Joseph W. Rodriguez

THE RETURN OF BENJAMIN LAY Comes to the Sheen Center
by Stephi Wild - Dec 19, 2024

THE RETURN OF BENJAMIN LAY comes to the Sheen Center For Thought And Culture next year. Learn more about the upcoming production and find out how to get tickets here!

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company to Present 2024/25 Season Premiere VIA DOLOROSA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 27, 2024

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company will present VIA DOLOROSA. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Sean Carvajal & Emma Ramos to Join Annette Bening Led GRISWOLD Benefit Reading
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 8, 2022

Off-Broadway's Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company and Broadway’s A Is For have announced additional casting for the benefit reading of the new play, GRISWOLD, on Friday, November 11, 2022 at 7:00 pm at Manhattan’s historic The Cooper Union, starring four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening.

GRISWOLD By Angela J. Davis is Selected as the Winner of the Playhouse Creatures 2022 New Works Celebration
by Stephi Wild - Jun 27, 2022

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company has announced the winner of its 2022 Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights' Celebration: GRISWOLD by Angela J. Davis.

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company Announces Emily Mann: A Celebration Launch Panel
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 24, 2021

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company presents the inaugural event of its 2021-22 season-- a season celebrating the work of American theatre icon, Emily Mann, on Wednesday, September 29th from 7.00 to 8:30 pm.

THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES Announces Rebel Verses Edition
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 10, 2021

Tonight, The 24 Hour Plays partner with Developing Artists to bring together theater professionals with young artists in the New York City metro area to celebrate, support and collaborate as part of their annual REBEL VERSES event.

PCTC Announces New Works Festival
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2021

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is excited to announce its 2021 Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights ' Celebration (March 13-16). The Festival begins on Saturday March 13th, with a viewing of all three winning plays, and a LIVE 'Town Hall' with the theatre artists. There are pay-what-you-can tickets available for all theatre artists.

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company Announces 2021 Fellowship Winners
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 2, 2021

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company has announced the 2021 recipients of their PCTC Fellowship Program.

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company Announces 2020 Emerging Playwrights' Contest
by Stephi Wild - Jun 3, 2020

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company has announced a call for original plays, for its 3rd Annual Dr. R. J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights' Contest.

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company Announces 2019 Emerging Playwrights Contest Honorees
by Julie Musbach - Oct 25, 2019

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is honored to (finally) announce the winners of the 2019 Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights Contest.

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company Presents Reading Of Gajdics' INHERITANCE OF SHAME
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2019

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company (PCTC, www.playhousecreatures.org), is honored to be producing the first public stage version of celebrated author, Peter Gajdics,' epic autobiography, 'The Inheritance of Shame.'

Emerging Directors Deconstruct Reality TV In THE REALITY PLAYS
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2018

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company will produce THE REALITY PLAYS at The Flamboyan Theater on May 16-17. In this new work series, three emerging directors will trace the political and social impact of reality television by reinterpreting America's Next Top Model, The Jersey Shore, and The Real Housewives of New York City. They will collaborate with an ensemble of emerging designers to push the boundaries of form and dissect an American phenomenon.

Emerging Directors Deconstruct Reality TV In THE REALITY PLAYS
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2018

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company will produce THE REALITY PLAYS at The Flamboyan Theater on May 16-17. In this new work series, three emerging directors will trace the political and social impact of reality television by reinterpreting America's Next Top Model, The Jersey Shore, and The Real Housewives of New York City. They will collaborate with an ensemble of emerging designers to push the boundaries of form and dissect an American phenomenon.

Emerging Directors Deconstruct Reality TV In THE REALITY PLAYS
by Julie Musbach - Apr 18, 2018

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company will produce THE REALITY PLAYS at The Flamboyan Theater on May 16-17. In this new work series, three emerging directors will trace the political and social impact of reality television by reinterpreting America's Next Top Model, The Jersey Shore, and The Real Housewives of New York City. They will collaborate with an ensemble of emerging designers to push the boundaries of form and dissect an American phenomenon.

New Orleans Literary Festival Announces 3/25 Events
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2018

Today's Events; Sunday, March 25

Tennessee Williams Literary Festival Announces Today's Events
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 24, 2018

Particularly in light of the 2016 documentary I Am Not Your Negro, author and civil rights activist James Baldwin is garnering new attention and appreciation for his astute analyses of race, class, and sexuality in U.S. culture. Our reading group will take up his groundbreaking semi-autobiographical first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953). Attendees are invited to read this seminal text that brought mid-20th Century African-American literature out of the shadow of Richard Wright while deftly exploring the post-Civil War Great Migration, its southern roots, its religious inflections, and its generational tensions. The suggested edition is the most recent paperback (ISBN 978-0345806543). Traditional New Orleans fare of coffee and beignets at Muriel's Jackson Square with lively discussion to follow led by Festival favorite and Southern literary scholar Gary Richards. Seating is limited to 50 persons; pre-registration is required.

Southern Rep Announces a Tennessee Williams Double Bill
by Julie Musbach - Feb 20, 2018

Southern Rep Theatre announces casting details and event schedule for a special limited engagement of A TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DOUBLE BILL, a pair of short plays offered in conjunction with the Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival. AND TELL SAD STORIES OF THE DEATH OF QUEENS, posthumously published, is paired with THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY, one of Williams' late works. This event runs nine performances only, March 21 - April 1, 2018, Loyola University, Marquette Theatre.

Austin Pendleton to Direct Playhouse Creatures Production of THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY
by Rebecca Russo - Aug 28, 2017

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is honored and excited to announce its upcoming production of Tennessee Williams' 'The Two-Character Play.' The limited run will take place at The Duo Multicultural Arts Center, June 29-July 16.

Austin Pendleton to Direct Playhouse Creatures' Production of THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY
by BWW News Desk - Jul 6, 2017

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is honored and excited to announce its upcoming production of Tennessee Williams' 'The Two-Character Play.' The limited run will take place at The Duo Multicultural Arts Center, June 29-July 16.

Austin Pendleton to Direct Playhouse Creatures' Production of THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY
by BWW News Desk - Jun 29, 2017

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is honored and excited to announce its upcoming production of Tennessee Williams' 'The Two-Character Play.' The limited run will take place at The Duo Multicultural Arts Center, June 29-July 16.