 Thanks
to everyone for a GREAT PlayFest 2007!!
See you next year!
What's PlayFest?
PlayFest is a ten day
theatre event packed with dynamic new plays and new play programming for
anyone who loves great theatre! Buy a PlayFest button and step into the interactive theatrical
maelstrom of readings, workshops, world premieres, seminars, master
classes and more!
Our mission is to
celebrate and cultivate new plays, nurture new playwrights, attract new
local and national audiences, introduce the community to new theatrical
voices, and provide a marketplace for local and national theatre
professionals.
Of last season's
PlayFest, the Orlando Sentinel hailed, “Something promising has come out of PlayFest…and it’s something that is likely to shape
Orlando’s theater scene for years to come.”
Click the text
above for a downloadable PDF Order Form for PlayFest! You may then
mail your order form into PlayFest with credit card information or check
enclosed, fax your order with credit card info, or stop by the Festival , or
call the box office with your order! Box Office Number:
407.447.1700 x 1
Click the text
above for a downloadable Daily Calendar!
Running Times
No PlayFest show
is expected to run more than 2 and 1/2 hours. With new plays, it is
difficult to judge exact running times because these plays are so new!
When planning your schedule, keep in mind that most of our offerings have
been scheduled (especially on weekends) so that when your show lets out, you
will have a short break and then be able to proceed directly to the next
show or event available that afternoon or evening. Thanks!
SOUL FOOD!
Hot Food during
PlayFest will be available from 11am to around 7pm in the upper lobby on
Saturdays and Sundays. CASH ONLY!
Elite's Catering
will provide the following delicious menu:
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Collard greens,
Red beans (no meat), Blackeye peas (no meat), Macaroni & cheese, White rice
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Barbeque ribs, Barbeque chicken sandwiches (no bones), Caribbean style brown
stew chicken, Hot dogs,
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Corn bread
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Sweet potato pie, Strawberry short cake
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Tea (sweet & no sweet), Lemonade
All homemade!
The Shakespeare
Festival Guild will be selling beer, wine, soft drinks and packaged snacks,
candies, etc., throughout PlayFest in the lower lobby!
Where and When
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Ticket Information |
February 23-March 4th,
2007
The Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival
The John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center
812 E. Rollins Street, Suite 100
Orlando, FL 32803
(407) 447-1700 x 1 for Tickets |
PlayFest Button - $5
You must have button to get into any PlayFest Event!
Crime and Punishment - $25-$35
(Main Stage Production - No Button Required)
Workshops - $8;
Readings - $3
Play in a Day – A Benefit for PlayFest! - $5
Master Class with Theresa Rebeck $100
Fringe 101 and 102 with Orlando Fringe
Festival Artistic Director Beth
Marshall $10 (per class) |
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Pictures from PlayFest |
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Becky Fisher in
You Might
as Well Live |
The Cast of
The Stone
Face |
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Theresa Rebeck
delivers the Keynote Speech |
Philip Nolen, Brad
DePLanche and Eric Hissom in China, The Whole Enchilida |
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The Cast of
Gee's Bend |
The Cast of
Mauritius |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
FREE with PlayFest Button |
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CELEBRATING NEW PLAYS -
OFF THE CUFF WITH THERESA REBECK
Keynote Address by Theresa
Rebeck
Sat 2/24 @ 7:30pm
Followed by a reading of her new play, Mauritius, a
psychological thriller about philately!
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About Theresa
Rebeck
We are proud to welcome Ms. Rebeck as our Keynote speaker for
PlayFest 2007. Her past New York productions include
The Water’s Edge, Spike Heels, Loose Knit and The Family
of Mann at Second Stage; Bad Dates and The
Butterfly Collection at Playwrights Horizons; and View of the Dome at
New York Theatre Workshop. Omnium Gatherum (co-written with Alexandra
Gersten-Vassilaros, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) was featured at
the Humana Festival 2003, and had a commercial run at the Variety Arts.
Her play The Scene, produced at the Humana Festival in March of 2006,
will be seen at Second Stage as part of the 2006-2007 season. Her work
has been widely produced both regionally and internationally. She is
currently working on commissions from Playwrights' Horizons, Denver
Theatre Center, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
In television, Ms. Rebeck has written for Dream On, Brooklyn Bridge,
L.A. Law, Maximum Bob, First Wave, Third Watch, and NYPD Blue, where she
also worked as a producer. Produced features include Harriet the Spy,
Gossip, and the independent feature Sunday on the Rocks. Awards include
the Mystery Writer’s of America’s Edgar Award, the Writer’s Guild of
America award for Episodic Drama, the Hispanic Images Imagen Award, and
the Peabody, all for her work on NYPD Blue. She has been a finalist for
the Susan Smith Blackburn prize twice, won the National Theatre
Conference Award (for The Family of Mann), and was awarded the William
Inge New Voices Playwriting Award in 2003.
