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Line-Up Set for Storyhouse Queer Festival This Winter

STORYHOUSE will present its inaugural Queer Festival, set to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture with a diverse lineup of performances, workshops, and discussions. The festival aims to foster inclusivity and community engagement. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Orlando Family Stage Awarded $5.825 Million in ARC Funding

Orlando Family Stage has been awarded $5.825 million in ARC funding, funded through Orange County's Tourist Development Tax. Learn more about what the funding will support!
SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD & More Nominated for 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts revealed the 228 nominations for the 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards. See the full list!
Wandsworth Arts Fringe Celebrates 15th Anniversary This Summer

Wandsworth Arts Fringe is celebrating its 15th birthday!  From 7th – 23rd June 2024, leap into a world of brand-new theatre, experimental dance and music, works-in-progress from the next big names in comedy, and nights of cabaret.
Interview: Steven Hao of THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN at Shakespeare BASH'd

Steven Hao, playing Pirithous and The Wooer in THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, spoke to BroadwayWorld about the unusual aspects of Shakespeare’s last play, why Theseus is Iron Man, and the joys of putting on one of the few works in the Shakespearean canon that's a 'hidden gem' without 500 years of baggage.
Shakespeare BASH'd to Present Contemporary Take on THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN

Shakespeare BASH'd presents a contemporary take on the rarely-produced play, The Two Noble Kinsmen. Directed by James Wallis, the production features an all-star cast and explores themes of love, gender, and identity.
Nominations for the 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards Announced

At an online media announcement - pre-taped in front of Meridian Hall with physically distanced protocols in place - streamed June 8 on the Dora Awards YouTube channel, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 243 nominations for the 41st annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
Young People's Theatre Presents World Premiere Of A MILLION BILLION PIECES

Young People's Theatre (YPT) is excited to present the world premiere of A Million Billion Pieces - a moving story of love directed by one of Canada's most celebrated actors and directors, Philip Akin (Artistic Director, Obsidian Theatre). In this bold new production, two teens are isolated by a rare disease that could prove deadly if they make contact. Craving connection, they progress from flirty DMs to a precarious encounter, each with their own reason to test what it is to live a?' and love a?' like other people. It will be presented in the Studio from November 25 to December 13, 2019, for ages 13 and up.
Bay Area Premiere Of HICKORYDICKORY Opens In Redwood City In September

What if we all had a literal internal clock that counted down to our time of death? This is the premise of Marisa Wegrzyn's award winning play Hickorydickory. Cari Lee's mortal clock was tinkered with, so she's stuck at age 17 for eternity. Now she's the same age as her daughter, Dale, whose time may be literally running out. Hickorydickory is a funny, heartbreaking story about family, and mortality, and sacrifice. Part of the Main Stage Series.
Shakespeare's Romantic Comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Set To Tour Region

How much Shakespeare is too much Shakespeare? Is there such a thing? In the opinion of Midsummer Shakespeare and The Glass Horse Project's Shakespeare in NB, the answer is a resounding no! Which is why both companies have come together to join forces and co-produce a regional tour of Shakespeare's beloved romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing.
The Bay Area Premiere of SHOGGOTHS ON THE VELDT Opens in Redwood City in May

When famed Victorian explorer Melford Pumbleshire is torn to pieces by something horrible and unseen while on safari in deepest, darkest Africa, his redoubtable fiance Euphonia Riggstone must lead an expedition to put his unquiet spirit to rest. This globetrotting adventure comedy has romance, betrayal, an amnesiac ghost, perfidious cultists, and a Lovecraftian tentacle monster. Part of the Main Stage Series.
A World Premiere Play And A Related Escape Room Come To Redwood City In May

When famed Victorian explorer Melford Pumbleshire is torn to pieces by something horrible and unseen while on safari in deepest, darkest Africa, his redoubtable fianc Euphonia Riggstone must lead an expedition to put his unquiet spirit to rest. This globetrotting adventure comedy has romance, betrayal, an amnesiac ghost, perfidious cultists, and a Lovecraftian tentacle monster. Part of the Main Stage Series.
BWW Review: SEMINAR at The Loft, Chapel Off Chapel

Walking across the stage to get to your seat, you find yourself in an Upper West Side apartment where 4 eager writers have paid $5000 each to learn from eccentric Leonard, a posturing writer with stories the equivalent of a student who just got back from a gap year in Moldova or Rwanda.
Underground Theatre Announces 2016 Season

The Underground Theatre returns to Detroit for its official third season. The theme for this summer is entitled, "The Fates We Choose'. Each weekend in July will feature one of four exploratory works from the collaborative.
Broken Nose Theatre Announces HUMAN TERRAIN Cast

Broken Nose Theatre (BNT) continues their first season as a Pay-What-You-Can organization with the Chicago Premiere of HUMAN TERRAIN, written by recent PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation Award winner Jennifer Blackmer and directed by BNT Artistic Director Benjamin Brownson. Performance will June 10 - July 9 at Voice of the City, 3429 W. Diversey Ave. Press Opening is Monday, June 13 at 7:00pm. All tickets are Pay-What-You-Can, available now at https://dime.io/events/human-terrain. 
Full Cast Announced for Curve's LEGALLY BLONDE

Nikolai Foster, Artistic Director at Curve, today announces the full company for his new production of the award-winning West End and Broadway smash hit musical comedy, Legally Blonde, including Tupele Dorgu who joins the cast as Paulette. 
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Hits the Stage at The Bonstelle Theatre Today

Follow young James into a land of talking insects, mean old grown ups, and one giant peach in the Bonstelle Theatre's production of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. One of Roald Dahl's earliest novels comes to life in this adaptation for the stage by David Wood. Playing today, November 13-22, this classic story promises enjoyment for the whole family, as it sets out to unleash your vibrant imagination and spark magic and wonder in the hearts of all.
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Hits the Stage at The Bonstelle Theatre This Month

Follow young James into a land of talking insects, mean old grown ups, and one giant peach in the Bonstelle Theatre's production of James and The Giant Peach. One of Roald Dahl's earliest novels comes to life in this adaptation for the stage by David Wood. Playing November 13-22, this classic story promises  enjoyment  for  the whole family, as it sets out  to unleash your  vibrant imagination and spark magic and wonder in the hearts of all.
2015 Louise Heck-Rabi Dramatic Writing Festival Runs This Weekend

The 2015 Louise Heck-Rabi Dramatic Writing Festival will take place this weekend, February 26-28 at 8 p.m. and March 1 at 2 p.m. at the Studio Theatre, located underground at the Hilberry Theatre at the corner of Cass and Hancock on WSU's campus. This year's festival features new works from three promising playwrights who are best known as members of the acclaimed Hilberry acting ensemble.
2015 Louise Heck-Rabi Dramatic Writing Festival to Run 2/26-28

The 2015 Louise Heck-Rabi Dramatic Writing Festival will take place February 26-28 at 8 p.m. and March 1 at 2 p.m. at the Studio Theatre, located underground at the Hilberry Theatre at the corner of Cass and Hancock on WSU's campus. This year's festival features new works from three promising playwrights who are best known as members of the acclaimed Hilberry acting ensemble.

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