Florida Stage Carbonell Recap Reel
Posted: April 5, 2011 Filed under: 2009-2010 Season, 2010-2011 Season, About Florida Stage, News, Videos | Tags: Carbonell Awards, Dr. Radio, Florida Stage, Goldie Max & Milk, South Florida Theatre League, When the Sun Shone Brighter Leave a commentLast night's Carbonell ceremony showcased the amazing talent found in South Florida, and we're honored to have produced the plays that brought those distinctive bronze statues to Nick Duckart (Best Supporting Actor, Musical), Deborah L. Sherman (Best Supporting Actress, Play), and Christopher Demos-Brown (Best New Work, When the Sun Shone Brighter).
Now, for your viewing pleasure, we're happy to bring you a look at what made these winners so deserving…
Nick Duckart as Rudolpho Garcia in Dr. Radio
Deborah L. Sherman as Goldie in Goldie, Max & Milk
Christopher Demos-Brown (playwright)'s When the Sun Shone Brighter
Our thanks and congratulations to all of the winners and nominees! See the full list here.
Shop Talk = Sharing Stagecraft
Posted: January 24, 2011 Filed under: 2010-2011 Season, About Florida Stage, Videos | Tags: backstage, Florida Stage, Goldie Max & Milk, sound design, stagecraft, technical theater Leave a commentDid you hear the one about the crying baby? Stephanie Kelly shares a little bit of theater magic. Note that we release Shop Talk videos for every production (though sometimes we have to wait until the production is over so we don't give away too much too soon). Go to our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/FloridaStage) to see them all.
Goldie Opening Night!
Posted: December 18, 2010 Filed under: 2010-2011 Season, About Florida Stage, Artistic Apprentice | Tags: Florida Stage, Goldie Max & Milk, Karen Hartman Leave a commentLast night was the opening of Goldie, Max & Milk and it could not have gone better! They got a standing O. I am so proud of everyone who worked on the show. I recommend everyone go see this play; it's great for the holiday season. I may be biased, but it's a lot of fun!
At opening I was sitting house left and that might be my favorite place to sit. I really felt like a part of the show, a part of Max and Goldie's world. Honestly, if you are looking for an intimate experience I would say sit in those side sections!
I truly enjoyed working on this show, but now I'm off to Massachusetts for the holiday. Wish me luck with the snow and cold temperatures–I hear it's only 10 degrees right now.
Until next time…
~ Alison Maloof, Artistic Apprentice
Goldie, Max & Milk Advance Photo
Posted: December 13, 2010 Filed under: 2010-2011 Season, Photos | Tags: Deb Sherman, Erin Joy Schmidt, Florida Stage, Goldie Max & Milk, Karen Hartman, Margaret Ledford, Sarah Squid Lord Leave a commentPhoto by SigVision Photography. Featuring Deborah Sherman as Goldie, Erin Joy Schmidt as Max, and Sarah Lord as Shayna. Production photos will be taken tomorrow night!
Playwright Karen Hartman at Temple Emanu-el
Posted: December 9, 2010 Filed under: 2010-2011 Season, Photos | Tags: Florida Stage, Goldie Max & Milk, Karen Hartman, Lee Wolf, playwright Leave a comment
Drama what?
Posted: November 22, 2010 Filed under: 2010-2011 Season, Artistic Apprentice | Tags: Artistic Apprentice, dramaturg, dramaturgy, Goldie Max & Milk, Karen Hartman, rehearsal process Leave a commentDrama what? Dramaturgy! For Goldie, Max & Milk
I have been working on putting together a dramaturgy packet for the director, actors, and a few crew members to read. You might be thinking to yourself "What's a dramaturgy packet?" or "what is dramaturgy anyway?" I admit it is a rather funny word. However, when you break the word down a little bit it is less intimidating. Let's take a look:
If we cut the word in half, we get drama and turgy. I think we all know what drama is, but let's replace that word with play. "turgy" means 'the study of' (similar to a more familiar word, liturgy). Once we put the two together it is: "The study of plays or drama." Dramaturgy can have many more specific meanings and can almost be defined on a case-by-case basis, depending on many factors like the relationship a dramaturg has with a director or playwright. Dramaturgs also are known for translating plays, as well as writing analysis of work, and much much more. In this case, I'm going to talk about one particular play–Goldie, Max & Milk–and one particular experience–mine.
For the past few weeks, I have been working on a 14-page dramaturgy packet. A dramaturgy packet consists of research relating to the play, the characters, the setting, the time and sometimes making sure the right information in relayed to the actors that the playwright intended. For this play, I decided to break down my research by characters: Goldie, Max, Milk (it's such an important topic I deemed it a character), Mike, Lisa, and Shayna. Anything that didn't quite fit in those categories went into a glossary of terms. To get started, I reread the play, taking notes on topics, words, or specific areas that effected each of the characters, as well as their jobs, their hobbies, interests, etc. Then I started on the research. While many women out there may have experience with breastfeeding, I, however do not. Since Max is breastfeeding a newborn and Goldie is a lactation consultant, I thought I would start there, and then move onto the other players. After all the other characters, I combed through the script again to decide what needed to be in the glossary (words actors may not know the meaning of, places mentioned, basically details!). Then I just needed to edit and print. The whole process took about month of working on and off. I had many other things come up that took me away from this project, so it's always good to start early!
As of today I have only had contact with the playwright and the director via email, so it will be interesting to actually meet them both and see where I will fit into the rehearsal process. Tomorrow is our first rehearsal. We will being doing a read-through, and have a luncheon with board members, staff, and invited guests. I'm looking forward to the whole experience.
Until next time…
~Alison Maloof, Artistic Apprentice