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The PlayGround Experiment Celebrates 200th Volume With Special Alumni Event
by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2023

The PlayGround Experiment in Manhattan has announced their 200th Volume, Monday November 13th, marked with a special alumni presentation featuring works developed through the PG Evolution.

FRIGID New York and Something From Abroad to Present 2nd Annual Days of the Dead Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 11, 2023

FRIGID New York will present the 2nd annual Days of the Dead Festival, a celebration of Día de los Muertos and Halloween.

Interview: Sarah Gorden of TIN CAT SHOES at Nutley Little Theatre
by Gina Sarno - Apr 24, 2023

Nutley Little Theatre presents Tin Cat Shoes, written by Trish Harnetiaux and directed by Sarah Gorden. I had the pleasure of interview Sarah. Tin Cat Shoes is a madcap odyssey through a wilderness of corporate bureaucracy and crippling human dependencies. Blessed with the can-do American spirit, a troop of dedicated shoe store employees embark on a journey of personal expansion. But when 'work is your life' and systems breakdown, all that remains is you, a casino, and the truth.

Nutley Little Theatre Presents TIN CAT SHOES
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2023

Nutley Little Theatre presents Tin Cat Shoes by Trish Harnetiaux, Directed by Sarah Gorden. 

Rising Sun Performance Company Presents Two World Premiere Productions, PROUD And UNTITLED CALAMITY JANE PLAY
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 20, 2023

Four peac*cks escape from the zoo and conquer Philadelphia's I-76 and a larger than life cowgirl takes center stage at Madame Moustache's bar in the World Premieres of Proud by Judd Lear Silverman and the Untitled Calamity Jane Play by Kati Frazier.

Third Annual Faces of America Monologue Festival Takes Place This Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 16, 2021

On Saturday November 20th at 7pm ET / 4pm PT The PlayGround Experiment will be hosting its third annual Faces of America Monologue Festival to help raise funds to support Native American Rights Fund. 

Rising Sun Performance Company Announces Free Two Day Theatre Festival On Governors Island This Weekend
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2021

Founding Artistic Director Akia Squitieri announced today that Rising Sun Performance Company will be presenting a rotation of children’s plays to be performed in person outdoors on Governors Island for two days August 21st & 22nd.

RSPC Announces Its Outdoor NYC Parks Tour This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2021

The first play featured in the touring series is “Playing Possum” by Holly Hepp-Galván. In this retelling of Mexican folklore, the story follows Possum's adventures where perhaps he plays one trick too many. Presented with both English and Spanish language elements, this play for families will have children laughing while they think about what it really means to be clever.

Rising Sun Performance Company Announces New Resident Ensemble Company Members
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 18, 2021

Founding Artistic Director Akia, announced today that Rising Sun Performance Company has invited 8 new artists to join its resident ensemble company. These artistic relationships grew from the company’s internal artistic development programs and virtual programming last season. 

Actors' Playhouse To Present Digital Version Of Lerner And Loewe's CAMELOT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 5, 2020

Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre will present a digital version of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot from October 19 - 25, 2020 on Music Theatre International's new streaming platform ShowTix4U.

The PGE Announces Voices Of America Writers Workshop
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2020

The PlayGround Experiment is proud to announce a new exciting program we are adding to our multitude of opportunities available to actors and writers, the Voices of America Writers Workshop.

Actors' Playhouse Announces Complete Cast of Lerner And Loewe's CAMELOT
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2020

Actors' Playhouse is proud to announce the complete cast for its production of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot playing March 18 - April 12, 2020 at the Miracle Theatre.

The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company Presents BETTY'S SUMMER VACATION
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2018

Looking for a little rest and time to herself, Betty rents a summer share at the beach. But Betty's luck turns to delicious lunacy when this sensible Everywoman gets drawn into the chaotic world of some very unsavory housemates - her friend Trudy who talks too much; the lewd, seminaked Buck, who tries to have sex with everyone; and Keith, a possible serial killer who hides in his room with a mysterious hat box. With sand between her toes, walking a thin line between sanity and survival, poor Betty will leave her summer vacation more terrorized than tan.

REVERIES: An Immersive Theatrical Experience to Play The Tank
by Julie Musbach - Jan 29, 2018

The Tank (Meghan Finn and Rosalind Grush, Artistic Directors) will present Reveries: An Immersive Theatrical Experience at The Tank (312 West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues) on February 1st, 2018 with six performances through February 4th, 2018.

UC San Diego Theatre & Dance to Welcome Veronica Santiago Moniello for thesisWORKS 2017
by BWW News Desk - Dec 7, 2017

The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents thesisWORKS 2017: Before the horses crash into the ground, and then the ground. A dance performance by Ver nica Santiago Moniello.

UC San Diego Theatre & Dance to Welcome Veronica Santiago Moniello for thesisWORKS 2017
by BWW News Desk - Dec 5, 2017

The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents thesisWORKS 2017: Before the horses crash into the ground, and then the ground. A dance performance by Ver nica Santiago Moniello.

UC San Diego to Present Dance Performance THE IMPLICIT SELF This Week
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 18, 2017

The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents The Implicit Self, a continuous dance practice in which director Veronica Santiago Moniello destabilizes space by redirecting the iconography that possesses her way of moving. Based on Moniello's last research, 'The Origin of an Implicit Body Language,' which was developed during the summer of 2016 in Venezuela and supported by CILAS, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Fundacion Androginos from Merida, Venezuela, the performance is an ongoing process of experimentation. It runs April 20-22, 7:30 p.m., at the Molli and Arthur Wagner Dance Building, Dance Studio 3 in the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theatre District on UC San Diego's campus.

Coinciding with Alfaguara's 50th Anniversary, The Alfaguara Novel Prize Celebrates Its 17th Edition
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2013

MIAMI, Oct. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ Since being founded in 1964, Alfaguara has supported Spanish literature and Latin America, building a two-way street for published works on either side of the Atlantic, and it was with this vision that the Alfaguara Novel Prize was born. The prize has subsequently established itself as a benchmark for quality literary awards given to an unpublished work written in Spanish. Its prestige throughout the Spanish-speaking world means that winning works enjoy international distribution, reaching over 400 million Spanish-speakers. The winner is published simultaneously in Spain, Latin America and the U.S., as well as being concurrently distributed in 19 Spanish-speaking countries.

La invencion del amor, by Jose Ovejero, Awarded the 2013 Alfaguara Novel Prize
by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2013

Spanish author Jose Ovejero has been awarded the 2013 Alfaguara Novel Prize, consisting of 175,000 dollars and a statue by Martin Chirino for his work La invencion del amor, submitted under the title Triangulo imperfecto and the penname Doppelganger.