Naked Stage Presents - 24 Hour Theatre Project

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Theatre Fundraiser looks to bring community artists closer together 

After the success of its opening production, By Any Other Name... Romeo & Juliet, The Naked Stage is proud to present its first annual 24-Hour Theatre Project fundraiser co-starring fellow South Florida theatre companies Ground Up & Rising, Mad Cat Theatre Company and The Promethean Theatre. 

Naked Stage founders, Antonio Amadeo, Katherine Amadeo and John Manzelli would like to welcome everyone to witness the beginning of a yearly affair that promises to further the growing unity among theatre artists in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Inspired by the efforts of GableStage's Joseph Adler, and others such as Richard J. Simon (Mosaic Theatre), Meredith Lasher (Women's Theatre Project) and the Theatre League of South Florida, The Naked Stage sees the 24-Hour Theatre Project as an opportunity to bring the artists of South Florida closer together.  

The Naked Stage's 24-Hour Theatre Project is the perfect vehicle for local actors, directors and playwrights to showcase their talents in a unique format (The proceeds of which will be divided evenly among the four companies involved). Based on a pattern commonly employed across the country, the "24-Hour Theatre" concept comes to South Florida for the first time ever. With it, South Florida's newest professional theatre company aims to gather theatre artists that don't ordinarily have an opportunity to collaborate. In the future, the Amadeos and Manzelli expect it will grow into a full-blown, weekend-long celebration sure to become one of the most anticipated yearly events. The expectation is for a festival that will include an ever wider array of artists; hopefully encouraging greater camaraderie within the community. 

At 7 PM on Sunday, November 18^th, 2007, 6 playwrights will gather and select a theme from which they must each write a short play to be staged, rehearsed and performed the next day -- just 24 hours later! At sunrise on Monday, November 19th, their randomly distributed directors and actors arrive (armed only with copious amounts of caffeinated beverages), and spend the entire day bringing the writers' work to life. A process that usually takes weeks! That night, at 8:00 PM, an audience will gather to see the results. 

It's like the entire creative theatrical process on SPEED! 

The Naked Stage's first annual 24-Hour Theatre Project is Coordinated by Carbonell Award winning Actor (The Pillowman, Gablestage) & Producing Artistic Director of The Naked Stage Antonio Amadeo, and features the many talents of: 

For The Naked Stage:

Associate Artistic Producer & Founding Member of The Naked Stage Katherine Amadeo, Associate Artistic Director & Founding Member of The Naked Stage John Manzelli, Carbonell Award winning Playwright (The Garden of Hannah List and Running with Scissors) Michael McKeever, Artistic Director for City Theatre Stuart Meltzer and Actor Adam Simpson

For Ground Up & Rising:

Ground Up & Rising Company Members Will Cabrera and Arnaldo Carmouze, 2007 Fred Diekmann Emerging Artist Carbonell Award winning Actor & Ground Up & Rising Company Member Kameshia Duncan, Carbonell Award winning Director (Angels in America, New Theatre) Deborah Mello and Ground Up & Rising Company Member Bechir Sylvain

For Mad Cat Theatre:

Carbonell Award winning Actor (The Championship Season, Palm Beach Dramaworks) & Mad Cat Company Member Todd Allen Durkin, Carbonell Nominee & Mad Cat Company Member Erik Fabregat, Mad Cat Company Member Scott Genn, Heideman Award winning Playwright (I'm Not Batman) & Literary Manager for City Theatre Marco Ramirez and Carbonell Award winning Actor (Popcorn, Gablestage and Running with Scissors, Florida Stage) & Artistic Director of Mad Cat Theatre, Paul Tei

For The Promethean Theatre:

Actor Mathew Chapman, Carbonell Award winning Actor (Tom Walker, New Theatre) Ken Clement, Actor/Director Andy Quiroga (Director of Best Ensemble Carbonell recipient Tracers, Juggernaut Theatre Company), Carbonell Nominee Juan C. Sanchez, Artistic Director & Founding Member of The Promethean Theatre Deborah L. Sherman

Also featuring the talents of:

Carbonell Award winning Actor (Tom Walker, New Theatre, Frozen, Gablestage and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Palm Beach Dramaworks) Lisa Morgan, Actor Carlos Alayeto, Playwright & Executive Director of the Theatre League of South Florida Andie Arthur, Actor Tracey Barrow,Actor & Resident Stage Manager for Gablestage Michael John Carroll,Actor Michaela Cronan, Actor Ceci Fernandez, Actor Reiss Gaspard, Carbonell Award Nominee David Perez-Ribada, Actor & Photographer George Schiavone, Carbonell Award Nominee Stacy Schwartz 

And featuring a rare onstage appearance by Carbonell Award winning Director (A Lesson Before Dying, James Joyce's the Dead, The Goat..., Frozen and The Pillowman all at Gablestage) & Artistic Director of Gablestage Joseph Adler. 

*The 24-Hour Theatre Project line-up is subject to change at any time. 

IF YOU GO

The Naked Stage's first annual 24-Hour Theatre Project fundraiser will take place on Monday, November 19^th, 2007 @ 8:00 PM at Gablestage at the Biltmore Hotel. There will be a small reception/meet & greet with the directors, writers and actors immediately following the performance. Gablestage is located at the Biltmore Hotel at 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134-6356. Single seats for the fundraiser are $50. Please call the Gablestage Box Office at (305) 445-1119 to purchase your tickets. Don't wait, as tickets will go FAST! Doors open at 7:45 PM.  

For information on The Naked Stage's 2008 season, visit them online at www.nakedstage.org.    

For more info on Ground Up & Rising, please visit: www.myspace.com/groundupandrising. For more info on Mad Cat Theatre Company, please visit: www.myspace.com/madcatcompany. For more info on The Promethean Theatre, please visit: www.theprometheantheatre.org. For more info on Gablestage, please visit www.gablestage.org. Fore more info on the South Florida Theatre scene, please visit www.southfloridatheatre.com .

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