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Carbonell Award winning Actor (The Normal Heart) Barbara Bradshaw, Marckenson Charles, Carbonell Award nominated Actor (Summer Shorts) Andy Quiroga, Gladys Ramirez, The State Theatre Project company member Jackie Rivera, Carbonell Award winning Producer and Actor (Two Sisters and a Piano, The Promethean Theatre) Deborah Sherman, The State Theatre Project resident playwright and company member David Sirois, Carbonell Award nominated Actor (Tom Walker) Robert Strain andCarbonell Award winning Actor (The Seafarer) Gregg Weiner.

The New York Times raved that Farragut North is 'Fast-paced! Has the topical thrill of an insider's tour of recent events!' and Variety declared 'not since The Best Man has the theater enjoyed such a heady thriller on presidential politicking.' The L.A. Times said Farragut North 'captures the frenzied scheming and counter-scheming of would-be Washington kingmakers! The play has a fresh accuracy that suggests the playwright, who worked for both Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York and Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, was taking juicy notes on the campaign trail!'

Since its Broadway premiere in 1889, 'A Doll's House' has been revived twelve times - most recently in 1997 - winning four Tony Awards. Such note-worthy actresses as Janet McTeer, Liv Ullmann, Claire Bloom and Ruth Gordon have all played Ibsen's leading lady, Nora, to critical success.

Revived to great acclaim on Broadway last season, this hilarious, acid-etched satire depicts Hollywood as a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect. Two greedy studio executives are set to pitch a can't-lose deal to their boss when an unlikely obstacle, in the form of a seductive temp secretary, creates unexpected complications.

DUMB SHOW is a searing account of tabloid journalisim, the value of fame and the overstepping of personal boundaries in the world of celebrity-worship and gossip mongers.

The 33rd annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts honors, were bestowed in a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in a benefit performance which raises scholarships for South Florida arts students.

At the end of last year, when the future of the Carbonell Awards seemed in doubt, the community rallied together to voice support for South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts honors which applaud the best shows and performances in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

At the end of last year, when the future of the Carbonell Awards seemed in doubt, the community rallied together to voice support for South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts honors which applaud the best shows and performances in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

McPherson's plays include Rum & Vodka, The Good Thief, This Lime Tree Bower, St. Nicholas, The Weir (Olivier Award, Best Play,) Dublin Carol, Port Authority, and The Seafarer (Tony Award nomination, Best Play.) Shining City received critical acclaim in London and New York and was awarded a Tony Nomination for Best Play.

Among the many real-life characters depicted are Peter H. Bergson (a Zionist emissary in the United States, born Hillel Kook,) prominent Reform Rabbi Stephen Wise, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (FDR's Secretary of the Treasury,) Breckenridge Long (FDR's obstructionist immigration overseer,) and Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht.

Among the many real-life characters depicted are Peter H. Bergson (a Zionist emissary in the United States, born Hillel Kook,) prominent Reform Rabbi Stephen Wise, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (FDR's Secretary of the Treasury,) Breckenridge Long (FDR's obstructionist immigration overseer) and Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht.

Tenth Season of Summer Shorts--Series of One Act Plays in South Florida