Bruce Graham’s ‘Funnyman’ to Premiere in Northlight Theatre’s 2015-16 Season
The theatre’s 2015-16 season will feature both classic drama and a fourth world premiere by Bruce Graham.
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Dispatches from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. and Wisconsin.
The theatre’s 2015-16 season will feature both classic drama and a fourth world premiere by Bruce Graham.
The co-artistic director of Penumbra Theatre Company was one of 23 regional leaders awarded the $100,000 fellowship.
Two major critics diss a new play about graffiti and hip-hop culture, igniting a debate about privilege, race and who gets to tell young people’s stories.
New plays by Jose Rivera, Thomas Bradshaw, Charise Castro Smith and Seth Bockley highlight the Chicago theatre’s next season.
Also announced for the Chicago theatre are ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf,’ ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ and Greta Oglesby, back as Aunt Esther in ‘Gem of the Ocean.’
The Milwaukee company’s 29th season also includes the world premiere of a stage adaptation of ‘Ella Enchanted’ and new works in the theatre’s First Steps series.
How do you adapt an underwater epic for the stage? Very carefully, say adaptors Ann Sonneville and Clint Sheffer.
Director Chuck Smith curates an August Wilson Celebration, with readings of all 10 of the Century Cycle plays and little-heard Wilson poetry.
Season to include world premieres by Karen Zacarías and Lauren Gunderson, revivals of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘The Secret Garden,’ and a new play about Satchel Paige.
In kicking off the Bard’s ‘Henry VI’ trilogy and closing with a Caesarian double bill, the troupe puts its ensemble talent front and center.