No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre

No Exit

by Jean Paul Sartre

October 29 - November 21, 2010

with Naked Stage Artistic Director Katherine Amadeo, Deborah L. Sherman, Andy Quiroga & Mark Della Ventura.

directed by Naked Stage Founding Members Antonio Amadeo & John Manzelli

go to www.nakedstage.org for more info!!!

Just ONE WEEK AWAY!!!

Tickets are going fast for the Theatre Event of the Year!

The Fourth Annual 24-Hour Theatre Project is FAST approaching and we couldn't be more excited. Many of South Florida's top theatre artists are gearing up for the event that, every year, produces some of the most exciting theatre in the area.

Here's how it works: 4 dozen or so of the region's top actors, directors, playwrights and stage managers have 24 hours to write, rehearse and perform 9 brand new plays for a paying audience at 8pm on Monday, October 4. It's like the entire theatrical process on speed!

Tickets are $25 for General Admission and $50 for special VIP seating. For more info, please go to www.nakedstage.org.

See you there!

TONIGHT!!! The Naked Stage's Flashlight Tales at Flavour in the Grove. Tonight, Tuesday, September 21 at 9 p.m.!!!

Join us for a night of open mic SCAAAAARY story telling!

How does it work?

Grab a flashlight and take the mic to a share a scary story (personal or not), macabre monologue, paranormal poem, terrifying tune, haunting yarn, mystic anecdote or anything related to the freaky.

(Please limit each entry to 5 minutes.)

Sign in begins at 8:30 p.m..

Storytelling begins at 9 p.m..

Do you have your own ghost story to tell?

What scares you?

The night's best story wind 2 tickets to the Naked Stage's production of NO EXIT and a Naked Stage t-shirt!

The Naked Stage's Flashlight Tales

at Flavour in the Grove

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 9 p.m.

Tickets:

$10 at the Door

$8 advance purchase at www.nakedstage.org

Flavour is located at

2895 McFarlane Road

Coconut Grove, FL 33133

www.flavourclub.com

Join us -- on or off stage -- for a night of friends, drinks and scary stories... if you dare.

Full bar, including:

$4 Beers, $5 Margaritas, Martinis, Long Island Iced Teas and $6 Mojitos.

Boo!

South Florida’s Fastest Theatre Production is BACK!!!

THRILLING fundraiser finds a new home in Palm Beach County.

The Naked Stage welcomes you to the opening event of the 2010 SOUTH FLORIDA THEATRE FESTIVAL. Based on a pattern commonly employed across the country; the "24-Hour Theatre" concept returns to South Florida thanks once again to the Naked Stage. This year's event is hosted by Caldwell Theatre Company and cosponsored by SouthFloridaTheatre.com and WLRN.

How does it work? At 7pm on Sunday, October 3rd, 2010, 8 playwrights will gather at the beautiful Count de Hoernle Theatre (home to Caldwell Theatre Company) in Boca Raton and select a theme from which they must each write a short play to be staged, rehearsed and performed the next day - just 24 hours later! At sunrise on Monday, October 4th, their randomly distributed actors, directors and stage managers arrive and spend the entire day bringing the writers' work to life. A process that usually takes a minimum of two weeks! That night, at 8pm, an audience will gather to see . . . Well, I have no idea what they're going to see, actually.

It's like the entire creative theatrical process on SPEED!

This one-night event is coordinated by Naked Stage Artistic Director Katherine Amadeo and features a rare on-stage appearance by:

Artistic Director of Caldwell Theatre Clive Cholerton!

As well as many of South Florida's TOP actors, directors & playwrights.

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON OCTOBER 4?

The Naked Stage's 24-Hour Theatre Project 2010

at the Count de Hoernle Theatre

7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, FL 33487-1619

hosted by CALDWELL THEATRE COMPANY

cosponsored by SOUTHFLORIDATHEATRE.COM & WLRN

Seating is limited!

General Admission $25

For tickets go to http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/1541 or call (866) 811-4111.

SouthFloridaTheatre.com will be hosting a wine & cheese reception/meet & greet with the actors, directors & playwrights immediately following the performance.

