Arsht Center Announces Carnival Studio Theater Season
By: Beau Higgins Aug. 25, 2010
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announces array of artistic collaborations for the
2010-2011 CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER SEASON
featuring
THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Partnerships supporting innovative local arts organizations
Mad Cat Theatre Company's GOING GREEN THE WONG WAY
Zoetic Stage's SOUTH BEACH BABYLON
M Ensemble's CROWNS
Brazz Dance Theater's MISTURA FINA
City Theatre's SUMMER SHORTS
Teatro Avante's INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK
Fresh, new productions by Miami's hottest artists
REPLICA by Daniel Arsham, Jonah Bokaer, and Judith Sanchez Ruiz
ROSIE HERRERA DANCE COMPANY
MIAMI MADE WEEKEND featuring Here & Now with Miami Light Project
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER
The best theater from around the world, including four Miami premieres.
FROM AUCTION BLOCK TO HIP HOP
CATWALK CONFIDENTIAL
THE SPARROW
CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Plus, the return of Forbidden Broadway
PLUS, FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATRICAL HITS
COMING SOON
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced new and ongoing partnerships for the 2010-2011 CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER SEASON, featuring four dynamic programming initiatives: THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA, GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER, and FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATRICAL HITS - all presented in the Carnival Studio Theater in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. This diverse new season highlights world-class theater, dance, and music that breaks boundaries, cross-pollinates artistic genres, and expands the future of the performing arts.
"The CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER SEASON is an exciting and unique new opportunity for South Florida to experience groundbreaking new work by local, national, and International Artists in an intimate performance setting," said M. John Richard, president and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center. "Collaborating with the best arts organizations in our community and the most innovative artists working across genres allows the Adrienne Arsht Center to present a tremendous array of original performances, with something for everyone in Miami."
Programming for the 2010-2011 season in the CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER features the following:
THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA!
In an effort to support and expand the performance opportunities for stellar local artists and arts organizations, the Adrienne Arsht Center launches a series of unique partnerships this season. The collaborations provide a world-class stage for established and emerging Miami-based artists to showcase their work and can also include artistic guidance, marketing support and, in some cases, financial assistance. Partnerships for the 2010-2011 season include a second co-presentation with Mad Cat Theatre, following the success of BroadSword in the 2009-2010 season; the premiere engagement of Miami's newest artistic collaborative, Zoetic Stage; and showcase opportunities for groups that have long represented Miami's diverse performing arts community (Brazz Dance Theater, M Ensemble), plus ongoing partnerships with City Theatre and Teatro Avante.
The Adrienne Arsht Center and Mad Cat Theatre Company present
GOING GREEN THE WONG WAY - World Premiere
November 18-20, 2010
Tickets: $35
Performance art meets stand-up comedy when Miami's award-winning Mad Cat Theatre Company returns to the Adrienne Arsht Center. This time, Mad Cat Theatre founder and artistic director Paul Tei teams up with irreverent West Coast performer Kristina Wong in her side-splitting comedy Going Green the Wong Way. Described as "Brutal but hilarious...a woman who takes life's absurdities very seriously," Wong burns up the stage with signature humor and inventive theatrics as she takes the audience along the pitfalls and triumphs of sustainable living. This is a love story about a girl and the biodiesel car that betrayed her, a vehicularly-impaired Robinson Crusoe travelogue across America, and an earth-scorching treatise on global consumerism. Along the way she's guided by shifty hipsters fronting as mechanics, oil-soaked birds, and catcalling DUI lawyers.
Tickets go on sale to Adrienne Arsht Center members on August 30, and to the general public on September 12. Tickets may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.
