Steve Karp

Winner Of The Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights Contest Announced

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company (www.playhousecreatures.org)is proud to announce the winners of its first annual 'Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights Contest.'

PlayFest Santa Barbara Festival Announces 2018 Events

PlayFest Santa Barbara, in partnership with the Santa Barbara Public Library, and with the support of a Community Arts Grant from the City of Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture, presents the Sixth Annual Festival of New Plays. The staged reading of Steve Karp's Honoree Play, REUNION, will take place in the Santa Barbara Central Library on March 10 at 7p.m. REUNION was selected as the 2018 Honoree play following an international competition. E. Bonnie Lewis and Ken Gilbert of DramaDogs will perform the roles of He and She. Maggie Mixsell of Speaking of Stories, will narrate. Anna Jensen, former Ensemble Theatre dramaturge and current co-host of Theatrixsb podcast, will moderate a post reading talkback between the audience and the playwright. The reading is free.

BWW Interviews: VANESSA KAI

Once in a while you see an actor whose performance just blows you away. That happened when I saw A.R. Gurney's Far East for the third time and Vanessa Kai was cast as The Reader. A few years later I saw her perform in the physically demanding and emotionally wrenching two-person show, An Infinite Ache, about a couple who meet, marry and grow old together.

BWW Reviews: The St. Louis Actors' Studio Intriguing Presentation of the LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL (Part One)

St. Louis should feel honored that the St. Louis Actors' Studio has established a new summer tradition with their LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL which began last week. It is an opportunity for all theater-goers to see fresh one act plays that are both thought-provoking and engaging. As a special treat playwright/screenwriter/director Neil LaBute also contributes a piece each year. This event is truly special and one that should not be missed.

Stamford Theatre Works to Close Its Doors After 20 Years

Stamford Theatre Works is in the process of discontinuing its programming and dissolving its theater operations after 20 years of producing professional Equity theater in Stamford, Connecticut.

Stamford Theatre Works To Present La Bute's 'Mercy Seat' Starting 9/17

Stamford Theatre Works will open its 21st season in September at its barn theatre, 200 Strawberry Hill Avenue in Stamford, with 'The Mercy Seat' by Neil LaBute, September 17 - October 5.

Stamford Theatre Works To Present La Bute's 'Mercy Seat' Starting 9/17

Stamford Theatre Works will open its 21st season in September at its barn theatre, 200 Strawberry Hill Avenue in Stamford, with 'The Mercy Seat' by Neil LaBute, September 17 - October 5.