Tag Archives: Palm Beach Dramaworks

Classic ‘Bernarda Alba’ Reimagined As Miami Cubans Reconnecting With Family

Audiences at a reading of Alejandro Rodriguez’s developing play, Alba, said it moved them to call a long-estranged grandparent. He hopes its world premiere at Palm Beach Dramaworks next week prompts you to talk about your own family members on the ride home from the theater.

Posted on October 2, 2026 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Alba, Alejandro Rodriguez, Palm Beach Dramaworks | Leave a comment

Opioids, Trafficking, Shoplifting: Theater Tours Warning Middle & High School Students

Three touring plays: prostitution after trafficking, opioid addiction with athletes, the lure of stealing. The audience: students. Palm Beach Dramaworks’ One Humanity Tour is unapologetically frank for rapt youngsters still learning algebra.

Posted on September 18, 2026 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features, General | Tagged Gary Cadwallader, One Humanity Tour, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Rudina Toro, William Hayes | Leave a comment

Bit By Bit, Putting It Together: How Scenic Designers & Colleagues Create Worlds

In depth: Scenic designer Anne Mundell’s environments communicate an array of foreign and familiar times, places and character of their denizens from the moment the curtain rises.
Understanding her collegial process is an education into how you see what you see on stage opening night.

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Andrew Kato, Anne Mundell, Bill Hayes, J. Barry Lewis, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks | Leave a comment

Nothing/No One Is Who/What They Seem in World Premiere of Dramaworks’ Vineland Place

Sometimes theater is just meant to entertain, to seduce, to lure. The world premiere of Vineland Place at Palm Beach Dramaworks has no profound message, but it offers an intriguing psychological thriller-mystery akin to Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.

Posted on May 22, 2026 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in General, Performances, Reviews | Tagged Anne-Marie Cusson, J. Barry Lewis, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Ross Cowan, Steven Dietz, Vineland Place | Leave a comment

Timely Warning Courses Through Dramaworks’ Shattering ‘The Crucible’

Fear becomes tactile in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ shattering The Crucible because the nightmare on display is as much a mirror of our times as a tale of the witchcraft purge in 1692 Salem.

Posted on April 5, 2026 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Andy Prosky, Arthur Miller, Barbara Bradshaw, Cat Boynron, Elizabeth Yancey, John Leonard Thompson, Julie Kleiner, Karen Stephens, Margery Lowe, Nick Jordan, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Peter Galman, Rob Donohoe, The Crucible, Tom Patterson, Tom Wahl, William Hayes | 1 Comment

Driving Miss Daisy Remains Heartfelt Success at Dramaworks

Live theater can reach one’s heart, explore emotions and show us who we are and who we might become, grasping the sentimental without being cloying or sappy. This is especially true in the now classic Driving Miss Daisy, receiving a heartfelt, absorbing runat Palm Beach Dramaworks.

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Debra Jo Rupp, Driving Miss Daisy, Julianne Boyd, Matthew W. Korinko, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Ray Anthony Thomas | Leave a comment

Dramaworks, Theatre Lab & Gulfshore Explore Work You’ve Never Seen

Area theater-goers are about to encounter a wide spectrum of new theatrical work as three South Florida festivals present plays in the early stages of development.
The region’s unofficial new play festival season kicks off with Palm Beach Dramaworks’ Perlberg Festival, Gulfshore Playhouse Next Wave Festival, Theatre Lab’s annual Owl New Play Festival.

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Bill Hirschman

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ON THE WHEELS OF A DREAM: PART ONE

On the Wheels of a Dream: Part One of an in-depth three-part series about the future of Florida theater. As the curtain cautiously rises again this year in South Florida, profound questions are dogging about what the next three seasons will provide as local theaters grapple with rising costs, a mercurial talent pool, fluctuating funding and deciding how far to nudge the edge of the envelope.

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Features | Tagged Andrew Kato, Andy Rogow, Bari Newport, Caryl Ginsburg Fantel, City Theatre, GableStage, Gladys Ramirez, Island City Stage, Karen Stephens, korin, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Margaret Ledford, Matt Stabile, Miami New Drama, Michel Hausmann, New City Players, Nicole Stodard, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Partrick Fitzwater, Phillip Dunlap, Theatre Lab, Thinking Cap Theatre, Tim Davis, Zoetic Schmoetic | Leave a comment

Uneven Difficult Production of The Seafarer at Dramaworks

Spending an evening with the Irish men at Palm Beach Dramaworks could try the patience of any sober audience member. On top of that, the show takes a long time to pick up steam and reveal the flashes of brilliance that might make the wait worthwhile.

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged .Declan Mooney, Anne Mundell, Conor McPherson, J. Barry Lewis, Michael Mellamphy, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Rob Donohoe, Rod Brogan, Sheffield Chastain, Sondheim, The Seafarer | Leave a comment

Dramaworks and GableStage Add New Executives

GableStage and Palm Beach Dramaworks are entering the new season with new executives added to the existing management.

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in News | Tagged GableStage, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Rachel Burttram Powers, Rudina Toro | Leave a comment