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The CDP assists not-for-profit cultural organizations based in culturally diverse ethnicities (African, Latin, Asian-Pacific Islander, or Native American descent.) The CDP seeks to preserve cultural heritages and traditions through the arts and to create opportunities for Broward citizens to experience culturally diverse/ethnic-specific cultural programs and events. Organizations such as the Brazilian Voices, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee, Inc., TranZenDance Dance Productions Inc., Polynesian Culture Association, Inc., and Jubilee Dance Theatre have received funding through this grant program.

The theatre's eleventh season features 8 plays that include 3 regional premieres, a Tony-winning Best Play and an American classic by one of the world's most beloved playwrights.

The show is a variation of the classic holiday tale of 'The Nutcracker.' In this modern retelling of the classic story, instead of getting a nutcracker, Clara receives her first pair of pointe shoes which sets her off on a quest to become the best dancer in New York City. On her way she meets a cast of New York characters who try to thwart her dreams. The show contains Hip Hop, Jazz and Tap numbers as well as the traditional ballet.

Big River premieres first in the season lineup. With a book by William Hauptman and a score by well-known country-music songsmith Roger Miller, this seven-time Tony Award-winner is a musical adaptation of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Both comical and poignant, this acclaimed musical takes audiences on an adventure down the Mississippi River

Pandits Rajan & Sajan Misra (popularly known as MISRA BROTHERS) are from Banaras, India. They belong to a family of eminent musicians of the Banaras Gharana

CASTING AUDITION AND STAFF POSITIONS FOR HAUNTED HOUSE 'NIGHTMARE: GHOST STORIES' PERSONNEL & ACTORS FOR SEPTEMBER 25-NOVEMBER 1 RUN AT WYNWOOD'S SOHO STUDIO

The facilitator for this program will be Dr. Ann Updegraff Spleth, D.Min, CFRE, Vice President for External Relations, Christian Theological Seminary. Dr. Spleth has been in executive leadership in the not-for-profit world for more than 20 years. She oversees all fundraising and communication activities on behalf of the seminary, working with staff, trustees, and donors. She is also responsible for overseeing student recruitment, student services, and the continuing education/public seminars program of the seminary. Prior to coming to CTS, she was Director of Major Gift Planning for Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana.

Joining the company of the Miami production will be producer Steve Kopelman who counts 27 years in the 'haunt' industry with attractions across the U.S. including Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, and New Mexico. Current productions include Thrillvania (www.thrillvania.com) and The Nest (www.frightened.com.) Kopelman is also an owner of the premier online haunted house directory, www.hauntedhouse.com.

As of 7 PM on Sunday, August 17, there is a mandatory evacuation of visitors to the Florida Keys and schools are closed in Broward and Miami Dade counties on Monday. There is no word on Tuesday as yet. Also, thus far, every show scheduled to take place indoors in Florida is still scheduled to go on.

The Jove performs a brand new show each month at the Atlantic Theater in Jupiter, which it has called home for the past four years. Recent appearances for The Jove include: private corporate events and corporate seminars throughout the state of Florida, numerous television commercials, a featured role in the movie Film Contest?, which debuted at the Palm Beach International Film Festival as well as signing a development deal with moli.com to produce a comedic webseries.

Southeastern Premiere NOVEMBER by David Mamet. Set in the Oval Office just days before a presidential election, this funny new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, which just closed on Broadway, involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions.

Produced by David J. Foster and Ross Mollision, SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW is the creation of Russian-born Slava Poulin. Inspired by the most famous mime artists of all time, including Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Marceau and Engibaro, Slava has dedicated his life since the age of 17 to re-claiming and re-establishing the art and craft of the true clown. After founding his own theater company 'Litsedei' in 1979, Slava has taken clowning out of the circus and into the streets, and from there to the major theaters around the world. Since its debut in 1993, the show has traveled to over 25 countries, performing to more than 2.5 million patrons in 80 cities including London, Toronto, Paris, Rome, Lisbon, and Berlin

Her professional development workshops for artists have been offered nationally and internationally, most recently at the Broward Cultural Division's Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute, Artist Space in New York and Centro Leon Cultural Center in the Dominican Republic.

Originally set in London on the eve of Gay Pride, Sol Theatre, with the blessing and help of playwright Matthew Todd, has adapted the play's language and setting to Fort Lauderdale, resulting in a play that is culturally relevant to its environment and its intended audience - gay men.

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller Book by William Hauptman Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain

The 2008 Miami Improv Festival presented by Just The Funny features headliner, The Oops Guys! (Dennis T. Giacino and Fiely A. Matias,) fresh from their world tour, this wild and crazy cabaret/improv tandem will be performing their hit shows Loungezilla!, and Do I Make You Horny?

Hair, centers on a group of young 'hippies' in New York City's East Village, who band together as a tribe

In early 2007, George Packer published an article in The New Yorker about Iraqi interpreters who jeopardized their lives on behalf of the Americans in Iraq, with little or no U.S. protection or security.

The 'Creature Feature' performance will feature numbers from such Broadway hits as 'The Lion King,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Suessical,' 'Cats,' 'Willie Wonka,' and 'Young Frankenstein.'

Throughout the play figures ranging from Mother Teresa to Sigmund Freud are called to testify in a trial of 'God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus Judas Iscariot