FLYING, ALMOST HEAVEN, and More Lead Chenango River Theatre's 2017 Season
The greater Binghamton area's longest running Equity theatre will kickoff its 11th season with a world premiere production, followed by the regional premiere of a musical featuring the music of John Denver, plus a classic comedy and finally a compelling drama about a quintessential American family caught in an unexpected situation.
UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies Presents Heart of Spain - A MUSICAL OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
This October, the UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies (TDPS) presents Heart of Spain - A Musical of the Spanish Civil War, co-written by TDPS professor Peter Glazer and Eric Bain Peltoniemi. Presented in conjunction with the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Heart of Spain follows a group of US volunteers-men and women from a mix of socio-economic classes and ethnic backgrounds-across the Atlantic, over the Pyrenees, and into battle as they fight to defend the Spanish Republic against fascist General Francisco Franco's military coup on the eve of WWII.
Crowded Fire Theater Welcomes New Artistic Director
Crowded Fire Theater (CFT), one of the Bay Area's most innovative and critically acclaimed producers of new plays, today announced the hiring of Mina Morita as the new Artistic Director. Morita replaces Marissa Wolf, who resigned from her post in December 2014 to become Director of New Works at Kansas City Rep. Morita's hire is the result of a national search that saw applications from over 40 talented candidates. As Artistic Associate at Berkeley Rep, Morita helped establish and run The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the Creation and Development of New Work. Mina also served as Board President of Shotgun Players for the past five years, during which she oversaw immense growth for the company. She will be leaving both positions to lead Crowded Fire in collaboration with longtime Managing Director and current Executive Producing Director Tiffany Cothran.
Crowded Fire Theater's Artistic Director Marissa Wolf to Step Down
Crowded Fire Theater (CFT), one of the Bay Area's most innovative and critically acclaimed producers of new plays, today announced an upcoming change in leadership. After six seasons at its helm, Marissa Wolf will be leaving the position of Artistic Director at the end of Crowded Fire's 2014 Season. Wolf took over artistic leadership of the company in 2008 after founding Artistic Director Rebecca Novick's departure a year prior. She heads the company along with CFT Managing Director Tiffany Cothran. Executive Producing Director
Playwright Philip Kan Gotanda Joins Faculty of UC Berkeley
Prolific playwright Philip Kan Gotanda has been appointed a Professor in the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. A groundbreaking figure in American Drama and a champion of stories of marginalized and under-represented communities in America, Gotanda's works are produced and studied throughout the US and abroad.
Georgia Ensemble Theatre Announces 2013-2014 Season Lineup
A packed audience at tonight's opening performance of Hello Dolly! was treated to the official announcement from Artistic Director Robert J. Farley of Georgia Ensemble Theatre's (GET) 2013-2014 Season. The selections are: Almost Heaven: John Denver's America written and adapted by Peter Glazer, Deathrap by Ira Levin, the world premiere of The Only Light in Reno by Topher Payne,
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby adapted for the stage by Simon Levy, and Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Georgia Ensemble Theatre is the Official Resident Professional Theatre Company at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center in historic Roswell, Georgia.
UC Berkeley Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG with Expanded Cast, 11/9-18
Woody Guthrie's American Song, the second production in UC Berkeley's Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Main Stage 2012/13 season, opens November 9 in the Durham Studio Theater on the UC Berkeley campus. The work will enjoy not only a timely production (2012 is Woody's 100th birthday year), but a unique and expanded production under the direction of Peter Glazer, the musical's original creator and director, who's eager to see the show open up questions of class difference, labor, immigrant rights, and equity for our audiences. The musical premiered in 1988.
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, Now thru 7/22
To celebrate Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday, the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse presents a concert production of Woody Guthrie's American Song, an award-winning musical based on the life and music of the iconic American folk singer, written and directed by Peter Glazer, and performed by a cast of talented actor/musicians running from tonight, July 11 to July 22.
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, 7/11-22
To celebrate Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday, the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse will present a concert production of Woody Guthrie's American Song, an award-winning musical based on the life and music of the iconic American folk singer, written and directed by Peter Glazer, and performed by a cast of talented actor/musicians running from July 11 to July 22.
Linda Park, J. Michael Flynn Featured in Love in American Times 5/12-6/5
An experienced, talented cast takes on the age-old tradition of matchmaking with a contemporary twist in San Jose Repertory Theatre's world premiere of Love in American Times, by Philip Kan Gotanda. Love in American Times is directed by San Jose Rep's Artistic Director Rick Lombardo, and will run from May 12 through June 5, 2011.
Linda Park, J. Michael Flynn Featured in Love in American Times 5/12-6/5
An experienced, talented cast takes on the age-old tradition of matchmaking with a contemporary twist in San Jose Repertory Theatre's world premiere of Love in American Times, by Philip Kan Gotanda. Love in American Times is directed by San Jose Rep's Artistic Director Rick Lombardo, and will run from May 12 through June 5, 2011.
Cinnabar Theatre Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, Closes 1/23
Cinnabar Theater presents 'Woody Guthrie's American Song' featuring songs and writings by Woody Guthrie and conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. This stirring musical journey follows legendary singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie on the cross country travels which inspired his songs about American life and events during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era. Featuring over two dozen of Woody Guthrie's most famous ballads and folk songs including 'Bound for Glory' and 'This Land Is Your Land.'
Cinnabar Theatre Presents WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, 12/21-1/23
Cinnabar Theater presents 'Woody Guthrie's American Song' featuring songs and writings by Woody Guthrie and conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. This stirring musical journey follows legendary singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie on the cross country travels which inspired his songs about American life and events during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era. Featuring over two dozen of Woody Guthrie's most famous ballads and folk songs including 'Bound for Glory' and 'This Land Is Your Land.'
