Elizabeth Meriwether News

Playwrights' Theatre at Boston University and Dominic D'Andrea of The One-Minute Play Festival are pleased to present the very first Boston One-Minute Play Festival featuring more than 70 hot-off-the-presses, new one-minute plays.

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2011 season. The winners will be honored at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, 2012, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

The world-premiere of Zayd Dohrn's play OUTSIDE PEOPLE, directed by Evan Cabnet and co-produced by Vineyard Theatre and Naked Angels begins preview performances December 21 prior to an official press opening of January 10 at Vineyard Theatre (108 East. 15th Street).

Playwrights Foundation (PF) today announced the second annual SF One-Minute Play Festival (SF OMPF), a two-day event on December 17 & 18, 2011 showcasing the talents of 32 Bay Area playwrights, along with the region's leading directors and actors.

Performance dates, casting and design team are set for the world-premiere of Zayd Dohrn's play OUTSIDE PEOPLE, directed by Evan Cabnet and co-produced by Vineyard Theatre and Naked Angels.

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner CANDICE BERGEN, five-time Tony Award winner ANGELA LANSBURY, Tony and Emmy Award winner JOHN LARROQUETTE and Drama Desk Award winner and Academy Award nominee MICHAEL McKEAN will join the previously announced JAMES EARL JONES in the Spring 2012 Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN.

The Ensemble Studio Theatre, William Carden, Artistic Director, will present Robert Askins's Hand to God, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel and featuring Steve Boyer, Geneva Carr, Bobby Moreno, Megan Hill and Scott Sowers, at The Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, beginning previews Thursday, October 27, at 7:00pm for an opening Monday, October 31, at 7:00pm.

The Ensemble Studio Theatre, William Carden, Artistic Director, will present Robert Askins's Hand to God, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel and featuring Steve Boyer, Geneva Carr, Bobby Moreno, Megan Hill and Scott Sowers, at The Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, beginning previews Thursday, October 27, at 7:00pm for an opening Monday, October 31, at 7:00pm.

Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Artistic Director) has announced that it will present Too Much Too Soon, an evening of short plays by Nikole Beckwith, Dean Imperial, Nick Jones, Melissa Ross, Emily Schwend, and Ken Urban, beginning Thursday, September 29 and running through Sunday, October 9 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, between 9 and 10 Streets.

NOTE: All performances will be presented at the original Tempe Performing Arts Center at 132 E. 6th Street in Tempe's Mill Avenue District, near Arizona State University.

Currently celebrating its 5th season, Holland Productions proudly presents the regional premiere of HIDEOUS PROGENY, a witty and salacious story of Mary Shelley and her peers, by playwright Emily Dendinger, July 9 - July 23 at The Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.

Vineyard Theatre and Naked Angels will co-produce the world-premiere of Zayd Dohrn's play OUTSIDE PEOPLE, directed by Evan Cabnet at The Vineyard (108 East 15th Street), which will begin performances in December, 2011 and open in January 2012, it has been announced by Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director of Vineyard Theatre and Andy Donald, Artistic Director of Naked Angels. It is the first co-production for the two award-winning off-Broadway companies.

John Larroquette is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.

Stray Cat Theatre unleashes their 2011-2012 Season 10th Anniversary Season

Currently celebrating its 5th season, Holland Productions proudly presents the regional premiere of HIDEOUS PROGENY, a witty and salacious story of Mary Shelley and her peers, by playwright Emily Dendinger, July 9 - July 23 at The Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.

Moxie Street Picture Shows (Melody Freeman and Kimberly Yates, Producing Partners) will launch the Los Angeles Premiere of Elizabeth Meriwether's THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE. Starring Troy Blendell, Armand DesHarnais, John Paul Karliak, Kiki Lambden, Kimberly Yates and directed by Tiger Reel, THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE will begin preview performances on Wednesday, May 11 and will officially open on Thursday, May 19 at 8:00pm.

Moxie Street Picture Shows (Melody Freeman and Kimberly Yates, Producing Partners) will launch the Los Angeles Premiere of Elizabeth Meriwether's THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE. Starring Troy Blendell, Armand DesHarnais, John Paul Karliak, Kiki Lambden, Kimberly Yates and directed by Tiger Reel, THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE will begin preview performances on Wednesday, May 11 and will officially open on Thursday, May 19 at 8:00pm.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.

The 2011 GARAGE REP starts next week as robots invade the Steppenwolf Garage. Seriously, real robots.