May 16, 2018 | Airness, Press, Reviews
by Bev Sykes | Published May 16, 2018 How much, if anything, do you know about the art of the air guitar? You have probably seen someone pretending to play the guitar, without an instrument, but is it really air guitar? Chelsea Marcantel, the author of a play called...
May 11, 2018 | Airness, Interviews, Press
Published on the B-Street Theatre Blog | May 11, 2018 Chelsea Marcantel is the award winning playwright of Airness. She is not an air guitarist. Nor does she come from an air guitar shredding family. However, through her own experiences, she found the world of air...
Apr 11, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
The prize recognizes her play ‘Book of Will’ and comes with $25,000. by American Theatre Editors | published April 11, 2018 LOUISVILLE, KY.: The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) presented two of its play prizes at Actors Theatre of Louisville‘s annual...
Apr 10, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Rick Pender | published April 10, 2018 Inclusion was big this year, with virtually all the plays representing refreshingly nontraditional perspectives. I travel to Louisville, Ky. annually to take the pulse of American theater at Actors Theatre, when it presents...
Apr 6, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
by BWW News Desk | Published Apr. 6, 2018 The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has named Airness by Chelsea Marcantel the winner of the 2018 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award. The award, which recognizes an emerging playwright, will be presented at the...
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...
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 7, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Sara Havens | Published 7/7/17 When Poison frontman Bret Michaels told C.C. DeVille to pick up that guitar and talk to me in the 1987 hit song “Talk Dirty To Me,” kids everywhere — including myself — mimicked the 27-second guitar solo on a broomstick, with a...
Jun 16, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press
By Matt Kawahara | Published 6/16/17 B Street Theatre’s first season in its new $29 million midtown home will feature a mix of contemporary theater and classic children’s titles. The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, at 27th Street and Capitol Avenue, is under...
