Ursula Rani Sarma’s new play, The Magic Tree, premieres at Keegan Theatre October 10, 2015. She is an award-winning playwright who has been Writer in Residence for the National Theatre Studio London, Paines Plough Theatre Company London and the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Centre.
When She Had Wings (review). Yours are waiting at Imagination Stage
There’s a not-so-secret code in Theater for Young Audiences (TYA) productions. Whether you’re a parent/guardian or just someone interested in theater, you might read the synopsis of a TYA production on a snazzy postcard or a painstakingly-crafted advertisement with the intention of maybe checking out the show, but you probably won’t decide to go until […]
UpClose: Allison and Margaret Engel, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, the new play from Allison and Margaret Engel, opens October 9, 2015 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
UpClose: Hope Lynne Price-Lindsay, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Playwright Hope Lynne Price-Lindsay’s new play, For the Love of Oscar, debuts October 28, 2015, produced by The New Millennium Howard Players.
UpClose: Clare Lizzimore, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Clare Lizzimore’s play Animal debuts at Studio Theatre X on September 30, 2015. She is a playwright and an Olivier-Award winning director. Her first play, Mint (2013), was produced at the Royal Court’s Open Court Season and long-listed for the prestigious Bruntwood Prize. Her first radio play was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014, her new radio play The […]
UpClose: Ginna Hoben, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Ginna Hoben is a professional actor/playwright based out of NYC. Her new play, No Spring Chicken, debuts at NextStop Theatre on September 24, 2015. She has toured all over the country and has extensive classical credits. Ginna is the author of The Twelve Dates of Christmas, a one-women holiday comedy that has been performed at theaters […]
UpClose: Liz Maestri, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Inheritance Canyon, Liz Maestri’s new play, debuts September 18, 2015, produced by Taffety Punk.
Women Laughing Alone With Salad at Woolly Mammoth (review)
Well, folks, I’m not sure I should bother to tell anyone to go see this, as without a doubt it will have sold out before I finish writing this sentence. Word of mouth being what it is in this town, you’ve probably already heard that Woolly Mammoth’s got a runaway hit with this world premiere […]
UpClose: Andrea Assaf, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Andrea Assaf will perform her play, Eleven Reflections on September, September 15, 2015 at the Kennedy Center. She is the founding Artistic Director of Art2Action Inc., is a writer, performer, director, educator and cultural organizer. She has a Masters degree in Performance Studies and a BFA in Acting, both from NYU. She’s currently a “Building […]
UpClose: Mary Hall Surface, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Stay Awake, Mary Hall Surface’s new play for very young audiences debuts October 2, 2-15 at Atlas Performing Arts Center. She is a four-time nominee for the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play and five-time nominee and 2002 recipient of the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction. Round House Theatre, Folger Theatre, National Gallery […]
UpClose: Sheila Callaghan, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Sheila Callaghan’s new play, Women Laughing Alone with Salad, is playing at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through October 4, 2015. Everything You Touch was produced at the Contemporary American Theater Festival last summer. She is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award for emerging artists, a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwright’s Center in Minneapolis, a […]
UpClose: Jen Silverman, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Jen Silverman’s play, Phoebe in Winter, opens September 23 at Single Carrot Theatre in Baltimore. Her work has been produced off-Broadway by the Playwrights Realm (Crane Story), off-off Broadway by Clubbed Thumb (Phoebe in Winter), by Actor’s Theatre of Louisville (The Roommate, Humana 2016), and by InterAct Theatre (The Dangerous House of Pretty Mbane).