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The New Conservatory Theatre Center is pleased to announce auditions for their 2009-2010 Pride season production of Good Boys and True, by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by John Dixon.

Tickets are available from www.intiman.org or 206.269.1900. Tickets range in price from $40 to $55, with discounts available for youth, seniors and groups. All patrons who were 12 years old in 1962 will receive $12 off the adult-ticket price, with proof of age. Patrons 25 and under can purchase tickets to any performance for $10. Pending availability, rush tickets will be sold 15 minutes before curtain for $20. Intiman will offer a pay-what-you-can performance (with a $5 suggested minimum per ticket) on Friday, May 22 at 8 pm. This production is recommended for ages 12 and up.

TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, has announced that Meredith McDonough will fill the role of Director of New Works. She replaces Kent Nicholson, who left in late 2008 to become the Director of Musical Theatre Development at Playwrights Horizons. An ideal candidate, McDonough has been actively developing new works for the past ten years at theatres including Actors Theatre of Louisville, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Round House Theatre, The Public Theatre, LABryinth Theatre Company, Ars Nova, Women?s Project and Productions, New Georges, and the Drama League. She spent two years as the New Works Program Director at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and three seasons as a resident director at Actors Theatre of Louisville, famed for its annual Humana Festival of New american Plays. She has personally directed over twenty world premiere plays and musicals. McDonough holds an M.F.A. in Directing from University of California, San Diego, and a

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, on the verge of turning the big 3-0, is excited to announce the lineup of plays for the 30th season (2009-10). Featured are a World Premiere by Danai Gurira (In the Continuum), exciting new works from Mike Daisey (If You See Something Say Something), Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), and Bruce Norris (The Unmentionables), and a large-scale work by Charles L. Mee (Big Love). In addition, Woolly Mammoth?s favorite out-of-town troupe, The Neo-Futurists, returns to DC for an unprecedented fourth engagement of their hit show, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind in December.

Bay Street Theatre continues its CABARET @ THE BAY series on Saturday May 9th at 10pm with Alfredo Merat bringing his unique blend of classical, flamenco, jazz and rock to Bay Street's intimate setting.

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Artistic Director, Mark W. Jones-Executive Director) is proud to announce casting for The Full Monty. Directed by Mark S. Hoebee and choreographed by Denis Jones, The Full Monty will run at the Millburn theatre from June 10 through July 12, 2009.

Four college students struggle to define their identities against a backdrop of racial tension in this staged reading of an award-winning play presented by Paragon Theatre's 'The Trench: A New Play Development Series.'

Their music became the soundtrack for the Twentieth Century and saw America through some of her darkest days of the Great Depression and the tumultuous years of World War II. George and Ira Gershwin, the song-writing brothers penned such standards as 'They Can't Take That Away from Me,' 'Embraceable You,' and 'I Got Rhythm.'

'The Temperamentals' by Jon Marans, plays Off Broadway at The Barrow Group Studio Theater, 312 West 36 Street 3rd Floor, NYC. Previews began Thursday, April 30, 2009 and the opening is Monday, May 4 at 8:00 pm for the limited engagement at the intimate studio theatre.

York Little Theatre is proud to produce Henry and Ramona, May 22- 24 and 29 - 31, as part of its rabbittransit children's series, and Columbia Gas 2008-2009 season. Based on Beverly Cleary's classic books, the story centers on Henry, who lives on Klickitat Street with his dog, Ribsy, and his neighbors and friends, Beezus and Ramona Quimby.