Ean Benjamin News

Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) continues its 2016-17 Season with the absolutely off-the-wall "Women in Jeopardy!". The riotous comedy follows Mary and Jo, two middle-aged women who jump to the rescue when their best friend Liz falls for a creepy (and potentially murderous) dentist. MRT Artistic Director Sean Daniels, who helmed the 2015 world premiere at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, returns to direct.

Things will look a little different on February 11 and 12 at the Canton Museum of Art for the fun and unusual Dream Worlds Convention, organized by Oddmall. The Cultural Center for the Arts and Canton Museum of Art will be open Saturday, February 11 from 10:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 12 from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This holiday season, Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) presents the world premiere of the one-of-a-kind Christmas Red Sox play "Going to See the Kid." This latest offering from playwright Steven Drukman centers around two Boston Globe reporters on a journey to meet legendary ballplayer Ted Williams in 2001. With great humor and affection, "Going to See the Kid" takes a fresh look at a beloved Boston icon-and is filled with  holiday spirit to boot. MRT Director of New Play Development Alexander Greenfield directs.

Yes, in a period of two hours and twenty minutes, plus intermission, 44 plays whoosh across the Cleveland Public Theatre stage. During that time the audience is exposed to all of the United States of America's Presidents. Well, to be honest, there are 45 plays...one, based on the audience vote, an add-on vignette of a supposition about either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump's reign as the next President.

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce the regional premiere of 44 Plays by 44 Presidents, written by Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Chloe Johnston and Karen Weinberg (of the Neo-Futurists). The CPT production is co-directed by Dan Kilbane and Caitlin Lewins. 44 Plays by 44 Presidents is onstage October 6 through 29th in CPT's James Levin Theatre.

This fall Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) presents the regional premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's 'Abigail/1702', the haunting play that asks what might have happened ten years after the Salem witch trials. At the center of the story is Abigail Williams, the young accuser of 1692's Salem Village, as she tries to begin a new life after the hysteria has subsided-yet remains haunted at every turn by terrors of the past. Tlaloc Rivas directs.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) has announced its 2016-17 Season, the second under Artistic Director Sean Daniels.

As if you haven't had enough of election year politics, now comes the 2012 National Plays for Presidents Festival. However, this lighthearted two-hour tour of presidential history is a good way to wean yourself off the non-stop 24/7 flood of political advertisements and opponent-bashing.

Throughout the nation, 44 theater organizations will perform the play including Penobscot Theatre's Dramatic Academy students.

The Neo-Futurists announce a one week extension of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, directed by Halena Kays. Three shows have been added beyond the original closing date of November 10: Thursday, November 15; Friday, November 16; and Saturday, November 17. All extension performances start at 7:30 p.m.

Throughout the nation, 44 theater organizations will perform the play including Penobscot Theatre's Dramatic Academy students.

Geva Theatre Center presents the Geva Theatre Conservatory production of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents by Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Gevenvra Gallo Bayiates, Chloe Johnson and Karen Weinberg and directed by Sean Daniels in the Fielding Nextstage from tonight, September 22 - October 6, 2012.

Dad's Garage Theatre will present 44 Plays for 44 Presidents from October 4 - November 3 as part of the nationwide Plays for Presidents Festival 2012. The show packs 44 short plays--one about each US president-- into one 2-hour show.

Geva Theatre Center presents the Geva Theatre Conservatory production of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents by Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Gevenvra Gallo Bayiates, Chloe Johnson and Karen Weinberg and directed by Sean Daniels in the Fielding Nextstage from September 22 - October 6, 2012.

Victory Gardens Theater is proud to announce an exciting line-up for its new 2009/2010 Fresh Squeezed Series. Now in its second season, Fresh Squeezed is a series of late-night, low priced offbeat performance-based events targeting younger and diverse audiences while celebrating alternative voices and approaches to creating new work.

Deck the walls with 99 bottles of beer and raise your glasses to Drinking & Writing Vol. IV: The 12 Steps of Xmas, Chicago's most intoxicating late-night holiday show, back by popular demand for the 2008 holiday season at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.

Eurydice, a bold, slyly comic, visually fascinating take on the classic Orpheus myth by Sarah Ruhl, is enjoying an ambitious revival by Victory Gardens Theater, to open the 35th season at Chicago's #1 presenter of new plays.