Lisa Rothe is a theater director and acting coach, specializing in new plays and updating the classics for our modern times.
Coming Up:
THE NAMES WE
GAVE HIM
by Ellen McLaughlin
& composer Peter Foley:
The NEW WORKS INITIATIVE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
at
December 8 - 11, 2021
Current:
PERICLES
Adapted by Ellen McLaughlin:
Podcast in 7 episodes
Produced by
and the PlayOn Shakespeare series.
Starring:
Keith David as Pericles
Kathleen Chalfant as Gower, and outstanding cast:
Barzin Akhavan, Benjamin Bonefant, Christiana Clark,
Johanna Day, Jennie Greenberry, John Keating, Jeffrey King, Orlando Pabotoy, Tommy Schrider &
Amy Villarama
Music Composition: Rinde Eckert
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Past:
BELLY OF THE BEAST
by Margaret Vandenburg
Directed by Lisa Rothe
Virtual Reading
Streaming for 24 hours on
starting Sunday, November 1st @ 7 pm
Starring:
Daniel Dae Kim, Joel del la Fuente,
Carrie Preston, Antonia Thomas &
Tamlyn Tomita
Presented by TodayTix & New York Theatre Workshop
News:
Belly of the Beast was
Nominated for a Drama League Award for Outstanding Digital Production
THE DAY MY FATHER KILLED ME
by Charlotte Boimare & Magali Solignat
Translated by Amelia Parenteau
Virtual reading
Thursday, October 22 @ 7 pm
WINGSPAN
by Chris Bohjalian
Zoom reading
Monday, August 3, 2020
Canceled:
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
by Kate Hamill
July 3-19, 2020
Canceled:
HOLD THESE TRUTHS
by Jeanne Sakata
Starring Joel de la Fuente
Heritage Theatre Festival
Charlottesville, VA
July 31 - August 9, 2020
FESTIVAL CANCELLED
Producing:
Origins KC: New Play Festival Weekend
@ Kansas City Repertory Theatre
March 13 - 15, 2020
Festival playwrights:
Kyle Hatley
Stacey Rose
Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
Laura Eason
FUN HOME
by Lisa Kron &
composer Jeanine Tesori,
based on the graphic novel
by Alison Bechdel
@ Kansas City Repertory Theatre
January 25 - February 16, 2020
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by Robert Harling
October 26 - December 15, 2019
Tuesday, December 10
Join us after the production for a talkback
with playwright Robert Harling
Workshop/Reading:
VILLAGE OF VALE
by John McGrew (MUSIC/LYRICS), Jonathan Karpinos (BOOK/LYRICS) & Joseph Varca (BOOK/LYRICS)
@ Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Reading: December 9, 2019
Workshop/Reading:
AND/ORLANDO
by Margaret Vandenburg
December 14, 2019
Workshop/Reading:
MURDER GIRL
by Heidi Armbruster
@ Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Reading: November 18, 2019
HOLD THESE TRUTHS
by Jeanne Sakata
Starring Joel de la Fuente
Vancouver, Canada
October 18 - Nov 2, 2019
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
by Tennessee Williams
@ Kansas City Repertory Theatre
September 6 - 29, 2019
Back by popular demand:
HOLD THESE TRUTHS
by Jeanne Sakata
Starring Joel de la Fuente
September 20 - 26, 2019
Workshop/Reading:
PERICLES
translated by Ellen McLaughlin (PlayOn! Shakespeare reading)
June 22, 2019 @ 2 pm
Andromeda's Sister's Gala
to support Arts & Education:
@ Guild Hall, East Hampton, LI
The Continuing Adventures
by Lucy Boyle
with
Blythe Danner, Charlotte Graham
& Paul Hecht
&
Sat Nam
by Anna Ziegler
with
Blythe Danner & Laura Gomez
HOLD THESE TRUTHS
by Jeanne Sakata
Starring Joel de la Fuente
May 22 - June 8, 2019
Origin KC:
New Play Festival at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
As the new interim Director of New Works at KC Rep, I am proud to present this new play festival with playwrights:
Dipika Guha
Kyle Hatley
Stacey Rose
Vanessa Severo
Check out our Launch Weekend May 3-5:
AMBER WAVES
by James Still
April 2 - 28, 2019
IN MY CHAIR
written and performed
by Eva DeVirgilis
March 2 - 31, 2019
COLONY COLLAPSE
by Stefanie Zadravec
December 6 - 8, 2018
WILD ABANDON
written and performed by
Leenya Rideout
Sept 19 - Oct 21, 2018
Workshop/Reading:
e-smuggler.com
by Sedef Ecer
translated (from French)
by Amelia Parenteau
at the 53rd Street Library
October 18, 2018
@ 7:30 pm
Workshop/Reading:
SISTREN
by Erin Buckley
@ The Lark (Playwright's Week)
November 9, 2018
@ 2pm
HOLD THESE TRUTHS
by Jeanne Sakata
Starring Joel de la Fuente
July 11 - August 5, 2018
This production of Hold These Truths for TheatreWorks /Silicon Valley won
3 Theatre Bay Area Awards for:
-
Outstanding Direction
-
Outstanding Performer (Joel de la Fuente)
-
Outstanding Production
Workshop/Reading:
Book & Lyrics by Christine Toy Johnson
Music by Bobby Cronin
Staged Reading @ Shetler Studios
April 23, 2018
RSVP: tillsoonanne@gmail.com
SOONER/LATER
by Allyson Currin
March 24 - April 21, 2018
THEATRE WOMEN AWARDS
The League of Professional
Theatre Women
March 16, 2018
Check out article in American Theatre Magazine
HOLD THESE TRUTHS
by Jeanne Sakata
Starring Joel de la Fuente
December 2-20, 2017
NYTimes Review: click here
A DAUGHTER AND SOME SONS
by Lucy Thurber
721 Broadway - 5th floor
November 15-20, 2017
