Mauricio Mendoza, Gabriela Carrillo, and Andrew Joseph Perez in South Coast Repertory's 2019 production of "American Mariachi." The play will be reprised at the Mission at San Juan Capistrano, July 15-31, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Kubat)
July 2021
The stages of summer are in full swing.
California
Sweat
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Elina de Santos
Chance Theater
Anaheim
Event Date(s): Fri Jun 11 - Sun Jul 18
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Chance Theater - Virtual Performance
Price: $20-39
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/sweat/
Description:
Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, this Pulitzer winning play tells the story of a group of friends who find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay true to themselves and each other.
Edges
By: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Directed by: James McHale
Chance Theater
Anaheim
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 09 - Sun Aug 08
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/edges/
Description:
The OC premiere of Pasek & Paul’s thrilling first musical about four burgeoning adults asking classic coming-of-age questions about love, commitment, identity, and meaning. A charming, witty, and honest examination of adulthood.
Chance Cyber Chat on ‘Sweat’
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Elina de Santos
Chance Theater
Anaheim
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 16 - Fri Jul 16
Type of Event: Online Live Stream
Venue: Online
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/chance-cyber-chats/
Description:
We have temporarily closed our doors for the sake of everyone’s health and well-being. So right now is the perfect chance to take a virtual theatre trip together by watching Sweat online, then coming together on a Zoom call to share our experiences!
Edges
By: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Directed by: James Michael McHale
Chance Theater
Anaheim
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 09 - Sun Aug 08
Type of Event: Musical theatre
Venue: Chance Theater
Price: $$39-$49
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/edges/
Description:
A charming, witty, and honest examination of adulthood that explores what happens when we’re teetering on the edge of the rest of our lives. Running Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes with no intermissions. Please note: This show contains adult language.
The Thanksgiving Play
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An L.A. Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio recording, includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
Life on Paper
By: Kenneth Lin
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An LA Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio recording of Kenneth Lin’s inspired-by-a-true-story play. When a billionaire dies in a plane crash, a forensic economist butts heads with a small town actuary over the exact value. Includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
Extinction
By: Hannie Rayson
Directed by: Martin Jarvis
L.A. Theatre Works
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $$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.
DNA New Work Series
By: Multiple Authors
Directed by: Multiple Directors
La Jolla Playhouse
San Diego
Event Date(s): Thu Jul 29 - Sun Aug 01
Type of Event: Play Reading Series
Venue: La Jolla Playhouse
Price: $Free - Reservations Required
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/
Description:
The Playhouse’s annual DNA New Work Series gives audiences a closer look at the play development process, while offering playwrights and directors the opportunity to develop a script by providing rehearsal time, space, and resources, culminating in a public reading.
Harold & Lillian
By: book & lyrics by Dan Collins, music by Julianne Wick Davis
Directed by: Michael Greif
South Coast Repertory
Costa Mesa
Event Date(s): Mon Jun 21 - Tue Jul 27
Type of Event: Pacific Playwrights Festival Reading
Venue: online
Price: $19
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/calendar/view?id=12288
Description:
Final reading for the 2021 Pacific Playwrights Festival. A Hollywood love story about two of Hollywood’s unheralded magic makers.
American Mariachi
By: José Cruz González
Directed by: Christopher Acebo
South Coast Repertory
Costa Mesa
Event Date(s): Thu Jul 15 - Sat Jul 31
Type of Event: Outside SCR--in-person, outdoors
Venue: Mission San Juan Capistrano
Price: $20 (starting from)
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/calendar/view?id=12342
Description:
In this big-hearted comedy with live music, Lucha spends her days caring for her mother and yearning for more. But it’s the 1970s and women can’t be mariachis…or can they? Defying tradition, Lucha and her spunky cousin hunt for bandmates and take up instruments.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
By: Based on the comic strip by Charles M. Schulz; book, music & lyrics by Clark Gesner; additional dialogue by Michael Mayer; additional music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Directed by: Kari Hayter
South Coast Repertory
Costa Mesa
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 16 - Sun Aug 01
Type of Event: Outside SCR--in-person, outdoors
Venue: Mission San Juan Capistrano
Price: $20 (starting from)
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/calendar/view?id=12351
Description:
Good grief! The whole Peanuts gang is here for a delightful musical filled with gleeful tunes like “My Blanket and Me,” “Summertime,” and “Happiness.”
