February 2021
This month’s offerings across the U.S.
Arizona
El Zócalo
Childsplay Theatre
Phoenix
Event Date(s): Sun Feb 28 - Sun Mar 07
Type of Event: Cultural
Venue: Herberger Theatre Center
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/index.php/shows/zocalo-20/zocalo-inform
Description:
¡Únase a nosotros para el primer Festival Zócalo, un evento híbrido que presenta actividades EN VIVO y en línea para familias, presentaciones y MÁS! Obtenga más información y explore a continuación.
Seen
By: Jenny Millinger
Directed by: Jenny Millinger
Childsplay Theatre
Phoenix
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 01 - Wed Mar 31
Type of Event: Theatre performance
Venue: Vitrtual
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/index.php/schools/childsplayazdotorgslashschools/virtual-ft
Description:
This charming story explores what it means to be on your own and what it means to connect with others.
The Book of Dragons
By: Dwayne Hartford/Katie McFadzen
Directed by: Dwayne Hartford
Childsplay Theatre
Phoenix
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 01 - Wed Mar 31
Type of Event: Theatre performance
Venue: Virtual
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/index.php/schools/childsplayazdotorgslashschools/virtual-ft
Description:
Your kids will love this show all about dragons! This blend of reimagined short stories features a dragon story for every need.
Dreamers
By: Ricky Araiza (adapted from the book by Yuyi Morales)
Directed by: Ricky Araiza
Childsplay Theatre
Phoenix
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 01 - Wed Mar 31
Type of Event: Theatre performance
Venue: Virtual
Reference Link: https://childsplayinc.formstack.com/forms/childsplay_virtual_field_trip_fy20
Description:
A poetic adaptation of Yuyi Morales’s story of resilience, hope, and the courage it takes to find one’s voice when navigating a new place.
Pandora’s Box
By: Dwayne Hartford/Debra K. Stevens
Directed by: Dwayne Hartford
Childsplay Theatre
Phoenix
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 01 - Wed Mar 31
Type of Event: Theatre performance
Venue: Virtual
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/index.php/schools/childsplayazdotorgslashschools/virtual-ft
Description:
Is curiosity a good thing or a bad thing? When everything in the world seems terrible and cruel, what gives us the strength to go on? Hope.
California
Trouble in Mind
By: Alice Childress
Directed by: Awoye Timpo
American Conservatory Theater
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 29 - Fri Feb 26
Type of Event: Play Reading
Venue: Virtual
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/202122_season/act_out_loud.highResolutionDisplay.html#trouble
Description:
Time: 1957. Place: New York City. Six actors gather in a Broadway theatre to rehearse an anti-lynching play, written and directed by white artists.
Arms and the Man
By: George Bernard Shaw
Directed by: Colman Domingo
American Conservatory Theater
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Fri Feb 19 - Fri Mar 19
Type of Event: Play Reading
Venue: Virtual
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/202122_season/act_out_loud.highResolutionDisplay.html#trouble
Description:
Between a hero and a mercenary, who would you choose? In 1885 Bulgaria, young heiress Raina finds herself in the thrillingly romantic situation of finding Bluntschli, a fleeing enemy soldier-for-hire, in her room.
The Thanksgiving Play
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An L.A. Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio recording, includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
Life on Paper
By: Kenneth Lin
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An LA Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio recording of Kenneth Lin’s inspired-by-a-true-story play. When a billionaire dies in a plane crash, a forensic economist butts heads with a small town actuary over the exact value. Includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
Extinction
By: Hannie Rayson
Directed by: Martin Jarvis
L.A. Theatre Works
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $$20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An L.A. Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio recording of a new play by Australian playwright and newspaper columnist Hannie Rayson about the urgent need to combat man-made climate change to protect biodiversity. Includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
Bump
By: Chiara Atik
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An LA Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio theater recording of Atik’s comedy. based on the true story of Jorge Odón and the birthing device he invented in his garage. Includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
In Good Company
By: Jewelle Gomez, Eric Reyes Loo, Laurel Ollstein, Tim Pinckney, and Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Directed by: Ed Decker
New Conservatory Theatre Center
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 16 - Tue Jun 01
Type of Event: Podcast
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/In-Good-Company-Podcast
Description:
The drama onstage is nothing compared to what’s happening behind the scenes in this original episodic podcast series. A new kind of podcast for a different kind of world, “In Good Company” is a love letter to the resilience of art, artists, and the places they call “home”.
