Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose,’ Rob Ulin’s ‘Judgement Day’ earn top honors from critics
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Rob Ulin Playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Rob Ulin are among this year’s recipients of major national awards presented annually by theater critics. Jacobs’ play, Purpose, has received the 2025 Pulitzer Prize...
Play reading, new play awards upcoming
“It’s a play about the fog of war and sweet potato pie.” That is what South Florida theater artist and educator Lowell Williams says about Thanks for Your Service. The public can experience it, perhaps for the first time, later this month. More specifically, Thanks for...
Inaugural ‘Owl’ New Play Festival approaching
By AARON KRAUSE For a decade, Florida Atlantic University’s Theatre Lab in Boca Raton has offered a weekend-long series of new play readings. Now, the university’s professional resident theater company dedicated solely to new work has turned the annual event into a three-week festival featuring two full productions and...
Free outdoor theater begins soon in Wilton Manors
By AARON KRAUSE For years, Plays of Wilton (POW) has wanted to produce free outdoor theater for South Florida residents and visitors. That dream by POW, a Wilton Manors-based nonprofit organization, has become a reality thanks to funding from the Warten Foundation and support from the City of Wilton...
With a new year comes readings of new plays
South Florida residents and visitors will have several chances this month and in April to help develop new work for live theater. First, Palm Beach Dramaworks (PBD) will hold its annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays from Friday, Jan. 17 through Sunday, Jan. 19. The venue is the professional,...
Thinking Cap Theatre announces new season, home
Thinking Cap Theatre’s (TCT) new residency is a win not only for the professional nonprofit theater company, but the city of Hollywood, says the company’s founding artistic director. The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood (ACCH) is TCT’s new home. “For so many reasons, we are thrilled to make this...
Carbonell finalists announced
Less than two months before the 2023-24 Carbonell Awards ceremony, the board has announced the finalists. For the past South Florida theatrical season, Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard at Miami New Drama garnered the most individual Carbonell nominations (12), followed by Slow Burn Theatre Company picking up 11 for The...
Suh, Vosters win top honors for their plays
Suh Vosters For their recent outstanding works, Playwrights Lloyd Suh and Jennifer Vosters won top awards given annually by a national theater critics group. For his play, The Heart Sellers, Suh won the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) New Play Award. The Steinberg/ATCA honor, which...
‘Today, I am a Monster’ exhibition addresses vital issues
Here is just one example of Autumn Kioti’s artwork from her website, located at www.autumnkioti.com Area artist Autumn Kioti (they/them) has stitched, knitted, sketched and cobbled together a visual tale. It addresses the confluence of mental health, climate change, and the struggle to navigate a world where one can...
Six plays in the running for major honor
Six playwrights are vying for a top national award presented annually by a group of theater critics. The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has announced six finalists for the 2024 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New play Award. Specifically, the honor recognizes playwrights who produced the best scripts that premiered...
