Sep 27, 2021 | Airness, Articles, Press
‘Airness’ marks BTE’s return to live, in-person performances in the Alvina Krause theatre. ‘Rockin’ comedy’ includes music of Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Queen September 27, 2021 Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is presenting “Airness” by Chelsea Marcantel through Oct. 10....
Sep 23, 2021 | Airness, Articles, Press
LAWRENCE – “Airness,” a comedy written by Chelsea Marcantel, will rock the William Inge Memorial Theatre at the University of Kansas. This peek into the lives of air guitar contestants in competition is directed by Jonah Greene, doctoral student in...
Aug 26, 2021 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Marcia Greenwood | Published Aug 26, 2021 Geva Theatre Center’s 49th season will include shows about air guitarists and yoga capitalism and the world premiere of a musical inspired by The Wizard of Oz. In all, eight...
Apr 11, 2021 | Airness, Interviews, Press
by Doris Maricle | Apr 11, 2021 Award-winning playwright Chelsea Marcantelphoto credit: Ryan Bourque Photography JENNINGS – Jennings native Chelsea Marcantel has received the 2021 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, presented by the American Academy of Arts and...
Mar 2, 2021 | Airness, Articles, Press
By Aura Carlson | Tue Mar 02, 2021 Last spring, Kate Bergstrom was set to direct Airness, Chelsea Marcantel’s comedy about people entered in an air-guitar competition. It would have been her debut as a guest artist/lecturer in the UCSB Theater program. Then COVID hit,...
Mar 1, 2021 | Airness, Press, The Monster
NEW YORK, March 1, 2021—The winners of the 2021 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Each musical received a Studio Production Award. The Monster by Chelsea Marcantel, Michael Mahler, and...
Feb 19, 2021 | Airness, Articles, Press
Rock out with the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance as they explore this funny and heart-warming work. by BWW News Desk | Feb. 19, 2021 The Department of Theater and Dance presents Airness, winner of the 2018 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award, written...
Dec 20, 2019 | Airness, Articles, Press
By News Desk From dramas in church basements to high-budget musicals, the DMV produced an impressive array of theater in 2019, propelled by skilled, talented artists. Here are some of the productions that made an indelible impression on our writers this year. As...
Nov 20, 2019 | Airness, Press, Reviews
Dani Stoller as the Cannibal Queen in “Airness,” a play about competitive air-guitar performances. (Cameron Whitman/Keegan Theatre) By Celia Wren | November 19, 2019 It’s a good thing invisible guitars don’t cost real money, or the Keegan Theatre would be racking up...
Nov 19, 2019 | Airness, Press, Reviews
November 19, 2019 | by John Bavoso Airness closes November 30, 2019 at Keegan Theatre. Details and tickets “The whole impetus of air guitar is world peace,” earnestly intones a grown man who goes by the name Golden Thunder right before he goes out on stage in a dingy...
