Anna Ziegler Wins STAGE International Script Competition
August 5, 2008
Anna Ziegler won the STAGE International Script Competition for her show Photograph 51. The STAGE award honors work that explores scienfitic or technological themes. Photograph 51, according to STAGE, asks, "What does a woman have to do to succeed in the world of science? It is 1953 and Dr. Rosalind Franklin, brilliant, passionate and ambitious, pours herself into her work at King's College Lab in London. When fellow scientists Watson and Crick find out about her discoveries in the field of DNA, her work is suddenly not her own - and shortly thereafter they claim credit for a major breakthrough."
See more of Anna's work this summer, when Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep presents Life Science. Get tickets to Life Science and all of BTPRep's summer shows at brown.edu/btprep.
John Krasinski in "Away We Go"
June 16, 2009
John Krasinski '01 has a career which spans stage, television, and the movies, as outlined in a current article at examiner.com. His latest, in theatres now, is Away We Go, with Maya Rudolph.
New York Times Praises New Show by Cynthia Hopkins
May 27, 2009
“The Success of Failure (or, the Failure of Success)" is the third installment in the trillogy by Cynthia Hopkins '95. The New York Times, in a recent review, calls the show "clever" and "engaging." According to the article, the show, which is a dark personal narrative, has "a blunt, compelling power," but "[f]or all the grimness, there are also moments of grace."
"The Success of Failure" is playing now through June 7th at St Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. Get your tickets online at stannswarehouse.org or by calling 718-254-8779.
Blue Marble Wins "Best New Ice Cream in New York"
April 9, 2009
Congratulations to Jennie Dundas and her Brooklyn ice cream shop, Blue Marble, for winning Time Out New York's "Best New Ice Cream" award for 2009! Time Out New York says that "[p]ristine ingredients (fair-trade chocolate, grass-fed organic milk) drew the votes."
Follow the Blue Marble blog here, and to find out where to try it yourself (they're about to open a shop in Rwanda), check out their website at bluemarbleicecream.com.
Pure Shock Value opens at the Exit Theatre
March 2009
The madness, the desperation, the hilarity all begins TONIGHT, as Pure Shock Value opens for business at the Exit Theater. Matt Pelfrey's combo platter of sex, drugs, and Tinseltown lunacy is a few short hours away.
The Player meets Cabin Fever in this tale of 3 friends who prove just how low you have to go to get to the top of the Hollywood foodchain. On the brink of abandoning their dreams to make their feature film, Barking Spiders, a fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires them to give their dreams one last go. Who will make it big? Who will sell their soul? And who will survive the long, dark night? This world premiere runs Thursdays through Sundays 'til March 22.
Tickets are $10-25. Reserve yours now at killingmylobster.com.
"A hilarious pitch-black comedy about fame, its pratfalls, and the absurd lengths to which people will go just to see their name in lights."
--Aaron Sankin, Theatre Bay Area magazine
Speech and Debate in Boston 
March 17, 2009
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston will show Stephen Karam's Speech and Debate as part of their 2008-2009 season. The show will run March 27 through April 25.
Variety says that Speech and Debate is "bristling with vitality, wicked humor, terrific dialogue, and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth."
Tickets range from $25 to $50 and are available by calling the box office at 617.585.5678 and online at www.lyricstage.com.
Praise for Rebecca White in T.I.C.
March 11, 2009
Rebecca White '00 recently completed a widely-praised run of T.I.C. at the The Magic Theatre in San Francisco. Pat Craig, of the Contra Costa Times, called the show "a stunning new play brilliantly directed by Ken Prestininzi and cast with actors playing at the top of their game." George Heyman, of My Cultural Landscape, wrote that "[u]nder Prestininzi's deft direction, the tightly-wired ensemble - anchored by Rebecca White's Kid - does yeoman work in a farce that requires split-second timing.” According to Richard Connema, of Talkin' Broadway, "Rebecca White is astounding as the angry 16-year-old Kid. Her voice and body movements are like a teenager's and she dominates the stage in this fast-paced travesty."
Rebecca has also recently been performing in a new-play program called Playground at Berkeley Rep, and played "Raina" in the workshop of the new musical Sid Arthur at both Playwrights Foundation & TheatreWorks in Palo Alto.
Julia Ahumada Grob in The Lonely Soldier Monologues
March 10, 2009
Julia Ahumada Grob appears in The Lonely Soldier Monologues (Women at War in Iraq), a new show by Helen Benedict at Theatre for the New City. The New York Times calls The Lonely Soldier Monoglogues an "energetically acted example of journalism as theater [that] explores some issues that deserve more attention."
The Lonely Soldier Monologues runs through March 22nd. For more information on the show, visit the website at www.lonelysoldierplay.com. Buy your tickets here.
