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'Suburban Redux' to bow in the Twin Cities next season
Gadfly Theatre Productions, a professional, non-profit theatre and arts organization promoting socioeconomic justice, individuality, and equality for all, has added 'Suburban Redux' to their 2010/2011 season. The play will occupy the final slot of their season, scheduled to open in Minneapolis-Saint Paul in May, 2011. Details to follow.
Monologues from ‘skiz/uhm’ and ‘Suburban Redux’ now published
Theatrical trade publisher JAC Publishing & Promotions has just published monologues from ‘skiz/uhm’ and ‘Suburban Redux’ in its anthology ‘InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature.’
'Café Grotesquerie' debuts in New York
Award-winning EndTimes Productions are producing 'Café Grotesquerie' as part of its annual one-act festival, "Vignettes for the Apocalypse." The festival focuses on pieces with horror, sci-fi, political, or dystopian themes. Performances run from 4/7/2010-4/18/2010 at The Red Room Theater, 85 East 4th Street (between 2nd & 3rd), New York, NY 10003. Details can be found here.
The monologue 'Organ Failure' has just been published in The Good Ear Review...a dramatist's literary journal, and can be found by visiting their website here.
‘What's the Meta?' now published
Theatrical trade publisher Smith & Kraus, Inc. has published ‘What's the Meta?' in its latest anthology '2009: The Best Ten-Minute Plays for 2 or More Actors.' Edited by
‘Public Relations’ to be published
Theatrical trade publisher Smith & Kraus, Inc. will be publishing ‘Public Relations’ in its upcoming anthology '2010 Best Ten-Minute Plays' Estimated date of publication: winter 2010. Edited by Lawrence Harbison.
‘A Cure for the Common Cold’
The new play ‘A Cure for the Common Cold’ is a Cold War drama based on actual events. More information on the play can be found here.
‘Public Relations’ to debut in
The premiere production of ‘Public Relations’ will take place at the Notes From The Underground festival, produced by the Curan Repertory Company, beginning May 19th. Details to follow.
‘Kitchen Sink Drama’ in
Mind The Gap Theatre will be producing the one-act version of ‘Kitchen Sink Drama’ as part of BritBits 5, a play festival featuring brand new short plays by, for or about the British.
‘The End of the World’ at hotINK
‘The End of the World’ has been selected for inclusion in the 9th annual hotINK International Festival of Play Readings. The festival is organized and presented by the Department of Drama at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. The lead role of "Valentine" will be performed by Broadway's Theo Stockman ("Hair" "American Idiot"). More information on hotINK can be found here.
The reading will take place on Saturday, January 31st, 2009 and will be held at the Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. Additional details to follow.
'What's the Meta?' in Beyond Convention OC Weekly The Hunger Artists Theatre Company is producing ‘What’s the
“Theatrical crack… One hell of a good time…In a truly esoteric stint, What’s the
‘What’s the Meta?’ in
Mind The Gap Theatre will be producing ‘What’s the
‘What’s the
The East Haddam Stage Company has selected ‘What’s the
More on The East Haddam Stage Company can be found by visiting their website here.
'What's the Meta?' in NC
The Lost Playwrights of Western North Carolina will present ‘What’s the
'An Honest Mistake' in Ashland
ArtWork Enterprises has selected ‘An Honest Mistake’ as a winner for the 8th annual Rogue Valley Ten-Minute Plays Festival, in
‘Dedication’ opens in New York
“Smart…Compelling...The dialog hits with an open palm…The subtlety of Biss' script comes into focus and the two characters shift positions”
nytheatre.com
Turtle Shell Productions is presenting the premiere production of ‘Dedication’ in New York this summer. The play stars Arthur French and Booker T. Washington and runs July 17th - August 5th at The Turtle's Shell Theater (in the Times Square Arts Center), 300 W. 43 rd Street, New York, NY 10036 .Tickets available at Theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101.
For complete show schedule please visit: www.turtleshellproductions.com
'Cocktail Conversation' now published
Theatrical trade publisher Smith & Kraus, Inc. has published 'Cocktail Conversation' in its new anthology 'The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2007, 2 Actors.' Available from Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon, and most specialty theatre bookstores. Edited by Lawrence Harbison.
‘Big’ in
‘Big Girl’ opens in New York on April 3rd. Produced by
Performances:
Wed - Sat at 7pm; Sun at 3pm; also Apr 12 at 3pm
Tickets:
212-279-4200
Order tickets online
www.threegracestheater.org
'Indigenous Peoples' opens in London
"A hilarious play"
Theatreworld Internet Magazine
"Amusingly clever and eruditely absurd"
Extra! Extra!
"Amusing and likeably daft"
Time Out
London’s Union Theatre opens its 'Best of the Bunch' plays from its highly popular Union of Shorts series. The 10th Anniversary Union of Shorts runs on the following schedule:
Wednesday, December 5th – Saturday, January 12th
Wednesday-Saturday @ 7:30pm
Sundays @ 3:00pm
The Union Theatre
204 Union Street
Southwark, SE1 0LX
020 7261 9876
www.uniontheatre.org
'Indigenous Peoples' takes the top honors at New York Festival
'Indigenous Peoples' was awarded Play of the Year at the Wonderland One-Act Festival, held at The Studio Theatre in Theatre Row on 42nd Street. The awards were presented at Chi Lounge in Manhattan on June 9th, where the production also picked up three other awards: Best Actress to Nicole Heriot, Understudy Award (for a last minute fill in by director James Stover), and the award for Audience Favorite Play.
Playbill
Broadwayworld.com
b i o g r a p h y :
The works of playwright Andrew Biss have been produced in New York, London, Los Angeles, and many other cities across North America and Europe. 
His plays have won awards on both coasts of the U.S., critical acclaim in the U.K., and are an Off-Off-Broadway regular fixture.
In New York his plays have been produced at Theatre Row Studios, Emerging Artists Theatre, The Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival, The Kraine Theater, The Red Room Theater, Manhattan Theatre Source, Mind The Gap Theatre, 3Graces Theatre Company, Curan Repertory Company, Turtle Shell Productions, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, American Globe Theatre, The American Theater of Actors, and Chashama Theatres, among others.
He is published by Smith & Kraus, Inc., Meriwether Publishing Ltd., and JAC Publishing & Promotions.
Andrew is a graduate of the University of the Arts London, and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.