The Plastic Bag Store
By: Robin Frohardt
Directed by: Robin Frohardt
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Wed Jun 30 - Sun Jul 11
Type of Event: Installation and immersive experience
Venue: 661 Imperial Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://cap.ucla.edu/plasticbagstore
Description:
The Plastic Bag Store, a public art installation, is a store stocked with hand-sculpted replica items made from discarded plastics. The store transforms into an immersive multimedia experience using humor and puppetry to focus a critical lens upon our culture of consumption.
Colorado
Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies
By: Book - Pesha Rudnick, Rob Wright; Music and Original Lyrics - Alexander Sage Oyen
Directed by: Pesha Rudnick
Local Theater Company
Boulder
Event Date(s): Mon Jun 21 - Thu Jul 15
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Boulder Bandshell
Price: $0-40
Reference Link: https://www.localtheaterco.org/dgs
Description:
Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies is a haunting and hopeful night of live music and Colorado stories you probably don’t know but won’t soon forget.
Florida
Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
By: Jack Fournier and Kathy Halenda
Directed by: Richard Hopkins
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed Jun 02 - Sun Jul 11
Type of Event: Play
Venue: FST's Gompertz Theatre
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/sophie-tucker-last-red-hot-mamas
Description:
With a voice and personality that lit up Vaudeville and Broadway, Sophie Tucker proved that female entertainers could reach the top of show business on their own terms. This sizzling show features classics like “The Lady is a Tramp” and “Some of These Days.”
My Lord, What a Night
By: Deborah Brevoort
Directed by: Kate Alexander
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed Jun 30 - Sun Aug 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: FST's Keating Theatre
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/my-lord-what-night
Description:
In 1937, after performing a sold-out concert in Princeton, N.J., internationally renowned singer Marian Anderson was refused a room at the whites-only Nassau Inn. With nowhere to go, Albert Einstein invited her to stay in his own home, sparking a lifelong friendship.
Rounding Third
By: Richard Dresser
Directed by: Jason Cannon
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed Jul 28 - Sun Aug 29
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: FST's Gompertz Theatre
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/rounding-third
Description:
Little League coaches Don and Michael couldn’t be more different—Don believes in winning at all costs, while Michael just wants the team to have fun. This Off-Broadway comedy is a heartwarming story of runs and errors, exploring fatherhood, friendship, and what it means to win.
Great Balls of Fire
By: Jason Cohen and Michael Schiralli
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Tue Jun 15 - Sun Aug 29
Type of Event: In-person Cabaret
Venue: FST's Court Cabaret
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/great-balls-fire
Description:
Led by Jason Cohen, who has played Jerry Lee Lewis in nearly 80 cities across North America, Great Balls of Fire brings the ivory-smashing superstar back to life. Featuring hits from the ‘50s and beyond, such as “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”
Shades of Bublé: A Three-Man Tribute to Michael Bublé
By: Melissa Giattino and Ron DeStefano
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Tue Jul 13 - Sun Sep 26
Type of Event: In-person Cabaret
Venue: FST's Goldstein Cabaret
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/shades-bubl%C3%A9-three-man-tribute-michael-bubl%C3%A9
Description:
With three voices singing incredible songs like “Feeling Good,” “Come Fly With Me,” “Home,” and many more, Shades of Bublé: A Three-Man Tribute to Michael Bublé brings the swinging standards and pop hits of Bublé to the stage in an unforgettable high-energy concert.