Miriam Silverman in "marvelous" Dog in the Manger
February 17, 2009
The Washington Post calls Miriam Silverman "fetchingly inscrutable" in her role as the Countess 
Diana in Lope de Vega's Dog in the Manger at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
A master of Spain's Golden Age, Lope de Vega explores love, fidelity and class with wry humor in The Dog in the Manger. The haughty countess Diana rejects her many aristocratic suitors only to fall in love with her handsome young secretary, Teodoro. To pursue this forbidden love, Diana must sabotage her suitors, deceive her friends and concoct ever-more elaborate schemes. Lope balances high tragedy and low comedy, examining the savage whims of the human heart. Jonathan Munby makes his STC debut directing the East Coast premiere of David Johnston’s translation of this rarely performed classic. Munby, a frequent director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, has been praised for his “high-octane” productions (The Sunday Times).
Dog in the Manger plays through March 29. Get your tickets at shakespearetheatre.org.
Next to Normal on Broadway
February 17, 2009 
Charlie Alterman '96 will be Musical Director to Next to Normal when it comes to Broadway this spring, after time spent Off-Broadway at Second Stage and at Arlington's Arena Stage.
Next to Normal will be playing at the Longacre Theatre. Opening night is April 15.
Tickets will be available through Telecharge.com.
Quincy Tyler Bernstine '96 in Ruined by Lynn Nottage '86
February 16, 2009
Lynn Nottage's Ruined is playing now at the Manhattan Theatre Club. According to the MTC, "this powerful play follows Mama Nadi, a shrewd businesswoman in a land torn apart by civil war. But is she protecting or profiting by the women she shelters? How far will she go to survive? Can a price be placed on a human life?"
For more information and to get tickets, visit the Manhattan Theatre Club's website.
Carmen Gill as Irina in Three Sisters
February 16, 2009
Carmen Gill '02 plays Irina in The Classical Theatre of Harlem's production of Chekhov's Three Sisters.
The show runs through March 8. For more information and to get tickets, visit their website.
Kimberly Ovitz Spring Collection Now in Stores
February 2009
Kimberly Ovitz's new Spring collection is available in stores now. The collection, which is described as "ladies at the country house having a punk party and raiding the stable," is available online at revolveclothing.com, and at any of these stores.
For more information and to see the entire collection, visit kimberlyovitz.com.
Kate Burton '79 and son Morgan Ritchie '10 in The Corn is Green
February 4, 2009
The Boston Globe calls Kate Burton and Morgan Ritchie's work together "a real pleasure to watch" in The Corn is Green, playing now through February 8th at the Huntington in Boston. According to the review, "Burton is charming, intelligent, and spirited as Miss Moffat, while Ritchie burns with a quiet, intense power as Morgan."
For more information and to buy tickets, visit the Huntington.
New York Times Reviews Play Written by Alum Sally Oswald
February 2, 2009
"The reclusive life of an American eccentric is examined in scrupulous, sometimes strange detail in Disfarmer," writes the New York Times in a recent review of the new puppet theatre work with script by alum Sally Oswald. Disfarmer is based on the true story of photographer Mike Disfarmer.
Disfarmer runs through February 8th. For tickets and more information, see the St. Ann's Warehouse website.
New Album from Duncan Sheik
January 27, 2009
Grammy and Tony award winning songwriter and composer Duncan Sheik returns with his new album Whisper House, a collection of songs for a forthcoming theatrical piece. Whisper House marks Sheik's first solo album since 2006 and comes on the heels of the success of Spring Awakening. Earlier this year, Sheik embarked on a nationwide tour featuring original Spring Awakening cast member Lauren Pritchard. On Whisper House, Sheik employs a narrative approach to songwriting, combining elements of the chamber pop that first brought him critical and commercial acclaim. Much like Spring Awakening, which the New York Times praised as a "deft 
blend of straight-up rock, folk and melodic > pop," Whisper House is just as much a pop record as it is a musical theatre composition. Structured as a melodrama, each of the 10 songs on the album weave together to tell the story of a child's grief and spinster's longing as seen through the eyes of the ghosts that haunt the remote, World War II-era Maine lighthouse where they live.
For more information, go to duncansheik.com/whisperhouse/
"Duncan Sheik writes some songs for radio play, others for musical theater, and manages to gain accolades no matter the genre."
- NEW YORK TIMES
"A brilliant singer-songwriter."
- NEW YORKER
Don Wilmeth nominated for Best Actor
Jan 15, 2009 
Congratulations to Don Wilmeth, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Theatre, Speech, & Dance department on his nomination for a New Hampshire Theatre Award for Best Actor. Don was nominated for his role of Captain Hook in Peter Pan.
Don has also recently currated an exhibit, Actors on the Early American Stage, at the
Historical Society of Cheshire County. The exhibit
will focus on some of the actors with New Englandconnections whose work captivated the public from the 18th 
century to the early 20th century. The lives and careers of dozens of actors will be told through playbills, posters, letters, photographs, and a variety of other artifacts. The exhibit will include such actors as Fanny Kemble, the Booth family, Lotta Crabtree, Swanzey’s Denman Thompson, and James O’Neill and Maude Adams.
Peter Pan is playing at the Actor's Circle Theatre May 2 - May 20. For more information and to reserve your tickets, visit the Actor's Circle Theatre website.
Actors on the Early American Stage will be open at the Historical Society through April 4th. For more information, visit their website.