District-Of-Columbia
Hi, Are You Single?
By: Ryan J. Haddad
Directed by: Laura Savia and Jess McLeod
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in association with IAMA Theatre Company
Washington
Event Date(s): Mon Jan 25 - Sun Feb 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Streamed online
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/hi-are-you-single
Description:
Ryan has a higher sex drive than you. He also has cerebral palsy. You can often find him on Grindr or at your local inaccessible gay bar. Join writer/performer Ryan J. Haddad on his search to find love. Or a date. Or at least a hookup.
Florida
Hand to God
By: Robert Askins
Directed by: David M. Jenkins
Jobsite Theater
Tampa
Event Date(s): Fri Feb 26 - Sun Mar 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Jaeb Theater, Straz Center for the Performing Arts. Streaming via Vimeo.
Price: $9.99-$99.50
Reference Link: https://jobsitetheater.org/hand-to-god
Description:
Meek and mild Jason takes solace in a Christian puppet ministry after the death of his father. When his originally soft-spoken sock puppet Tyrone takes on a shocking personality, then possesses his arm, Jason unwittingly throws the town of Cypress, Texas into a tizzy.
Jobsite Digital Shorts
By: Various
Directed by: Various
Jobsite Theater
Tampa
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 16 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Online series
Venue: digitalshorts.jobsitetheater.org
Price: $1.99-$9.99
Reference Link: https://digitalshorts.jobsitetheater.org
Description:
An online series from the Jobsite Ensemble, this mixture of music videos, movement pieces, sketch, short films, readings, and more was commissioned by the company to help keep artists employed during the pandemic and possibly beyond. All proceeds go directly to the artists.
My Lord, What a Night
By: Deborah Brevoort
Directed by: Kel Haney
Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF
Orlando
Event Date(s): Wed Feb 03 - Sun Feb 14
Type of Event: A Video on Demand Performance
Venue: Virtual
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/show/my-lord-what-a-night/
Description:
Filmed on the set in the Goldman Theater, this world premiere performance of Deborah Brevoort’s bold, new script reveals the real untold story of a true friendship between German-born, Jewish scientist Albert Einstein, and African American singer Marian Anderson.
At the Movies
By: Mark Danni
Directed by: Mark Danni
TheatreZone
Naples
Event Date(s): Thu Feb 04 - Sun Feb 14
Type of Event: Themed Concert
Venue: G&L Theater
Price: $50 - 65
Reference Link: https://theatre.zone
Description:
A trip through the many hit songs from our favorite movies throughout history. This concert event will include hit songs such as “The Way We Were,” “Moon River” and “Arthur’s Theme” from Arthur, as well as some disco hits from Saturday Night Fever.
Sinatra: My Way
By: Larry Alexander
Directed by: Larry Alexander
TheatreZone
Naples
Event Date(s): Mon Feb 08 - Mon Feb 08
Type of Event: Tribute Concert
Venue: G&L Theater
Price: $50 - 65
Reference Link: https://theatre.zone
Description:
Larry Alexander, who has appeared on Broadway in Les Miserables and is a TheatreZone fan favorite, is back on our stage for this exciting concert.
Mack is Back
By: Chaz Esposito
Directed by: Chaz Esposito
TheatreZone
Naples
Event Date(s): Thu Feb 18 - Thu Feb 18
Type of Event: Tribute Concert
Venue: G&L Theater
Price: $50 - 65
Reference Link: https://theatre.zone
Description:
Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, film and television actor: there’s not much the talented Bobby Darin couldn’t do. Enjoy this special trip through his iconic career, with music spanning genres and generations.
Safe House
By: Brendan Ragan
Directed by: Brendan Ragan
Urbanite Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Fri Feb 26 - Sun Apr 04
Type of Event: Immersive Drama
Venue: Urbanite Theatre
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.urbanitetheatre.com/safehouse
Description:
After leaving his cybersecurity job at a powerful corporation, Fletcher and his wife Ava have gone into hiding, along with their damning company secrets. When Ava mysteriously disappears, Fletcher turns to a stranger to help find her: you.
