About: American Repertory Theater of Western New York     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : yago:SocialGroup107950920, within Data Space : dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FAmerican_Repertory_Theater_of_Western_New_York&invfp=IFP_OFF&sas=SAME_AS_OFF

American Repertory Theater of Western New York is a theatre company located in Buffalo, New York. Established in 2007 by Matthew LaChiusa, the company produces contemporary & classic comedies including Greater Tuna and Laughter on the 23rd Floor, musicals such as Floyd Collins, premieres of new plays such as Fred's Requiem, well-known dramas such as The Gin Game, and edgier fare such as Killer Joe and "Heathers: The Musical". The theatre also showcases the work of local Buffalo playwrights and other new playwrights through One-Act Showcase the 2010 Young Playwrights Festival. American Repertory Theater of WNY has also highlighted Western New York playwrights through showcases requesting writers to base their material on songs written by contemporary musicians such as the 2018 "Rain Dogs Pr

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • American Repertory Theater of Western New York (en)
rdfs:comment
  • American Repertory Theater of Western New York is a theatre company located in Buffalo, New York. Established in 2007 by Matthew LaChiusa, the company produces contemporary & classic comedies including Greater Tuna and Laughter on the 23rd Floor, musicals such as Floyd Collins, premieres of new plays such as Fred's Requiem, well-known dramas such as The Gin Game, and edgier fare such as Killer Joe and "Heathers: The Musical". The theatre also showcases the work of local Buffalo playwrights and other new playwrights through One-Act Showcase the 2010 Young Playwrights Festival. American Repertory Theater of WNY has also highlighted Western New York playwrights through showcases requesting writers to base their material on songs written by contemporary musicians such as the 2018 "Rain Dogs Pr (en)
dcterms:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
sameAs
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
has abstract
  • American Repertory Theater of Western New York is a theatre company located in Buffalo, New York. Established in 2007 by Matthew LaChiusa, the company produces contemporary & classic comedies including Greater Tuna and Laughter on the 23rd Floor, musicals such as Floyd Collins, premieres of new plays such as Fred's Requiem, well-known dramas such as The Gin Game, and edgier fare such as Killer Joe and "Heathers: The Musical". The theatre also showcases the work of local Buffalo playwrights and other new playwrights through One-Act Showcase the 2010 Young Playwrights Festival. American Repertory Theater of WNY has also highlighted Western New York playwrights through showcases requesting writers to base their material on songs written by contemporary musicians such as the 2018 "Rain Dogs Project" that featured works based on the music of Tom Waits. After the COVID 19 pandemic shut down American Repertory Theater of WNY in March 2020, the company reopened doors in September 2021 to present original works by Western New York playwrights, including Artie Award winner, Mark Humphrey. The company resumed operations with Humphrey's "Speed of Dark" and scheduled an additional three other productions, featuring the works of Western New York Playwrights, for the 2021-22 theatrical season. These works included the October 2021 world premier of James A Marzo's "Something Wicked", the March 2022 "Fall From the Grace of God" showcase with Western New York playwrights, Mark C Lloyd, James A Marzo, John Snodgrass, Karen McDonald, Jennifer Tromble, Monish Bhatacharayya, Matthew LaChiusa, Timothy Joyce, and John F Kennedy crafting short plays based on the music of The Pogues,. The May 2022 world premiere of Matthew LaChiusa's "The Paradigm Bomb". was postponed to September 2022 due to the tragic events surrounding the Jefferson Street Tops Supermarket shootings. The company's stated mission is "to produce both classic and contemporary theatrical works and support a new generation of playwrights...[and to] serve as a catalyst for community dialogue and action that will result in sustained economic growth." The recent 2021 revisions to the mission statement: "The mission of the American Repertory Theater of WNY is two-fold. First, the mandate of The American Repertory Theater of WNY is to produce both classic & contemporary theatrical works, and support a new generation of playwrights. These productions are purposefully created to embody innovation, diversity, and inclusivity, thereby expanding the cultural and intellectual experience of the theatergoer. Second, the American Repertory Theater of WNY will serve as a catalyst for community dialogue and action that will result in sustained economic growth and increase the collaboration within all sectors of our community" Throughout the company's 15 seasons, American Repertory Theater of WNY received 17 nominations for theater excellence, and won 4 local awards "The Arties" for theatrical productions. American Repertory Theater of WNY is currently located on 545 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo New York. (en)
gold:hypernym
prov:wasDerivedFrom
page length (characters) of wiki page
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of
is foaf:primaryTopic of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git139 as of Feb 29 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3330 as of Mar 19 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (378 GB total memory, 67 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software