T.I.C. by Peter Nachtrieb '97 Opens at Encore Theatre Company
Jan 2, 2009 
Peter Nachtrieb's new play, T.I.C.: Trenchcoat in Common is showing this January 2 - February 1 at the Encore Theatre Company.
From Peter himself:
"This is my teen angst privacy voyeurism exhibitionism play in the form of a girl’s blog about her apartment building that gets a little out of hand.Well, more than a little.Comedy, antics, sex and maybe death ensue! T.I.C.is a jaunty exploration of our modern impulses to expose, to watch, and todocument.Are we living in a world where the ultimate high comes not from an incredible life experience, but from getting a good picture of it?What are we avoiding when hide in our rooms? Ooooo.
Enticing Entertaining Features:
Sex!
Skin!
Sad lonely people!
Identifiable moments!
Situations you never want to witness your father doing!
Sinister plots!
A bad joke about the Mortgage crisis!
Abundant pop culture references!
Lots of music!
More characters than any other full length Peter Nachtrieb play (6! Take that, recession!)!
Tender moments!
Potentially funny, provocative, thoughtful, and entertaining!
The Amazing Team
Directed and ‘turged by Kenneth Prestininzi
Encore Artistic Director Lisa Steindler, James Faerron producing director
Featuring fabulous Bay Area Actors
Arwen Anderson, Anne Darragh, Lance Gardner, Michael Shipley, Liam Vincent, and Rebecca White
Production Team:Angela Nostrand, Evren Odcikin, James Faerron, Sara Huddleston, Heather Basarab, Kaibrina Sky Buck, Jackie Scott, and Zac Jaffee
**SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR PETER FRIENDS:**
Get 1/2 Off Tickets for Preview Performances on Jan 2,3 and 4(that’s
Enter discount code “PETER” when you buy tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/48836
OR buy in person at the door for those three shows and whisper “Peter”
All Performances at
The Magic Theatre, Fort Mason Center, Building D.San Francisco
**Lots of naughty things happen in T.I.C. You may not want to bring you child unless they are 14+ or so.They probably have seen it already, but you know, for your conscience…
(Oh andT.I.C. was commissioned by Encore Theatre and received generous support from the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the TBA New Works Fund.Not to mention Encore’s support from Zellerbach Family Foundation, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Grants for the Arts and the Tournesol Project.I hope they like dirty jokes)
See you there!"
Get your tickets here.
Peter Dubois '97 Directs Becky Shaw, by Gina Gionfriddo
Dec 29, 2008
Brown/Trinity alum Gina Gionfriddo's new play Becky Shaw is "a journey of moral discovery," she says, in this New York Times profile.
Becky Shaw is playing at the Second Stage Theatre through February 1st. Get your tickets here.
Tom Lipinski in A Light Lunch
Dec 20, 2008
Tom Lipinski, former undergraduate actor at Brown, appears at the Flea Theatre through January 25th in A Light Lunch. Read the review in the New York Times.
Get your tickets here.
Jed Resnick in Rent
Don't miss Brown/Trinity alum Jed Resnick in Rent this year. Get your tickets here.
Praise for Speech and Debate, by Stephan Karam '02
Dec 20, 2008 
Two different plays by Stephen Karam made year-end top ten lists in 2008.
Columbinus was named among the 10 favorites of the year for the Chicago-Sun Times.
Speech and Debate made two different year-end top-ten lists. It was named one of the "ten indelible memories" of the year, according to From the Ledge (read the original review here), and was also among the "best theatre of 08," according to Out West Arts.
Don't forget to buy your tickets to see Speech and Debate in Boston this spring at the Lyric in Boston.
Arianna Zukerman Sings in Memorable "Messiah"
Dec 19, 2008
Alum Arianna Zukerman's solos in "Messiah" were called "glowing" in this wonderful review of the performance at the Alys Stephens Center in Alabama.
Learn more about Arianna at her website, www.ariannazukerman.com.
Documentary by Harris Fishman '89 to Premier on HBO
Dec 15, 2008
Don't miss the premier, this Monday, December 15th, of Cat Dancers on HBO. Harris Fishman '89 began working on Cat Dancers seven years ago, after his brother Adam (who raised and trained tigers) introduced him to the man at the center of the story, Ron Holiday.
Cat Dancers is the story of a man, his lover, and his wife. Cat Dancers premiers this Monday, December 15th, at 8pm. Follow the link in the photo below to watch the preview on HBO's website.
Eric Kirchberger '92 Wins Emmy
Dec 2, 2008
Congratulations to alum Eric Kirchberger '92 on his first Emmy! Eric is a voice actor for "Minyanville's World Review with Hoofy and Boo," an online animated financial news show which won its Emmy for Business and Financial Reporting. You can watch all of the episodes of "Minyanville's Word Review" at www.minyanville.com.
Interview with Stephen Karam and Steven Levenson
Nov 25, 2008
Stephen Karam and Steven Levenson discuss playwriting, rewriting, and more in this interview from the Roundabout Blog.
Laura Linney '86 Wins Best Actress Emmy 
September 21, 2009
Congratulations to Laura Linney '86 on her third Emmy win. Laura won her second Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her work as Abigail Adams in HBO's John Adams.