Seth Bockley

Seven Artists-in-Residence to Join Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre has welcomed seven early-career artists who will join the Theatre for its 99th season as directing fellows and playwrights-in-residence. Learn more about the artists!

2024 Orchard Project Performance Labs And Artists Announced

The Orchard Project has announced the artists and companies selected to participate in its 2024 Summer Performance Lab program.

SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD & More Nominated for 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts revealed the 228 nominations for the 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards. See the full list!

Photos: First Look At THE POISONER At La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is presenting Uncommon Productions’ production of The Poisoner, written by first-time playwright M. M. Haney and directed and developed by two-time Obie Award-winning director Lee Sunday Evans (Oratorio for Living Things). See photos from the production. 

La MaMa to Present THE POISONER Directed by Lee Sunday Evans

Discover the thrilling new production, THE POISONER, presented by La MaMa and brought to life by Uncommon Productions. Experience a unique blend of drama and suspense in this captivating play.

Soulpepper Theatre Presents KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD, July 25- August 6

Soulpepper Theatre will present the Canadian premiere of King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild, a delightful new hybrid theatre-music production that brings the epic tale of Gilgamesh to life on stage. Directed by Seth Bockley, and featuring Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe alongside celebrated Arabic-Maqam fusion band, Moneka Arabic Jazz, King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild will be presented July 25 to August 6, 2023 at the Michael Young Theatre, Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Review: KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD at Jungle Theater

What did our critic think of KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD at Jungle Theater?

The Public's UNDER THE RADAR Festival Begins Tomorrow, Featuring 36 Artists and Companies at Six Venues

The Public Theater will begin performances for the 18th annual UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL tomorrow, Wednesday, January 4. Learn more about the lineup and how to get tickets!

KING GILGAMESH & THE MAN OF THE WILD World Premiere to be Presented by La MaMa & Under the Radar Festival

La MaMa and The Public’s Under the Radar Festival will present King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild, bringing to New York audiences a moving one-act production that fuses live music with storytelling to share co-creator’s Ahmed Moneka's personal journey as an Iraqi actor-refugee in North America.

Cabinet Of Curiosity Presents THE ICICLE PICNIC: JOURNEY FOR THE SUN, January 11-15

Cabinet of Curiosity, the Chicago-based theater and events company, has announced their first annual pageant The Icicle Picnic.

La MaMa Announces 61st Season Featuring 40 Productions From 8 Nations

La MaMa ETC’s 61st season will feature world-premieres by John Kelly, Erik Ehn, Elizabeth Swados, Witness Relocation/Dan Safer, Bobbie Jene Smith and Ping Chong, along with the live, in-person stage debut of Split Britches’s 2021 digital production LAST GASP and the first-ever revival of Maria Irene Fornes’ EVELYN BROWN.

Roy Cockrum Foundation to Fund Plays in the Goodman's 2022/2023 Season

Goodman Theatre announced that The Roy Cockrum Foundation will support productions in the 2022/2023 Season—the final slate of plays planned by its outgoing Artistic Director, Robert Falls—including Swing State by Rebecca Gilman and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov.

Trap Door Theatre Presents THE MARTYRDOM OF PETER OHEY

Director Nicole Wiesner brings her signature Trap Door style to adapt and direct this obscure Mrożek farce. One of Poland's most celebrated playwrights, Sławomir Mrożek wrote this absurdist piece as a subtle critique of the political system of the time.

Goodman Theatre to Present Seven Readings of New Works By Goodman Playwrights Unit Members

Goodman Theatre's commitment to new work and emerging artists continues as dates are set for in-person readings of seven new works produced by Playwrights Unit members from the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 cohorts.

The Orchard Project Announces 2021 Labs, Projects, and Participants

The Orchard Project today announced its 2021 programs as well as the names of participating artists and companies.

Cabinet Of Curiosity Announces SEA CHANGE

Cabinet of Curiosity will present Sea Change, an outdoor celebration exploring the power of the sea and the feminine divine. It is a series of wild, strange, lovely puppet shows written by emerging female playwrights and lyricists Liz Chidester, Kasey Foster, Bethany Thomas, and Lindsey Noel Whiting.

Julie Bowen, Ann Harada and More Brown University Alumni to Perform in TOGETHER APART

TOGETHER APART, a collection of new short musicals written, composed, directed-by and starring Brown University alumni, will premiere on May 27th at 5:30 PT/8:30 ET to raise money for The Actors Fund, an organization that provides emergency financial assistance to members of the entertainment community.

Tickets Are on Sale Now for Trap Door Theatre's DECOMPOSED THEATRE

This winter, Trap Door Theatre will collaborate with eight directors to create a series of episodes adapted from Matei Visniec's Decomposed Theatre Or The Human Trashcan. From Dec. 3, 2020, to Feb.4, 2021, a unique adaptation from Visniec's 'dialogic spectacle of monologues' will be performed live on Zoom between the resident Chicago ensemble and an international group of guest performers and directors.

Goodman Theatre Announces 2020/2021 Playwrights Unit

Goodman Theatre's commitment to new work and commissioning emerging artists continues as four Chicago-based writers are announced as the 2020/2021 Playwrights Unit.

2020 Pivot Arts Festival Goes Virtual, June 5â€"30

Pivot Arts, which celebrates adventurous, multidisciplinary performance, is a?oepivotinga?? in the presentation of its eighth annual Pivot Arts Festival, in response to restrictions due to COVID-19. For this year's Festivala?"subtitled a?oeThis is How We Pivota??a?"performances originally scheduled at venues in Chicago's Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods are shifting to online presentations premiering June 5a?"11, with content remaining available through June 30 at pivotarts.org/festival. Live events are postponed to future dates that will be announced.