Ms. Rebeck holds a PhD. from Brandeis University in Victorian Melodrama.
She and her husband Jess Lynn have two children, Cooper and Cleo.
Theresa Rebeck will also teach a Master Class in
Playwrighting
Date: Saturday, February 24
Time: 12 noon
Place: Studio B in the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center
Cost: $100
Please call 407.447.1700 x 1 to reserve your spot in class! |
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Southern Premiere Mainstage Production
Tickets: $20-$35
(No Playfest Button Required) |
 Crime and Punishment
Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus
From the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Directed by Jim Helsinger
February 7 – March 18, 2007
Goldman Theater
After receiving standing room only audiences at last season’s PlayFest!: The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays, we are proud to present the full premiere of this chilling new adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s famous novel. An intimate psychological drama and spiritual journey which seeks to unveil hidden dimensions of the human and social condition.
Click here to go the Crime
and Punishment web page. |
Festival Workshops
4 Performances each - $8 tickets with Playfest Button |
 China – The Whole Enchilada
By Mark Brown
Music by Paul Mirkovich
Directed by Jim Helsinger
Starring Brad DePlanche,
Eric Hissom & Philip Nolen
Saturday, February 24 - 2:00pm
Sunday, February 25 - 3:00pm
Saturday, March 3 - 12:00pm
Sunday, March 4 - 8:00pm
The Complete History of China and THEN some. Hilarious new comedy by that
master of mayhem, Mark Brown. Mr. Brown’s previous PlayFest achievements
include Around the World in 80 Days, and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge! |
 The Stone Face
By Sherry MacDonald
Directed by Dan McCleary
Starring Jason Flora,
Michael Lane, Bob Lipka,
JD Sutton & Jan Wikstrom
Saturday, February 24 - 4:30pm
Sunday, February 25 - 7:30pm
Friday, March 2 - 8:00pm
Sunday, March 4 - 12:00pm
Back by popular demand! Last year’s hit reading becomes this year’s
workshop! Buster Keaton lives again in this touching and funny play that
tracks Keaton’s desire to make a comeback in the film, Film. |
 You Might as Well Live
By Norman Mathews
Directed by Kenny Howard
Music Direction by Rich Scharron
Starring Becky Fisher
Sunday, February 25 - 12:00pm
Thursday, March 1 - 7:00pm
Saturday, March 3 - 3:00pm
Sunday, March 4 - 3:00pm
A one-woman musical that invites us into the world of satirist, humorist,
poet and prose-writer Dorothy Parker. “What fresh hell is this?” Somebody
open the door to the theater, it’s gonna be HOT! |
Festival Readings
$3 with PlayFest Button |
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 All the Girls Love Bobby Kennedy
By Kristen Palmer
Directed by
Mark Brotherton
Friday, February 23 - 8:00pm
Tuesday, February 27 - 7:00pm
Dreams of Bobby Kennedy, love, sex and Vietnam fill a young woman’s nights
on campus in 1968. |
 Barrio Hollywood
By Elaine Romero
Directed by
Ricky J. Martinez
Special Presentation! 2 Readings in English – 2 in Spanish!
Fri, Feb 23 - 8:00pm – English
Sun, Feb 25 - 3:00pm–Spanish
Sat, Mar 3 - 12pm – Spanish
Sun, Mar 4 - 3pm – English
Boxing, Folklórico dance, love and death take their turns on the stage in
this touching story of the lives a Mexican family and the Anglo doctor who
falls in love with their daughter just as her brother falls into a lingering
coma. |
 Gee’s Bend
By Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Directed by
Ingrid De Sanctis
Saturday, February 24 - 4:30pm
Monday, February 26 - 7:00pm
From 1939 to the near present, Gee’s Bend tells the tale of Sadie Pettway
and the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, who create quilts, sing haunting
gospel, and spend a lifetime in a remote nitch along the Alabama River. From
the march on Selma to the museum of high art – the women of Gee’s Bend find
their place, their peace and their dignity. Presented in conjunction with
the Orlando Museum of Art and their display of the Quilts of Gee’s Bend. |
 The Ghosts of Sleepy Hollow
By Eric Hissom
Directed by Patrick Flick
Friday, March 2 - 8:00pm
Saturday, March 3 - 6:00pm
Haunting retelling of this classic American tale. You’ll laugh
your head off! When you’re not too busy being TERRIFIED!
