TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley) is a non-profit, professional theater company based in Palo Alto, California. Since 2000, TheatreWorks has been dedicated to the development of scores of new plays and musicals, earning national recognition and acclaim for the company and their New Works Festival.
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Memphis (musical) | Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro; Music & Additional Lyrics by David Bryan |
The Mistress Cycle | Book & Lyrics by Beth Blatt; Music by Jenny Giering |
My Antonia | Book by Scott Schwartz; Adapted from the novel by Willa Cather; Original Music by Stephen Schwartz |
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A Little Princess | Book & Lyrics by Brian Crawley; Music by Andrew Lippa |
Striking 12 | Book by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, & Valerie Vigoda; Music & Lyrics by Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda |
Caraboo (now called Caraboo, Princess of Javasu) | Book by Marsha Norman; Lyrics by Beth Blatt; Music by Jenny Giering |
Jerry Christmas | Book by Daniel Goldfarb; Music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa |
Baby Taj | By Tanya Shaffer |
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Coyote Creek Flat | By David Ford |
Malaya (now titled The Peninsula)l | By Chay Yew |
Party Come Here | Book by Daniel Goldfarb; Music & Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum |
The Water | Book by Jeffrey Hilton & Tim Werenko; Lyrics by Jeffrey Hilton; Music by Georgia Stitt |
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The Funkentine Rapture | Book by Lee Summers & Ben Blake; Music & Lyrics by Lee Summers |
Laughing Without an Accent | By Firoozeh Dumas; Developed with David Ford |
Piece | Book by Tara Smith; Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan |
Vrooom! | By Janet Allard; Developed with Michael Bigelow Dixon |
Wheelhouse | Book by Gene Lewin, Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, & Valerie Vigoda; Music & Lyrics by Gene Lewin, Brendan Milburn, & Valerie Vigoda |
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American Klepto | By Allison Moore |
Asphalt Beach | Book by T.C. Smith & Peter Spears; Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa |
Big Red Sun | Book & Lyrics by John Jiler; Music by Georgia Stitt |
The Drunken City | By Adam Bock |
Mezzulah, 1946 | |
Something’s Wrong With Amandine | Book by Winter Miller; Music & Lyrics by Lance Horne |
Emma | Book, Music, & Lyrics by Paul Gordon |
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The Burnt Part Boys | Book by Marianna Elder; Lyrics by Nathan Tysen; Music by Chris Miller |
Equivocation | By Bill Cain |
The Shining Lives | By Melanie Marnich, Writing Arthur; Book, Music, & Lyrics by David Austin; Story development by Jennifer Maloney |
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Creating Claire | By Joe DiPietro |
Girlfriend | Book by Todd Almond; Music & Lyrics by Matthew Sweet |
Touch(ed) | By Bess Wohl |
Unlock’d | Book & Lyrics by Sam Carner; Music by Derek Gregor |
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Auctioning the Ainsleys | By Laura Schellhardt |
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me | Book by Joe DiPietro; Lyrics by Valerie Vigoda; Music by Brendan Milburn |
Makeover | Book & Lyrics by Darrah Cloud; Music by Kim D. Sherman |
The North Pool | By Rajiv Joseph |
The Sparrow and the Birdman | |
Tales From The Bad Years | Music & Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan & Bree Lowdermilk |
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Variations on a Theme | By Anna Ziegler |
Red Clay | Book and Lyrics by Jeff Hughes; Music by Scott Ethier |
How to Write a New Book for the Bible | By Bill Cain |
Fly-By-Night | Conceived by Kim Rosenstock; Written by Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock |
Great Wall | Book by Kevin Merritt; Music and Lyrics by Kevin So; Story Consultant – David Henry Hwang |
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Little Rock | By Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (Developmental Production) |
The Giver | Based on the book by Lois Lowry; Music by Scott Murphy (Staged Reading-Musical) |
Upright Grand | By Laura Schellhardt (Staged Reading-Play) |
Wild with Happy | By Colman Domingo (Staged Reading-Play) |
Up North | By Joe Tracz (Staged Reading-Play) |
