By Erik Kvarnberg Palm Beach Dramaworks sets eighth new play festival WEST PALM BEACH — Palm Beach Dramaworks is offering its eighth annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays this month at the company’s Clematis Street home. From Jan. 9 to 11, playwrights will unite with a number of actors and directors to read through works in progress. Last season’s festival led to two … [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...]