Shockheaded Peter
By: Created for the stage by Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott Original music by The Tiger Lillies Based on Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann
Directed by: David M. Jenkins
Jobsite Theater
Tampa
Event Date(s): Wed Jun 30 - Sat Jul 03
Type of Event: Musical Entertainment
Venue: Jaeb Theater, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $39.50+
Reference Link: https://jobsitetheater.org/shockheaded-peter
Description:
A little bit Edward Gorey, a little bit Tim Burton, Shockheaded Peter is the phantasmagorical musical staging of Heinrich Hoffman’s dark, mildly terrifying 19th-century German children’s book Der Struwwelpeter.
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.
Georgia
Scandal: SeaLab!
By: Dad's Garage Improvisers
Dad's Garage Theatre
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 16 - Fri Sep 10
Type of Event: Improv Show
Venue: Dad's Garage Theatre -- Mainstage
Price: $16.50
Reference Link: https://dadsgarage.com/event-page/?sId=a0S1K00000J6iwyUAB
Description:
The epic Dad’s Garage improvised soap opera returns, but this time it’s 20,000 leagues under the sea…. and live on our stage! There is a little underwater research facility, and that little underwater research facility is filled with… scandal!
TheatreSports
By: Dad's Garage Improvisers
Dad's Garage Theatre
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Sat Jul 17 - Sat Sep 18
Type of Event: Improv Show
Venue: Dad's Garage Theatre -- Mainstage
Price: $14.50
Reference Link: https://dadsgarage.com/event-page/?sId=a0S41000000dheiEAA
Description:
Our longest-running improv show and an audience favorite for years, TheatreSports is a fast-paced improv competition that features the best improvisers in the city and uses your suggestions to fuel the 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.
Why Dogs Don’t Talk
By: Story by Dean Monti, Adapted by David Rice
Directed by: Morgan Manasa
First Folio Theatre
Oak Brook
Event Date(s): Tue Jul 27 - Sun Aug 08
Type of Event: Virtual
Venue: Online
Price: $Pay What You Can
Reference Link: https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/first-folio-theatre/why-dogs-dont-talk-67971
Description:
Man’s best friend is his dog. So it must follow, then, that a dog’s best friend is…well, his human, right? What happens to the relationship when that assumption is put to the test? How good a friend is Mel to their faithful hound Hubert?
First Folio Storytellers Series
First Folio Theatre
Oak Brook
Event Date(s): Thu Feb 11 - Thu Jul 15
Type of Event: Web Series
Venue: Online / YouTube
Price: $FREE
Reference Link: https://firstfolio.org/?production=the-first-folio-storytellers-series
Description:
Join the First Folio Artistic Associates as they read short stories and poems chosen to help provide joy and illumination each month for holidays from Valentine’s Day to Mother’s Day and beyond.
This series is made possible through the generosity of David and Susan Weidenfeld.
First Folio Bedtime Tales
First Folio Theatre
Oak Brook
Event Date(s): Thu Feb 11 - Thu Jul 15
Type of Event: Web Series
Venue: Online / YouTube
Price: $FREE
Reference Link: https://firstfolio.org/?production=first-folio-bedtime-tales
Description:
First Folio artistic associates Diana Coates and Michael Goldberg will help you read your children to sleep. Each month, two new bedtime tales will be shared with your little ones in mind. Ages 2+.
This series is made possible through the generosity of David and Suzanne Arch.
Indiana
Sherlock in Btown Walkabout Radio Plays
By: Liam Castellan and Bruce Walsh
Directed by: Kate Galvin
Cardinal Stage
Bloomington
Event Date(s): Wed Jun 09 - Tue Aug 31
Type of Event: Radio Play (available on-demand)
Venue: Online
Price: $Suggested Donation
Reference Link: https://cardinalstage.org/mainstage/walkabout-radio-plays/
Description:
Cardinal’s Sherlock Holmes-themed Walkabout Radio Plays are a safe way to enjoy great storytelling in a unique way. With two new mysteries, “Predisposed to Violins” and “John Watson, PhD,” you’ll love these fresh takes on a beloved classic. Listen from anywhere—on demand now!
