Mr. Burns News

Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC), under the leadership of new Producing Artistic Director Jeremy B. Cohen, today announced the selection of playwrights for its 26th Annual New Works Festival to be held August 2 – 6 in Ojai, CA.

The cast and crew of Brookfield Theatre's 'Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play,' creates a resourceful new world for the audience to explore, all stemming from a campfire retelling of The Simpsons.

Gloucester Stage Company is excited to announce the highly anticipated opening of THE DING DONGS, a comedic thriller by Cape Cod playwright Brenda Withers and directed by Gloucester Stage's Artistic Director Rebecca Bradshaw. A part lesson in how power evolves and how intimidation works, audiences will have the opportunity to experience this thought-provoking play beginning Friday, August 11, through Friday, August 27, at the Gloucester Stage Company's historic waterfront theater.

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (ETC) is pleased to announce the winner of the fifth annual PLAY/write: The Jackie Demaline Regional Collegiate Playwriting Competition. The annual collegiate competition nurtures local aspiring dramatists who are helping to shape the future of American theatre and provides a $2,500 juried cash award to support the early work and career of each winner along with staged professional readings of their scripts.

Get all the scoop on THE SIMPSONS, airing on FOX on Sunday, July 9, 2023! When Ned Flanders falls on hard times, Fat Tony makes him an offer he can’t refuse. But when Flanders realizes he accidentally partnered with the mob, and wants the relationship to end, Fat Tony ominously warns there’s only one way for that to happen. Watch the video now!

Digital theater trailblazer The Wilma Theater is offering a streaming version of its onstage production of TWELFTH NIGHT, available to view on demand through July 23.

Playwrights receive a week-long workshop to develop their new plays followed by a public presentation in OPC's 26th Annual New Works Festival, August 2 - 6.

The Civilians, Princeton University’s High Meadows Environmental Institute and Lewis Center for the Arts will launch The Next Forever, aone of a kind partnership that will create new stories for a changing planet.

The cast has been revealed for The Contention (Henry VI, Part II) at Shakespeare & Company, directed by Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer and staged June 17 through July 15, opening Saturday, June 24.

Get all the scoop on THE SIMPSONS, airing on FOX on Sunday, June 4, 2023! Michael Rapaport (Only Murders in the Building), and Bob the Drag Queen and Monét X Change (Ru Paul’s Drag Race) Make Guest Voice Appearances. Watch a video clip now!

Omnibus Theatre has announced the inaugural AI Festival, an urgent response to the cultural conversation surrounding the benefits and dangers of rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence.

Door Shakespeare has announced the production team for the 2023 season. Directors Scott McKenna Campbell and Leda Hoffmann return for their sixth and fourth respective seasons.

Get all the scoop on THE SIMPSONS, airing on FOX on Sunday, May 21, 2023! Rapper/Singer/Actress Lizzo, Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) and Tim Robinson (Digman!) Makes Guest Voice Appearances. Watch a video clip from the episode now!

Get all the scoop on THE SIMPSONS, airing on FOX on Sunday, May 21, 2023! Will Forte (The Great North) and former professional hockey players Stu Grimson DAVE Schultz and DAVE “Tiger” Williams Make Guest Voice Appearances. Watch a video clip now!

Page 73 is bringing together artists within the Page 73 family to participate in its rollicking New Play Bake Off at tonight’s 25th Anniversary Gala.

Get all the scoop on THE SIMPSONS, airing on FOX on Sunday, May 14, 2023! Joe Mantegna (“Criminal Minds”) Makes Recurring Voice Appearance. Krusty opens a school for clowning, and it becomes the most successful thing he’s ever done in the all-new 'Clown V. Board of Education' episode of THE SIMPSONS. Watch the video trailer now!

Just out of prison for a string of inexplicable arsons, a celebrated novelist returns home to Venice, California with a dark and singular goal. Set against the splendor and privation of modern Los Angeles, this dark, poetic drama excavates painful human truths, exploring how early violence and unresolved loss can lead to addiction and madness. Hollow Visions Productions will bring The Arsonist of Venice to the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and Steven Maler, Artistic Director, announce the complete cast and creative team for this summer's production of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth on the Boston Common.

Get all the scoop on THE SIMPSONS, airing on FOX on Sunday, May 7, 2023! When a plague of insects shuts down Springfield, THE SIMPSONS face their greatest challenge yet... spending time in LOCKDOWN with each other in the all-new 'The Very Hungry Caterpillars' episode. Watch a video clip now!

The Ringwald Theatre will present the Michigan premiere of Matthew Lopez's two-part play The Inheritance.