Seattle Rep Slates New Plays, Including a Mystery and a Musical
A commissioned Sherlock Holmes play and a new musical inspired by 9/11 are among the offerings in the 2015–16 season.
Category Archives: West
Head out West with coverage of theatres in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
Sacred Fools Wins Big at Pro-99-Seat Rally, a.k.a. L.A. Stage Raw Awards
The inheritor of the defunct L.A. Weekly Awards honored the town’s 99-seat-and-under theatres, which are feeling besieged at the moment.
Sarah Moser Awarded RHE Artistic Fellowship
The Bay Area actor receives $10,000 and a year of mentorship from Theatre Bay Area and the RHE Foundation.
PlayGround Announces Lineup for New Works Festival
The play incubator’s annual festival will include world premieres from Robin Lynn Rodriguez and Garret Jon Groenveld.
Douglas Morrisson Theatre Announces 2015–16 ‘Revelations’ Season
The Northern California theatre’s season will include Lynn Nottage, George Bernard Shaw, Lanford Wilson, and Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman’s ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ musical.
Geffen Playhouse’s 20th Season Filled with Intrigue and Romance
The Los Angeles theatre’s 2015-16 season will include a world premiere play by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, plus news plays from Laura Eason, Bess Wohl, John Patrick Shanley and Rajiv Joseph.
WomenArts Points Up Gender Disparities in Bay Area Theatre
A new study finds that only around a quarter of plays produced in recent years were by women, with figures for directors and actors closer to parity.
Theatre Bay Area Magazine to Publish Online Exclusively
The bimonthly magazine plans to go online-only following the publication of its May/June issue.
Pasadena Playhouse Announces 2015–16 Season of ‘Curves’ and Musicals
The California theatre plans a new musical by Kirsten Guenther, Cliff Downs and Katie Kahanovitz, plus plays by Josefina Lopez, Ricardo Khan and Harvey Fierstein.
Aurora Theatre Announces 2015–16 Season
The intimate Berkeley theatre’s slate includes works by Sarah Treem, Marisa Wegrzyn, Mark Jackson, Amy Freed and Athol Fugard.
