The SMT Blazing Star Awards Ceremony will be held May 9th beginning at 7:00 p.m. at The News-Journal Center, located at 221 N. Beach St. in Daytona Beach. This year's presenters are Dr. Margaret Smith, Superintendent of Volusia County Schools, Bill Delbrugge, Superintendent of Flagler County Schools, Michelle Carter-Scott, Embassy of Hope Foundation, actor Elizabeth Murff, and actor Shannon Bilo.
First of two interviews featuring the stars of CENTERSTAGE's Arsenic and Old Lace, Brynn O'Malley (Broadway's Hairspray) and Ian Kahn (The Importance of Being Earnest. Part I: Meeting Brynn and Ian, and Ian on acting for the stage versus film and TV.
The Summer Play Festival (SPF), apart from presenting 15 shows at Theatre Row in July, will continue its advanced programming to nurture playwrights and other theatre artist
Playwright Deb Margolin -- author of the plays 'Three Seconds in the Key,' 'Bringing the Fisherman Home' and 'Rock Scissors Paper' -- is the recipient of the $15,000 '2005 Kesselring Prize' for playwriting, it has been announced by O. Aldon James, president of The National Arts Club, which presents the Kesselring each year to an emerging American playwright. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Kesselring Prize.
Plays by 16 rising playwrights will be performed as part of the SPF 2005 Summer Play Festival, which runs from July 5th to July 31st at various Theatre Row venues
