Sarah Ellen

Review: A Love Story, a Critique, a Cry of Despair: SHEEPDOG at Contemporary American Theater Festival

In the end, it is largely the combination of sensitively-selected detail and poetic diction on the one hand, and the big-picture view of various interlocked social problems that makes the show so extraordinary. In that big picture, the problems are too pervasive, too ingrained to surmount, and well-intentioned people trying to escape those problems will probably fail. In the end, the play suggests, we are much more the product of the forces that shaped us than of our own volition.

BWW Review: Contemporary American Theater Festival's SHEEPDOG A Gritty, Moving Tour-de-Force

Sarah Ellen Stephens delivers a passionate, nuanced performance as Amina, a black Cleveland police officer whose relationship with a fellow, white officer is dealt a huge blow when a late-night confrontation with a suspect leads to a shooting, under murky circumstances. Playwright Kevin Artigue does an admirable job of laying out the complexities, leaving enough room for all of us to contemplate how easily even the best of intentions can implode.

San Jose Stage Announces Cast & Creatives For GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Desire becomes destiny in Neil Bartlett’s powerful adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale.  A young orphan named Pip takes us on a journey through the windswept marshes of England, to the cobweb-strewn lair of mad Miss Havisham, and into the ruthless streets of London. A story of survival filled with intrigue and unexpected twists that has captivated generations, the true nature of generosity and the price of revenge comes to life in this raw adaptation. Might we find it in our hearts to forgive the unforgivable?

F*It Club to Present THE SPRING FLING: HAPPILY EVER AFTER

F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, will complete ten years of its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays at the IRT Theater as part of their 3B Development Series in Manhattan's West Village with The Spring Fling: Happily Ever After.

CCM To Present Joint Virtual Senior Showcase For Musical Theater And Acting Students

The Musical Theater and Acting departments at The University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, will host an exclusive online senior showcase for their thirty-five graduating seniors on April 12 after canceling their New York showcase for the second consecutive year due to COVID restrictions.

CCM Launches Joint Virtual Showcase for Musical Theater and Acting Students

The Musical Theater and Acting departments at The University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, will host an exclusive online senior showcase for their thirty-five graduating seniors on April 12 after canceling their New York showcase for the second consecutive year due to COVID restrictions.

Performance Installation NEGATIVE LIBERTY/POSITIVE LIBERTY Premieres in March

The american vicarious and The Invisible Dog Arts Center will present the world premiere of Negative Liberty / Positive Liberty, a socially distanced performance installation exploring famed British philosopher Isaiah Berlin's historic 1958 lecture/essay: Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative & Positive.

Gordon Clapp to Lead World Premiere of Theresa Rebeck's DIG

Dorset Theatre Festival, under the leadership of Artistic Director Dina Janis and Producing Director Will Rucker, will open DIG, the first World Premiere production of the 42nd Season, on July 11. The play is written and directed by the Festival's Resident Playwright, Theresa Rebeck.

Photo Flash: First Look at spit&vigor's THE EXECUTION OF MRS. COTTON at IRT Theater

NYIT award-winning company members of spit&vigor present THE EXECUTION OF MRS. COTTON, written by Sara Fellini and directed by Samuel Adams. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Photo Flash: spit&vigor's THE EXECUTION OF MRS. COTTON Premieres at IRT Theater

 NYIT award-winning company members of spit&vigor are thrilled to announce their upcoming production of THE EXECUTION OF MRS. COTTON, written by Sara Fellini and directed by Samuel Adams. THE EXECUTION OF MRS. COTTON will be presented Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 PM July 14-31 with one 3PM matinee on Sunday, July 24th (there will no evening performance on July 24th).  The performances will be held at IRT Theater (154 Christopher Street, Manhattan, buzzer 3B, off the Christopher Street Path Station, or a few blocks from the Christopher Street 1 stop) as part of IRT Theater's 3B Residency series. Tickets are $15. For advance reservations, email spitnvigor@gmail.com or visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2562944. 

THE EXECUTION OF MRS. COTTON to Play IRT Theater

NYIT award-winning company members of spit&vigor are thrilled to announce their upcoming production of THE EXECUTION OF MRS. COTTON, written by Sara Fellini and directed by Samuel Adams. THE EXECUTION OF MRS. COTTON will be presented Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 PM July 14-31 with one 3PM matinee on Sunday, July 24th (there will no evening performance on July 24th).

Work of Eco-Theater JUPITER to Play LaMaMa in February

'JUPITER (a play about power)' by Superhero Clubhouse and Kaimera Productions is an argument of soaring irony and logic between humanity and a dude with one-time magic who has made all fossil fuels disappear permanently from the Earth. That's not such an unbelievable premise, when you think about it, because in terms of our global history, we are on the brink of an energy systems overhaul. Some 'man at the switch' could at any time begin shutting our industrial civilization down. Oh, we'll be indignant then. Now imagine a philosophical debate between this overlord and a woman who represents all of humankind. That is the one-act 'dream play' that will be offered to us by playwright Jeremy Pickard, director Simon Adinia Hanukai and musician/energy policy specialist Jonathan Camuzeaux, presented by La Mama from February 11-28, 2016.

Photo Flash: DOUBT, A PARABLE

DOUBT, A Parable, has a new, expanded title since it began its Broadway run, but it's the same riveting drama that gathered a Pulitzer Prize and Best Play Tony Award. And the upcoming Human Race Theatre Company production will provide even more emotional intensity, thanks to the intimacy of the 219-seat Loft Theatre.

DOUBT, A PARABLE Comes To Loft Theater 3/19 - 4/5

DOUBT, A Parable, has a new, expanded title since its Broadway run, but it's the same riveting drama that gathered a Pulitzer Prize and Best Play Tony Award as just plain Doubt. And the upcoming Human Race Theatre Company production will provide even more emotional intensity, thanks to the intimacy of the 219-seat Loft Theatre.

Photo Flash: DOUBT, A Parable At The Loft Theater

DOUBT, A Parable, has a new, expanded title since its Broadway run, but it's the same riveting drama that gathered a Pulitzer Prize and Best Play Tony Award as just plain Doubt. And the upcoming Human Race Theatre Company production will provide even more emotional intensity, thanks to the intimacy of the 219-seat Loft Theatre.

DOUBT, A PARABLE Comes To Loft Theater 3/19 - 4/5

DOUBT, A Parable, has a new, expanded title since its Broadway run, but it's the same riveting drama that gathered a Pulitzer Prize and Best Play Tony Award as just plain Doubt. And the upcoming Human Race Theatre Company production will provide even more emotional intensity, thanks to the intimacy of the 219-seat Loft Theatre.