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The Trouble with Doug | Book by Will Aronson & Daniel Maté; Music by Will Aronson; Lyrics by Daniel Maté (Developmental Production) |
Sleeping Rough | By Kara Manning (Staged Reading-Play) |
The Loudest Man on Earth | By Catherine Rush (Staged Reading-Play) |
Being Earnest | Book & Lyrics by Paul Gordon; Music by Paul Gordon & Jay Gruska (Staged Reading-Musical) |
Triangle | Book by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore, & Joshua Scher; Music by Thomas Mizer; Lyrics by Curtis Moore (Staged Reading-Musical) |
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Cubamor | Book and Lyrics James D. Sasser; Music and Lyrics by Charles Vincent Burwell ; Based on the independent film Cubamor by Joshua Bee Alafia (Staged Reading-Musical) |
Gather at the River | By Laura Marks (Staged Reading-Play) |
The Great Pretender | By Laura Marks (Staged Reading-Play) |
Laugh | By Laura Marks (Staged Reading-Play) |
Mrs. Hughes | Book by Janine Nabers; Music and Lyrics by Sharon Kenny (Staged Reading-Musical) |
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Norman Rockwell's America | Book by Lynne Kaufman; Music & Lyrics by Alex Mandel (Staged Reading-Musical) |
Describe the Night | By Rajiv Joseph (Staged Reading-Play) |
The Disappearing Man | Book, Music and Lyrics by Jahn Sood (Staged Reading-Musical) |
An Entomologist's Love Story | By Melissa Ross (Staged Reading-Play) |
Tokyo Fish Story | By Kimber Lee (Staged Reading-Play) |
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Marie and Rosetta | By George Brant |
Man and Beast | By Lynn Rosen |
The Man in the Ceiling | Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa, Book by Jules Feiffer, Based on the Illustrated Novel by Jules Feiffer |
The There There | By Jason Gray Platt |
Confederates | By Suzanne Bradbeer |
The Paper Raincoat | By Alex Wong, Amber Rubarth, & Devon Copley |
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Keynote Speech: The Black Cat That Isn't There | By Rajiv Joseph |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Based on the Novel by Ray Bradbury, Music & Lyrics by Neil Bartram, Book by Brian Hill |
Gravity | Created by Joel Chapman, Weston Gaylord, Matt Herrero, Jessia Hoffman, & Ken Savage |
The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga | Book, Music, & Lyrics by Min Kahng, Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama, Translated as The Four Immigrants by Frederik L. Schodt |
Archduke | By Rajiv Joseph |
I Enter the Valley | By Dipika Guha |
Eddie the Marvelous, Who Will Save the World | Book, Music, & Lyrics by Kate Kilbane &Dan Moses |
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My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding | Book, Music, & Lyrics by David Hein & Irene Sankoff, Directed by David Leon Lowenstein |
Past, Present, Future: The Shangri-Las | Featuring songs of the Shangri-Las, Directed by Lisa Peterson |
3 Farids | By Ramiz Monsef, Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh |
Tiny Houses | By Stefanie Zadravec, Directed by Giovanna Sardelli |
Deal with the Dragon | By Kevin Rolston, Developed with & Directed by M. Graham Smith |
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Keynote Address | By Suzanne Bradbeer |
Venture | Book, Music, and Lyrics by Michael Najar |
Born in East Berlin | By Rogelio Martinez |
Once Upon a Rhyme | Book, Lyrics, and Music by Ronvé O'Daniel, Music by Jevares C. Myrick |
They Promised Her the Moon | By Laurel Ollstein |
Pride and Prejudice (musical) | Book, Music, and Lyrics by Paul Gordon, Based on the novel by Jane Austen |
The Kilbanes - Rock 'n Roll n' More | Created and Performed by Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses |
Something to Say: New Plays by Women | By Suzanne Bradbeer, Patricia Cotter, Dipika Guha, Velina Hasu Houston, Syche Phillips, and Geetha Reddy |
Savoy opera was a style of comic opera that developed in Victorian England in the late 19th century, with W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan as the original and most successful practitioners. The name is derived from the Savoy Theatre, which impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte built to house the Gilbert and Sullivan pieces, and later those by other composer–librettist teams. The great bulk of the non-G&S Savoy Operas either failed to achieve a foothold in the standard repertory, or have faded over the years, leaving the term "Savoy Opera" as practically synonymous with Gilbert and Sullivan. The Savoy operas were seminal influences on the creation of the modern musical.
