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Celebrated playwrights Eugene O'Neill, Eugene Ionesco, and Anton Chekhov will be the focus of Palm Beach Dramaworks' 2nd annual 'Master Playwright Series,' beginning October 27th (7PM) and running through June 2nd at their intimate downtown theatre (322 Banyan Boulevard.) Sponsored by Nancy and Jay Parker, 'The Master Playwright Series' is scheduled in three segments and will devote several evenings to each playwright. Scenes from the author's plays as well as full staged readings will be presented including: 'The Hairy Ape' by Eugene O'Neill, 'The Bald Soprano' by Eugene Ionesco and 'Uncle Vanya' by Anton Chekhov. In addition to the readings, the evenings will invite audience participation, discussion and an overview of the work and themes.

Seeking the following roles only (all others have been cast): FROST/NIXON by Peter Morgan. Director: Michael Hall (at EPA.) Richard Nixon: 64. David Frost: Late 30s. British talk-show host, playboy. Col. Jack Brennan: 50s. Nixon's former Chief of Staff. Nixon loyalist.

In 1978 he began his formal study of drawing and painting at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, IL earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1982, and then pursued independent study abroad to supplement his formal education. While traveling and visiting museums, Green realized that 'the best artists are those who create from what they know best.' It took a trip to Switzerland and Mexico to return him to Gardens Corner and begin his body of work 'Gullah Life reflections.'

New Theatre presents its first World Premiere of the season with Andrew Case's thriller, The Rant making its World debut on October 2, 2008. An investigator assigned to the murder case of a 16 year old African American boy shot and killed by an NYPD police officer must wade through prejudice, deceit, and a volley of anonymous threats to find out where culpability and truth really lies.

This celebration of the iconic 1939 MGM film starring Judy Garland, THE WIZARD OF OZ will blow South Floridians away from the moment the tornado touches down and transports audiences to a an art deco Oz, complete with Munchkins and flying monkeys as audiences are invited to travel 'Over the Rainbow' and experience THE WIZARD OF OZ on stage.

'A Moon for the Misbegotten,' written between 1941-1943 was performed for the first time in Columbus, Ohio in 1947. The play premiered on Broadway in 1957 and has been revived four times, winning multiple Tony Awards. The most recent production starring Kevin Spacey and Eve Best in 2007 came to Broadway after its run at the Old Vic Theatre in London.

Sept 25: Kick-off party w/ Thom Chambers Duo; 26: Ben Prestage, Harold Blanchard Trio, Johnny Mag Sax w/ Jillian Rockafort, Legendary JC's; 27:The Joe Oddo Orchette, featuring Gwen Gray, Mark Hodgson & Joe King, Toni & Joes, The Legends of Jazz & Blues w/ Bernie Lee, Bob Rose, Bill White & Barry James; NSB HS Jazz Band, Brazilian Breeze, Victor Wainwright & Rev. Billy Wirtz, Sybil Gage & Friends, Toni Bishop and the Pat D'aguanno Trio, Ray Guiser & Rob Dionne w/ the Cool Jams Rhythm Section, The Cook Trio, Thom Chambers, Debra Rider Quartet, Seth Rye, Joe Caruso Blues, Cook Trio; 28: Gus Simms, Stetson U. Big Band & Sid Blair.

'The Glass Menagerie' is one of our greatest works of drama, and we feel it is a play that the our community should see,' said Producing Artistic Director, Robert Cacioppo. 'It is a uniquely American story that gives us an important look at Tennessee Williams' first major work and at a very dark period of our country's history.'

Their goal is to provide a professional comedy experience like no other in South Florida. Founded in November of 2004, this improv and sketch comedy troupe can best be described as a combination of 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' The group prepares prewritten sketches, takes audience suggestions and creates scenes on the spot and closes every show with an original comedic song.

Eligible applicants include Broward County public entities - municipalities, Native American Nations, Broward County not-for-profit cultural organizations, and qualified individual artists from Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, or Monroe counties.

A Coral Springs resident, Greggs holds a bachelor of music, magna cum laude, in music education from the University of Miami, 1999, and a masters of arts in education, from Florida Atlantic University, 1997. She has also studied abroad in vocal performance and German studies at Salzburg College, Austria, in 1990.

Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood CABARET is set against the dark backdrop of pre-World-War-II Berlin. The action takes place in the seedy Kit Kat Klub where pimps, prostitutes and brash showgirls would rather drink, party and dance than face up to the growing menace around them. The show's score, by John Kander and Fred Ebb (who also wrote the score for Chicago,) was lauded by the N.Y. Times as one of the few Broadway scores 'with the kind of lingering power that comes from pungent musicality tied to memorable emotions.'

West Palm Beach's only resident professional theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks announced Eugene O'Neill's last completed drama, 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' will kick off its 9th anniversary season on Friday, October 17th (8PM) at their intimate downtown theatre (322 Banyan Boulevard.) The 2008-09 slate of productions will continue with a distinguished roster of plays including 'The Chairs' by Eugene Ionesco, 'The Weir' by Conor McPherson and the Florida premiere production of 'At Home At The Zoo' by Edward Albee.

Caldwell's Spotlight Award is presented to an artist who has devoted a lifetime of distinguished service to the arts while advancing the art of theater. Past recipients of the Spotlight Award include Len Cariou, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Harris, Christopher Reeve, Roddy McDowall, Cliff Robertson and Charles Nelson Reilly.

Based on the timeless novel by Ian Fleming, author/creator of the James Bond franchise, the production features the music and lyrics by the legendary Sherman brothers, composers of Mary Poppins. The national tour also features an original script and fresh adaptation directed by Ray Roderick. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG boasts a score, including 'Truly Scrumptious,' 'Toot Sweets,' 'Hushabye Mountain,' and the Oscar nominated title song, 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.'

The 08-09 season will include Martin Charnin's ANNIE, the delightful journey down the yellow brick road via THE WIZARD OF OZ, the awesome spectacle of this past summer's Broadway family sensation CIRQUE DREAMS JUNGLE FANTASY and Bob Fosse's record breaking Tony ® Award winning CHICAGO presented by Florida Theatrical Association and Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami Dade County in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House.

The Tony Award Winning Terrence McNally has written The Ritz, Love, Valour, Compassion, Frankie and Johnnie in the Clare Delune, Master Class, Bad Habits, the controversial Corpus Christi and the books to the musicals Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Rink, The Full Monty and Ragtime. He also won an Emmy for the teleplay of Andre's Mother.

Lying in State is the second play by David C. Hyer; his first play, Who Wants A Four Door, was chosen by Players Theatre of Columbus for its Playwrights' Work-in-Progress series. He began writing plays shortly before he retired as a Trade Association Executive. He spent over 40 years working in governmental affairs with the Savings and Loan and Petroleum industries. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he graduated from Ohio State University in 1951. A man with a wicked sense of humor, Hyer passed away in December of 2003, shortly after he finished Lying In State.

In this comedy, two English Shakespearean actors find themselves down on their luck performing 'Scenes from Shakespeare' on the Moose Lodge circuit in Amish country Pennsylvania

'Of Mice and Men,' John Steinbeck's classic novel, was adapted into a screenplay, but many are unaware that it has also been successfully translated into play form.