The Adrienne Arsht Center and Zoetic Stage present
Michael McKeever's SOUTH BEACH BABYLON - World Premiere
December 2-12, 2010
Tickets: $40
Zoetic Stage will kick off its inaugural season with the World Premiere of Michael McKeever's wickedly funny and sexy new play SOUTH BEACH BABYLON. The play explores the lives of five South Beach artists during the weeks leading up to Art Basel in a fascinating look at what it takes to create art without selling one's soul in contemporary America. McKeever is South Florida's most successful playwright and his plays have been produced throughout the United States and Europe. He has been nominated numerous times for the Carbonell Award for Best New Work and has won the honor three times.
Tickets go on sale to Adrienne Arsht Center members on August 30, and to the general public on September 12. Tickets may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.
The Adrienne Arsht Center and M Ensemble present
CROWNS by ReGina Taylor
February 2011 - Dates TBD
Tickets: $35
M Ensemble, Florida's oldest existing black theater group, celebrates the glorious millinery of church-going African-American women with CROWNS, a play with music, at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Written by ReGina Taylor, and based on Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry's book Crowns, Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats, the stunning stage adaptation highlights the role of hats in Southern black culture, the endurance of black women in the South, and the unconquerable urge for self-expression. CROWNS traces the journey of Yolanda, a street-smart kid from Brooklyn sent to live with her grandmother in South Carolina after her brother is shot. Culture Clash ensues when Yolanda's hip-hop swagger clashes with the down-home church crowd. Lively speeches, songs, dances, and dramatic action shape this touching story of one young woman's journey and a community's sacred history. CROWNS delivers the gospel on hats.
Sign up for the Adrienne Arsht Center email list at www.arshtcenter.org to be notified when tickets go on sale for CROWNS.
The Adrienne Arsht Center and Brazz Dance Theater present
MISTURA FINA
March 11-12, 2011
Tickets: $27
An evening of Afro-Brazilian and contemporary dance, featuring the intoxicating works from Brazz Dance Theater's strong and stirring repertory. MISTURA FINA will feature an evening of high-energy, beautiful, and moving contemporary dance works by Augosto Soledade. The company's repertory combines Afro-Brazilian dance with modern dance, inspired by the culture, history, and literature of Brazil.
Tickets go on sale to Adrienne Arsht Center members on August 30, and to the general public on September 12. Tickets may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.
City Theatre and the Adrienne Arsht Center present
SUMMER SHORTS
Featuring Signature Shorts and undershorts
June 2-26, 2011
City Theatre's SUMMER SHORTS is the hottest ticket for the coolest night in town.
Signature Shorts is the series that put City Theatre's "shorts" on the map. A "short" is a one-act play running 5-20 minutes. Now celebrating it's 16th anniversary season, this year's Signature Shorts features South Florida's finest talent in a brand-new mix of hilarious comedies and heartfelt dramas in one fast and furious program.
undershorts is City Theatre's late-night series of short plays that are provocative, irreverent, and funny. Featuring an all-new roster of edgy plays, undershorts pushs the envelope with social and political material reflective of the times in one fast and furious program. undershorts contains adult content, language, and nudity. Not appropriate for those under 17.
Sign up for the Adrienne Arsht Center email list at www.arshtcenter.org to be notified when tickets go on sale for Summer Shorts.
Teatro Avante and the Adrienne Arsht Center present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7-24, 2011
The acclaimed International Hispanic Theatre Festival (IHTF) of Miami, presented by Teatro Avante, American Airlines (the festival's official airline) and the Adrienne Arsht Center, is celebrating its twenty-sixth season in the company of distinguished theatre groups from Latin America, Europe, and the United States.
Sign up for the Adrienne Arsht Center email list at www.arshtcenter.org to be notified when tickets go on sale for the International Hispanic Theater Festival.
GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK
Every season, the Carnival Studio Theater offers a special performance space dedicated to showcasing the most talented local artists on a world-class stage. The flexible, intimate black box theater and its state-of-the-art capabilities make the Carnival Studio Theater the perfect playground for multi-disciplinary work that pushes the boundaries of artistic expression.
