Review: ON MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY THE 13TH at Ensemble Theatre
Sometimes, it’s fun to watch a theatre company let their hair down and have fun. And with ON MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, the Ensemble Theatre does just that. This is a giggle-filled, fast-paced murder thriller in the vein of Agatha Christie being spoofed at every turn. It is high-energy, camp, and perfect if you want an evening watching a talented cast having a blast going through a farce.
Wanzie Presents' MASS APPEAL to Play White Elephant Cabaret Theater in July
Former Orlando theater and opera mainstay Frank McClain, who left Orlando in 2012 to assume the role of Managing Director of Opera Tampa and who then relocated to Dubuque, Iowa (2015) to become the Executive and Artistic Director of the Grand Opera House, will return to Orlando this summer to direct Stephen Lewis and Michael Wanzie in the Wanzie Presents production of Mass Appeal – opening on Friday, July 14th, 2023 for a limited 3-performance run.
The Ensemble Company To Present Explosive WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
The Ensemble Company, now in their fifth year in residence at Penguin Point Productions located within the Oviedo Mall, continues its 2023 season with a production of Edward Albee's masterpiece, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which celebrated 60 years in 2022. Virginia Woolf is rescheduled from The Ensemble Company's 2022 season.
The Ensemble Company to Present Central Florida Premiere of SPEECH & DEBATE
The Ensemble Company, now in their fifth year in residence at Penguin Point Productions located within the Oviedo Mall, will continue its 2023 season with the Central Florida premiere of Stephen Karam's Speech & Debate. Karam is the creator of the Pulitzer Prize finalist plays Sons of the Prophet and The Humans (which also won the Tony Award for Best Play).
The Ensemble Company to Present STUPID F**KING BIRD in November
The Ensemble Company, now in their fourth year in residence at Penguin Point Productions located within the Oviedo Mall, will continue its season with Aaron Posner’s Stupid F***ing Bird, “sort of adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov.” The production will mark the Central Florida debut of the piece, which premiered at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in 2013.
BWW Review: THE LYONS at The Ensemble Company
Family can be very complicated. Just think about it – parents with unique personalities and perspectives bring children into the world who have their own quirks and problems and everyone lives together for an extended period under the same roof and are subject to common ups and downs. It can be a formula for something great or something disastrous. Through the theatre (and other media, for that matter) we get the voyeuristic pleasure in seeing how others navigate the treacherous waters of familial bonds. And sometimes it can be quite funny. Such is the case with the latest production from The Ensemble Company (in residence at Penguin Point Productions) – Nicky Silver’s “savage comedy about a dying breed” – THE LYONS.
THE LYONS Is Next Up At The Ensemble Company
The Ensemble Company, the theatre company in residence at Penguin Point Productions located in the Oviedo Mall, follows its recent acclaimed production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning W;t with Nicky Silver's savage comedy about a dying breed, The Lyons.
BWW Review: WIT by The Ensemble Company
Sometimes the theatre is the perfect place to explore some of life’s toughest questions. Playwrights and actors for thousands of years have been using the stage to help audiences grasp the core tenets of philosophy, religion, and metaphysical concepts. So, it is apt that the most recent production of The Ensemble Company (in residence at Penguin Point Productions) is Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, WIT (or W;T) – a bold and intimate exploration of one woman’s struggle to understand the meaning of her own mortality.