Coral Gables' New Theatre 20th Season
By: Beau Higgins Sep. 08, 2005
by JT Rogers
With Kathryn Lee Johnston, Angie Radosh and William Schwartz
Directed by Ricky J. Martinez (New Theatre Directorial Debut)
Designers: Jesse Dreikosen and Micheal Foster
Stage Manager: Joseph M. NeSmithSeptember 8 - October 9, 2005Thursday, Sept. 8 at 8 pm- Reduced Price PreviewOPENING WEEKEND EVENTS WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT:
*Book sale and signing of J.T. Rogers' Madagascar throughout the
opening weekend* Friday, Sept. 9 at 7 pm - Pre-Opening Night Celebration
Enjoy the hors d'oeuvre buffet courtesy of Catering by Lovables and
meet the playwright at 7 pm, followed by the performance at 8 pm.
Saturday, Sept. 10 at 8 pm (Opening Night)
Sunday, Sept. 11 at 1 pm- Meet'n'Greet Brunch
Enjoy a light brunch and meet the playwright at Noon, performance at
1 pm followed by a post-play discussion with cast and playwright.* Sunday, September 11 at 7 pm. PLAY READING
The Overwhelming, a new play by J.T. Rogers
Madagascar is about a mysterious disappearance that changes three
lives forever. A stunning new play by J.T. Rogers - author of the
2003-2004 season's enormously successful White People. With the
simplest of means Rogers creates a dizzying and haunting look at
life and loss.J.T. Rogers' Madagascar received the 2005 Pinter Review Prize for
Drama and will be published in September in hardback through the
Pinter Review and the University of Tampa Press. The play also won
the American Theatre Critics Association's 2004 M. Elizabeth Osborne
Award and was a finalist for the ATCA's Steinberg New Play Award. It
was recently seen Off Broadway as part of the SPF Summer Play
Festival. Rogers is the author of White People (nominated for best
play of the year by the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, Barrymore Award
of Philadelphia, and the Carbonell Award), Seeing the Elephant
(Kesselring Prize nominee for best new American play), and Murmuring
in a Dead Tongue, which was presented last season in NYC by Epic
Rep, where he is company member. His latest play, The Overwhelming,
was presented at the Play Penn festival of new works in Philadelphia
in July. Regionally, his works have been given main-stage
productions here at New Theatre, and at the Philadelphia Theatre
Co., New Actors Union Theatre (Moscow), the Road Theatre (L.A.), the
Adirondack Theatre Festival (NY), and many times at the Salt Lake
Acting Co., where he was a 2004-2005 NEA/TCG playwright in
residence. Rogers has been an artist in residence at the Eugene
O'Neill Theater Center and the Edward Albee Foundation, and was the
recipient of a 2004 Playwriting fellowship from New York Foundation
for the Arts. He lives in Brooklyn.
Call 305 443 5909http://www.new-theatre.orgNew Theatre, 4120 Laguna Street, Coral Gables
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