Casting Announced For Opera House Arts' 20th Anniversary Season
Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House in Maine announced today the complete casts and creative teams for the company's 20th Anniversary Season, which includes Shakespeare in Love (July 18-28), based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall as well as Avalon (August 15-25), a world-premiere by Melody Bates.
BWW Review: THE LAUNCH PRIZE World Premiere at Bridge Rep
Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston presents the world premiere of local playwright MJ Halberstadt's THE LAUNCH PRIZE under the direction of Tiffany Nichole Greene. A quartet of visual arts graduate students anxiously awaits the announcement of the prize winner and their friendship is challenged by the competition. Over the course of eighty minutes, the foursome unleashes a virtual herd of elephants in the room as issues of race, gender, entitlement, and duplicity bubble up from deep wells of resentment.
Actors' Shakespeare Project Cast OTHELLO Cast, Creative Team
Actors' Shakespeare Project (ASP) announces casting for their first production of the 2015-16 'Affairs of the Heart' season: William Shakespeare's Othello September 23- October 25 at The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington Street, Boston. Preview performances run Wednesday-Friday, September 23-25, 2015 at 7:30 pm. Opening Night is Saturday, September 26 at 8 pm. Performances are Wednesday, Thursdays, and Fridays, 7:30 pm; Saturdays, 3 pm (not Sept. 26) & 8 pm; and Sundays, 2 pm (Press Performance is Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 8 pm(click here to RSVP). Tickets are $28-$50 ($15 student rush) and can be purchased at actorsshakespeareproject.org, 866.811.4111, or at the theater, although selection may be limited. Season subscriptions are available online, or via ASP's Patron Services team at 617.776.2200 x225 or boxoffice@actorsshakespeareproject.org.
Fort Point Theatre Channel Presents WAITING FOR GILGAMESH: SCENES FROM IRAQ, Now thru 6/28
Waiting for Gilgamesh: Scenes from Iraq; presented by Fort Point Theatre Channel. Performances run June 26-28, Thurs.-Sat. at 8 pm, with a special 2 pm matinee on Sat. June 28. Tickets: $20, $15 for students, seniors. and veterans. Held at Arsenal Center for the Arts, Black Box Theatre, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472. For general information, www.fortpointtc.org, 617.750.8900; for advance tickets, call 800.838.3006 or visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/690754.
Fort Point Theatre Channel to Present WAITING FOR GILGAMESH: SCENES FROM IRAQ, 6/26-28
Waiting for Gilgamesh: Scenes from Iraq; presented by Fort Point Theatre Channel. Performances run June 26-28, Thurs.-Sat. at 8 pm, with a special 2 pm matinee on Sat. June 28. Tickets: $20, $15 for students, seniors. and veterans. Held at Arsenal Center for the Arts, Black Box Theatre, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472. For general information, www.fortpointtc.org, 617.750.8900; for advance tickets, call 800.838.3006 or visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/690754.
New Rep to Stage NEXT VOICES: NEW PLAY READINGS at Arsenal Center, 3/24-4/21
New Repertory Theatre announces NEXT VOICES: NEW PLAY READINGS, March 24, April 9, & April 21, 2014. Featuring the work of Danny Bryck, Deirdre Girard, and Evan Sanderson. Performed in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, in Watertown, MA. All readings are free and open to the public; reservations are suggested by contacting tickets@newrep.org.
BWW Reviews: Good Theater's CLYBOURNE PARK Takes Incisive Aim at Racism
Portland's (Maine) Good Theater opened its 2013-2014 season with an incisive production of Bruce Norris' 2011 Pultizer Prize winning drama, Clybourne Park. The play, inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, explores the issues of subtle, yet pervasive racism in a Chicago neighborhood, first in 1959 and then in 2009. That the characters in each half of the drama have different names and ostensibly different experiences is a bitter illusion. History not only repeats itself, albeit it in a more understated and sophisticated way, but it also painfully demonstrates that prejudice dies hard; even time, education, and improving economics do not erase deeply ingrained fears and intolerance.
CLYBOURNE PARK Opens Good Theater's 12th Season, Now thru 10/27
Good Theater kicks off its 12th season with the 2012 Tony Award winning Best Play CLYBOURNE PARK by Bruce Norris, playing today, October 2-27, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. Contact Good Theater at 207-885-5885 or www.goodtheater.com for tickets and information.
CLYBOURNE PARK to Open Good Theater's 12th Season, 10/2-27
Good Theater kicks off its 12th season with the 2012 Tony Award winning Best Play CLYBOURNE PARKby Bruce Norris, playing October 2-27, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. Contact Good Theater at 207-885-5885 or www.goodtheater.com for tickets and information.
Mad Horse Opens New Season with SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION, 10/7-24
On October 7th, theater enthusiasts will witness local theater history in the making with the opening of Mad Horse Theatre Company's 2010-2011 season. That date launches the silver anniversary of Maine's premier ensemble theater company that, over 25 critically acclaimed seasons, has built a reputation for cutting-edge productions that illuminate the human experience. It also signifies the Maine premiere of an American classic celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its original Broadway run: Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare.
Mad Horse Opens New Season with SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION, 10/7-24
On October 7th, theater enthusiasts will witness local theater history in the making with the opening of Mad Horse Theatre Company's 2010-2011 season. That date launches the silver anniversary of Maine's premier ensemble theater company that, over 25 critically acclaimed seasons, has built a reputation for cutting-edge productions that illuminate the human experience. It also signifies the Maine premiere of an American classic celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its original Broadway run: Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare.
Mad Horse Opens New Season with SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION, 10/7-24
On October 7th, theater enthusiasts will witness local theater history in the making with the opening of Mad Horse Theatre Company's 2010-2011 season. That date launches the silver anniversary of Maine's premier ensemble theater company that, over 25 critically acclaimed seasons, has built a reputation for cutting-edge productions that illuminate the human experience. It also signifies the Maine premiere of an American classic celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its original Broadway run: Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare.
Columbia Stages Presents EURIPIDES' PHOENICIAN WOMEN 11/18-11/21
Columbia Stages presents the Acting class of 2010 in Euripides' Phoenician Women, adapted and directed by Karin Coonrod. War is imminent. The city is held hostage by a conflict in its royal family. The overarching grasp of the individual has triumphed over the community. None of this is lost on the chorus, visitors from the East called Phoenicians. Civilization rests on the virtues of family and city.
Columbia Stages Presents EURIPIDES' PHOENICIAN WOMEN 11/12-11/21
Columbia Stages presents the Acting class of 2010 in Euripides' Phoenician Women, adapted and directed by Karin Coonrod. War is imminent. The city is held hostage by a conflict in its royal family. The overarching grasp of the individual has triumphed over the community. None of this is lost on the chorus, visitors from the East called Phoenicians. Civilization rests on the virtues of family and city.