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.
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After 12 years at Adventure Stage in Maryland, Bobbitt is heading north to New England to begin a new chapter.
The festival will feature readings of plays by MJ Halberstadt, Melinda Lopez and Maurice E. Parent, and Brenda Withers.
The lineup includes three premieres and work by seven female playwrights.
For the first time in two decades, the company will present a production composed by Stephen Sondheim.
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.
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.’
Thanks to a $100-million gift, the theatre will construct a new facility across the river from its current one.
The artistic director of Sundance Institute’s Theatre Program will take over leadership of the New Hampshire colony this summer.
The summer slate, including 5 world premieres, will feature performances by Uma Thurman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Kaczmarek, S. Epatha Merkerson, and more.
The lineup will include four world premieres and five new works across their two stages.