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Playwright Jeff Talbott talks about his new play, getting a reading in the 2015 NewTACTics Festival of New Plays by Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre.
Broadway's Robert Creighton talks about his passion for James Cagney and how it led him to co-write (and star in) a musical about the Hollywood icon.
NewTACTics, a program of Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, will present four staged readings of new works in June. The playwrights and titles have been announced.
Pop and theatre singer-songwriter Daniel Zaitchik is testing his new musical romantic comedy in a May 12 concert reading in Los Angeles. He talks about his latest project.
Playwrights Jeffrey Chastang, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, Alex & Hana Mironoff and John Walch are in residence at Alabama Shakespeare Festival's home the week of May 4 to prep readings of their n…
Playwright Karen Tarjan talks about her new play about the explorers who found themselves trapped in ice near Antarctica circa 1915.
Playwright Patrick Riviere talks about the inspiration behind his play about an aging grandfather's intolerance.
A look at some of the Finalists in the 2015 National Playwrights Conference of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
An interview with Bess Wohl on the creation of her Off-Broadway play "Small Mouth Sounds," set at a silent retreat.
Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City has announced its 2015-16 season, to include four musicals and a world-premiere play, among other titles.
Broadway actress-writer Cass Morgan talks about her autobiographical musical being prepped in her hometown of Rochester, NY.
"The Granite State," a hit last summer for Peterborough Players in New Hampshire, will get a sequel. Playwright Charles Morey is interviewed.
Actor-playwright David Meyers talks about the inspiration behind his new play "Broken," about a mass shooting, getting an Off-Off-Broadway run in April.
"Mr. Wheeler's," Rob Zellers' play set in a restaurant in a declining town, gets a reading by Pioneer Theatre Company. The playwright talks.
Playwright Callie Kimball talks about her Florida-set comedy about a white business owner's approach to slavery reparations in "Alligator Road," premiering March 12 by Maine's Mad Horse Thea…
Playwright Wendy MacLeod talks about her new play, "Slow Food," getting a March 6-7 reading by Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City.
Utah playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett talks about his new play, "A/Version of Events," about a Mormon couple at a crossroads.
Pioneer Theatre Company's second annual Play-By-Play Reading Series begins Feb. 20-21 with "Speculator Spirits" by Josh Tobiessen. The playwright talks about his new work.
Stage Force, the New England theatre company, unveils titles for its 2015 reading series in New Hampshire. Barbara Kingsley's look at the poet Emily Dickinson is booked.
Cast and crew announced for milestone world premiere of Carleton Bluford's "Mama" by Utah's Plan-B Theatre Company. A Q&A with the playwright is featured.
Sean Grennan's heartfelt " literally " comedy, "The Tin Woman," about a heart transplant recipient who meets the family of her late donor, gets a Chicago reading Feb. 9. It premiered at Wisc…
A roundup of reviews and press earned for Pioneer Theatre Company's world premiere of "Alabama Story," which set a box office record.
William Parry and Greta Lambert will play Civil Rights-era political foes in the world premiere of "Alabama Story," a 2014 National Playwrights Conference Finalist, at Pioneer Theatre Compan…
Slant Theatre Project co-artistic director Adam Knight talks about Mat Smart's new suburban-set play "Naperville" an how it hits the goals of the Off-Off-Broadway's company's mission.
Wes Grantom and Julie Kramer are among directors for the newly announced titles in the second annual Play-By-Play Reading Series of Pioneer Theatre Company in Utah.