Playwright Kenneth H. Brown Dies at Age 86
by Stephi Wild - Feb 9, 2022
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that playwright Kenneth H. Brown has died at age 86. Brown is a playwright, actor, director and producer who has been active in theatre since 1971. He is best known for his play The Brig, based on his experiences as a U.S. Marine.
Casting Complete for THE BRIG at Mary-Arrchie, April-May 2013
by BWW
News Desk - May 26, 2013
The cast for the final production of Mary-Arrchie's 27th season, THE BRIG, has been announced. Jeff Award winning director Jennifer Markowitz (Hellcab, Never Come Morning) returns to Mary-Arrchie to direct this revival one of The Living Theatre's most poignant pieces.
Photo Flash: First Look at Mary-Arrchie Theatre's THE BRIG
by BWW News Desk - Apr 20, 2013
The Brig is an intensive expression of one day in a military prison-a "brig"- in 1957 Camp Fuji, Japan. Written by Marine veteran Kenneth H. Brown who served there for thirty days. BroadwayWorld has a first look at Mary-Arrchie's production below!
The Living Theatre Will Continue in NYC
by Kelsey Denette - Mar 5, 2013
Under the artistic direction of the legendary Judith Malina, The Living Theatre will continue to produce its unique avant-garde political theatre in New York City. Additional performances of its current hit, HERE WE ARE, are set to play downtown's Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center (107 Suffolk Street) in Manhattan, March 26-29 at 8pm.
Casting Complete for THE BRIG at Mary-Arrchie, April-May 2013
by BWW News Desk - Oct 31, 2012
The cast for the final production of Mary-Arrchie's 27th season, THE BRIG, has been announced. Jeff Award winning director Jennifer Markowitz (Hellcab, Never Come Morning) returns to Mary-Arrchie to direct this revival one of The Living Theatre's most poignant pieces.
GEOGRAPHY BY A HORSE DREAMER and More Set for Mary-Arrchie's 27th Season
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2012
Mary-Arrchie launches right into its 27th season with Sam Shepard's surreal Geography of a Horse Dreamer this month, followed by a Mary-Arrchie re-imagining of The Glass Menagerie in November. Then we kick off 2013 with Austin Pendleton's riveting Uncle Bob in February 2013 and finish up with a relentless experimental staging of The Brig by Kenneth H. Brown in April and the Silver Anniversary of Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Theatre Festival in August 2013.
Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company to Present GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER This September
by Tracy Kaczorowski - Aug 21, 2012
Sam Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer will be coming to Angel Island this September! It is directed by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia (Red Light Winter, Our Bad Magnet) and features Simon Ahmed, Bill Daniel, Rudy Galvan, Christopher Meister, Gavin Robinson, Matt Rockwood, Kevin Stark, & Mark Vallarta.
GEOGRAPHY BY A HORSE DREAMER and More Set for Mary-Arrchie's 27th Season
by BWW News Desk - Jun 22, 2012
Mary-Arrchie is not taking a vacation this summer. The group finishes its 26th Season with a new partnership with Illinois State University when it presents an energetic staging of Electra in a new adaptation by Sonja Moser in July. And Mary-Arrchie will be performing a special two-week extension of Jeff Nominated Superior Donuts at Metropolis Arts Center in Arlington Heights. Plus, the Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Theatre Festival celebrates it's 24th year this August.
Revival of The Brig Launches New Living Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Feb 15, 2007
The Living Theatre -- the legendary theater company founded in the 1950's by the late Julian Beck and his wife Judith Malina, who remains as the company's artistic director -- will open its own permanent performance space, a 100-seat theatre called The Living Theatre