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Arts buzz: Theatre Lab, Dina Baker Award, Carbonell scholarships
Niki Fridh and Matt Stabile. (Courtesy Theatre Lab) Theatre Lab play to get summer production in Martha’s Vineyard BOCA RATON — A two-person play that had its premiere at Florida Atlantic University’s...
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‘Jasmine Starr-Kidd’ needs some tinkering, but lead actress is a keeper
Troy Davidson & Sarah Romeo in The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd, now running at FAU Theatre Lab. (Morgan Sophia Photography) Regret can be a powerful emotion, but usually one that...
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2023-24 Season in Theater: A post-COVID lineup full of promise
Tim Altmeyer, Elisabeth Yancey, Britt Michael Gordon and Jovon Jacobs in Lobby Hero, opening Oct. 13 at Palm Beach Dramaworks. (Photo by Tim Stepien) With COVID safely in the rear mirror and audiences...
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‘Berlin Diaries’ gets first premiere at Boca’s Theatre Lab
Playwright Andrea Stolowitz. (Photo provided) As she began to write what became The Berlin Diaries, Andrea Stolowitz knew two things. One, the play would be based on the journals of her...
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Green messiah: At Theatre Lab, Laufer’s ‘Rooted’ to explore mob mentality
Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer. (Photo provided) Deborah Zoe Laufer gets a lot of ideas for her plays by listening to National Public Radio. That is certainly the case with Rooted, receiving its Florida...
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‘Rooted,’ at Theatre Lab, sees actors dig rewardingly deep
Elizabeth Dimon in Rooted, on view through Feb. 18 at FAU Theatre Lab. (Morgan Sophia Photography) Botany and belief systems, both real and dubious, are at the heart of Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Rooted, her...
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World premiere ‘What’s Best for the Children’ aims for laughs before message
From left: Pamela S. Hankerson, Jason Peck, Sarah Romeo, Elizabeth Price and Seth Trucks in What’s Best for the Children, now at FAU Theatre Lab through April 28. (Courtesy FAU Theatre Lab) When Idris...
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‘What’s Best for the Children’: Sharp topical comedy premieres at FAU Theatre...
Sarah Romeo, Elizabeth Price and Isaac Simmons in What’s Best for the Children. (Morgan Sophia Photography) Educating our youngsters — deciding what and what not to teach them — is a very serious...
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Powerful ‘Last Yiddish Speaker’ mixes Jewish identity, American dystopia
Gemma Berg and Patti Gardner in The Last Yiddish Speaker. (Morgan Sophia Photography) In 1989, Florida Stage introduced us to fledgling playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer and her humorous yet...
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New-play festivals at Dramaworks, FAU promise to energize theater conversation
A reading of the play Ordinary Americans, by Joseph McDonough, at a play reading at Palm Beach Dramaworks. The play was produced there in 2019. (Photo courtesy Palm Beach Dramaworks) The audience is an...
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