The Adrienne Arsht Center presents
REPLICA
by Daniel Arsham, Jonah Bokaer, and Judith Sanchez Ruiz
November 12, 2010
Tickets: $25
REPLICA is new multi-disciplinary performance work created in collaboration by acclaimed Miami visual artist Daniel Arsham, performance and media artist Jonah Bokaer, and choreographer Judith Sanchez Ruiz. Arsham created the extraordinary set for the Adrienne Arsht Center's 2007 Merce in Miami premiere performance, and with REPLICA comes full circle - collaborating with former Merce Cunningham dancer Bokaer and Cuban-born choreographer Ruiz to present a groundbreaking performance art event for Miami. The work will have its Miami premiere at the Adrienne Arsht Center on November 12, followed by an outdoor performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art on November 13. REPLICA examines memory loss, pattern recognition, and perceptual faculties as they apply to the human body. The piece employs built spaces, objects, lighting, and other media to create the illusion of an expanded space through the use of video and/or still images. REPLICA creates situations onstage that could not veritably exist in physical space. This happens through the use of creative geography in video and built spaces, transporting movement to different locations that appear to be just outside the audience's sightline. With original commissioned music by ARP/Alexis Georgopoulos, REPLICA envisions a world full of imagination, movement, and stunning visuals.
Tickets go on sale to Adrienne Arsht Center members on August 30, and to the general public on September 12. Tickets may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.
The Adrienne Arsht Center presents
ROSIE HERRERA DANCE COMPANY
January 28-30, 2011
Tickets: $35
"Rosie Herrera is a real big time talent!" -- Charles Reinhart, Director of the American Dance Festival
In Various Stages of Drowning: A Cabaret (commissioned by the Adrienne Arsht Center's Made in Miami), Miami native choreographer Rosie Herrera takes you on a vivid journey through dreams featuring a cast of Miami's most exciting and innovative breakdance, modern dance, theater and drag performers. Herrera will also share her new piece Pity Party (co-commissioned by American Dance Festival and the Adrienne Arsht Center), a glittery rollercoaster of emotion sure to surprise and inspire.
Tickets go on sale to Adrienne Arsht Center members on August 30, and to the general public on September 12. Tickets may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.
The Adrienne Arsht Center and Miami Light Project present
MIAMI MADE WEEKEND featuring Here & Now
February 28-March 6, 2011
Featuring Here & Now, Incubator, and Outloud Showcase Performances.
A full weekend program of local South Florida artists, working on the cutting-edge of new, contemporary performing arts in this showcase of commissioned and in-progress works.
Sign up for the Adrienne Arsht Center email list at www.arshtcenter.org to be notified when tickets go on sale for Miami Made Weekend.
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER
A tremendous selection of the best work seen around the world - from prestigious festivals to regional theater - presented in the Carnival Studio Theater to enlighten and entertain Miami audiences.
The Adrienne Arsht Center presents
29TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
December 14-26, 2010
Tickets $45-50
"Deliriously funny... must see theater!" --The Miami Herald
The side-splitting savagery known as Forbidden Broadway, which took Miami by storm in 2008 and broke box office records for the Carnival Studio Theater returns for two weeks only, December 14-26, starring the acclaimed New York cast. Now celebrating its 29th hilarious year, this exciting return engagement features all new Broadway victims, many that have recently played in Miami including Wicked, Spring Awakening, and Mamma Mia! as well as many Broadway hits soon to have their Miami premieres, such as Jersey Boys and Beauty and the Beast. Plus, hilarious new looks at old favorites Phantom of the Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, Les Misérables, and Chicago. Rounding out the laughs are Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, a comic tribute to Stephen Sondheim, plus lots more Broadway past and present.
Forbidden Broadway recently received a special Tony Award for Excellence in the Theatre, and also boasts a 2009 Drama Desk Award, Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Broadway.com Audience Favorite Award.
Tickets go on sale to Adrienne Arsht Center members on August 30, and to the general public on September 12. Tickets may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.
