Tag Archives: Miami New Drama

2020 SoFla Theater: What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been

A look back at 2020: Yes, South Florida theater was crippled by the pandemic. But its acolytes remained driven to express their artistry, and patrons remained ravenous for their work. They continued to explore projects, create avenues and seek paychecks with efforts ranged from filmed full-fledged productions to monologues newly penned in bedrooms.

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Alan Nash, Alvin Entin, American Son, Andrew Kato, Area Stage Company, Cholerton, Christopher and Justin Swader, Christopher Demos-Brown, City Theater, Clay Cartland, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Elizabeth Dimon, Florida Sings Showtunes, Giancarlo Rodaz, Groundhog Day, Happy Days, Holly Budney, Island City Stage, Joe Adler, Joseph McDonough, Karen Stephens, Keith Garsson, Kimmie Johnson, Leah Marie Sessa, Mamma Mia, Matt Stabile, Miami New Drama, Michael Ursua, MNM Theater Company, My Name Is Asher Lev, New City Players, Nicole Stodard, Ordinary Americans, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patrick Fitzwater, Paul Reekie, Peter & Wendy, Peter Librach, Primal Forces, Ronnie Larsen, Seth Trucks, Shelley Keelor, Slow Burn Theatre, Spencer Landis, Stuart Meltzer, The Cubans, The Wick Theatre, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, Tom Regnier, West Boca Theater Company, Zev Buffman, Zoetic Stage | 1 Comment

Miami New Drama’s 7 Deadly Sins Is A Singular, Year-defining Theatrical Experience

It was only a matter of time until one of South Florida’s most experimental companies would find a way to produce theater outside of a theater. Nine months into a pandemic, the sheer existence of Miami New Drama’s experiential short-play collaboration 7 Deadly Sins feels as surreal as it is miraculous.

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged 7 Deadly Sins, Andhy Mendez, Caleb Scott, Carmen Pelaez, Christopher Renshaw, Dael Orlandersmith, Gerald McCullouch, Gregg Weiner, Hilary Bettis, Jessica Farr, Mia Matthews, Miami New Drama, Michel Hausmann, Moises Kaufman, Nilo Cruz, Renata Eastlick, Rogelio Martinez, Sandi Stock, Stephen G. Anthony | Leave a comment

Seven Deadly Sins Is Return To Live Theater In Miami

Nine months into the country’s battle against COVID-19, Miami New Drama and its boundlessly imaginative artistic director, Michel Hausmann, have figured out a way to turn vice into virtue, exploring the seven deadly sins in an ambitious return to live theater beginning Nov. 27.

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Andhy Mendez, Aurin Squire, Caleb Scott, Carmen Pelaez, Christopher Renshaw, Dael Orlandersmith, Gerald McCullouch, Gregg Weiner, Hilary Bettis, Jessica Farr, Mia Matthews, Miami New Drama, Michel Hausmann, Moises Kaufman, Nicholas Richberg, Renata Eastlick, Rogelio Martinez, Sandi Stock, Stephen G. Anthony | Leave a comment

Miami New Drama’s Multi-Lingual Our Town Published

Samuel French, one of the major playscript publishers in the nation, is releasing a new acting edition of the Thornton Wilder classic Our Town featuring some scenes translated into Spanish and Creole pioneered by Miami New Drama’s 2017 production.

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

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Imagination, Determination Mark SoFla Theaters’ Varied Efforts To “Re-Open” — In A Way

Drive-in theater, theater behind storefront glass, podcasts: In spurts over 7 months, South Florida theater artists have been preparing experiments online and live, for free, for pay or donations. As many are coming into view this fall, they are coalescing into a new if temporary paradigm that holds out hope for the survival of the genre.

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Arts Garage, Island City Stage, Kravis Center, Miami New Drama, Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Michael Ursua, New City Players, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Slow Burn Theatre Company, The Wick Theatre, Theatre Lab | Leave a comment

Briefs: Theatre Lab, Miami New Drama, Palm Beach Dramaworks

Theatre Lab kicks off special projects, Miami New Drama has special reading of work in progress, Dramaworks gets new director of development

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Miami New Drama, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Theatre Lab | Leave a comment

You Can’t Stop The Beat: Well, At Least Online In So. Florida

Trivia contests, master classes, solo performances, new play development online, lectures, podcast-like schmoozing interviews, requests for video audition, 24-hour theater projects, even soliciting subscriptions for specific dates. The ghost light may be lit across the South Florida theater scene, but nearly every troupe is aggressively keeping the genre’s profile inescapable.

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Arca Images, Arsht Center, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, City Theatre, Fantasy Theatre Factory, Florida Grand Opera, GFour, Lake Worth Playhouse, Main Street Players, Menopause the Musical, Miami New Drama, New City Players, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Pembroke Pines Theater of the Performing Arts, Slow Burn Theatre Company, The Wick Theatre, Theatre Lab, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

Act Two For SoFla Theater: A 2-Part Portrait One Month In

PART TWO: One month into the nation-wide shutdown of live communal theater due to COVID-19, South Florida companies, like those in so many other regions, are trying to write Act Two with little clue how Act Three will play out. In this first of two parts, leaders from local companies and venues a limn this tale of confident hope and chilling fear, cold balance sheets with seven digits in the red, and blue sky imagining what theater will look like in two, three, 18 months.

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Andrew Kato, Andy Rogow, Arsht Center, Barbara Stein, Bree-Anna Obst, Broward Center, Christopher Demos-Brown, COVID-19, David Arisco, Island City Stage, Johann Zietsman Martin Childers, Judith Mitchell, Kelley Shanley, Kravis Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Marilynn Wick, Miami New Drama, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Michael McKeever, Michael Spring, Michel Hausmann, Nicole Stodard, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patrick Fitzwater, The Wick Theatre, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, William Hayes, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

Act Two For SoFla Theater: A 2-Part Portrait One Month In

PART ONE: One month into the nation-wide shutdown of live communal theater due to COVID-19, South Florida companies, like those in so many other regions, are trying to write Act Two with little clue how Act Three will play out. In this first of two parts, leaders from local companies and venues a limn this tale of confident hope and chilling fear, cold balance sheets with seven digits in the red, and blue sky imagining what theater will look like in two, three, 18 months.

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features, General | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Andrew Kato, Andy Rogow, Arsht Center, Barbara Stein, Bree-Anna Obst, Broward Center, Christopher Demos-Brown, COVID-19, David Arisco, Island City Stage, Johann Zietsman Martin Childers, Judith Mitchell, Kelley Shanley, Kravis Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Marilynn Wick, Miami New Drama, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Michael McKeever, Michael Spring, Michel Hausmann, Nicole Stodard, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Patrick Fitzwater, The Wick Theatre, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, William Hayes, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

More Online: New City Players, MNM, Miami New Drama

Many South Florida theater companies are reaching out online to stay connected with their communities with free opportunities for interaction and learning, among them New City Players in Fort Lauderdale, MNM Theatre Company in Palm Beach County and Miami New Drama in Miami Beach.

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged Miami New Drama, MNM Theatre Company, New City Players | Leave a comment