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Mauritius
By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by David Lee
Saturday, February 24 - 8:30pm
Immediately following the Keynote Address
Free with PlayFest Button!
"It's about stamps." - Theresa Rebeck - An exciting new psychological
thriller about Philately - the steaming underworld of stamp collecting! |
 Opus
By Michael Hollinger
Directed by Mark Routhier
Saturday, March 3 - 3:00pm
Sunday, March 4 - 5:30pm
A world-reknowned string quartet has only a few days to rehearse Beethoven’s
challenging Opus 131 for a high profile performance. |
 Playing Alexina
By Rachel Kranz
Directed by
Paula Rossman
Thursday, March 1 - 7:00pm
Saturday, March 3 - 8:30pm
A young woman in antebellum Louisiana sold into slavery claims to be white.
A surrealistic trial ensues to determine the fate of both slave and master
in a world where no one is exactly who she or he claims to be. There is no
black or white – only shades of doubt. |
 Three Screams
By Vincent Delaney
Directed by Patrick Flick
Wednesday, February 28 - 7:00pm
Saturday, March 3 - 8:30pm
An imaginary look into the life of the man who stole the Munch painting, The
Scream. The thief, his wife, their son and the painting tell a tale of grand
theft, murder, madness and Norwegian Bloodcake. |
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Guest
Theater Readings |
 Gulf View Drive
By Arlene Hutton
Presented by the Women Playwrights' Initiative
Orlando, FL
Directed by Chris Jorie
Sunday, February 25 - 7:30pm
Tuesday, February 27 - 7pm
The latest in Arlene Hutton's Nibroc Trilogy. Gulf View Drive
finds May and Raleigh living on Florida's Gulf Coast. Relatives
descend, further testing the couple’s love in this romantic glimpse
of life in the 1950s.
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 Stella
Rising
by Napua Davoy
Directed by
Grethe Barrett Holby
Presented by
Ardea Arts, New York, NY
Running Time 100 Min - 1 Intermission
Wednesday, February 28 - 7:00 pm
Saturday 3/3 - 12pm
Don't Miss this
group straight from NY!
A family's turbulent history becomes a potent and
inspiring evening of music-theater, combining jazz, opera, dueling
dialogues, and movement into a one woman tour de force.
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 The Funnel of Love
By Margot Knight and John DiDonna
Presented by
Empty Spaces
Running Time - 45 Min - No Intermission
Orlando, FL
Friday, March 2 - 8pm
Sunday, March 4 - 12:30pm
One day, Angela' husband got drunk and made a pass at the maid, who
turned him down because she was gay. After 29 years, a chapter
had ended. So Angela, at the age of 53 began the year of
living amorously. Match.com, Yahoo personals, It's Just Lunch
and E-Harmony--she tried them all. Fifty-nine emails, twelve
first dates, five second dates, and 3 third dates later? This
is her story. It's not pretty. |
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Master Classes |
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Master Class
in Playwriting
by Theresa Rebeck
Saturday, February 24
Studio B -
12pm
Cost: $100 (Plus PlayFest Button)
Ms. Rebeck shares her experience. Nothing
to prepare - just show up with your questions for one of American Theatre's
most produced authors! |
 Fringe 101 & 102
with Orlando International Fringe Festival
Artistic Director, Beth Marshall
Fringe 101 - How to Produce your Fringe Show
Fringe 102 - Touring your Fringe Show
Sunday, February 25 - Fringe 101
Sunday, March 4 - Fringe 102
Patron's Room -
10am both days
Cost $10 per class (Plus Button) |
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PlayFest Playwrights' Panel
New Plays: Building on the Past - Imagining the Future
Sunday, February 25 - 6:00pm- Margeson Theater
Panel Participants
Mark Brown - LA/NYC Playwright
Sherry MacDonald - Canadian Playwright
Norman Mathews - NYC Playwright
Mark Routhier - Literary Manager - Magic Theatre
Tari Stratton - Dramatists Guild, NYC
 
Led by The
Festival’s Director of New Play Development, Patrick Flick,
and Associate Director, David Lee.
Play in a Day Selection - right after the Playwright's Panel
Come to the panel and stay for the selection!
Sunday, February 25
Margeson Theater 7:00pm |
 Play in a Day Performance
Monday, February 26 - 7pm
FUNdRaiser $5 with Button!
Plays are written, cast, rehearsed and performed within a 24-hour period!
Hosted by Orlando International Fringe Festival’s Artistic Director, Beth
Marshall!