The Adrienne Arsht Center presents
FROM AUCTION BLOCK TO HIP HOP
February 3-6, 2011 - Miami Premiere
Tickets: $40-$45
Following on the heels of the tremendously successful presentation of David Lamb's Platanos and Collard Greens at the Adrienne Arsht Center last fall, Lamb's second play FROM AUCTION BLOCK TO HIP HOP makes its Miami debut! A clever, witty theatrical work, FROM AUCTION BLOCK TO HIP HOP is a meditation on modern day minstrelsy that asks how far one hip hop mogul will go selling stereotypes of Black, Latina, and Asian women of color in his chase for the almighty dollar. If you've ever wondered where music is heading, how it got there, and what the beat sounds like, run to see FROM AUCTION BLOCK TO HIP HOP.
Sign up for the Adrienne Arsht Center email list at www.arshtcenter.org to be notified when tickets go on sale for From Auction Block to Hip Hop.
The Adrienne Arsht Center presents
CATWALK CONFIDENTIAL
March 17-20, 2011 - Miami Premiere
Tickets: $35-$40
Before there was Kate, before there was Naomi, and before there was Claudia, there was Robyn Peterson, über model. CATWALK CONFIDENTIAL tells her story, in the Miami premiere of a one-woman show that won rave reviews on London's West End and at the Edinburgh Festival. Written by and starring Robyn Peterson, CATWALK CONFIDENTIAL is part fairy-tale, part memoir, and part romance. Funny, cautionary and at times moving, the show tells the story of 16 year-old Robyn, fresh from Miami, who gets caught up in the world of high fashion on the boulevards of Paris in the early 1970s. Robyn became one of the top models of the period, working with photographers such as Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin and designers Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo. Her face appeared on the covers of Vogue, Elle and Marie Claire. Amidst this whirlwind life of glamour, sex and drugs, Robyn discovers there is one thing to fear above all else - age - there is always a younger girl waiting to step into your stilettos.
Sign up for the Adrienne Arsht Center email list at www.arshtcenter.org to be notified when tickets go on sale for Catwalk Confidential.
The Adrienne Arsht Center presents
THE SPARROW
April 7-May 1, 2011 - Miami Premiere!
"Among the very best original theater pieces I have ever seen!" - Chicago Tribune
Straight from sold-out shows and rave reviews in Chicago, THE SPARROW is a moving theatrical tour de force for the famed House Theatre of Chicago ensemble. THE SPARROW tells the story of Emily Book, a small-town girl returning home 10 years after a tragic accident that claimed the lives of her entire class. As the town struggles to accept the strange girl who reminds them of their collective loss, Emily attempts to hide the special powers that make her different.
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The Adrienne Arsht Center presents
CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 5-15, 2011 - Miami Premiere
Tickets: $45
Hailed as "the funniest show in town, hands down," (New York Post), CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY has taken New York by storm and now makes its Miami debut in a series of uproarious performances featuring superstar memoirs acted out live on stage by fellow superstars! Created and developed by Emmy® Award-nominated writer/performer Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel, CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY features a first rate comedic ensemble of stars from stage and screen performing from the actual memoirs of a wide range of celebrities. From VAnna White's panel flip-outs to the Jonas Brothers' sibling synergy and Sylvester Stallone's secret stash in the fridge, no topic is off limits and every celebrity autobiography gets the full comic treatment. The roster of superstar guests who have appeared in CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY reads like a who's who of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including Matthew Broderick, Martin Short, Mario Cantone, Rosie Perez, Alan Cumming, Florence Henderson, John Leguizamo, and Brooke Shields. Stay tuned for surprise celebrity guests to be announced for the Miami engagement!
Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.
FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATRICAL HITS
Family-friendly programming is a cornerstone of the Adrienne Arsht Center mission and vision, and comes alive again this season with programs specifically designed to inspire children and families through the joy and excitement of the performing arts. Performances throughout the season will include artists from our own backyard and from oceans away.
Visit www.arshtcenter.org for up-to-date information for details and schedules.
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