Janice Paran News

The Sundance Institute Theatre Program today announced it will be workshopping from May 17-29, 2011 PAPER DOLLS, a new play written by the Program's Producing Artistic Director Philip Himberg and directed by Mark Brokaw.

Artistic Director Jenny Gersten announced today additional casting for the Main Stage productions for the 2011 Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF), the company's 57th season and the first under Ms. Gersten's leadership.

The Sundance Institute Theatre Program today announced it will be workshopping from May 17-29, 2011 PAPER DOLLS, a new play written by the Program's Producing Artistic Director Philip Himberg and directed by Mark Brokaw.

The Sundance Institute Theatre Program today announced it will be workshopping from May 17-29, 2011 PAPER DOLLS, a new play written by the Program's Producing Artistic Director Philip Himberg and directed by Mark Brokaw.

Sundance Institute today announced the artists and projects selected for its 2011 Theatre Lab to be held at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, from March 27-April 17.

Sundance Institute today announced the artists and projects selected for its 2011 Theatre Lab to be held at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, from March 27-April 17.

In 1999-2000, The New Group presented the premiere of Marc Wolf's solo documentary play, Another American: Asking and Telling, which won an Obie award and went on to tour the country. Ten years later, The New Group revisits this influential piece of theater in the context of the ongoing debate about the U.S. policy on LGBT citizens in the military.

In 1999-2000, The New Group presented the premiere of Marc Wolf's solo documentary play, Another American: Asking and Telling, which won an Obie award and went on to tour the country. Ten years later, The New Group revisits this influential piece of theater in the context of the ongoing debate about the U.S. policy on LGBT citizens in the military.

The Civilians (Steven Cosson, Artistic Director), the award-winning New York-based theatre company known for investigation-style theater, and WNYC, the nation's largest public radio franchise, today announced a new collaboration - an interactive online forum for sharing stories of divorce.

Sundance Institute will end its run of the Theatre Lab on April 11th. Under the artistic direction of Philip Himberg, Producing Artist Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, the Lab provided fellows with guidance in the development of new work for the stage.

Sundance Institute announced today the acting company for its Theatre Lab at MASS MoCA. This program will run March 28 - April 11, 2010 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass. Under the artistic direction of Philip Himberg, Producing Artist Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, the Lab will provide fellows with guidance in the development of new work for the stage.

Sundance Institute announced today the acting company for its Theatre Lab at MASS MoCA. This program will run March 28 - April 11, 2010 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass. Under the artistic direction of Philip Himberg, Producing Artist Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, the Lab will provide fellows with guidance in the development of new work for the stage.

The Civilians will premiere their latest work, You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents' Divorce on November 13 and 14 at 8:00 p.m. at Galapagos Art Space (16 Main Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn).

The Civilians will premiere their latest work, You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents' Divorce on November 13 and 14 at 8:00 p.m. at Galapagos Art Space (16 Main Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn).

The Civilians will premiere their latest work, You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents' Divorce on November 13 and 14 at 8:00 p.m. at Galapagos Art Space (16 Main Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn).

Sundance White Oak Lab has announced principal casting for the production of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. The cast will include Broadway veterans Craig Bierko, Dick Latessa and Sherie Rene Scott. The musical is being adapted by theater vets William Finn and James Lapine. Sundance will also premiere the musical adaptation of 'Like Water for Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel.

The Civilians have announced the premiere of a new interactive performance series, You Better Sit Down: Tales from My Parents' Divorce at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn on November 12th, 13th, and 14th at 8pm. Created by Civilians actors Matthew Maher, Caitlin Miller, Jennifer Morris, and Robbie Sublett, director Anne Kauffman and dramaturg Janice Paran You Better Sit Down was developed from the actors' interviews with their own parents, exploring their parents' marriages and subsequent divorces. The actors will portray their parents in these live performances, retelling their stories in a unique theatrical event. The performances will also be captured in a high-definition, multi-camera shoot and edited into episodes for online release.

Tony Award winning writers and composers William Finn, James Lapine and Ted Sperling, and Tony nominees Quiara Alegría Hudes and Jonathan Butterell are among the participants who will develop new musical projects at the White Oak Lab in Yulee, FL, in October.

Sundance Institute today announced the five projects chosen for the 2009 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab to be held July 7 -22 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Under the stewardship of Sundance Institute Theatre Program's Artistic Director Philip Himberg, the projects and participants selected for this year's residency are: Diagram of a Paper Airplane (Carlos Murillo); An Iliad (Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson); The Lily's Revenge (Taylor Mac); Ngwino Ubeho (Come and Be Alive) (Odile Gakire Gatire); and Palomino (David Cale).

Sundance Institute today announced the five projects chosen for the 2009 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab to be held July 7 -22 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Under the stewardship of Sundance Institute Theatre Program's Artistic Director Philip Himberg, the projects and participants selected for this year's residency are: Diagram of a Paper Airplane (Carlos Murillo); An Iliad (Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson); The Lily's Revenge (Taylor Mac); Ngwino Ubeho (Come and Be Alive) (Odile Gakire Gatire); and Palomino (David Cale).