This October, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre will launch its pilot series "Plays In Progress," featuring lightly staged readings of new works by the Rolling River Playwrights Collective. Scripts by local playwrights Judy Goss, John Haman and Werner Trieschmann will be presented in The Rep's Annex Black Box at 518 Main St. with feedback sessions following each reading. Anna Kimmell, The Rep's Director of Education and the project's producer, said the Collective approached her after attending a listening session The Rep hosted with members of the Little Rock theater community after The Rep suspended production operations earlier this year. The collective wanted to help The Rep move forward t
On September 9th, over 65 Rep students and recent alumni performed a meaningful revue of repertoire in support of the The Rep's Scholarship Fund, a program that awards over $18,000 a year in scholarships for theatre training. The performance, directed and emceed by Anna Kimmell, included performance pieces from the last two years of educational programming at The Rep.
