Douglas C. Wager
Temple Theater to Present THE TEMPEST in December (Nov 11, 2024)
The Atlanta Shakespeare Company Announces 2024-2025 Season (Sep 4, 2024)
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: A [Backwards] History of Old Friends (Nov 4, 2023)
Productions
Awards and Nominations
winner
Douglas C. WagerAnimal Crackers
Douglas C. WagerYou Can't Take It With You
Douglas C. WagerCandide
Douglas C. WagerArcadia
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Douglas C. WagerLong Day's Journey Into Night
Douglas C. WagerThe Revengers Comedies
Douglas C. WagerOf Thee I Sing
Douglas C. WagerOn The Town
Douglas C. WagerThe Man Who Came To Dinner
Douglas C. WagerThe Man Who Came To Dinner
Douglas C. WagerAll The King's Men
News
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 11, 2024
Directed by Douglas C. Wager, William Shakespeare's The Tempest will debut at the Tomilson theater this December. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 4, 2024
The Atlanta Shakespeare Company has announced its 2024-2025 season, featuring productions of MACBETH, THE TEMPEST, and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
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by A.A. Cristi - Nov 4, 2023
Go inside the complete history of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, playing at Broadway's Hudson Theatre now!
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2023
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced that its Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Hana Sharif, Augustin Family Artistic Director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, as its next Artistic Director. She will succeed Molly Smith, who is retiring at the end of June after 25 years with the company.
by Elliot Lanes - Oct 16, 2019
The 19/20 theatrical season has seen several milestones for many of its area theatres but the biggest by far is the 70th anniversary of the company that helped pioneer the regional theatre movement in this country Arena Stage.
by BWW News Desk - Jul 14, 2017
With the official opening night of the critically-acclaimed political drama The Originalist, Artistic Director Molly Smith enters her 20th anniversary season at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 14, 2017
Temple Theaters presents Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning drama Our Town, directed by Douglas C. Wager. Featuring Donna Snow as the Stage Manager, the production runs March 10-11 and 23-26 in the Tomlinson Theater. Considered one of the finest plays of the twentieth century, Our Town continues to move audiences of all ages.
by BWW News Desk - Nov 11, 2015
Temple Theaters continues its season with satirical drama A Free Man of Color by the award-winning playwright John Guare. Directed by Douglas C. Wager , the production features the new cohort of MFA acting candidates and supported by talented undergraduate students. The ambitious play, a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, runs tonight, November 11-21, 2015 in Temple University's Randall Theater.
by BWW News Desk - Sep 16, 2015
Temple University's Temple Theaters opens its 48th season with Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, directed by Lee Kenneth Richardson, with a cast of talented undergraduate students. The historic and groundbreaking drama runs tonight, September 16 - September 24 in the Randall Theater.
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 3, 2015
Temple University's Temple Theaters opens its 48th season with Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, directed by Lee Kenneth Richardson, with a cast of talented undergraduate students. The historic and groundbreaking drama runs September 16 - September 24 in the Randall Theater.
by BWW News Desk - Mar 25, 2015
Temple Theaters concludes its 47th season with Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, directed by Douglas C. Wager. The classic American play about the tipsy relationship love and money runs tonight, March 25 - April 4 in the Tomlinson Theater. With a wild romp through late 19th century New York, The Matchmaker proves that sometimes money can buy happiness.
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 12, 2015
Temple Theaters concludes its 47th season with Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, directed by Douglas C. Wager. The classic American play about the tipsy relationship love and money runs March 25 - April 4 in the Tomlinson Theater. With a wild romp through late 19th century New York, The Matchmaker proves that sometimes money can buy happiness.
by BWW News Desk - Mar 12, 2015
Temple Theaters continues its 47th Season with Merrily We Roll Along, Directed by Brandon McShaffrey, with musical direction by Bryan DeSilva. Featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, the show runs tonight, March 12-22.
by BWW News Desk - Mar 11, 2015
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, and Blue Star Families, the country's largest chapter-based military families non-profit organization, are pleased to announce the inaugural round of the Blue Star Theatres Grant Program.
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 20, 2015
Temple Theaters continues its 47th Season with Merrily We Roll Along, Directed by Brandon McShaffrey, with musical direction by Bryan DeSilva. Featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, the show runs March 12-22. Based on a 1934 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, in which a playwright sacrifices his principles for popularity, Merrily We Roll Along examines artistic integrity and ambition against the backdrop of the 60s and 70s. Staged simply in the intimate Randall Theater with two pianos, this production allows the Sondheim's moving score to take center stage.
by BWW News Desk - Feb 11, 2015
Temple Theaters continues its 2014-2015 Season with Tom Stoppard's 1993 masterpiece Arcadia, directed by Liz Carlson, performing tonight, February 11-21 in the Tomlinson Theater.
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 22, 2015
Temple Theaters continues its 2014-2015 Season with Tom Stoppard's 1993 masterpiece Arcadia, directed by Liz Carlson, performing February 11-21 in the Tomlinson Theater. This classic drama, describe by The Times as a "perfect marriage of ideas and high comedy," follows the inhabitants of a wealthy English country estate, Sidley Park, as they wrestle with secrets, discovery, and romance. Crossing the centuries, Arcadia explores the mysterious human intersection between head and heart, with passion and wit.
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 3, 2014
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced the appointment of stage director and longtime company guest artist Stephen Brown-Fried as the Theatre's Artistic Associate & Casting Director. 'I am thrilled to be back at this company. I do not know of another theatre that combines excellence in classic theatre and such a deep commitment to teaching. The combination of professional practice and educational training here is unparalleled,' says Brown-Fried.
by Charlie Piane - Apr 21, 2010
Temple Repertory Theater, a newly-created professional company of artists closely associated with the Department of Theater at Temple University, announces the launch of its inaugural season this summer in Philadelphia.
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Outstanding Director, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Animal Crackers, Outstanding Director, Resident Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for You Can't Take It With You, Outstanding Director, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Candide , Outstanding Director, Resident Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for Arcadia, Outstanding Director, Resident Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for Long Day's Journey Into Night, Outstanding Director, Resident Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Revengers Comedies, Outstanding Director, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Of Thee I Sing, Outstanding Director, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for On The Town, Outstanding Director, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Man Who Came To Dinner , Outstanding Director, Resident Production (Olivier Awards) for The Man Who Came To Dinner and Outstanding Director, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for All The King's Men.
Douglas C. Wager has won the Outstanding Director, Resident Musical award at the Helen Hayes Awards for Animal Crackers. He also received the Outstanding Director, Resident Play award at the Helen Hayes Awards for Long Day's Journey Into Night.
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