Tag Archives: Gabriell Salgado

There’s No Place Like Homeland, Not Even What Was Once

The concepts of home and homeland—especially when they are no longer the same place— have become even more complicated in the 21st Century for Cuban-Americans highlighted in Hannah Benitez’ world premiere GringoLandia commissioned by Zoetic Stage, a gentle comedy woven with the struggles of a past that no longer exists.

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Alicia Cruz, Becky Montero, Gabriell Salgado, Gringolandia. Zoetic Stage, Hannah Benitez, James Puig, Jodi Dellaventura, Marina Pareja, Michael McKeeever, Stephanie Vazquez, Stuart Meltzer, Yarelis Gandul | Leave a comment

Dickens Nailed It: South Florida Theater Two Years In Review

If Dickens’ opening line in A Tale of Two Cities has become a trite cliché through overuse it has become a painfully accurate truism about theater over the past two years, especially South Florida theater. Crippling loss and inspiring resurrection. Surrender and perseverance. And , now, the Covid threat has reasserted. But looking back on those two years delivers a testament worth celebrating and learning from.

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Actors Playhouse, Adrienne Arsht Center, Bari Newport, Broward Center, Carbonell Awards, Cecilia Snow, Clay Cartland, Clive Cholerton, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Colin McPhillamy, Darius J. Manuel, Elijah Word, GableStage, Gabriell Salgado, Heather Jane Rolff, Island City Stage, Joe Adler, Karen Stephens, Kimmi Johnson, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, M Ensemble Company, Main Street Players, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Margaret M. Ledford, Miami New Drama, Michael McKeever, MNM Theater Company, Nicole Stodard, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Peter Haig, Slow Burn Theatre Company, Stuart Meltzer, Theatre Lab, Timothy Michael Quinn, William Hayes | Leave a comment

Zoetic Stage’s Breathtaking Frankenstein Delivers A Different Brand of Horror

The “horror” in Zoetic Stage’s Frankenstein shares little kinship with the film monster with bolts in his neck terrorizing the countryside or even the 1818 novel of science gone wrong. But a different very contemporary terror is there all the same from the breath-taking wordless prologue of a stitched together embryo clawing out of a pod to the silent final image of two bodies crawling through Arctic waste.

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Alessandro J. Lopez, Barry Tarallo, Daniel Capote, Donesha Rose, Frankenstein, Gabriell Salgado, Henry Gainza, Imran Hylton, Jodi Dellaventura, Lindsey Corey, Marina Pareja, Matt Corey, Matthew Korinko, Natalie Tavares, Nate Promkul, Nick Dear, Rebecca Montero, Ross Kaplan, Seth Trucks, Stuart Meltzer, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment

Faced With Pandemic, Zoetic’s Improv Troupe Soldiers On

As live arts and entertainment return in fits and starts, and our culture continues its tortoise crawl toward normal, one thing has become apparent: Face masks may be vital in impeding the spread of COVID-19, but they equally hamper the spread of comedy. The debut of Zoetic Schmoetic showed the more physical the show becomes—the more the actors’ bodies, not their voices, drive the storytelling—the better it gets.

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Clay Cartland, Daryl Patrice, Elena Maria Garcia, Fergie L. Philippe, Gabriell Salgado, Jeni Hacker, Stuart Meltzer, Zoetic Schmoetic, Zoetic Stage | Leave a comment