Last year attracted more than 300 play submissions, which were narrowed down to three finalists. It’s a festival built around female theater-makers. Wallace also will once again oversee the annual Modern Works Festival, which returns May 3-78 to live performances after two years as a virtual event. The play was named the best solo show at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival.Ĭho also will present the play at St. “It’s about what happens when an actor accepts a role they shouldn’t play and he casts himself as Mickey Rooney playing Mr. The title refers to the character played by Mickey Rooney in the 1961 film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” in a way that emphasized offensive ethnic stereotypes. Yunioshi.” Cho is a Tampa-based theater artist who appeared in a performance of Urbanite’s production of “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit.” Ragan describes it as “a laugh-out-loud funny kind of play with a poignant message” as the play investigates race in casting. The production was supported by the Charles Rowan Beye new play commission and the play was a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwright’s Conference. His passion for boxing and his understanding of that sold us.” “Franky loves boxing and he’s wanted to write this play forever. “They’re putting their bodies through hell for these different reasons,” Ragan said.

One wants a visa to stay in the country, another is fighting for money to support his family. It’s a drama about four Latino boxers seeking glory in the ring but for different reasons. Gonzalez’s “That Must be the Entrance to Heaven,” was commissioned by the Urbanite. The regular season lineup ends with Franky D. Ragan will direct the production in which a soldier considers virtual reality therapy to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder and reconnect with his family. “Backwards Forwards Back” is a one-man play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, whose play “Babel” was scheduled for Florida Studio Theatre’s 2022 winter Stage III season before the company canceled that series. The second half of the season features two world premieres. “There’s a great stage direction from the playwright that says John and Caitlyn take almost everything the other one says personally, which is a fun way to start exploring something, and how do you connect when you love this human being even though everything they say frustrates you.” It’s about a generational divide, opinions divide,” she said. Opinion from Brendan Ragan: Why theatre must change its bad habitsĪ hit from 2021-22 season: Urbanite Theatre returns with dynamic premiere of ‘At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen’ It revolves around a father and daughter who are avid bird watchers but are facing strains in their relationship, divided by different opinions and attitudes. Wallace will direct the season’s second production, the father-daughter drama “Birds of North America” by Anna Ouyang Moench (Jan. It immediately asks the question of whether we need to respect elders just because they’re elders and how do we make space for them in the family.”

Out of one of these misspelled text messages comes the idea of dealing with this problematic grandfather. “The actors will be saying things, including typos and spelling errors. That may sound like there’s a lot of projections, but it’s done through dialogue,” said Ragan, who will direct the production. “The entire play is told through text messages. Ragan describes the opening play, Matt Schatz’s “The Burdens” as “a dark comedy that’s also a bit silly” about two Jewish siblings who have an evil grandfather who made their mother’s life difficult. But we want to be sure that we’re still giving a big variety of theatrical styles and content. There’s that common through line in all the plays about family ties. “That’s important and something we can all relate to and are working toward, finding joy and love in our families. “Right now, we’re reconnecting with each other, family members,” he said. That doesn’t mean lightness and humor have disappeared in a season with the over-arching theme of Heredity.

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