A forum with local theatre critics (including Christine Dolen, Bill Hirschman, and Michelle Solomon) to foster conversation between theatre makers and theatre critics. Topics will include how to best get preview coverage, what critics need from producers, and more.
For the past seven years, the South Florida Theatre League has run Summer Theatre Fest, an audience development program, where member theatres host readings of new plays by local playwrights on Monday nights from June to August. Due
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A forum with local theatre critics (including Christine Dolen, Bill Hirschman, and Michelle Solomon) to foster conversation between theatre makers and theatre critics. Topics will include how to best get preview coverage, what critics need from producers, and more.
For the past seven years, the South Florida Theatre League has run Summer Theatre Fest, an audience development program, where member theatres host readings of new plays by local playwrights on Monday nights from June to August. Due to the need for social distancing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the League has had to adjust how we can aid our community and continue to engage audiences.
Therefore in 2020, Summer Theatre Fest will become Quarantine Theatre Fest, where the South Florida Theatre League will heavily promote our member organizations’ online offerings throughout the month of July and host multiple professional development opportunities for both artists and arts administrators.
In addition to pushing audiences to try a new to them theatre’s online programing, the League will be hosting multiple workshops throughout July; including Corona Creatives and Chill, an online mini-conference for the community to discuss issues around COVID-19; a workshop on power dynamics in the rehearsal room with intimacy director Nicole Perry; a workshop on marketing to diverse audiences with Broadway producer Willie Fernandez; a forum with local theatre critics; and the League’s popular audition workshop with director Michael Leeds and music director Caryl Fantel.
As Summer Theatre Fest has for the past seven years, Quarantine Theatre Fest will also end with the Remy Awards, the South Florida Theatre League’s annual awards honoring the unsung heroes of the theatre community. The Remy Awards will happen on Monday, July 27 at 7:30 PM. They will be free and online, with an option for viewers to donate to the South Florida Theatre League Relief Fund.
For more up to date information on Quarantine Theatre Fest, please visit www.southfloridatheatre.com, where further details on member theatre programming and Quarantine Theatre Fest workshops will be added as confirmed.
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