6NewPlays Closes with Brian Thorstenson's WAKEFIELD
With a mission to produce one new play by each of its six members, 6NewPlays officially closes up shop this fall with WAKEFIELD by Brian Thorstenson. Inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story of the same name, Wakefield starts at the moment Hawthorne's story ends, when the husband Henry Wakefield returns home after 20 years. Veteran actor Anne Darragh plays Sophia, Henry's wife, alongside Thorstenson as Henry. Erin Mei-Ling Stuart co-directs. Wakefield runs October 5 - 14 at Studio 210 in the Mission. Tickets, $20 - $25, will go on sale in August.
Julianne Jigour's BRIGHT SHINING SEA Comes to Potrero Stage
PlayGround's Festival of New Works features the premiere of the full-length play BRIGHT SHINING SEA by Julianne Jigour opening with a press night on Wednesday May 16, running through June 16, (previews May 14 & 15). BRIGHT SHINING SEA is a co-production with Planet Earth Arts and one of two PlayGround commissioned full-length plays featured this season. In Julianne Jigour's Bright Shining Sea, six characters find their lives intertwined as they face the personal challenges caused by environmental degradation. Bright Shining Sea confronts destruction-personal and environmental-but presents connection and compassion as the means by which hope is possible. Julianne remarks "It asks us to view the Earth holistically, to recognize our interconnectedness, and to do what the current administration won't-to take responsibility for our planet, for each other, and for future generations.
BRIGHT SHINING SEA to Open The 2018 PlayGround Festival of New Works
PlayGround's Festival of New Works features the premiere of the full-length play BRIGHT SHINING SEA by Julianne Jigour opening with a press night on May 16, running through June 16, (previews May 14 & 15). BRIGHT SHINING SEA is a co-production with Planet Earth Arts and one of two PlayGround commissioned full-length plays featured this season.
ROUND-HEELED WOMAN to Transfer to West End's Aldwych Theatre Tonight
Multiple Emmy & Golden Globe award-winning actress Sharon Gless returns to the London stage to star in the British premiere of A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN based on Jane Juska's best selling true-story book of the same name. The production, which is currently playing at Riverside Studios, will transfer to the West End's Aldwych Theatre on November 24. The production is scheduled to run through January 14.
Sharon Gless Led A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN West End Transfer Opens Nov. 30
Following a highly-acclaimed limited run at the Riverside Studios, A ROUND-HEELED-WOMAN is to transfer to the Aldwych Theatre. The production will close at the Riverside Studios on 20 November, and will start performances at the Aldwych Theatre on Thursday 24 November, with a press night on Wednesday 30 November. This is a strictly limited season, ending on 14 January. A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN stars multiple Emmy & Golden Globe award-winning actress Sharon Gless and is based on Jane Juska's best-selling, self-penned book of the same name.
ROUND-HEELED WOMAN to Transfer to West End's Aldwych Theatre, November 24
Multiple Emmy & Golden Globe award-winning actress Sharon Gless returns to the London stage to star in the British premiere of A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN based on Jane Juska's best selling true-story book of the same name. The production, which is currently playing at Riverside Studios, will transfer to the West End's Aldwych Theatre on November 24. The production is scheduled to run through January 14.
Sharon Gless to Star in A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN in London
Multiple Emmy & Golden Globe award-winning actress Sharon Gless returns to the London stage to star in the British premiere of A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN based on Jane Juska's best selling true-story book of the same name. The production will open in London at the Riverside Studios on Wednesday 19 October, with previews from 18 October. The limited season will end on 20 November.