Eric Zivot News

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF proudly presents its annual new play festival, PlayFest, from November 8-10, 2013. This fast-paced weekend is packed with lively discussions, engaging panels, and new play readings, along with a keynote speech from award-winning playwright Lee Blessing. PlayFest 2013 is part of Harriett's New Play Series and marks the eleventh festival of new plays at Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Tickets to individual PlayFest readings ($5) may be purchased by calling the Box Office at (407) 447-1700, online at http://www.orlandoshakes.org, or in person inside the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 East Rollins Street in Orlando's Loch Haven Park.

In the pantheon of American playwrights, only Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams and Thornton Wilder, can rival the artistic and cultural significance of Arthur Miller. In 1947, 'Death of a Salesman' won the second Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize. In the years since, such stars as George C. Scott, Dustin Hoffman, Brian Dennehy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and John Malkovich have appeared in subsequent revivals; all told the five Broadway productions of 'Death of a Salesman' have won 21 major awards, including 12 Tonys.

Death of a Salesman will be directed by Timothy Williams (Sunday in the Park with George, The Understudy) and features Rollins College professor Eric Zivot (dir. Mrs. Warrens Profession, Hedda Gabler) in his Mad Cow acting debut as Willy Loman,Robin Olson (Dancing at Lughnasa, The Road to Mecca, August: Osage County) as Linda Loman, Daniel Cooksley (A Number) as Happy Loman, Matt Horohoe (Sunday in the Park with George) as Biff Loman, Becky Eck (Legacy of Light, Enchanted April) as The Woman, Tommy Keesling (August: Osage County, Amadeus, Eurydice) as Howard Wagner, Thom Mesrobian as Charley in his Mad Cow debut, Robin Olson (Dancing at Lughnasa, The Road to Mecca, August: Osage County) as Linda Loman, Carly Skubick (The Pitmen Painters) as Letta, Mark Edward Smith(Rashomon, An Inspector Calls, The Heiress) as Ben, Monica Titus (Sunday in the Park With George) as Miss Forsythe, Peter Travis (Mass Appeal, Mrs. Warren's Profession) as Bernard, Kevin Zepf (She Stoops to Conquer, Private Lives, Dreamgirls) as Stanley, and Victoria White as Jenny.

Mad Cow Theatre has announced the cast for Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw in The Black Box at Mad Cow's new home at 54 West Church Street.

Mad Cow Theatre has announced the cast for Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw in The Black Box at Mad Cow's new home at 54 West Church Street.

Mad Cow Theatre has announced the cast and directing team for Billy Bishop Goes to War, the award-winning musical drama written and composed by John Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson.

Mad Cow Theatre presents Billy Bishop Goes to War, the award-winning musical drama written and composed by John Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson, opening August 3 and running through August 26, 2012, at Mad Cow Theatre in downtown Orlando. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

Mad Cow Theatre has announced the cast and directing team for Billy Bishop Goes to War, the award-winning musical drama written and composed by John Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson.

Mad Cow Theatre is pleased to announce one additional performance of Henrik Ibesen's Hedda Gabler, playing through March 25 in its intimate Stage Right. The additional performance will be on Wednesday, March 21 at 8:00 PM.

Mad Cow Theatre is pleased to announce one additional performance of Henrik Ibesen's Hedda Gabler, playing through March 25 in its intimate Stage Right. The additional performance will be on Wednesday, March 21 at 8:00 PM.

Mad Cow Theatre and producers Joan Stein and Richard Frankel (Producers)are pleased to announce that the new theatrical event Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which premieres Off Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in NYC this fall, will join with Tectonic Theater Project (Moisés Kaufman, Artistic Director; Greg Reiner, Executive Director) to help take the play's message of marriage equality across the globe.

Mad Cow Theatre and producers Joan Stein and Richard Frankel (Producers)are pleased to announce that the new theatrical event Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which premieres Off Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in NYC this fall, will join with Tectonic Theater Project (Moisés Kaufman, Artistic Director; Greg Reiner, Executive Director) to help take the play's message of marriage equality across the globe.

Mad Cow Theatre announces Next Fall by Geoffery Nauffts, playing September 23 through October 16, 2011 in its intimate Stage Right. This will be the final production in Stage Right before Mad Cow Theatre relocates to a new facility at 54 West Church Street in 2012.

Mad Cow Theatre announces Next Fall by Geoffery Nauffts, playing September 23 through October 16, 2011 in its intimate Stage Right. This will be the final production in Stage Right before Mad Cow Theatre relocates to a new facility at 54 West Church Street in 2012.

Directed by Patrick Flick, Kathleen Cahill's CHARM is a romantic comedy of manners that follows the life of Margaret Fuller, a remarkable feminist who lived during the mid-1800s. Fuller, a contemporary of three great American thinkers - Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne - was a brilliant writer, philosopher, and social critic far ahead of her time. Full of luscious language and juicy anachronisms, CHARM is a modern, hilarious and stimulating piece that magically weaves in and out of history.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF concludes its 2010-2011 Signature Series with Kathleen Cahill's 2011 Pulitzer Prize-Nominated comedy, CHARM, playing at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center from March 23 - April 17, 2011.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF concludes its 2010-2011 Signature Series with Kathleen Cahill's 2011 Pulitzer Prize-Nominated comedy, CHARM, playing at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center from March 23 - April 17, 2011.

The Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF continues its popular free reading series, Cross Dress'd Shakespeare, with an all-male reading of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

The Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF continues its popular free reading series, Cross Dress'd Shakespeare, with an all-male reading of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.