Onstage This Week: June 1–7
From musical passion to small-town despair, from Orinda to Wellfleet, another ecletic theatre sampler.
Offscript: Laura Kepley’s Tony Burrito Toss
This week’s guest is Laura Kepley, artistic director of this year’s Regional Tony winner Cleveland Play House. She talks about why Cleveland is the next big arts town—and where to find a good craft beer.
‘Washeteria’ Puts Children’s Theatre Through the Rinse Cycle
How set designer Louisa Thompson, and the creative team at Soho Rep, turned an empty storefront into a hyper-realistic yet fantastical laundromat.
Centenary Stage Company Announces 2015–16 Season
The company’s sixth season includes plays, musicals, a fringe festival and a development program for female playwrights.
With ‘Paper Planet’ and the Toddler Takeover, the Playscape’s the Thing
At a three-day festival led by the Alliance Theatre, and in an Aussie import at the New Victory Theatre, theatre for the very young is growing up fast.
Firehouse Theatre Announces 2015–16 Season
The theme of the season is “radical change” and includes work by Michael Lluberes, Joe Maloney, A.R. Gurney and Jordan Harrison.
Childsplay Announces 2015–16 Season
Artistic director David Saar’s last season is filled with adventure, imagination and magic.
WaterTower Theatre Announces 2015–16 Season
The roster includes four regional premieres and a world premiere musical.
‘Black and Blue’ Brings the Ferguson Moment Back Home
Ten months after the killing of Michael Brown, playwright Lee Patton Chiles conjures voices from the struggle on a nearby stage.
A Tour of Alfred Jarry’s Warped Mental Landscape, Crocodiles and All
Spooky Action Theater’s ‘Jarry Inside Out’ imagines the strange afterlife of the brain behind ‘Ubu Roi.’