Georgia
Sit-In
By: Pearl Cleage
Directed by: Mark Valdez
Alliance Theatre
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 08 - Sun Feb 28
Type of Event: Short film
Venue: Alliance Theatre Anywhere (Streaming)
Price: $10
Reference Link: https://alliancetheatre.org/sitin
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Description:
For the first time ever, Alliance Theatre delves into the world of animated theatre, featuring a mixture of Civil Rights anthems and new freedom songs. Meet three friends as they learn about the sit-ins of the Civil Rights era and powerfully apply those lessons to today’s world.
Laugh Track
Dad's Garage/Alliance Theatre
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Tue Dec 22 - Mon May 31
Type of Event: Comedy series
Venue: Alliance Theatre Anywhere (Streaming)
Price: $9.99 for series (6 episodes)
Reference Link: https://alliancetheatre.org/laughtrack
Description:
The talented comedians of Dad’s Garage examine what life’s key moments and holidays look like in this strange new world. With a mix of ridiculous characters and hilarious situations, get some much-needed laughter in this brand-new original sketch comedy show.
Illinois
Power in Pride at Home
By: multiple
Directed by: Lexi Saunders
About Face Theatre
Chicago
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 16 - Tue Aug 31
Type of Event: Streaming video series
Price: $free
Reference Link: https://www.aboutfacetheatre.com
Description:
Power in Pride is About Face Theatre’s touring show, sharing humorous and brave stories about gender & sexuality to spark conversations with students, educators, and community members of all ages.
Indiana
Ordinary Days
By: Adam Gwon
Directed by: Kate Galvin
Cardinal Stage
Bloomington
Event Date(s): Thu Feb 11 - Sun Feb 21
Type of Event: Virtual, on-demand musical
Venue: Online via Showtix4u
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://cardinalstage.org/mainstage/ordinary-days/
Description:
This sweet and funny musical celebrates the big impact of life’s small moments. A couple faces new challenges and a pair of strangers take trepidatious steps towards friendship. Their lives collide in surprising ways in this sort-of-fairy tale set in NYC.
Maryland
Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains
By: Celeen Sinnette Jennings
Directed by: Paige Hernandez
Everyman Theatre
Baltimore
Event Date(s): Mon Dec 21 - Thu Feb 04
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Video On-Demand
Price: $30
Reference Link: https://everymantheatre.org
Description:
Third installment in award-winning trilogy. As the Vietnam War rages and the Kent State killings ignite campuses across the country, Jackie arrives in Vermont to begin college. Caught between an almost comically divergent set of friends, she searches for her place in the world.
The Snow Queen
By: Mike Kenney adapted from Hans Christian Andersen
Directed by: Janet Stanford
Imagination Stage
Bethesda
Event Date(s): Tue Jan 05 - Sun Feb 28
Type of Event: Virtual play for children
Venue: online
Price: $29
Reference Link: https://patrons.imaginationstage.org/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=7958
Description:
The powerful friendship of Gerda and Kai is put to the test by the unfeeling Snow Queen. Can Gerda save Kai before his heart is frozen solid? An interactive Zoom prequel performance introduces children to the magical world and beloved characters that they see in the filmed play.
Spy Academy & the Lost Treasure of Atlantis
By: Douglas Robinson from a story by Strother Gaines
Directed by: Jeffrey Eagle
Imagination Stage
Bethesda
Event Date(s): Sat Feb 13 - Sun May 23
Type of Event: Online play for children
Venue: online
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://patrons.imaginationstage.org/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=9288
Description:
An immersive online experience full of surprises and memorable characters, each performance of Spy Academy takes a small number of families through a series of puzzles, codes, and challenges on a quest to recover the stolen Heart of the Dragon. A live virtual event for ages 5+.
Healthy Holly’s Hidden Hideaway
By: Agyeiwaa Asante & April Amara and the Single Carrot Ensemble
Directed by: Kevin McAllister
Single Carrot Theatre
Baltimore
Event Date(s): Wed Jan 13 - Mon Feb 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Virtual: play will be presented via phone and text message
Price: $10-100
Reference Link: https://singlecarrot.com/healthyholly
Description:
From the comfort of your home, you will get phone calls from Maryland’s most nefarious characters and honorable heroes as they rely on you in a race to find the secret location of the removed Confederate monuments and chase missing cash from the infamous Healthy Holly books.
