Artistic director Daniel Talbott was interviewed by James Comtois for the New York Innovative Theatre Awards in an article called ”Theater Artists as Theatergoers.”

Artistic associate Samantha Soule and artistic director Daniel Talbott are both featured in an article by Jean Schiffman in Backstage called ”Anger Management.”

Company member David Adjmi was recently awarded the 2009 Kesselring Fellowship for playwriting by The National Arts Club and The Exchange/Orchard Project.

The Umbrella Plays by Stephanie Janssen, directed by Artistic Director Daniel Talbott in FringeNYC, won the Fringe’s Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Play along with TOO MUCH MEMORY.  Read the related article on Playbill.com.

Company member Crystal Skillman was recently chosen to be a part of the Women’s Project Playwrights Lab for their 2008-2010 program.

Artistic Director Daniel Talbott is directing The Umbrella Plays, a new play by Stephanie Janssen that will run at walkerspace from August 8th – 18th as part of FringeNYC, and if you get a chance please check out Michael Criscuolo’s interview with Daniel and Stephanie on nytheatre mike 2.0.

We just found out that company member Polly Lee is the recipient of one of four Charles Bowden Acting Awards given by New Dramatists, and will be honored at their 59th Anniversary Spring Luncheon on May 15th.

Artistic Associate Samantha Soule just recently won a Drama Desk Award along with her fellow Dining Room cast members for Outstanding Ensemble Performance.

We thought it’d be fun to let you know about what some of the RPRers are doing around the country and around the world this Spring, and we’re all hoping to be home in the city this summer getting to work on a couple new projects.

Artistic Director Daniel Talbott is at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival working on a new play called Rocket City written by Mark Saltzman and directed by David Ellenstein.

Artistic Associate Denis Butkus is appearing opposite Ken Tigar at The English Theatre in Vienna in a co-production with the Ensemble Theatre Company in Santa Barbara of Old Wicked Songs.

Artistic Associate Brian Roff is the Assistant Director on The Little Flower of East Orange, a new play by LAByrinth Theater Company, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Company member Sarah Grace Wilson is at Portland Center Stage working on Sometimes a Great Notion adapted and directed by Aaron Posner, from the novel by Ken Kesey.

Company members Danny Goldstein and Sean Dugan are in Boston at the Huntington Theatre Company working on The Cry of the Reed, a new play by Sinan Unel.

Company member Max Casella will be starring in Endgame at BAM with Alvin Epstein, Elaine Stritch, and John Turturro in a production directed by Andrei Belgrader.

Company member Trip Cullman directed Adam Bock’s play Drunken City, currently running at Playwrights Horizons.

Artistic Associate Samantha Soule will be coming back from hanging out with Denis in Vienna and Italy and going straight up to the Berkshire Theatre Festival this summer to work on their production of Candida directed by Anders Cato.

Our favorite venue (and favorite restaurant!) - Jimmy’s No. 43 – was named one of the Top 10 Best Bars in NYC 2008 by New York Magazine.