Nov 4, 2024 | Interviews, Press
November 4, 2024 photo: Ryan Bourque Photography We had the good fortune of connecting with Chelsea Marcantel and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Chelsea, what are you inspired by? I’m inspired by people. The diversity of what people are into, how they relate...
May 20, 2022 | Interviews, Press, The Upstairs Department
by Kaylee Dugan | May 20, 2022 photo by Christopher Mueller Chelsea Marcantel isn’t afraid to talk about death. In fact, the playwright behind well-known works like “Airness,” kind of thinks it’s vital. In her newest play “The Upstairs Department,” which is at...
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...
Dec 14, 2020 | Citizen Detective, Interviews, Press
by John Soltes | December 14, 2020 Citizen Detective is a true-crime mashup that the Geffen Stayhouse is presenting via Zoom. Photo courtesy of Geffen Playhouse / Provided by official site with permission. Citizen Detective, the new hit show from the Geffen...
Nov 9, 2020 | Citizen Detective, Interviews, Press
Specifically written for Zoom, playwright/director Chelsea Marcantel has fashioned a mystery who-done-it with the Zoom audience as the solving detectives. by Gil Kaan Nov. 9, 2020 CITIZEN DETECTIVE, Geffen StayHouse’s third production, has already been...
Jul 7, 2020 | Interviews, Press, The Kilroys
Honoring Cancelled or Postponed Plays by Women, Trans & Non-Binary Theater Writers by BWW News Desk The Kilroys at Home (photos by Jenn Spain Photography) The Kilroys announced today THE LIST 2020. This survey is meant to honor cancelled or postponed plays due to...
Mar 12, 2020 | Interviews, Press
photo credit: Ryan Bourque Photography From Peter: My last project in graduate school was doing a small reading presentation of a scene from Airness by Chelsea Marcantel. It was the play EVERYONE was doing and had the theatre community buzzing. I remember walking up...
Apr 22, 2019 | Everything is Wonderful, Interviews, Press
by Jan Farrington | April 22, 2019 Kelsey Milbourn in Everything is Wonderful (photo by Evan Michael Woods) Addison — Playwright Chelsea Marcantel has found the welcome mat out for her surprising and sharply observed stories at theaters around the...
Apr 19, 2019 | Articles, Interviews, Press, Tiny Houses
by BWW News Desk | April 19, 2019 Can tiny equal happy? World-premiere comedy TINY HOUSES explores this question beginning May 4 in the Shelterhouse Theatre as four young adults attempt to build a 200-square foot home. With support from The Rosenthal Family...
Mar 28, 2019 | Interviews, Press, Tiny Houses
by Dan Polletta |March 28, 2019 These days a popular book is advocating that if an object doesn’t bring you joy, then you should throw it away. Downsizing may make your life less cluttered, but will it really make it better? Playwright Chelsea Marcantel examines that...