Massachusetts
A Streetcar Named Desire
By: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Robert O'Hara
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 14 - Fri Dec 03
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: audible.com/Streetcar
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://audible.com/Streetcar
Description:
Haunted by her past, Blanche (Audra McDonald) seeks refuge with Stella and Stanley (Carla Gugino and Ariel Shafir) in New Orleans, where she wrestles with the nature of her sister’s husband, her sister’s denial, and her own unraveling mind.
Photograph 51
By: Anna Ziegler
Directed by: Susan Stroman
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 14 - Fri Dec 10
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: audible.com/Photograph51
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://audible.com/Photograph51
Description:
Animals
By: Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Directed by: Whitney White
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 14 - Fri Dec 17
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: audible.com/Animals
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://audible.com/Animals
Description:
Lydia and Henry’s dinner guests are about to arrive when Henry’s spontaneous marriage proposal threatens to burn the evening to a crisp. Wine bottles and years of unspoken tensions are uncorked, and, before the evening is through, Lydia must confront her long-held fears and feelings if she’s going to commit to a future with Henry.
Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club
By: Shakina Nayfack
Directed by: Laura Savia
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 14 - Wed Dec 29
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: audible.com/Chonburi
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://audible.com/Chonburi
Description:
In Shakina Nayfack’s world premiere play, a vibrant, international group of transgender women band together at a hotel in Thailand to confront the challenges and joys of gender confirmation surgery.
Minnesota
Mountain Goat Mountain
By: Zoe Barry, Liz Francis, Nikita Hederics, Tahli Corin and Sarah Lockwood.
Children's Theatre Company presenting Threshold
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Mon Feb 08 - Sun Feb 21
Type of Event: Audio Theatre
Venue: Online
Price: $15 (pay what you can)
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/
Description:
This delightful, audio-led theatre experience for families to share in their home together features guided activities that help families create their characters, setting, props, and costumes before stepping into their own imaginative world.
Stone Soup
By: Based on the popular folktale
Directed by: Melanie Salmon-Peterson
Stages Theatre Company
Hopkins
Event Date(s): Fri Feb 12 - Thu Apr 15
Type of Event: Musical, Theatre for Young Audiences
Venue: Virtual
Price: $50
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/stone-soup/
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Description:
A charming story of how sometimes it takes a stranger to show us what friendship is all about. When a family of weary outsiders arrive in the town square, fear and suspicion reign, but as they start to make soup out of a stone, each of the locals discovers something.
The Dot
By: Based on the book written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Directed by: Sandy Boren Barrett & Ann Marie Omeish
Stages Theatre Company and Escalate Dance
Hopkins
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 15 - Thu Mar 18
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences / Dance
Venue: Virtual
Price: $50
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/the-dot/
Description:
When Vashti’s teacher asks her to draw a picture, Vashti insists she’s not an artist and makes an angry dot to prove her point. But when her teacher frames her dot and hangs it up, Vashti is sent on a surprising journey of self-discovery.
Today Is My Birthday
By: Susan Soon He Stanton
Directed by: Lily Tung Crystal
Theater Mu
Saint Paul
Event Date(s): Sat Feb 06 - Sun Feb 21
Type of Event: Virtual mainstage production
Venue: Broadcast online
Price: $Pay As You Are
Reference Link: https://www.theatermu.org/today-is-my-birthday
Description:
Told through a playful combination of phone calls, voicemails, and live radio spots, Stanton’s quirky comedy illustrates life with a thousand friends on Facebook, but no one to have dinner with on a Saturday night.
New Jersey
My Funny World With Rodgers and Hart
Two River Theater
Red Bank
Event Date(s): Tue Feb 09 - Tue Feb 09
Type of Event: Zoom
Venue: Two River Theater
Price: $10
Reference Link: https://https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/myfunnyworld/
Description:
Award-winning stage and screen actress Barbara Andres (I Remember Mama) shares her whirlwind experience in the 1975 Broadway musical revue, Rodgers and Hart, saluting the iconic musical theatre compositions of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
New-York
MTA Radio Plays Episode 4-6
By: Ren Dara Santiago, David Zheng, Guadalís Del Carmen, TJ Weaver
Directed by: Dominic Colón
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
New York
Event Date(s): Mon Jan 25 - Mon May 24
Type of Event: Episodic Radio Plays
Venue: Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (website)
Price: $15 per 3 episodes
Reference Link: https://www.rattlestick.org/20202021-season/2020/10/21/mta-radio-plays
Description:
MTA Radio Plays is a series of audio dramas created to honor and celebrate the people that keep New York City running. Every episode is written by a different playwright and focuses on a station on the MTA 2 Line. Conceived and curated by Ren Dara Santiago.
