Apr 5, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press, Reviews
posted April 5, 2018 ATCA has named Chelsea Marcantel winner of the 2018 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award recognizing an emerging playwright. The award will be presented at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville on April 7. The Osborn Award cites...
Mar 8, 2018 | A White Girl's Guide to International Terrorism, Articles, Press
by BWW News Desk | Published Mar. 8, 2018 San Francisco Playhouse (Artistic Director Bill English; Producing Director Susi Damilano) expanded its commitment to developing new plays and nurturing the voices of active playwrights with the launch of a 5-Year Commission...
Feb 19, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
by BWW News Desk | Published Feb. 19, 2018 Phoenix Theatre is delighted to announce this incredible lineup for the upcoming 2018/2019 season! West Side Story – When Tony falls for Maria, it seems like love could conquer all… until their rival gangs go to...
Oct 25, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press
by BWW News Desk | Published Oct. 25, 2017 Chelsea Marcantel’s new play AIRNESS will receive an industry presentation October 30th at Joe’s Pub at The Public. The entire original cast from the 2017 Humana Festival, where the show was one of the biggest...
Jul 24, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press, Reviews
by Johnna Leary | Published 7/24/17 A beautiful story of redemption and forgiveness within a family, Everything is Wonderful truly is a wonderful show at CATF this summer. While still handling a dark subject matter, the tone and eventual outcome of the show is much...
Jul 20, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press, Reviews
by Lauren LaRocca | Published 7/20/17 As is usual with Contemporary American Theater Festival productions, the play “Everything Is Wonderful” asks more questions than it answers. Can the grace of God, or the passage of time, heal all things? Is it possible to forgive...
Jul 16, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press, Reviews
by Jack L.B. Gohn | Published 7/16/17 Most religious communities are closed to some extent. Most religious communities preach benevolence toward fellow-humans. But the more closed a community is, the harder becomes for that community to live up to the benevolence it...
Jul 14, 2017 | Everything is Wonderful, Press, Reviews
“The play that I felt was the festival’s strongest this summer.” “Really powerful material… takes the audience to a world that really we rarely ever see on stage.” — J. Wynn Rousuck, WYPR click here to listen to the...
Jul 11, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press, Reviews
by Peter Marks | Published 7/11/17 SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — In the sedate hills of the West Virginia panhandle, a new play is placing an especially unsettling wake-up call. The ringing is measured but angry, composed and yet brutal — a sound that seeks to shake us...
Jul 8, 2017 | Everything is Wonderful, Press, Reviews
by Tim Treanor | Published 7/8/17 ——– Everything Is Wonderful closes July 30, 2017 Details and tickets ——– So tell me what’s better: living in the love, support, and strength of a community at the cost of your independence, or living a life that’s free and lonely?...
