PEN/Hemingway Award-Winning Author Gives Keynote At Ucross Event
Monday evening, Ucross celebrated its longstanding partnership with the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel during a dinner attended by more than 100 participants of the International Hemingway Society Conference at Sheridan College. Kevin Powers of Fernandina Beach, Florida, a PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author and an alumnus of the Ucross artist residency program, gave the keynote address.
Photo Flash: First Look at Good Theater's BECKY'S NEW CAR
Good Theater kicks off the second half of its season with the Portland premiere of the hilarious hit comedy BECKY'S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz. BECKY'S NEW CAR plays January 29 through February 23 at Good Theater's home the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
OPENING UP Author Tristan Taormino to Appear on AFTER THE ROMANCE
Tristan Taormino will be on 'To The Best of Our Knowledge,' as part of a show called 'After the Romance,' which airs this weekend on NPR stations. Tristan talks with host Steve Paulson about her book Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, open relationships, swinging, polyamory, and more.
Mud Creek Players Present BECKY'S NEW CAR Through 10/1
Becky's New Car, by Steven Dietz, opened Friday, September 16th on the Mud Creek Barn stage. In this hilarious comedy, Dietz takes you on a ride through the mid-life crisis of an everyday woman as she tries to find a way out of her boring housework, boring job, boring everything! The play is a touching romantic comedy about middled-aged Becky Foster (Forba Shepherd), her roofer husband Joe (Ken Delp) and their matriculating son Chris (Dustin Van Treese). Becky looks for change on the horizon when you also meet the others in her road of life, Steve (Paul Sommer), Walter Flood (Collin Moore), Kensington (Heather Kroetz) and Ginger (Judy McGroarty)-- each of whom evoke the laughter of theater patrons.
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Comes To Philadelphia, 4/27-5/2
August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma will make its Philadelphia premiere at the Forrest Theatre on April 27 through May 2, part of the Broadway Series, a cooperative effort between the Kimmel Center and the Shubert Organization.
Kelrik Productions Holds RENT Auditions 8/27 At Unity
Kelrik Productions is casting RENT Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical. Erik Austin Director, Stephen Tosh Musical Director, rehearsals begin September 1. Performances October 15-18 at the Spanos Theatre, PAC in San Luis Obispo.
Kelrik Productions Holds RENT Auditions 8/27 At Unity
Kelrik Productions is casting RENT Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical. Erik Austin Director, Stephen Tosh Musical Director, rehearsals begin September 1. Performances October 15-18 at the Spanos Theatre, PAC in San Luis Obispo.
Parsons Led AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Tour Opens In Denver 7/28
The producers of August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, present the First National Tour. The tour officially kicks off in Denver at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on July 28, 2009.
Paula Mann Performs I LOVE TOMORROW 7/22 Thru 7/25
From July 22 to 25, 2009, Minneapolis-based Time Track Productions, headed by Paula Mann, an originator of NY's 'downtown dance,' will perform her newest evening-length work, 'I Love Tomorrow' at Dance Theater Workshop, Manhattan. The piece comes to NYC with assistance from the McKnight Foundation Fellowship program.
Paula Mann Performs I LOVE TOMORROW 7/22 Thru 7/25
From July 22 to 25, 2009, Minneapolis-based Time Track Productions, headed by Paula Mann, an originator of NY's 'downtown dance,' will perform her newest evening-length work, 'I Love Tomorrow' at Dance Theater Workshop, Manhattan. The piece comes to NYC with assistance from the McKnight Foundation Fellowship program.