The Women in the Woods Walkabout Radio Plays
By: Josie Gingrich & Emily Goodson
Directed by: Kate Galvin
Cardinal Stage
Bloomington
Event Date(s): Wed Jun 09 - Tue Aug 31
Type of Event: Radio Play (available on-demand)
Venue: Online
Price: $Suggested Donation
Reference Link: https://cardinalstage.org/mainstage/walkabout-radio-play-fall/
Description:
The Women in the Woods is a 4-episode, site-specific radio play series about a young woman who arrives at IU and discovers she has ties to Bloomington that she’s never known about. Listen from anywhere—each play comes with a visual companion document! Available on-demand.
Massachusetts
Who Could Ask For Anything More?
By: The Songs of George Gershwin
Directed by: Julianne Boyd
Barrington Stage Company
Pittsfield
Event Date(s): Thu Jun 10 - Sat Jul 03
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Under a Tent at BSC Production Center
Price: $25-85
Reference Link: https://barringtonstageco.org/gershwin/
Description:
Join us in celebrating one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. From “I Got Rhythm” to “Embraceable You” to “Summertime,” George Gershwin’s soaring, glorious music will lift your spirits and warm your hearts, sung here by a cast of stellar Broadway singers.
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Jim O'Connor
Gloucester Stage Company
Rockport
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 02 - Sun Jul 25
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Windhover Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $54
Reference Link: https://gloucesterstage.com/baskerville/
Description:
Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery will run July 2-25. Performances are outdoors Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Windhover Performing Arts Center, 257R Granite St, Rockport, Mass.
Lift
By: Dee Dee Batteast
Directed by: Dee Dee Batteast
Gloucester Stage Company
Rockport
Event Date(s): Sun Jul 18 - Sun Jul 18
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Windhover Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $34
Reference Link: https://gloucesterstage.com/lift/
Description:
Directed by comedian Dee Dee Batteast and devised with our 2021 Apprentice Company, Lift brings forward young adults to perform in a uniquely honest show about identity, relationship dynamics, and how we move through the world.
The Search for My Identity
By: Dee Dee Batteast
Directed by: Dee Dee Batteast
Gloucester Stage Company
Rockport
Event Date(s): Tue Jul 20 - Tue Jul 20
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Windhover Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $34
Reference Link: https://gloucesterstage.com/lift/
Description:
A one-woman show performed by Dee Dee Batteast, last seen at Gloucester Stage in No AIDS, No Maids.
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
Dancing Lessons
By: Mark St. Germain
Directed by: Rachel Kuhnle
Commonweal Theatre
Lanesboro
Event Date(s): Sat May 29 - Sun Aug 29
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Commonweal Theatre
Price: $15-35
Reference Link: https://commonwealtheatre.org/our-season/dancing-lessons/
Description:
Senga is a brilliant dancer whose world crumbles after a life-changing accident. Evers is a brilliant college professor with Asperger’s. Their sudden physical closeness collides with their emotional distance, unleashing a torrent of feelings in this tender, unpredictable romance.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
By: Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield
Directed by: Jaclyn Johnson
Commonweal Theatre
Lanesboro
Event Date(s): Sat Jul 10 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Commonweal Theatre
Price: $15-35
Reference Link: https://commonwealtheatre.org/our-season/complete-works-of-william-shakespeare-abridged-revised/
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Description:
As Shakespeare said, “The play’s the thing!” and we’ve got 37 of them for you! Three actors stumble their way through all of Shakespeare’s plays in one irreverent wild ride that will leave you breathless with laughter.
New-Jersey
Ann
By: Holland Taylor
Directed by: Marlena Lustik
Cape May Stage
Cape May
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 30 - Sun Aug 22
Type of Event: play
Venue: Cape May Stage, 405 Lafayette Street, Cape May, NJ, 08204
Price: $49.00
Reference Link: https://https://capemaystage.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=358
Description:
Ann is an intimate, no-holds-barred portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary late Governor of Texas. This inspiring and hilarious play brings us face to face with a complex, colorful, and captivating character bigger than the state from which she hailed.
