Saturday, April 7, 2012

Playwright News--4.6.12

 
New playwrights at Victory Gardens' stable; Mayes departs Bailiwick
Chicago Sun-Times
by Hedy Weiss Theater Critic/hweiss@suntimes.om April 5, 2012 4:04PM Four emerging playwrights representing "the next generation" of promising Chicago and nationwide-based talent — Tanya Saracho, Philip Dawkins, Samuel D. Hunter and Marcus Gardley ...
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'Tangled' playwright calls out President Barack Obama
Chicago Sun-Times
By MARY MITCHELL mmitchell@suntimes.com April 5, 2012 12:26AM 'Tangled" Playwright Nicole Anderson-Cobb knew she was stepping on some toes by having a character in the play rebuke President Barack Obama. The play is currently being performed at eta ...
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Interim Writers breathes life into Boston playwright scene
Boston.com (blog)
Instead, the two playwrights' conversation is marked with friendly smiles, laugher, and praise for new, upcoming theater productions. Last August, Mondi and Seinuk co-founded Interim Writers, a Cambridge-based artist collective that seeks to help ...
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The Big Meal Gets an Extra Helping in NYC, Extending to April 29
Playbill.com
Playwrights Horizons has added an additional week, now to April 29. The play opened March 21 following previews from March 1 at Playwrights Horizons' intimate upstairs home at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Obie Award winner Sam Gold (Circle Mirror ...
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Playbill.com
Cards, drink, devilment fuel Alley Theatre's 'Seafarer'
Houston Chronicle
(For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain, April 3, 2012) James Black as James "Sharky" Harkin, left, and Todd Waite as Mr. Lockhart, in this scene from Alley Theatre's Houston premiere of Irish playwright Conor McPherson's "The Seafarer.
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Cygnet Theatre Announces World Premiere of Local Playwright Richard Platt's ...
Broadway World
Artistic Director Sean Murray is proud to announce Cygnet Theatre's second World Premiere production - acclaimed local writer Richard Platt's RIPPLES FROM WALDEN POND - An Evening with Henry David Thoreau. This production, which began as a ...
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Caps Lock Theatre Announce FOREPLAY THE PLAY for April 19 - May 6
Broadway World
Caps Lock Theatre will present The Foreplay Play by award-winning playwright Mariah MacCarthy from April 19 to May 6, 2012. It will run Thursday – Sunday at 8:00. This dark comedy is set in an apartment in Brooklyn, which is also the venue for this ...
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Theater Review: René Moreno Drives Superb Production of August: Osage County
D Magazine
By Lindsey Wilson Playwright Tracy Letts is known for being provocative. The movie version of his 1991 play Killer Joe was recently slapped with an NC-17 rating, Bug saw Ashley Judd getting seriously creeped out by Michael Shannon.
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Theatre Horizon tackles abuse in latest production
The Times Herald
By M. ENGLISH Playwright Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive" may have debuted 15 years ago. But Theatre Horizon spokesmen believe the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about "a young woman growing up in the 60s who takes driving lessons from her uncle, ...
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Blogs
 
A talk with playwright Jason Gray Platt | Round House Theatre ...
By spressler
Shortly before rehearsals began, Production Dramaturg Jessica Burgess sat down to talk with Crown of Shadows playwright Jason Gray Platt about his new play. Jessica Burgess: Rehearsals begin tomorrow. How do you feel? Jason Gray ...
Round House Theatre

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