Playwright Jake Brasch Awarded 2021-22 College Collaboration Project Commission With The Farm Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 6, 2021
Now in its ninth season of supporting emerging writers The Farm Theater has awarded their 2021/22 College Collaboration Project Commission to playwright Jake Brasch (Greenland at Dixon Place; Salutations, I'm Creative Dave at Alchemical Theatre Laboratory). Jake will collaborate with Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN and Pellissippi State College in Knoxville, TN. Austin Peay is participating in The Farm Theater's College Collaboration Project for the first time. This will be Pellissippi State's second year, following their partnership in 2018-19.
The Farm Theater Awards Lia Romeo With 2020/21 College Collaboration Project Commission
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 14, 2020
Now in its seventh season of supporting emerging female writers The Farm Theater has awarded their 2020/21 College Collaboration Project Commission to playwright Lia Romeo (The Forest, featured on The Kilroys' List; NYIT Award nominee for Connected at 59E59). Ms. Romeo will collaborate with Centre College in Danville, KY (fall 2020) and Wells College in Aurora, NY (spring 2020). This will be Centre College's fourth time participating in The Farm Theater's College Collaboration Project.
The Farm Theater Awards Playwright Judith Leora With 2019/20 College Collaboration Project Commission
by Julie Musbach - Jan 14, 2019
Now in its sixth season of supporting emerging female writers The Farm Theater has awarded their 2019/20 College Collaboration Project Commission to playwright Judith Leora. Ms. Leora will collaborate with Hillsborough Community College in Hillsborough, FL (fall 2019), Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, AL (winter 2020), and Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA (spring 2020). This will be Birmingham Southern College's second time participating in The Farm Theater's College Collaboration Project.
The Farm Theater Announces 2018-19 College Collaboration Project
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 19, 2018
Now in its fifth season of supporting emerging female writers The Farm Theater will present their 2018/19 College Collaboration Project with playwrights Kimberly Belflower and Erin Malon. The projects will kick-off in February when each playwright will have an opportunity to converse with groups of students from each of the partner schools via video, to discuss the theme they are writing about and shape the direction of their individual pieces. Each of the plays will have a three-day workshop, cast with professional actors, in NYC in August 2018. The projects will each culminate in a public reading in NYC in June 2019 with a cast made up of students from each school along side professional actors.
Ivy Theatre Company presents 24 HOURS OF WOMEN
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 18, 2018
Ivy Theatre Company presents 24 Hours of WOMEN! In honor of International Women's Day. What started as a living room idea has grown to reading nothing but works by women for a full 24 hours. We have 19 plays, 1 Pulitzer nominated novella, and a screenplay ready and waiting to be read after the Women's March.
A REAL BOY Tugs the Heartstrings Starting Tonight at 59E59 Theaters
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2017
59E59 Theaters welcomes the world premiere of A REAL BOY, written by Stephen Kaplan and directed by Audrey Alford. Produced by Ivy Theatre Company in association with Athena Theatre, A REAL BOY begins performances tonight, August 2, for a limited engagement through Sunday, August 27. Press Opening is Sunday, August 6 at 3.30 PM.
A REAL BOY to Tug the Heartstrings at 59E59 Theaters
by BWW News Desk - Jul 11, 2017
59E59 Theaters will welcome the world premiere of A REAL BOY, written by Stephen Kaplan and directed by Audrey Alford. Produced by Ivy Theatre Company in association with Athena Theatre, A REAL BOY begins performances on Wednesday, August 2 for a limited engagement through Sunday, August 27. Press Opening is Sunday, August 6 at 3.30 PM.
College Collaboration Project, 'LAVA' and More Set for The Farm Theater's 2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - Jan 23, 2017
The Farm Theater announces their 2017 season, which will include the 3rd Annual College Collaboration Project with playwright Morgan McGuire, a co-production with the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, new installments of the popular bi-monthly Bullpen Sessions, and a new monthly Directors Roundtable series.
Geva Announces the Line-Up for the Festival of New Theatre
by Liz Cearns - Sep 27, 2016
???????Geva Theatre Center unveils its line-up for the Festival of New Theatre 2016 to be held in the Fielding Stage from October 12 - October 23. FONT 2016 is a vibrant and innovative mix of new works by some of the most exciting playwrights from across the country and around the corner and is part of Geva's ongoing commitment to developing and producing new work for the American theatre.
The Farm Theater Sets 2016 Season
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 26, 2016
The Farm Theater announces their 2016 season, which will include six new installments of the popular bi-monthly Bullpen Sessions, workshops on play development and auditing for grad school, the College Collaboration Project with playwright Micheline Auger at the University of West Florida and Centre College in KY, the Barnstorming Project with playwright Christopher Gabriel Núñez and the Maryland Area Community College Performing Arts Collective, and World Premiere plays by Vickie Tanner and Lindsay Joy.