City Theatre Presents 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE LIFE IN A QUARANTINE
City Theatre at Sacramento City College closes out its all online 2020-21 season with 10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine. Playwright Don Zolidis has written a comedic Zoom play with a menagerie of characters sharing their quick and quirky home quarantine survival techniques. SCC faculty member Peter Mohrmann will be directing.
BWW Review: QUILTING THE SUN Shines at Theater For The New City
Step aside, Joseph; your amazing technicolor dreamcoat has some serious competition. When Harriet Powers' beautiful bible quilt appears onstage in QUILTING THE SUN, it's an applause-generating showstopper for a play where common threads of dreams, rituals, faith and family are stitched together against a backdrop of religion and racism.
QUILTING THE SUN Joins Dream Up Fest Lineup
Some stories are painted, some are sung. But one being presented at Theater for the New City, Crystal Field, Executive Producer, this summer could easily be said to be quilted or stitched into your soul.
Metropolitan Playhouse Presents Revival Of Augustin Daly's A MARRIAGE CONTRACT
Obie Award winning Metropolitan Playhouse revives A Marriage Contract, Augustin Daly's uproarious and poignant commentary on marriage, family, and the contrast between county and city life. Staged by Artistic Director Alex Roe at Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E. 4th Street, New York City. This production marks, to our knowledge, the first time the play is being presented since 1892 premiere. It is worth noting that the script only exists in manuscript form and was never published.
Metropolitan Playhouse Revives Augustin Daly's A MARRIAGE CONTRACT
Obie Award winning Metropolitan Playhouse revives A Marriage Contract, Augustin Daly's 1892 uproarious and poignant commentary on marriage, family, and the contrast between county and city life. Staged by Artistic Director Alex Roe at Metropolitan Playhouse, 200 E. 4th Street, New York City, this marks, to our knowledge, the first time the play (originally titled A Test Case or Grass Versus Granite) is being presented since its premiere. In fact, it worth noting that the script only exists in manuscript form and was never published.
Riant Theatre's LOVERS, STRANGERS AND WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL FAMILY Begins Tonight
The Riant Theatre presents the premiere of Lovers, Strangers & What Some People Call Family, a group of nine plays in three acts that explore intimate and mysterious relationships, during the 28th Strawberry One-Act Festival on August 13, August 18 and August 23 at 8:30pm at the Tato Laviera Theatre, 240 East 123rd Street.
'SONGS OF THE HARLEM RIVER' Set for Dream Up Festival
'Songs of the Harlem River: Forgotten one acts from the Harlem Renaissance' is a collection of one-acts written between 1920-1930 including works by Marita Bonner, Rafe M. Coleman, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Willis Richardson and Eulalie Spence as well as the poems of Sterling A. Brown, Langston Hughes and others. The evening is directed and choreographed by Shela Xoregos and will have its world premiere August 30 to September 6 in Theater for the New City's 2015 Dream Up Festival.
Harlem Shakespeare Festival to Kick Off with ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, 8/28
He is a Roman general, handsome & brave. She is the Queen of Egypt, beautiful & proud. Together they will defy the power of an Emperor. Together they will destroy that which they strive to uphold. Join us as the HARLEM SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL presents Shakespeare's ANTONY & CLEOPATRA from August 28th thru September 1st, at the Waterfront Amphitheatre in Riverbank State Park. Award-winning actress & director Petronia Paley leads theTWAS Classical Actors of Color as they share the stage with classical actor Christopher Sutton as Antony & Debra Ann Byrd as Egypt's last Queen, Cleopatra.
TWAS Presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Now thru 6/30
Take Wing And Soar Productions, in partnership with Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group, present TWAS' Tenth Year Anniversary Season main stage production of Oscar Wilde's celebrated comedy, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, directed by Kevin Connell for a limited run at the Poet's Den Theater, from tonight, June 14th through 30th, 2013.