THE THIN PLACE Comes to Duluth Playhouse
Duluth Playhouse will launch its 2024-2025 Underground season with The Thin Place by award-winning playwright Lucas Hnath. Running October 17 - 27 at The Lab, this gripping ghost story promises to keep audiences on the edge of their seats as it explores the fragile boundary between our world and the one just beyond.
South Coast Repertory Names Suzanne Appel As Managing Director
South Coast Repertory and its Board of Trustees have announced that Suzanne Appel will be the theatre’s new managing director. The appointment follows a national search. Appel joins Artistic Director David Ivers as co-chief executive officer of the Tony Award-winning theatre, now celebrating its 60th season.
Review: RED SPEEDO, Orange Tree Theatre
The world of professional swimming has been dogged by stories of doping and Hnath's play seeks to explore the ethical aspects of this issue and how far someone will go to be a winner. So far, so intriguing, but Red Speedo feels unfinished and Hnath fails to either dig deep enough or offer any interesting commentary about these themes.
Dezart Performs Announces 2024/2025 Season
The Season opens with the 2019 Broadway political dark comedy HILLARY AND CLINTON by Lucas Hnath (November 15 - 24, 2024). Next is the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner FAT HAM,a modern-day Hamlet by James Ijames (January 17 - 26, 2025). The season continues with the Off-Broadway hit drama GRAND CONCOURSE by award-winning playwright Heidi Schreck.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS 2024 Cohort Announced
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS has announced this year's cohort for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, which will return this summer for their 13th year. A weeklong professional development initiative for early-career theater artists, The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals 2024 will take place July 15-22, 2024 at the Pace University Lower Manhattan campus.
Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE: PART II at Beck Center
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