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratford-upon-Avon, and on tour across the UK and internationally.
The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne. It was also called the Théâtre-Italien up to about 1793, when it again became most commonly known as the Opéra-Comique. Today the company's official name is Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, and its theatre, with a capacity of around 1,248 seats, sometimes referred to as the Salle Favart, is located at Place Boïeldieu, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Palais Garnier, one of the theatres of the Paris Opéra. The musicians and others associated with the Opéra-Comique have made important contributions to operatic history and tradition in France and to French opera. Its current mission is to reconnect with its history and discover its unique repertoire to ensure production and dissemination of operas for the wider public. Mainstays of the repertory at the Opéra-Comique during its history have included the following works which have each been performed more than 1,000 times by the company: Cavalleria Rusticana, Le chalet, La dame blanche, Le domino noir, La fille du régiment, Lakmé, Manon, Mignon, Les noces de Jeannette, Le pré aux clercs, Tosca, La bohème, Werther and Carmen, the last having been performed more than 2,500 times.
There is great variety in dance in the United States of America. It is the home of the hip hop dance, salsa, swing, tap dance and its derivative Rock and Roll, and modern square dance and one of the major centers for modern dance. There is a variety of social dance and concert or performance dance forms with also a range of traditions of Native American dances.
The Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state theatre in France to have its own permanent troupe of actors. The company's primary venue is the Salle Richelieu, which is a part of the Palais-Royal complex and located at 2, Rue de Richelieu on Place André-Malraux in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325-seat producing house with an international reputation, which takes its name from the street on which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama. Successful plays are often transferred to West End theatres.
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization. The artistic director of a theatre company is the individual with the overarching artistic control of the theatre's production choices, directorial choices, and overall artistic vision. In smaller theatres, the artistic director may be the founder of the theatre and the primary director of its plays. In larger non-profit theatres, the artistic director may be appointed by the board of directors.
Oregon Ballet Theatre (OBT) is a ballet company in Portland, Oregon, United States. The company performs an annual five-program season at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts and conducts regional and national tours. It was featured in the October/November 2007 issue of Pointe magazine, with principal dancer Kathi Martuza on the cover.
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Ceremonial dancing has a very important place in the Indigenous cultures of Australia. They vary from place to place, but most ceremonies combine dance, song, rituals and often elaborate body decorations and costumes. The different body paintings indicate the type of ceremony being performed. They play an important role in marriage ceremonies, in the education of Indigenous children, as well as story telling and oral history. The term corroboree is commonly used to refer to Australian Aboriginal dances, although this term has its origins among the people of the Sydney region. In some places, Aboriginal people perform corroborees for tourists. In the latter part of the 20th century the influence of Indigenous Australian dance traditions has been seen with the development of concert dance, with the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) providing training in contemporary dance.
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a Tony Award-winning non-profit, professional theatre company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in July, 1970. The company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and employs some 300 artists annually, including Equity and non-Equity actors, directors, designers and specialty artists. The company stages a year-round season of eight productions - comedies, dramas, and musicals - in the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and in the California Mission-style Lucie Stern Theatre complex in Palo Alto.
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