Y'all check out the Orlando
International Fringe Festival! |
 The
Stinky Cheese Man
Adapted by Kent Stephens
from the book by Jon Scieska
Presented by the Festival's
The Young Company
Saturday, March 3 - 3pm
Admission Free with a PlayFest Button
Reading of a possible play for next season’s Theatre for Young
Audiences |
PodCast Plays!
It's all about Celebrity and Fame for this year's alternative
offering at PlayFest! Twelve Advanced Directing students in
Associate PlayFest Director, David Lee's class at the University of
Central Florida created twelve different audio PodCast plays around
this topic. To further complicate matters, after Lee gave them their
topic and told them to create 3 distinct characters, one central and
two peripheral, Lee announced they were to put the characters into a
hat and they drew characters usually not created by themselves and
went to work to create a play using these new players!
PODCAST!PODCAST!PODCAST!PODCAST!
PodCast Plays will be available for your listening pleasure in
the Patrons' Lounge throughout PlayFest! After PlayFest, we'll put
them online as TRUE PodCasts. This program is made possible through
the generosity of The Apple Store and Kangagirl Productions! Special
Thanks to Mark Baratelli.
PODCAST!PODCAST!PODCAST!PODCAST!
PODCAST!PODCAST!PODCAST!PODCAST!
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 OPENING NIGHT PARTY!!
Friday,
February 23 - 6pm
Sponsored by Pollo Tropical and Red Bull - Dinner and drinks!
All are welcome but you must be 21 and over to partake of of any
alcoholic beverages!!! We will be carding at the door! |
Readings, Workshops & World Premieres -
What's the Difference?-
Readings - A public reading of a play with actors reading from scripts. In a
nutshell, the actors rehearse the play three times (as the playwright
listens and makes changes), then perform the play in a seated reading for a
live audience. The actors read from scripts placed on music stands.
Afterwards, the audience is invited to share their feedback to the director
and playwright, focusing on the development of the play.
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Workshops - Workshops focus on getting the play "on its feet." Actors rehearse for a week and a half, then perform with scripts in hand, rehearsal props, and a minimum of technical design. Again, audience feedback helps shape the play.
- Premiere Mainstage Productions - are fully produced productions using the best professional actors, designers, directors and production values available.
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Theatre for Young Audiences Readings
- are geared towards parents, young audiences and the young at heart. Readings are seated and will use the audience's imagination as they listen to the story.
Be a PlayFest Patron!It's a pass! It's a ticket! It's a sponsorship! Be a Playfest Patron and receive two all-access reserved seating passes to all events at Playfest plus two tickets to the
Southern Premiere of Crime and Punishment and your name recognized in all PlayFest Programs. All PlayFest events are general admission, first-come-first-serve seating except for you. The best seats will be reserved for you in advance to all events you wish to attend, including all readings, workshops, master classes and
Crime and Punishment. Patron passes are $1,000 per couple. Call the box office at 407-447-1700 x 1 to be a PlayFest
Patron now!
Current PlayFest Patrons
Gordon and Susan Arkin
Sig and Marilyn Goldman
John and Rita Lowndes
Ken and Trisha Margeson
Albert and Lisa Prast
THANK YOU ALL
Contacts
Patrick Flick
Director of New Play Development
For General PlayFest Programming Enquiries
407.447.1700 x 212
patrickf@shakespearefest.org |
David Lee
Associate Director
407.447.1700 x 213
davidl@shakespearefest.org |
Ryan Morris
PlayFest Assistant
407.447.1700 x 255
ryanm@shakespearefest.org |
Cindy Bosselmann
Director of Marketing & Public Relations
For Marketing & Publicity Purposes
407.447.1700 x 206
cindyb@shakespearefest.org |
Sponsoring
Hotels
Marriott Orlando Downtown Hotel
Many of our writers will be staying at this fine downtown hotel.
Comfort Suites Hotel
Walking Distance to the Festival! Use password "shakes" for the
PlayFest discount
Quality Inn North
A short Drive from the Festival and Affordable!
Click
here for other Travel Information
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For ticket information, call the Box Office
407-447-1700 x 1
Special Thanks to Harriett Lake!
Harriett Lake, local arts patron, has assured the future growth of our new play development program with two major gifts to the Shakespeare Festival. Not only is she the lead donor in the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Playwriting, a million dollar endowment in partnership with the University of Central Florida designed to attract well known playwrights to the festival and UCF, she has also donated an additional $50,000 per year toward the operational costs of The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays for the next four years. Bearing her generous gifts in mind, the new play development program now also bears her name. From the staff, board, and patrons of the Festival, "Thank you, Harriett!" The Shakespeare Festival's commitment to the development of new plays is greatly helped by your generous gifts. |
