KILLA BEEZ- Prodigal Sunn/Shyheim, will finally arrive via Last Ten Records on December 6th (UK Release) and December 7th (US Release). Noah has been described by Q Magazine as 'Genius' and NME said 'Noah has the funk of the Red Hot Chillis and the Soul of Marvin Gaye,' whilst Time Out Magazine boasts Noah is 'A better singer than David McAlmont and Seal put together.' The notorious rap group The Wu-Tang Clan KILLA BEEZ- Prodigal Sunn/Shyheim will be joining NOAH, along with some surprise guests, at New York City's famed CMJ Marathon this October 22,2010 at Le Poisson Rouge at 8pm. 'IMMORTAL' is the first single off of Noah's forthcoming album, Five Decades Below, which is due for release in Summer 2011.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L Street, from November 3-14, 2010. Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway Sacramento presentation. Advance tickets are available through the Wells Fargo Pavilion Box Office, 1419 H Street, the Community Center Theater box office, 1301 L Street, by phone at (916) 557-1999 or (916) 808-5181 or online through Tickets.com.

The Board of the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA) announced today that the sixth Richard Bauer Award will be presented to Michael Kahn, artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, for his outstanding achievements in Washington-area theatre. The award is presented to members of the Washington-area theatre community whose work is represented in WAPAVA's archive, the James J. Taylor Collection, at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and at DC's Martin Luther King Jr. Library. The award is named for the late beloved Washington actor who is best known for his many years at Arena Stage.

It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced today a deal to publish the memoir of rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis in 2012. The book was acquired at auction by Cal Morgan, Vice President and Editorial Director of It Books. The agent was Erin Hosier of the Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced casting details for Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, directed by Terry Martin. The production will be performed on the Main Stage, January 7-February 6, 2011. The cast features Jason C. Kane as Donny; Tony Daussat as Davey; Matt Moore as Padraic; Kayla Carlyle as Mairead; Matt Tolbert as James; Clay Yocum as Christy; Ian Ferguson as Brendan and Evan Fuller as Joey.

Goodman Theatre and Dallas Theater Center announce the cast for the world-premiere co-production of The Trinity River Plays by Goodman Artistic Associate Regina Taylor. Director Ethan McSweeny makes his Goodman directorial debut with this powerful new trilogy (Jarfly, Rain and Ghoststory) that spans nearly half a century in the life of Iris Sparks and her matriarchal Texas family. Karen Aldridge (The Good Negro, The Cook) leads the ensemble cast of The Trinity River Plays as Iris; stage and screen star Penny Johnson Jerald (The Larry Sanders Show, What's Love Got to Do With It) plays Iris' protective mother Rose; Jacqueline Williams (The Story, The Brother/Sister Plays) is Rose's sister Daisy, Christiana Clark (59E59: Pure Confidence) portrays Iris' rebellious cousin Jasmine; Jefferson A. Russell (The Wire) is Jasmine's stepfather, Ray Earl, in Jarfly, and Iris' ex-husband, Frank, in Rain and Ghoststory; and Samuel Ray Gates (McCarter: The Brother/Sister Plays) is Jack, Iris' love interest, in Ghoststory. The Trinity River Plays runs January 15 - February 20, 2011 in the Goodman's Albert Theatre following an engagement at Dallas Theater Center, November 5 - December 5, 2010.

World-renowned Swiss performance troupe MUMMENSCHANZ announced today plans to return to the United States for a multi-city, national tour this fall and winter, from October 2010 through January 2011. The three-month tour marks the celebrated troupe's return to North America for the first time since 2003, after a seven-year absence to tour other continents. The spectacularly entertaining, family-friendly program will showcase some of Mummenschanz's most beloved, imaginative and humorous characters from over the years, in addition to some newer original material.

Acclaimed Broadway and cabaret composer/lyricist, JOHN BUCCHINO, will join students from Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama for a cabaret of his work. The evening, set for Saturday, 10/23 @ 10:30pm at the Cabaret at Theater Square in Downtown Pittsburgh, will be a celebration of Bucchino's work.