Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre (MET) gives the censorship drama Alabama Story its Kansas City, MO, premiere April 9-13 in the intimate setting of The Simpson House, a three-story 1909 mansion…
Tennessee Williams Drank Here, a three-act drama by Kenneth Jones about a family of white restaurateurs clashing over their decades-old participation in racist practices at their Mississippi…
Ten Minutes On a Bench, my vignette comedy for a cast of eight or more, will be produced by the theater department of University of Wisconsin Milwaukee April 23-27, 2025. An ensemble of all-…
Ground UP Productions, the independent Off-Off-Broadway company, announced plays by Shelley McPherson, Alex Webb, Jordan Reeves and Kenneth Jones for its Winter 2025 New Works Reading Series…
When I saw Michelle Kholos Brooks' new play Room 1214 in a staged reading at Florida Repertory Theatre in spring 2024, I called it "a conjuring." After experiencing the world premiere of it …
"Two comedians in recovery walk into a theater." That sounds like the start of a dubious joke, but it's exactly where collaborating playwrights Spike Manton and Harry Teinowitz " also known …
Alabama Story, the drama that tells the true story of a librarian who was persecuted for protecting a children's book in 1959, will get its Chicago premiere in apt venues: bookstores. Ghostl…
"No man is an island," or so the poet John Donne wrote. But in Carey Crim's new play, The Islanders, next-door neighbors Anna and Dutch are very happy to be their own islands, keeping themse…
Hollywood, Nebraska, the six-actor comedy by Kenneth Jones about two actresses who return to their remote hometown to deal with separate family emergencies, is now published and licensed by …
Playwright Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder went home again this summer " in more ways than one. The Alabama native known for her association with Alabama Shakespeare Festival and their premieres of…
I'm so lucky to have people in my corner to test and develop my new plays. Ground UP Productions, the indie New York City company run by artistic director Kate Middleton and fellow alumni of…
In her new play Funny, Like an Abortion, playwright Rachel Bublitz is tackling a topic so in flux that she puts index cards in the hands of actors to convey the twists of current events. The…
Actors often have side hustles, from waiting tables to word processing, but rarely are their performance skills so utilized as when they become "standardized patients," presenting scripted s…
The set for Kenneth Jones' new comedy, Ten Minutes On a Bench, couldn't be simpler: It's a park bench. In the 13-scene play, that bench becomes a perch for 27 characters who are seeking a lo…
The indie Manhattan company Ground UP Productions will present four new plays in its winter 2024 staged reading series on four Mondays in February. The playwrights and plays are Dianne Nora'…
Florida's Powerstories Theatre, the nonprofit professional theater devoted to "true stories to open minds and hearts and inspire action worldwide," will present the Tampa premiere of Kenneth…
There's a delightful new holiday distraction in store for fans of radio plays, theater and the stories of Damon Runyon. In fall 2023, Hear Play Audio Theatre released the audio play Three Wi…
Jan Lucas has carved out a beautiful career acting on stages around the country, primarily in Chicago and Indianapolis. I was lucky to meet her when she was cast in a developmental readin…
Ten Minutes on a Bench, a new comedy about series of first dates arranged through a fictional app that places potential partners on a park bench to meet for a restricted amount of time, gets…
South Camden Theatre Company gives Alabama Story its New Jersey premiere Sept. 15-Oct. 1, 2023. Kenneth Jones' play based on the true story the persecuted state librarian of Alabama is getti…
Christine Toy Johnson's play The Secret Wisdom of Trees, about a woman's need to map her past as she faces a future with Alzheimer's disease, will get a fresh developmental step in a read…
Alabama Story, the fact-inspired censorship drama about a state senator who rattles the shelves of a librarian who protects a children's picture book, will make its Huntsville, Alabama bow a…
I'm writing this on June 25, 2023. It's Pride Day in New York City. Every LGBTQ+ person is on their own journey. The path is rarely easy. The destination is rewarding. Chosen family can be a…
Hollywood, Nebraska, the rueful comedy about show people, small towns and coming home, will get a unique presentation in Canada by Naked Stage Readers Theatre, a company known for its barebo…
Very Little Theatre, one of the oldest community theaters on the West Coast, will give Alabama Story its Oregon premiere in spring 2024 as part of a seven-title season on two stages. Stanley…