Yale Rep to Premiere New Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Play
Jacobs-Jenkins will adapt ‘The Bacchae,’ and Will Eno will premiere a new play about land ownership during the theatre’s 2019-20 season.
Category Archives: New England
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Billy Porter Will Direct a Play at Huntington Theatre Company
The Boston theatre’s 19-20 season will have Porter directing a new play by Dan McCabe, plus world premieres from Lila Rose Kaplan and Kirsten Greenidge.
Gamm Theatre Announces Season of Firsts for 2019-20
The company’s 35th season will feature a lineup exclusively by U.S. playwrights, 4 Rhode Island premieres, and the theatre’s first musical.
New Repertory Theatre Names Michael J. Bobbitt Artistic Director
After 12 years at Adventure Stage in Maryland, Bobbitt is heading north to New England to begin a new chapter.
Huntington Theatre Announces Breaking Ground Festival Lineup
The festival will feature readings of plays by MJ Halberstadt, Melinda Lopez and Maurice E. Parent, and Brenda Withers.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre Announces 2019-20 Season
The lineup includes three premieres and work by seven female playwrights.
Trinity Rep to Launch 2019-20 Season With World Premiere
For the first time in two decades, the company will present a production composed by Stephen Sondheim.
Newtown and Parkland, Linked by Tragedy and a Healing ‘Midsummer’
A musical version of the Shakespeare play, created in the wake of one school shooting, will get a staging in a community still mourning their own loss.
Dorset Theatre Season to Feature Theresa Rebeck Premiere
Also in the lineup are a new play by Heidi Armbruster, as well as Noël Coward’s ‘Private Lives’ and Wendy MacLeod’s ‘Slow Food.’
Harvard’s ART to Build New Center in Boston
Thanks to a $100-million gift, the theatre will construct a new facility across the river from its current one.
