Dec 19, 2013 | Articles, Press
VI to showcase ‘Mountains: Great and Small’ Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2013 11:54 am Bristol, VA — Virginia Intermont College’s theater department will present the world premiere of “Mountains: Great and Small”, an original piece created during...
Aug 9, 2013 | Articles, Press, Reviews
Crowds watch the Hatfield – McCoy feud on stage by Rebekah Pewitt • August 4, 2013 MCCARR, Ky. (WYMT) – A crowd gathered at Sunday’s showing of “Blood Song: The Story of the Hatfields and the McCoys.” With the pull of the trigger, you’re...
Jun 15, 2013 | Articles, Press
Experience Pike County “Blood Song: The Story of the Hatfields and the McCoys” by J. Shepherd • June 15, 2013 The Hatfield and McCoy feud has captured the interest of America since the History Channel debuted its’ miniseries last year. Thousands...
Jun 4, 2013 | Articles, Press, Short Plays
Sketchbook Festival Just the Ticket by Hedy Weiss • May 29, 2013 Chicago commuters are familiar with the eight color-coded routes of the trains that comprise the CTA system. And now, for its 13th annual Sketchbook festival of new plays, Collaboraction has charted its...
Jun 23, 2012 | Articles, Press
Barter Theatre Announces Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights Line-Up By Bethany Rickwald • Jun 22, 2012 Virginia Barter Theatre has announced the line-up for the twelfth annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP), which will run July 6-July...
Apr 28, 2012 | Articles, Press
DEVOUR Chicago Stage Style Theatre & Performing Arts News April 28, 2012 20% Theatre Company Chicago presents “Devour,” written by Chelsea Marcantel and directed by Jacqueline Stone. The production opens on May 5 and runs until May 20, with...
Jan 24, 2012 | Articles, Press
Todd London is the Artistic Director of New Dramatists in New York City and the first recipient of TCG’s Visionary Leadership Award. Mr. London gave the keynote address to the Dramatists Guild National Convention in the summer of 2011. In the...
Sep 1, 2011 | Articles, Press
by BWW News Desk The Dramatists Guild of America and Northwestern University announce the selection of Nambi E. Kelley, Chelsea Marcantel, Lily Mooney, Bruce Murphy, Gwendolyn Rice, Gloria Bond Clunie, Steve and Karen Multer and Ethan Deppe for the second annual...
May 2, 2011 | Articles, Press
Start Weird, Make a Difficult Change, and Shut Up by Chelsea Marcantel I recently finished reading Steve Martin’s autobiography about his years as a standup comic, Born Standing Up, in which he says that he always tries to craft every presentation—his standup, his...
Jul 1, 2010 | Articles, Interviews, Press
Crew it yourself Two Chicago writers bypass the system with self-produced plays. By John Beer It’s hard out there for a playwright. That was the message of Outrageous Fortune, last year’s study written by Todd London and Ben Pesner for the Theatre Development Fund,...