Harriet Beecher Stowe News

Burning Coal's 2010/2011 season will include: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee directed by Randolph Curtis Rand (September 9 - 26, 2010), ST. NICHOLAS by Conor McPherson, directed by Randolph Curtis Rand (November 4 - 21, 2010), CROWNS by Regina Taylor, directed by Rebecca Holderness (December 2 - 19, 2010), BLUE by Kelly Doyle, directed by Mark Sutch (January 13 - 30, 2011) and THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE by David Edgar, directed by Jerome Davis (April 7 - 24, 2011).

Burning Coal Theatre Company of Raleigh, NC will open its 2010/2011 season with To Kill A Mockingbird, a stage adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel by Christopher Sergel. The production runs September 9 - 26, 2010.

Blackbird Theater, the newest member of Nashville's burgeoning community of theater companies, makes an auspicious debut with the premiere of Wes Driver and Greg Greene's smartly written new script - Twilight of the Gods - now onstage at David Lipscomb University's Shamblin Theatre. Featuring a truly outstanding ensemble performance from the 13-member cast (with particularly impressive turns by Britt Byrd and Patrick Kramer), Twilight of the Gods might best be described as a murder mystery cum drawing room comedy cum intellectual discussion.

Burning Coal's 2010/2011 season will include: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee directed by Randolph Curtis Rand (September 9 - 26, 2010), ST. NICHOLAS by Conor McPherson, directed by Randolph Curtis Rand (November 4 - 21, 2010), CROWNS by Regina Taylor, directed by Rebecca Holderness (December 2 - 19, 2010), BLUE by Kelly Doyle, directed by Mark Sutch (January 13 - 30, 2011) and THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE by David Edgar, directed by Jerome Davis (April 7 - 24, 2011).

The Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library announce the fourth program of their Classics Books Lecture Series, A Room with a View: 'E. M. Forster's Discovery of Enchantment in the Modern World,' presented by Dr. Gregg Crane of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the library of Grosse Pointe South High School , 11 Grosse Pointe Boulevard at Fisher Road in Grosse Pointe Farms .

The Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library announce the fourth program of their Classics Books Lecture Series, A Room with a View: 'E. M. Forster's Discovery of Enchantment in the Modern World,' presented by Dr. Gregg Crane of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the library of Grosse Pointe South High School , 11 Grosse Pointe Boulevard at Fisher Road in Grosse Pointe Farms .

Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook, whose Mark Twain Tonight! has defined the image and style of the great American author for thousands of theatergoers for over five decades, will perform his much-loved portrait of the great author on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Hartford's Lincoln Theater.

Metropolitan Playhouse hosts Another Sky, the theater's fifth annual Living Literature Festival of performances inspired by the lives and works of American authors. Another Sky is a collection of nine new works by artists and companies from across the US taking their inspiration from women of the long 19th Century.

Hartford Stage, The Mark Twain House & Museum and The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has announced that Oscar-nominee HAl Holbrook will make a rare appearance at the Hartford Lincoln Center on Saturday, January 23rd at 7:30pm in Mark Twain TONIGHT! - his acclaimed Tony Award-winning one-man show which celebrates the humor, satirical wit, and timeless observations of Mark Twain. Holbrook will be taking a brief break from the set of his upcoming feature film Flying Lessons, where he plays a retired officer and war veteran with Alzheimer's Disease.

Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook, whose Mark Twain Tonight! has defined the image and style of the great American author for thousands of theatergoers for over five decades, will perform his much-loved portrait of the great author on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Hartford's Lincoln Theater.

The Open Fist Theatre Company presents their First Ever, FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, with new works written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Steven Haworth, Karen Hartman, Julie Hebert, Neil LaBute, Rick Pagano and directed by Bjorn Johnson, Neil LaBute, Marya Mazor, Charles Otte and Randee Trabitz. The Festival will begin on Thursday, July 23 and run through Sunday, September 13 at The NEW Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (former home of The Actor's Gang) in Hollywood.

The Open Fist Theatre Company presents their First Ever, FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, with new works written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Steven Haworth, Karen Hartman, Julie Hebert, Neil LaBute, Rick Pagano and directed by Bjorn Johnson, Neil LaBute, Marya Mazor, Charles Otte and Randee Trabitz. The Festival will begin on Thursday, July 23 and run through Sunday, September 13 at The NEW Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (former home of The Actor's Gang) in Hollywood.

Cooper Union's Great Hall, a historic platform for critical discussion of political, educational and social issues, celebrates its 150th anniversary with a special, eight-part series-GREAT EVENINGS IN THE GREAT HALL-that kicks off on Tuesday, April 21st at 6:30 p.m. at The Great Hall of The Cooper Union (7 E. 7th St, b/w 3rd and 4th Ave.).

Cooper Union's Great Hall, a historic platform for critical discussion of political, educational and social issues, celebrates its 150th anniversary with a special, eight-part series-GREAT EVENINGS IN THE GREAT HALL-that kicks off on Tuesday, April 21st at 6:30 p.m. at The Great Hall of The Cooper Union (7 E. 7th St, b/w 3rd and 4th Ave.).

Theatre for a New Audience is presenting the United States premiere of Biyi Bandele's adaptation of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, directed by Kate Whoriskey with original music by Juwon Ogungbe, begins previews February 2 at 8PM, opens February 10 at 6:30PM