Enjoy a series of shorts on a Summer night

Enjoy a series of shorts on a Summer night

    The New York-based professional Red Bull theater company will give audiences a chance to watch seven world premiere plays in one night. Specifically, the short pieces comprise Red Bull’s 11th Annual Short New Play Festival. This online benefit will take place at 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday, July...

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Take a trip around the world and experience new plays

Take a trip around the world and experience new plays

  Theatre Lab,  Florida Atlantic University’s professional resident company, will virtually present a reading of a new play every 21 days through May as part of its “New Plays for the New Year” festival. And to kick off the series, Theatre Lab will feature a double-header. First, at 5 p.m....

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Celebrating top ‘Shorts’

And the winner is — Webster’s Bitch. More specifically, it is the winning short play in Miami-based City Theatre’s annual National Short Playwrighting Contest. City Theatre staff chose Webster’s Bitch, and 24 finalists, from more than 750 writers. “The list comprises playwrights new to the company, alongside several writers who...

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This theatrical experience allows you to safely ‘travel’ around the world.

This theatrical experience allows you to safely ‘travel’ around the world.

  Photo by PopUp Theatrics June Romero awaits you in Miami.   By AARON KRAUSE In a matter of hours, you can laugh in Miami, sing “Happy Birthday” in Paris, and kick some butt in Singapore. To zoom from one destination to another, you don’t need a passport, a suitcase...

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 ‘She Shorts’ empowers, delights  

 ‘She Shorts’ empowers, delights  

    Photo courtesy of Thinking Cap Theatre and City Theatre An intense scene plays out in Webster’s Bitch, one of several pieces comprising the inaugural presentation of She Shorts.   By AARON KRAUSE FT. LAUDERDALE — Looking back, the all-around beneficial collaboration seemed inevitable. To begin with, throughout its...

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Brothers’ launch film company in a truly collaborative approach

Brothers’ launch film company in a truly collaborative approach

      Here are the Davis brothers, from their respective websites. On the top is Andrew   By AARON KRAUSE South Florida siblings Andrew and Tim Davis’ creative collaboration began with a competitive streak in April 2011: The pair squared off in a hotly-contested staring competition, which Andrew filmed...

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Variety marks the 23rd season of City Theatre’s Summer Shorts

Variety marks the 23rd season of City Theatre’s Summer Shorts

  (Photo by Justin Namon) Some of the characters in City Theatre’s Summer Shorts are a tad, shall we say, odd. Pictured from left are Alex Alvarez as Melto Man and Elizabeth Dimon as Lady Mantis in Eric Pfeffinger’s short play Melto Man and Lady Mantis. MIAMI — It might...

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‘Winter Shorts’ a sumptuous South Florida treat for the holidays

‘Winter Shorts’ a sumptuous South Florida treat for the holidays

Photo by Justin Namon Margot Moreland and Dave Corey appear in “Becky’s Christmas Wish.” MIAMI — Oy Vey Maria is anything but your typical school Christmas pageant. It’s one of the most thoughtful, smartly-written and inventive holiday plays you’re likely to see. The Miracle of Chanukah, meanwhile, is not normally...

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Get on the wild side with these Shorts

Get on the wild side with these Shorts

  (Photo by George Wentzler) Marquise Rogers and Lawrence Buzzeo appear in Give Me Space, one of the short plays in a South Florida co-production of Shorts Gone Wild 5   WILTON MANORS, Fla. — “I will obliterate those who oppress and repress people they do not understand,” the ambitious,...

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