The Derrah Theatre Lab is born
Playwright alum, actor, and educator John Kuntz will further contribute to Boston’s new play ecosystem with the formation of The Derrah Theatre Lab, named for Kuntz’s late husband, beloved Boston actor Thomas Derrah. The Derrah Theatre Lab will dedicate its work to the creation of exciting, provocative, and experimental plays, with a specific focus on […]
Kuntz’s ‘Nepenthe’ in Indianapolis
Happy opening to playwright alum John Kuntz, whose The Hotel Nepenthe plays tonight through March 24 at Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis. Congratulations!
Off the Grid’s ‘The Weird’
Happy opening to current MFA playwright Alexis Scheer, playwright alum John Kuntz, and Off the Grid Theatre Company! The Weird plays at the Boston Center for the Arts until September 16.
Nortie congrats!
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of last night’s Elliot Norton Awards, but especially to: Playwright alum and faculty member Melinda Lopez, Outstanding New Script for Mala Maureen Keiller, Outstanding Actress—Small or Fringe Theater for her work in Faithless and The Honey Trap (here at BPT) and Oh God (Israeli Stage) Current MFA playwright […]
Kuntz’s ‘Muskrat’
Happy opening to John Kuntz, whose The Annotated History of the American Muskrat is part of Ice Factory 2016 at NYC’s New Ohio Theatre! Check out this Q&A!
Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards announced
KCACTF winners past and present at BPT for Peter M. Floyd’s Absence. L-R: Stephanie Brownell, Abbey Fenbert, Peter M. Floyd, John Kuntz and Michael Parsons. (Thanks for the photo, Kate!) Great KCACTF news for current MFA students and alums: Abbey Fenbert’s Intentions was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting; Michael Parsons’ Sumner Falls […]
Alumni news, in brief:
Two plays by Monica Bauer — her one-acts Made for Each Other and The Year I Was Gifted (which she performs) — are playing at NYC’s Stage Left Studio every Friday night through April 4… Here’s John Kuntz in The Whale, which opens at SpeakEasy Stage this week… News about this summer’s Last Frontier Theatre […]
Alumni news, in brief:
Kate Snodgrass will be on the “Playwrights Creating Opportunities” panel at next month’s Dramatists Guild National Conference in Chicago… Ronan Noone’s The Second Girl will be one of the Vineyard Playhouse’s Monday Night Specials (the theatre’s summer reading series of new plays) on Aug. 5… Argos Productions will ring in 2014 with a production […]
Alumni news, in brief:
Necessary Monsters, a new play by John Kuntz, is part of this weekend’s Summer Workshop at the Huntington on July 21… Plank by John Greiner-Ferris is on the bill of LiveWire Chicago Theatre’s VisionFest 5: Johnny 5 is Alive… Monica Bauer will perform her solo show The Year I Was Gifted at 59E59’s East to […]
BPT @ AWP: photographic evidence
Here are a few of the BPT superstars – Melinda Lopez, Steven Barkhimer, and Lydia Diamond – who were part of the “Playwright as Actor/Actor as Playwright” panel at AWP yesterday. The panel also included John Kuntz and Kate Snodgrass. Thanks for the photo, Johnny! And here is Kate at dinner with Derek and […]