“I’m trying to get people to think differently about the world. Part of what the play is doing is saying, ‘I’m at a loss. Are you? Do you have a solution for me?’” —Taylor Mac Theatre for a New Audience…
Actor Saul Rubinek is bringing his critically-acclaimed performance in Playing Shylock to New York City for its US premiere. In this powerhouse performance, Rubinek adds another unforgettable character to his four-decade-spanning career in movies, television and theatre. In series like…
“Taylor Mac, whose new play Prosperous Fools is loosely inspired by Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, and Jeffrey Hatcher, who has a new adaptation of The Imaginary Invalid, talk satire, philanthropy, and healthcare.” Theatre for a New Audience presents the world premiere…
Jay O. Sanders has received a Drama Desk Awards nomination for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play for his portrayal of Falstaff in Dakin Matthews’ adaptation of HENRY IV, directed by Eric Tucker. TFANA’s production ran from January 30 through…
Theatre for a New Audience presents the world premiere of Taylor Mac’s Prosperous Fools at Polonsky Shakespeare Center from June 1-29. Directed by Tony winner Darko Tresnjak, the play is loosely inspired by Molière’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. The company will feature seven actors, four…
“Arching an eyebrow at philanthropy and its insincerities, set at a gala for a nonprofit dance company, with Mac leading a cast that includes Sierra Boggess and Jason O’Connell, the Tony Award winner Darko Tresnjak directs.” Theatre for a New…
Theatre for a New Audience’s production of The Merchant of Venice at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum has received rave reviews. Read the 5 and 4-star reviews from The Guardian, The Times, The Scotsman, The Herald, Arts Review Edinburgh, WhatsonStage, The Stage,…
“Re-encountering the work, he is painfully struck by his young self’s optimistic depiction of ‘a kind of hybrid community made up from different parts of the country. That play now makes me recollect very vividly that eve of independence season…
“Directed with unhurried assurance by Awoye Timpo…Astonishing set design (by Jason Ardizzone-West)…The play becomes a delta…where tributary identities—Muslim, Yoruba, traditional, modern—mingle and surge toward confrontation.” —Dan Stahl, The New Yorker Read more from The New Yorker here. “Director Awoye Timpo…
TFANA will present the off-Broadway premiere of Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers, directed by OBIE winner Awoye Timpo (Alice Childress’ Wedding Band). The Swamp Dwellers runs March 30-April 27. Read more from TheaterMania here.