Tag Archives: Palm Beach Dramaworks

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Profile: Dramaworks’ 25 Years Striving For Quality, Connecting and Staying in the Black

The best theater profoundly affects audience & the artists simultaneously. Over 25 years, Palm Beach Dramaworks has accrued acclaim from audiences & donors for quality, respect in social-political fundraising corridors, and business standards keeping them in the black. Tracking their growth provides lessons for fledgling and experienced companies.

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Bill Hirschman
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Society’s Failure To Help Impaired Children Is At Heart Of Dangerous Instruments

Pain, despair and desperation deepen in a swirling descent into a dread-encrusted darkness in the premiere of Gina Montét’s Dangerous Instruments at Palm Beach Dramaworks.
Clearly, not a spring lark musical; instead, a grueling message drama with gallows wit that should be performed throughout the country.

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Bill Hirschman
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