North Carolina
Forever
By: Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by: Jordan Lichtenheld
Burning Coal Theatre Company
Raleigh
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 28 - Sat Feb 13
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Burning Coal Theatre
Price: $5-$25
Reference Link: https://burningcoal.org/conversations-i-always-wanted-to-have/
Description:
Dael Orlandersmith’s brutal, tender autobiographical one-woman show that looks back in anger and love at the single mother who gave up her own dream to be a dancer in order to raise her only daughter amidst the turbulence of 1960s Harlem. Running in repertory with Until the Flood.
Until the Flood
By: Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by: Renee Nixon
Burning Coal Theatre Company
Raleigh
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 28 - Sun Feb 14
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Burning Coal Theatre
Price: $5-25
Reference Link: https://burningcoal.org/conversations-i-always-wanted-to-have/
Description:
Drawn from interviews the playwright held in Ferguson, Mo., following the Michael Brown killing in 2015, this one-person show will run in rep with Ms. Orlandersmith’s Forever. Both plays will be performed live each night onstage but only available to view via livestream.
Oregon
Magellanica
By: E.M. Lewis
Directed by: Dámaso Rodríguez
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Wed Jan 13 - Wed Jun 30
Type of Event: Audio Drama
Venue: online
Price: $Sliding scale
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/magellanica-the-audio-drama/
Description:
In 1986, scientists and engineers from around the world converge at the South Pole Research Station to figure out if there really is a hole in the sky. Part historical adventure, love story, and mystical foray into the unknown, it’s a vital story for today.
The Berlin Diaries
By: Andrea Stolowitz
Directed by: Dámaso Rodríguez
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Mon Jan 25 - Wed Jun 30
Type of Event: Audio Drama
Venue: online
Price: $Sliding scale
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/berlin-diaries-audio-drama/
Description:
An autobiographical story of Andrea’s quest to untangle her family’s history using her German-Jewish great-grandfather’s diary from 1939. Following the complicated lure of genealogy, Stolowitz goes back to Berlin to bring the story of her unknown ancestors out of the archives.
Refuge
By: Devised
Directed by: Samantha Van Der Merwe
Shaking the Tree Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Sat Jan 30 - Sat Apr 24
Type of Event: Installation
Venue: Shaking the Tree Theatre
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://www.shaking-the-tree.com/refuge.html
Description:
Enter into a sacred space, not unlike a church, or the center of the sacred ring of stones/monoliths, and reimagine a more desirable reality or alternate world by reaching as far down into history as we can go, so as to realign with the sacred feminine.
Pennsylvania
F*ck7thGrade
By: Jill Sobule and Liza Birkenmeier
Directed by: Lisa Peterson
City Theatre Company
Pittsburgh
Event Date(s): Mon Jan 25 - Wed Jun 30
Type of Event: Digital Stream
Venue: Online
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://citytheatrecompany.org/play/fck7thgrade/
Description:
In this world premiere concert film, award-winning singer-songwriter Jill Sobule – whose 1990’s hits include “Supermodel” and the original “I Kissed a Girl” – takes audiences through a Rock’n’Roll celebration of coming of age and coming out.
Molly Sweeney
By: Brian Friel
Directed by: Peter DeLaurier
Lantern Theater Company
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 22 - Sun Feb 14
Type of Event: Theatre - Drama - Streaming on Demand
Venue: Streaming on Demand
Price: $20 per household
Reference Link: https://www.lanterntheater.org/plays/molly-sweeney.html?utm_source=at&utm_medium=events&utm_campaign=MollySweeney
Description:
In this newly filmed performance of the NY Drama Critics Circle Award-winning play, legendary Irish playwright Brian Friel tells a gentle tale from the shifting perspectives of Molly Sweeney, her husband Frank, and the surgeon who values his skills above his patients.
Sojourner
By: Richard LaMonte Pierce
Directed by: Linda Haston
Prime Stage Theatre
Pittsburgh
Event Date(s): Fri Feb 12 - Fri Feb 19
Type of Event: Streaming theatrical production
Venue: www.primestage.com
Price: $5 - 40
Reference Link: https://www.primestage.com
Description:
An inspiring theatrical one-actor experience starring Delana Flowers as Sojourner Truth who shares her journeys, stories, mind, and heart with passion and truthfulness. The streaming production for all audiences are pay what you can per household with a minimum of $5.