Forever Plaid
Centenary Stage Company
Hackettstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jul 08 - Sun Jul 18
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
Price: $Varies Check Site for More Info
Reference Link: https://http://www.centenarystageco.org/forever-plaid
Description:
Once upon a time, four guys discovered that they shared a love for music. On the way to their first big gig, the “Plaids” are broadsided by a school bus and killed instantly. It is at the moment when their careers and lives end that the story of Forever Plaid begins.
Always…Patsy Cline
Centenary Stage Company
Hackettstown (Warren County)
Event Date(s): Thu Jul 29 - Sun Aug 08
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
Price: $Varies Check Site for More Info
Reference Link: https://http://www.centenarystageco.org/rent
Description:
More than a tribute to the legendary country singer, the show is based on a true story about Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk in 1961 and continued a correspondence with Cline until her death.
School House Rock Live Jr.
Centenary Stage Company
Hackettstown (Warren County)
Event Date(s): Wed Jul 14 - Wed Jul 14
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: 400 Jefferson Street
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://http://www.centenarystageco.org/fps-yas-school-house-rock
Description:
The Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science, and politics through clever, tuneful songs is instructing a whole new generation to “Unpack Your Adjectives” and do “The Circulations”!
Twilight Music Cabaret
Centenary Stage Company
Hackettstown (Warren County)
Event Date(s): Wed Jul 21 - Wed Jul 21
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: 400 Jefferson Street
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://http://www.centenarystageco.org/fps-twilight-music-cabaret
Description:
A themed selection of musical theatre favorites featuring Centenary University students, alumni, and CSC veterans. Evening’s program to be announced.
New-York
Until the Flood
By: Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by: Neel Keller
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
New York
Event Date(s): Sun Nov 15 - Sun Oct 15
Type of Event: Virtual Screening of Recorded Live Performance
Venue: All Arts TV
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://allarts.org/programs/all-arts-performance-selects/until-the-flood-wtcesv/
Description:
Writer-performer Dael Orlandersmith’s one-woman show explores Ferguson following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown. Based on extensive interviews, this theatrical event gives voice to a community grappling with injustice and yearning for change.
Oregon
Today Is My Birthday
By: Susan Soon He Stanton
Directed by: Dámaso Rodríguez
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Thu Jul 01 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: Online
Price: $sliding scale
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/today-is-my-birthday/
Description:
Emily is a would-be writer whose bubble life in NYC has popped. Finding life back home in Hawaii chaotic and unfulfilling, she becomes strangely activated after creating a sassy alter-ego for a radio bit. A playful mixture of live radio, voicemail, and phone calls.
Drop the Mic
By: Chris Williams, Darshanpreet Gill, Katie Nguyen, Kisha Jarrett, Lauren Modica, Monica Choy, Shauna Hahn, and Vin Shambry
Directed by: B. Frayn Masters and Mindy Nettifee
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Sat May 01 - Fri Jul 23
Type of Event: Storytelling
Venue: online
Price: $Sliding scale
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/drop-the-mic/
Description:
A collaboration with ART & Back Fence PDX featuring the work of eight Portland storytellers. You’ll hear their stories with the theme, “Can I get a do over?” From a sweet 16 party to venturing outside after the shelter in place is lifted, we have a story for everyone to enjoy.
The Vertical City
By: Diana Burbano
Directed by: Dámaso Rodríguez
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Sat May 01 - Fri Jul 30
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: Online
Price: $Sliding Scale
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/vertical-city/
Description:
The Vertical City, a collaboration of ART and The Actors Conservatory, is a character study set in a future-Portland built to survive the effects of climate change and imagines how technology might evolve society at the end of the 21st century, both for better and worse.
The Carlalogues
By: Anthony Hudson
Directed by: Luan Schooler
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Sat May 22 - Fri Aug 20
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: Online
Price: $Sliding Scale
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/the-carlalogues/
Description:
Whatever Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi wants, Carla gets. And Carla wants… an audience! Now! Sick of the pandemic and desperate to be back in the spotlight, she breaks into the Flamingo Club to put on an evening of guerrilla storytelling. This show is captivating!
