Writing in Floods
Playwright Spotlight: Your Best One Meridith Friedman, author of Your Best One (a PlayFest presented by Harriett’s Charitable Trust 2017 new play reading) talks crafting new plays and the inspiration behind her latest work. [sep]
Paved with Good Intentions
Playwright Spotlight: Well-Intentioned White People Rachel Lynett, author of Well-Intentioned White People (a PlayFest presented by Harriett’s Charitable Trust 2017 new play reading) talks crafting new plays and the inspiration behind her latest
Welcome to PlayFest 2017
Join Us at Our New Play Festival Get ready because our annual PlayFest presented by Harriett’s Charitable Trust (PlayFest) is coming at you this fall! We have expanded the festival to two
Wish Away Hunger: An Aladdin Food Drive
Food Donations for Second Harvest Help Aladdin and the Genie of the Lamp wish away hunger in our Central Florida community by donating to the Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s (Orlando Shakes) Second
Shakespearean Shadows Come to Light
Orlando Shakes has commissioned playwright Mark St. Germain to adapt a world premiere stage adaption of John Updike’s best-selling novel, Gertrude and Claudius. For those who don’t know, Updike’s novel
The Man Behind the Legends
Interview with Director Joseph Discher Antony and Cleopatra director Joseph Discher answers questions about his past work and Orlando Shakes’ production. [sep] OST: Tell us a little bit about your
Leading Talent On and Off Stage
An Interview with Jim Helsinger In Orlando Shakes’ production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, Jim Helsinger, Artistic Director at Orlando Shakes, takes on the role of Don Armando de Armado. I
Justice With a Side of Hilarity
With the 9th Annual John R. Hamilton Mock Trial scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, 2017, Advocates Kimberly A. Ashby, partner at Foley and Lardner LLP, and Nicholas A. Shannin, Esq.
From Intern to Leading Lady
An Interview with Actress Kathryn Miller This Orlando Shakes spotlight falls on Kathryn Miller soon to be performing in the Theater’s production of The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan. Before stepping
Alzheimer’s: From Patient to Caregiver
Meet Playwright Steve Yockey In Blackberry Winter, Vivienne struggles with caring for her mother, an Alzheimer’s patient whose condition is showing signs of deterioration. In some of Steve Yockey’s most poignant