PIE
By: Danielle Reddick, Tara Khozein, Apollo Garcia, John Flax, & Kent Kirkpatrick
Directed by: Kent Kirkpatrick
Theatre Grottesco presented by Touchstone Theatre
Bethlehem
Event Date(s): Fri Feb 05 - Fri Feb 05
Type of Event: Webcast of performance with livestream talkback
Venue: Online
Price: $10
Reference Link: http://www.touchstone.org/events/theater-grottesco-presents-pie/
Description:
Theater Grottesco of Santa Fe, NM, shares a webcast of their acclaimed production PIE, a comedic, magical exploration of what happens when you don’t know what to do next, featuring a panel of clowns and an accidental reset of the universe. Livestream talkback follows performance.
Letters From Far
By: Emma Ackerman
Touchstone Theatre
Bethlehem
Event Date(s): Mon Feb 08 - Fri Mar 19
Type of Event: Storytelling via mail
Venue: Letters/Packages received weekly by mail
Price: $25
Reference Link: http://www.touchstone.org/events/letters-from-far/
Description:
In 2032, an expedition of scientists, journalists, and artists depart through a rift; they are tasked with cataloging and reporting what they find on the other side. They never return. Experience a new sci-fi storytelling event via the mail and piece together the story of their journey.
South-Carolina
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
By: Lanie Robertson
Directed by: Jocelyn Sanders
Trustus Theatre
Columbia
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 22 - Sat Feb 20
Type of Event: Live theatre
Venue: Trustus Theatre
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://trustus.org/event/lady-day-at-emersons-bar-and-grill/
Description:
The time is 1959, in a smoky bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. Over the course of the evening, the audience gets a firsthand account of Billie’s life, her music, and her battles.
Texas
The Drowning Girls
By: Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, and Daniela Vlaskalic.
Directed by: Jon Harvey
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company
Houston
Event Date(s): Mon Jan 11 - Sun Feb 07
Type of Event: Digital video release
Venue: online
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://mildredsumbrella.com
Description:
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater presents The Drowning Girls, archival video of the highly acclaimed production in 2015. Originally produced for the stage in 2015, The Drowning Girls was one of the theatre’s most highly acclaimed shows.
Washington
The Canterville Ghost
By: Oscar Wilde/Brandon J. Simmons
Directed by: Brandon J. Simmons
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle
Event Date(s): Tue Dec 08 - Wed Jun 30
Type of Event: All-audio drama
Venue: Online
Price: $15 or pay what you will
Reference Link: https://book-it.org/events/the-canterville-ghost/
Description:
Full of Wilde’s wit and humor, for lovers of the cozy British mystery and a good holiday special, this classic ghost story is full of warmth, laughs, and great good fun.
Childfinder
By: Octavia E. Butler/Shermona Mitchell
Directed by: Gin Hammon
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 16 - Wed Jun 30
Type of Event: All-audio drama
Venue: Online
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://book-it.org/events/childfinder/
Description:
From a giant in the science fiction genre, we bring you the short story of a woman charged with finding telepathic children and her mission to unleash a young girl’s potential. “Nuanced voice acting connects you intimately to complex characters in the audioplay’s 33 minutes.”
Mañanaland
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan/Gillian Jorgensen & Jordi Montes
Directed by: Arlene Martínez-Vázquez
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle
Event Date(s): Mon Feb 15 - Wed Jun 30
Type of Event: All-audio drama
Venue: Online
Price: $25 or pay what you will
Reference Link: https://book-it.org/events/mananaland/
Description:
An inspiring all-ages adventure about a young boy who discovers a family legacy of mystical guardians in this timeless tale of hope and resistance by a Newbery Honor recipient. It is a beautiful reminder of the struggle in becoming the person you were meant to be.
Wisconsin
The Niceties
By: Eleanor Burgess
Directed by: Jen Uphoff Gray and DiMonte Henning
Forward Theater Company
Madison
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 22 - Sun Feb 07
Type of Event: Virtual production
Venue: Online
Price: $10-$40
Reference Link: https://www.forwardtheater.com
Description:
Zoe, a Black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history, and power.