F*It Club Presents MY BEST/WORST DATE EVER: 6 BRAND NEW PLAYS, Now thru 6/13
F*It Club, in association with IRT's 3B Development Series, presents My Best/Worst Date Ever: 6 Brand New Plays. The New York Innovative Theatre-nominated collection of world-premiere plays returns to IRT with a fresh new selection. Come watch our award-winning playwrights riff on the theme of "My Best/Worst Date Ever" with surprising, thoughtful, and hilarious results.
Photo Flash: Special Sauce Company's JIL SANDER
New York City-based theater collective Special Sauce Company presents its latest project, an ambitious four-week festival of new work conceptualized as ‘Flash Plays', to take place over the Spring season. The festival, comprised of over three dozen pieces, are all characterized as site-specific, performed in public locations, and no more than five minutes in length. Audiences will be asked to optionally donate with 100% of proceeds going towards Shelterbox, a disaster relief organization currently focusing its efforts on assisting Japan.
Star Spotlight: Reed Birney, The Dream of the Burning Boy
Q: How did you get started in acting?
A: I was one of those freakish kids who always knew that this was what I wanted to do. I remember being five and saying to a group of grown-ups that I wanted to be an actor and they all chortled as they looked at each other. Probably in horror. There was maybe a week I wanted to be a fireman.
Roundabout's BURNING BOY Opens Tomorrow!
Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Dream of the Burning Boy , a new play by David West Read, directed by Evan Cabnet, officially opens tomorrow, Wednesday, March 23rd. The Dream of the Burning Boy features Reed Birney (Larry), Josh Caras (Dane), Matt Dellapina (Steve), Jake O'Connor (Kyle), Jessica Rothenberg (Chelsea), Kristie Dale Sanders (Andrea), and Alexandra Socha (Rachel).
Photo Flash: Roundabout's DREAM OF THE BURNING BOY
Roundabout Underground (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents The Dream of the Burning Boy, a new play by David West Read directed by Evan Cabnet. The Dream of the Burning Boy features Reed Birney (Larry), Josh Caras (Dane), Matt Dellapina (Steve), Jake O'Connor (Kyle), Jessica Rothenberg (Chelsea), Kristie Dale Sanders (Andrea), Alexandra Socha (Rachel).
It Should've Been You, Gary Luk: Lessons in the American Theatre
It's been over two years since I finished the first draft of The Dream of the Burning Boy in a graduate play-writing class at NYU, and I'm absolutely thrilled that we're now one week away from the first public performance of the play at the Roundabout Underground.
Photo Coverage: Meet The Cast: The Dream of the Burning Boy
Rehearsals are underway for Roundabout Underground's The Dream of the Burning Boy, a new play by David West Read directed by Evan Cabnet. The Dream of the Burning Boy will feature Reed Birney (Larry), Josh Caras (Dane), Matt Dellapina (Steve), Jake O'Connor (Kyle), Jessica Rothenberg (Chelsea), Kristie Dale Sanders (Andrea), Alexandra Socha (Rachel).
EBE Ensemble Closes SHAKESPEAKE IN THE PAGODA, 8/7
EBE Ensemble will produce its first free, outdoor summer program at Prospect Park's 1887 Music Pagoda from July 24-August 7, featuring a repertory company in productions of Romeo & Juliet and Julius Caesar. The productions, together called SHAKESPEAKE IN THE PAGODA, are sponsored in part by Arizona Iced Tea and will be site-specific and feature active, modern interpretations using Shakespeare's classic texts.
