La Strada Ensemble Theater is presenting a play by New Jersey playwright Mike Sockol, Pets (and Their Humans), at the Jersey Shore Arts Center for two performances today, July 14 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, July 15 at 1 p.m. Dinner will be offered with the evening performance and a brunch buffet at the afternoon performance. Tickets are only $45 pre-bought online/$50 at the door. Cash donations will be accepted for the organization Hope for Animals.
The Amoralists (James Kautz, Artistic Director) proudly present TRIGGERED, written by Amoralists 2018/2019 'WRIGHT CLUB author Gabriel Jason Dean, and directed by Kimille Howard. TRIGGERED is PLAY 1 of RICOCHET: An Amoralists Anthology about Surviving an American Epidemic.
La Strada Ensemble Theater is presenting a play by New Jersey playwright Mike Sockol, Pets (and Their Humans), at the Jersey Shore Arts Center for two performances on Saturday, July 14 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, July 15 at 1 p.m. Dinner will be offered with the evening performance and a brunch buffet at the afternoon performance. Tickets are only $45 pre-bought online/$50 at the door. Cash donations will be accepted for the organization Hope for Animals.
La Strada Ensemble Theater is presenting a play by New Jersey playwright Mike Sockol, Pets (and Their Humans), at the Jersey Shore Arts Center for two performances on Saturday, July 14 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, July 15 at 1 p.m. Dinner will be offered with the evening performance and a brunch buffet at the afternoon performance. Tickets are only $45 pre-bought online/$50 at the door. Cash donations will be accepted for the organization Hope for Animals.
Melody Herzfeld of Parkland, Florida, a drama teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, accepts the Excellence in Theatre Education Award during the Creative Arts Awards portion of the 2018 Tony Awards ceremony.
Burglars of Hamm, creators of the interactive sock-throwing parody of one-person shows, EASY TARGETS, named Best Comedy at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival, are returning for the 2018 Fringe. The Burglars will be re-staging their cult-hit, RESA FANTASTISKT MYSTISK. RESA, which premiered to great acclaim in 1999 at the Edge of the World Fest. In the years since, RESA has traveled to the Seattle Fringe, The New York Fringe, and the Edinburgh Fringe, and garnered almost universal critical acclaim, including raves in The New York Times and The Scotsman. The production also received an LA Weekly nomination for Production of the Year, a New York Fringe award for Ensemble, and Backstage West Garlands for Acting and Playwriting.
The Tony Awards have announced that Melody Herzfeld of Parkland, Florida, has been named the fourth recipient of the Excellence in Theatre Education Award. The Tony Awards announced the news with higher education partner and award presenter Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Herzfeld, a drama teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, will receive the award at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Folks Operetta's 2018 season kicks off with Emmerich Kalman's operetta The Csardas Princess, July 7 - 22, playing at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. The Csardas Princess features the book written by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach with music by Emmerich Kalman and an English translation by Hersh Glagov and Gerald Frantzen. The Folks Operetta version is directed by Gerald Frantzen and conducted by Mark Taylor. Opening night is Saturday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m. The regular performance schedule is Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $40 for adults, $35 for seniors (65 years and older) and $25 for students (with student ID).
Ozark Actors Theatre is excited to announce the full cast and creative team for their upcoming summer production of Shakespeare's As You Like It. The highly anticipated production has been adapted to a 1960s setting, featuring the music of that era, by Director and Choreographer Jenny Male.
Julia Cavanaugh's World Premiere Solo-Show, Stripped, directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson opens at the Hollywood Fringe Festival next month. Stripped follows one woman as she strips bare to the soul in this one woman show about her triumphant journey into self love and discovery. With poignancy, humor, music multi media and a variety of eclectic characters, Julia shows us the demons she battled in bulimia, stripping, and self-abandonment; and how she found the path back to herself.
The Old Globe's 2017-2018 Season continues with today's announcement of the complete cast and creative team for the Southern California debut of
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Ursula Rani Sarma's sweeping and deeply moving theatrical production based on the best-selling book by Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner).
Burglars of Hamm, creators of the interactive sock-throwing parody of one-person shows, EASY TARGETS, named Best Comedy at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival, are returning for the 2018 Fringe. The Burglars will be re-staging their cult-hit, RESA FANTASTISKT MYSTISK. RESA, which premiered to great acclaim in 1999 at the Edge of the World Fest. In the years since, RESA has traveled to the Seattle Fringe, The New York Fringe, and the Edinburgh Fringe, and garnered almost universal critical acclaim, including raves in The New York Times and The Scotsman. The production also received an LA Weekly nomination for Production of the Year, a New York Fringe award for Ensemble, and Backstage West Garlands for Acting and Playwriting.
In her newest play, 'A Punk or a Gentleman,' playwright Andrea J. Fulton explores the complex psyche of a Black, middle-aged Don Juan who loves to captivate women but falls victim to physical abuse by the women he loves. The ten-character drama will be directed by Kymbali Craig for its world premiere, which will be presented by Theater for the New City from May 3 to 20.
Theater people are superstitious! The practices that relate to the fears have various origins. For example, 'the ghost of Thespis (the first known actor in ancient Greece) is said to wreak havoc upon theaters all over the world. The ghost light tradition-leaving a single lit bulb upstage center when the theater is empty-is meant to ward off these mischievous specters.'
In March, The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol (806 San Marino Drive, The Villages, FL) will open the fourth and final production of its second season with John Logan's six time Tony Award winning play, Red.
Four-time SAG Award winner Nolan Gould, most known for starring as Luke Dunphy for nine seasons on ABC's Emmy Award winning hit “MODERN FAMILY” will co-star opposite New York stage actor Tim Realbuto in the upcoming motion picture YES, based on Realbuto's critically acclaimed Off-Broadway play. Gould will play Jeremiah Rosenhaft, a young acting student being mentored by controversial ex-child star Patrick Nolan, played by Realbuto (who also played the role Off-Broadway).
Thespian Troupe 4879 of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. was honored recently at the closing ceremonies of the Florida Thespian Festival in Tampa, with the Spirit of Thespis Award from the International Thespian Society. Melody Herzfeld, the theatre teacher and troupe director, accepted the award. Troupe 4879 has 81 members, 40 of whom participated in the Florida event.
Any student of the performing arts knows that modern theatrical performance stems from the tragedies of Ancient Greece. We are all taught at a young age the tale of Thespis, who stepped out from the chorus and became the very first actor. That is where our title, 'thespian', comes from! Well, what if you had the opportunity to study the ancient world in which our profession was originally cultivated?
La MaMa, in association with The Hess Collective, presents the world premiere of LOVE TRADE, a performance piece written and directed by Elizabeth Hess, and performed by Hess, Katie Palmer, and Lucas Syed. Sound designer/composer Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed. Movement consultant: Gina Stevensen. Creative Producer/Managing Director: Jenny Waxman.
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