Carolyn Mraz

Review: THE SANDWICH MINISTRY at Skylight Theatre

The Sandwich Ministry is an intimate, small town story. It is about faith, smelly church centers, natural disasters, loss, sandwich fixings, and the struggle to find meaning and community.  Playwright Miranda Rose Hall celebrates the unassuming, rich beauty of female friendship and the things that keep us going when everything else falls apart. 

Dutch Kills Theater And The Tank to Present EXQUISITE DRONES This Month

Join Dutch Kills Theater Company and The Tank for EXQUISITE DRONES, a unique blend of live music and visuals. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Interview: Playwright Catya McMullen on the World Premiere of ARROWHEAD produced by IAMA Theatre Company

Catya McMullen (pictured), a native New Yorker, now finds herself at home in Los Angeles. While working in film and television, her life-long love of theater inspired her to write plays. The world premiere of Arrowhead is her first being presented here, produced by IAMA at Atwater Village Theatre, directed by Jenna Worsham. I decided to speak with Catya about her journey to writing the play, why she set it in Arrowhead, its themes, and how it speaks to different generations of women about love and sexual identity.

IAMA Theatre Company to Present World Premiere Comedy ARROWHEAD

Love, sex, identity… and found family. IAMA Theatre Company will continue its “Sweet 16” season of world premieres by Los Angeles-based playwrights with a new comedy by Catya McMullen.

Review: DORRANCE DANCE: NUTCRACKER SUITE at Kennedy Center

The New York City based tap ensemble Dorrance Dance roared into Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre this past weekend with their take on Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite as arranged by Billy Strayhorn. For those of you not familiar with this recording, do yourself a favor and look it up. You have not lived until you have heard “Waltz of the Flowers”, or in this case, “Floreodores” played with a swinging horn section. Trust me on this one

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Closes Northern Stage's 25th Anniversary Season

Northern Stage will close its celebratory 25th Anniversary Season with  Kate Hamill's vibrant and playful adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, which will be performed June 14-July 9, 2023, in the Courtyard Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, VT.

BLUE STOCKINGS Opens This Week at Cal State Fullerton

CSUF's Department of Theatre & Dance's second production of the fall season opens October 21 in Hallberg Theatre with the moving, comical, and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination in “Blue Stockings.”

SPRING AWAKENING Comes to Northern Stage in Vermont Next Week

Performances begin next week for Northern Stage’s production of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s coming-of-age rock musical Spring Awakening, which will be performed September 27 – October 23, 2022, in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, VT.

INTELLIGENCE Comes to Edinburgh Fringe Next Month

In a taut political play, New York theatre company Dutch Kills pick apart how women are perceived in the higher echelons of American diplomacy.

Tickets on Sale for Target Margin Theater's ONE NIGHT

The multi-Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater has announced that tickets are now on sale for One Night, a nine-hour theatrical event that concludes the company’s five-year exploration of The One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of classic Silk Road stories. 

Target Margin Theater to Host Nine-Hour Theatrical Event, ONE NIGHT

The multi-Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater has announced details for One Night, a nine-hour theatrical event that concludes the company’s five-year exploration of The One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of classic Silk Road stories. 

Sharp, Witty Ensemble Drama THE WOLVES Begins 12/8 on the Campus of Cal State Fullerton

CSUF's Department of Theatre & Dance fall season draws to a close with The Wolves in CSUF’s Young Theatre on campus, December 8–11. Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves presents the lives of a teenage girls through the lens of an indoor soccer team.

Tickets Are Now On Sale For Hillary Miller's PREPAREDNESS at the Bushwick Starr

The Bushwick Starr will partner with HERE to present the world premiere of Preparedness, written by Hillary Miller (Gay Pierrot at Dixon Place, The Hovering at Capital Fringe), and directed by Kristjan Thor (BLACKOUT immersive experience throughout the U.S., The Penalty at The Public Theater and Dixon Place). 

World Premiere of PREPAREDNESS to be Presented at HERE

The Bushwick Starr is partnering with HERE to present the world premiere of Preparedness, written by Hillary Miller (Gay Pierrot at Dixon Place, The Hovering at Capital Fringe), and directed by Kristjan Thor (BLACKOUT immersive experience throughout the U.S., The Penalty at The Public Theater and Dixon Place). 

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis to Present the World Premiere of Steph Del Rosso's THE GRADIENT

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) will present the world premiere production of Steph Del Rosso’s The Gradient, running October 1-24, 2021 at the Catherine B. Berges Theatre at COCA.

Target Margin Theater Announces 30th Anniversary Season Featuring Nine-Hour Theatrical Event

In its most ambitious work to date, the Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater has announced details for We Will Care for You, a massive nine-hour theatrical event that concludes the Company’s four-year exploration of The One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of classic Silk Road stories.

PlayCo Returns To In-Person Performances With IS IT SUPPOSED TO LAST?

The series' final performance for the first time invites a limited number of in-person audiences to experience the work, at a special surprise location in Bushwick, Brooklyn on June 29 at 7pm.

PlayCo Productions Available to Audiences Everywhere This Spring

PlayCo announces plans for Spring 2021, building on the company's multi-platform exploration of this moment, its engagement with artists who are illuminating the complexities of relationships sustained from a distance, and its introduction of new initiatives responding to the changes in our world.

University Of The Arts' POLYPHONE FESTIVAL Returns Virtually For 2021

University of the Arts' Ira Brind School of Theater Arts has announced the lineup for the seventh annual Polyphone Festival of New and Emerging Musicals. The festival will be available online beginning April 21.

PlayCo Presents William Burke's IS IT SUPPOSED TO LAST?

PlayCo presents William Burke's Is it Supposed to Last?, an iterative performance series co-directed by Burke and Bryn Herdrich and presented live in monthly installments beginning January 28.