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Silver Palms Announces Outstanding Artists For 2025-26
The Silver Palm Awards for the 2025-2026 South Florida season have been announced with a presentation slated for Oct. 12. Envisioned as less structured program than the competitive Carbonell Awards, they honor outstanding contributions to the professional theater community.
List of 2025-26 Carbonell Nominations And Awards: Something Old, Something New
For a program one year short of the half-century mark, the Carbonell Awards’ 2025-26 competitive nominations and special honors dependably reflect veterans’ triumphs. But it also reaffirms the settling in of a new generation of artists and companies when people worry about the future of the art form.
Island City Stage Receive Von Mauer Carbonell Award
Island City Stage, the 15-year-old company that become a been a national leader in LGBTQ+ programming, is receiving the Carbonell’s Bill Von Maurer Award cited “for a theater company that exemplifies excellence by the totality of its programming, productions, educational outreach, developmental programs, and audiences served.”
International Hispanic Theatre Festival Returns In 40th Year
A renowned celebration of theater world-wide returns this month to South Florida with the 40th edition of the International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami. The event features 12 pieces ranging from epics to comedy to dramas to immersive theater to a unique reimagining of Hamlet,
Here There Are Blueberries Originated At Miami New Drama Planned For Broadway
Here There Are Blueberries, the Holocaust-related play created and workshopped by Miami New Drama, i is planned to play on Broadway in November,
Three Leaders of Youth Programs Receive Carbonells’ Howard Kleinberg Award
Gary Cadwallader of Palm Beach Dramaworks, Jairo Ontiveros of the Arsht Center and Lori Slade Sessions of the South Florida Cappies will receive the Carbonells’ Howard Kleinberg Award “For Outstanding Contribution to the Health and Development of the Arts in South Florida.”
Elena Maria Garcia Receives Carbonell’s Hindman Award
Elena Maria Garcia, the actress-educator-playwright-director whose unique exuberance has enhanced scores of comedies and dramas across the region, has received the Carbonell’s Bill Hindman Award recognizing “onstage career achievement by performing artists based in South Florida.”
Lake Worth Playhouse To Use A $1 Million Donation As Cushion
The Lake Worth Playhouse has received the largest single gift in its history, but won’t use the $1 million on immediate operations. Rather, the money is going into a permanent endowment intended to provide long-term financial security.
Margaret Ledford Receives Carbonell’s Ruth Foreman Award
Margaret M. Ledford, who has directed at nearly every regional theater in South Florida and helped found several, has received the Carbonell’s Ruth Foreman Award, recognizing “outstanding contribution to development of South Florida theatre.”
Michelle Solomon Receives Charlie Cinnamon Award
Michelle F. Solomon, who has kept coverage of Miami’s art scene vibrant despite cutbacks at many venues, has been named the recipient of the Carbonell Awards’ Charlie Cinnamon Award for “outstanding support of South Florida theater and the Carbonell Awards.”
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