Wait, What The Heck Is A Dramaturg
Given that I’m now in the midst of the second production on which I formally occupied the position of “dramaturg,” I couldn’t help but laugh with recognition at a particular exchange I heard during a recent reading of satirical masterwork The Thanksgiving Play, which I attended at Thinking Cap Theatre.
NSAL of Florida Announces 2023 Scholarships and Competitions Drama Takes Stage as NSAL National Competition
National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) of Florida, based in Boca Raton, recently announced their 2023 scholarships and competitions. Applications are now available for outstanding young artists in Florida in the disciplines of music, voice, drama, and visual arts. Every year, the national NSAL organization selects one discipline as the key competition. In 2023, drama will take centerstage, and the local winner will advance to compete in Kentucky for a $15,000 top prize. For applications and deadlines please visit www.nsalflorida.org.
A Glamorous Night Celebrating South Florida Theatre – The Carbonell Awards 2022!
City Theatre Invites Americans To Take A Lesson From Its Production, “What the Constitution Means to Me,” Opening Dec. 1 At Arsht Center In Miami
As a teenager, Washington state native Heidi Schreck set her sights on learning all she could about the U.S. Constitution. In fact, around age 15, the inquisitive youngster launched a journey to earn her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the U.S.
Now 51, the woman from Wenatchee who went to the University of Oregon using debate-raised cash and grew up to become a teacher, actress and playwright turned her enthusiastic political learning experience into a humorous, thought-provoking play called What the Constitution Means to Me that has played on and off Broadway. It was nominated for Best Play, and she for Best Actress, in the 73rd Tony Awards, and the show earned a finalist spot for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
CUT LOOSE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH “FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL” AND SLOW BURN THEATRE COMPANY
FORT LAUDERDALE – It’s time to cut loose and kick off your Sunday shoes with Footloose The Musical as Slow Burn Theatre Company’s 2022/2023 season presented by American National Bank continues in the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Saturday December 17- Sunday, Jan. 1.
A Rockin’ Trip To Christmas Past In “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas”
Actor’s Playhouse is offering a seasonal twist on the winning formula responsible for the theatre’s two past successful runs of the play Million Dollar Quartet with a production of its spinoff, Million Dollar Quartet Christmas. To those unfamiliar, both the original musical and this holiday variant are fictionalizations of a real-life incident in which four rock and roll music legends—Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and the one and only Elvis Presley— end up, mostly by happenstance, holding an impromptu jam session that was then recorded by their entrepreneurial manager Sam Phillips.
“Dorothy’s Dictionary” Touches On The Power Of Connection
Books have always been an escape to people of all ages. A way to get away from the daily monotony that sometimes pushes us to a breaking point, all because they transport us. If you find the right book, the right story, the right time, a book can take you somewhere you never imagined you could go – and that’s what happens for the characters in the play, Dorothy’s Dictionary, by E.M. Lewis.
SCHULER CREATES MAGIC OF JOHN DENVER MUSIC ON AND OFFSTAGE AT PARKER PLAYHOUSE NOVEMBER 26
Written by Marvin Glassman