By Ilana Jael After spending the first half of my October haunted by review deadlines following an impromptu double feature of Carrie and Hedda Gabler, maybe I shouldn’t have been terribly surprised to see that my next theatrical encounter would likely center yet another unhinged antiheroine. Though Alejandro Rodriguez’s Alba would technically be the world premiere of a … [Read more...]
Palm Beach Dramaworks previews 2026-27 season
By Erik Kvarnberg Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 2026-27 season will feature plays for audiences seeking world premieres, modern classics, and absurdism, including works by Harold Pinter and a celebrated musical. The West Palm Beach-based company will announce the last two productions of the 2026-27 season later this year. The season opens with the world premiere of Alejando … [Read more...]
New-play festivals at Dramaworks, FAU promise to energize theater conversation
The audience is an integral part of the new play development process, as two area stage companies — Palm Beach Dramaworks and Florida Atlantic University Theatre Lab — can attest. Both have festivals of new work that consist of readings and talkbacks of evolving scripts, some of which will graduate to be fully produced in subsequent seasons. Coming up soon is Dramaworks’ … [Read more...]