Pennsylvania
Set Model Theatre
Directed by: n/a
1812 Productions
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Thu Jul 01 - Sun Jul 11
Type of Event: Web Series
Venue: Online
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://www.1812productions.org/set-model-theatre
Description:
In a year of physical distance and digital theatre, we gathered more than a dozen Philly theatre designers and technicians together with a one-of-a-kind task, find the funny in King Lear. The rule: Fit the whole thing in a space the size of a bread box and make it funny.
Texas
Shakespeare Decoded
Shakespeare Dallas
Dallas
Event Date(s): Tue Feb 09 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Podcast
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://anchor.fm/shakespeare-decoded
Description:
What forms of colonization of thought and language do we encounter in our theatrical practices today? This episode explores themes of colonialism and the resulting subjugation in The Tempest.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
By: Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Directed by: Raphael Parry
Shakespeare Dallas
Dallas
Event Date(s): Wed Jun 30 - Sat Jul 24
Type of Event: Live theatre
Venue: Samuell-Grand Amphitheater
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://shakespearedallas.org/get-your-tickets
Description:
Three actors parody Shakespeare’s entire library of plays in comically shortened form. Performances run Thursday through Sunday with the final performance on Saturday, July 24. Performances begin at 8:15 p.m. each evening.
Vermont
Laughing Wild
By: Christopher Durang
Directed by: Jade King Carroll
Dorset Theatre Festival
Manchester
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 09 - Sat Jul 31
Type of Event: Outdoor Live Theatre
Venue: Southern Vermont Arts Center
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://dorsettheatrefestival.org/laughing-wild
Description:
In this hilarious blast-from-the-1980s comedy, two characters are overwhelmed by the things happening in the world around them. Desperate for connection in a sea of provocative pitfalls, they seek sanctuary in asylums, clinics and, during the course of the play, a theatre.
Scarecrow
By: Heidi Armbruster
Directed by: Dina Janis
Dorset Theatre Festival
Manchester
Event Date(s): Wed Jul 14 - Wed Jul 28
Type of Event: Pipeline Staged Reading
Venue: Southern Vermont Arts Center
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://dorsettheatrefestival.org/scarecrow#anchor-link-schedule
Description:
Will the bulls chase her off the property or will she garden herself into oblivion? Scarecrow is one woman’s look back at the last 33 days of her father’s life. A New York City actress lands herself on her family’s dairy farm to grieve herself back to life.
Wisconsin
Talley’s Folly
By: Lanford Wilson
Directed by: David New
Peninsula Players Theatre
Fish Creek
Event Date(s): Tue Jul 20 - Sun Aug 15
Type of Event: Theatre live performance
Venue: Peninsula Players Theatre
Price: $41 to $47
Reference Link: https://www.peninsulaplayers.com/performances/2021-plays/talleys-folly/
Description:
On an enchanting moonlit night in 1944, two unlikely sweethearts reveal their poignant love story. The theatre’s 86th season opens with actors, and real-life husband and wife, Sean Fortunato and Linda Fortunato. Publicity photo by Guy Rhodes.
Talley’s Folly
By: Lanford Wilson
Directed by: David New
Peninsula Players Theatre
Fish Creek
Event Date(s): Tue Jul 20 - Sun Aug 15
Type of Event: Theatre live performance
Venue: Peninsula Players Theatre
Price: $41 to $47
Reference Link: https://www.peninsulaplayers.com/performances/2021-plays/talleys-folly/
Description:
Actors Sean Fortunato and Linda Fortunato star in a play about finding love when you have stopped looking. Press Release at: https://conta.cc/3AMz5hJ
Wyoming
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Edgar Landa and Kate Gleason
Off Square Theatre Company
Jackson
Event Date(s): Fri Jul 09 - Sun Jul 18
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Center for the Arts
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://www.offsquare.org/
Description:
Thin Air Shakespeare returns to the Center Amphitheater this summer with the beloved romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Edgar Landa and Kate Gleason. Free and family-friendly! Come early and bring a picnic. ASL July 17.
