Mike Daisey

PENIS ENVY Makes Debut At Capital Fringe 2024 Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 18, 2024

Monologist, mother, English professor, and writer Becky Bondurant threads her personal coming-of-middle-age narrative through a Freudian needle, weaving from eating disorders and female orgasms to circumcision and breastfeeding against the backdrop of a political crisis. Like a filthy and frank remix of What the Constitution Means to Me, this monologue is an absurd tale of parenting in the post-truth era.

Emil Amok to Return to New York City Fringe in 2024 with New Stories
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 16, 2024

Independent journalist, podcaster, investigative humorist, and former NPR host Emil Guillermo–winner of an American Book Award–takes his truth to the stage in a comic one-man show about race, the media, Asian American Filipino history, Harvard and his transgender off-spring.

Journalist Emil Guillermo Comes to the San Francisco Fringe in August
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2023

Journalist, podcaster, investigative humorist, and former NPR host Emil Guillermo–winner of an American Book Award–takes his truth to the stage in a comic one-man show about race, the media, American Filipino history, and the recent Harvard/affirmative action case.

Michael Kostroff to Star in Itamar Moses Comedy THE WHISTLEBLOWER at Theater Wit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 20, 2023

Theater Wit will present The Whistleblower, the newest play by Tony Award-winner Itamar Moses, author of The Band’s Visit, winner of ten 2018 Tony Awards including Best Musical.

HartBeat Ensemble And My People Community Services Present FATHERHOOD MANOLOGUE
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 17, 2023

HartBeat Ensemble (Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., Artistic Director and Rhoda Cerritelli, Managing Director) in partnership with My People Community Services announced today a four-performance engagement of Fatherhood Manologues, a storytelling event featuring four fathers celebrating and navigating the challenges of modern fatherhood.

HartBeat Ensemble To Stage Athol Fugard's Gripping Drama MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 2, 2022

HartBeat Ensemble announced today their upcoming production of My Children! My Africa!, a gripping drama about the collision of education, idealism and politics by preeminent South African dramatist Athol Fugard. The play will run September 29 through October 9 at HartBeat Ensemble's Carriage House Theater (360 Farmington Avenue) in Hartford, CT. 

FRIGID New York Announces 25th Season Celebration, Featuring Days of the Dead Festival, Gotham Storytelling Festival & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 18, 2022

FRIGID New York will celebrate 25 years of presenting a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater with their 2022-23 season at The Kraine Theater and UNDER St. Marks.

HURRICANE DIANE To Make Chicago Debut at Theater Wit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 31, 2022

Hurricane Diane is surging toward its Chicago debut, June 17-July 31, 2022 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago.

Arthur Schnitzler's ROUND DANCE is Coming to IRT Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 26, 2022

Arthur Schnitzler’s classic tale of love and infidelity, ROUND DANCE, is coming to New York in a new translation from the German by H. Clark Kee, who also directs. ROUND DANCE begins performances on Thursday, March 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 27. 

Mike Daisey Launches FRIGID New York's In-Person Season With WHAT THE F*CK JUST HAPPENED?
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 30, 2021

One year later, Mike Daisey asks the question we all are asking in this first live in-person theater performance. To answer it, he'll dig in with hilarity, horror, and a wiser eye as we take stock of what we've learned—what it means to be with each other, and what it has meant to be apart.

SLAC Announces NEW PLAY SOUNDING SERIES FESTIVAL Highlighting BIPOC Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 19, 2021

Salt Lake Acting Company has announced its first-ever New Play Sounding Series Festival. The virtual festival, comprised of three new works, will be presented free to the public in January, February, and March, respectively. Details for the February and March readings will be announced at a later date.

Salt Lake Acting Company Announces First-Ever NEW PLAY SOUNDING SERIES FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 18, 2021

Salt Lake Acting Company has announced its first-ever New Play Sounding Series Festival. The virtual festival, comprised of three new works, will be presented free to the public in January, February, and March, respectively. Details for the February and March readings will be announced at a later date.

HartBeat Ensemble Announces Fall 2020 Lineup Of Virtual Theatre, Podcasts And Radio Drama
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 25, 2020

HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT's only community-based and ensemble theatre, announced today a diverse and provocative lineup of virtual and audio theatrical experiences for Fall 2020.

Arena Stage Suspends All Performances for the Remainder of its 2019/20 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 18, 2020

Due to ongoing developments resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the national move to cancel group gatherings as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and District of Columbia Health Authorities, Arena Stage has made the difficult decision to suspend all remaining performances for its 2019/20 Season

BWW Interview: A Special Two Part Theatre Life with Howard Shalwitz. Part One: The Early Years
by Elliot Lanes - Mar 10, 2020

Today's subject was kind enough to give me an hour of his time in the balcony of the place he lived his theatre life for almost 40 years.  I'm sure there isn't a person here in DC who would argue that Howard Shalwitz was one of the most influential minds in the DC theatre community as the Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Under Shalwitz, Woolly Mammoth produced some of the most thought provoking, wild, and sometimes shocking pieces of theatre this area has ever seen. Shalwitz stepped down in 2018 and the company is now run by Maria Manuela Goyanes. Mr. Shalwitz remains as Artistic Director Emeritus.

Arena Stage Announces 2020/21 Season; Corbin Bleu in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Feb 18, 2020

Arena Stage has announced its 2020/21 Season, which is set to include five world premieres, four plays and three musicals, including a Corbin Bleu-led Catch Me If You Can.

Salt Lake Acting Company to Present Free Reading of New Play by Utah-Based Playwright Shawn Fisher
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 7, 2020

Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC), Utah's leading destination for brave, contemporary theatre, proudly presents a free, one night-only reading of Shawn Fisher's new play, THE (obsolete) UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS, as part of its New Play Sounding Series.

New Ohio Theatre And IRT Theater Welcome Kareem M. Lucas and The Team Of Zhailon Levingston, Alex Hare, & Nehemiah Luckett As Their Newest Archive Residency Artists
by Julie Musbach - Oct 21, 2019

New Ohio Theatre and IRT Theater are excited to welcome Kareem M. Lucas and the team of Zhailon Levingston, Alex Hare & Nehemiah Luckett as their newest Archive Residency artists.

SketchFest Seattle Celebrates 20 Year Opening on September 5th
by Sarah Hookey - Aug 13, 2019

SketchFest Seattle celebrates its twenty year opening on September 5, 2019 at 8:30. SketchFest showcases the talents of local favorites and unique sketch teams from throughout North America.

Cast Announced For Free Concert Reading Of The ROMEO & JULIET PROJECT At Bay Street Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 2, 2019

Bay Street Theater and Guild Hall, in association with Jamie Cesa and Bel Chiasso Entertainment present a free concert staged reading of The Romeo & Juliet Project, a new musical, featuring the music of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, with book by Bradley Bredeweg. This FREE community event will be held in Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor, NY on August 16 and 17 at 7 pm and is the latest installment of Bay Street's ongoing Under the Stars Community Outreach Program. The performance is directed by Scott Schwartz, Bay Street Theater's Artistic Director.