If you cannot attend, but would like to make a tax deductable donation, please send your check payable to:

THE NAKED STAGE

5025 Ibis Place

Coconut Creek, FL 33073

Archive Pic of the Week

At the "meet & greet" for our first ever 24-Hour Theatre Project, director Kim St. Leon & playwright Ricky J. Martinez (Artistic Director of New Theatre) discuss their strategy for the short play Martinez will spend the next 12 hours writing from scratch. George Schiavone (www.schiavonephoto.com) is the photographer.

And the Winner is...

CONGRATULATIONS to Associate Artistic Director, John Manzelli, for winning this year's Carbonell award for best lighting desin for his work on Marco Ramirez' MACON CITY: A COMIC BOOK PLAY! To see Manzelli's acceptance speech go to 34th Carbonell Awards (1/9) - uVuSouthFlorida Video and advance to about 10 minutes 30 seconds. Way to go, John!!!

Join Us at the Carbonells!

This coming Monday night, the Carbonell awards will be given for excellence in South Florida Theatre. The Naked Stage is well represented this year with 3 nominations for it's production of Marco Ramirez' Macon City: A Comic Book Play.


Producing Artistic Director, Antonio Amadeo is nominated for the second year in a row for best set design, Associate Artistic Director, John Manzelli, is nominated for best lighting design and Matt Corey is nominated for best sound design.

But that's not all the Naked Stage is celebrating. Also nominated (for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical) is Naked Stage Associate Artistic Producer, Katherine Amadeo, for her performance in Promethean Theatre's Cannibal: The Musical. (This picture of Katherine is of her performance in the Naked Stage production of Nerve by Adam Szymkowicz.)

We are VERY excited that all 3 Naked Stage company members are nominated this year! We would like to wish ALL the nominees luck Monday night. It should be a great time.

If you would like to attend: The 34th Annual Carbonell Awards will be held on Monday, April 12th @ 7:30pm at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts' Amaturo Theatre located at 201 S.W. 5th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

Tickets are $25 with $20 tickets available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 19 through the Broward Center’s box office by calling 954-462-0222 or visiting http://www.browardcenter.org/rdcenter.org/.

ALSO: SouthFloridaTheatre.com will be sponsoring the CARBONELL AWARD AFTER_PARTY at Revolution Live immediately following the ceremony. Just follow the crowds!

On behalf of everyone at the Naked Stage, we thank all of you for helping to make Macon City: A Comic Book Play a big success. Now, join us at the Carbonells. Hope to see you there!!!

Archive Pic of the Week!

This is me (Producing Artistic Director Antonio Amadeo) during the photo call for Nerve by Adam Szymkowicz. I played oppostie my wife, Katherine, in the production which was directed by John Manzelli. I like this pic because it shows off a little of the detail I enjoyed putting into the set. It's our Karaoke corner of the "bar." Behind it was the "billiards room" with a full sized pool table. It's probably my favorite set I've done. Check out the pics at www.nakedstage.org!

Archive Pic of the Week!

Actor Ken Clement posing for the camera during the late night photocall for By Any Other Name... Romeo & Juliet. The photographer was Michael Paul. Go to www.nakedstage.org to see production pics of all our plays.

Archive Pic of the Week!

Director Paul Tei and Lead Actor/Producer Katherine Amadeo relieve some stress by goofing around during George Schiavone's photo call for Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis. The Naked Stage's production in May of 2008 earned the company 6 Carbonell Award nominations including Best Director for Tei, Best Actress in a Play for Amadeo and Best Production of a Play. Sevim Abaza & Marty Mets won for Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design, respectively. To see more 4.48 Psychosis pics, please visit our website at www.nakedstage.org. For more info on photographer, George Schiavone, please visit www.schiavonephoto.com.

Archive Pic of the Week!

Every week, the Naked Stage will post a random archive pic intended to give you a little added insight into who we are and what we do. These pics will include show pics, rehearsal shots, candid pics and pics from the company members' past. For the most part, these will be photos that will not make it into the website, but are fun to look at. I hope you enjoy.

This first shot is of Erin Joy Schmidt & Barry Tarallo rehearsing a scene for Elena Garcia's Randok’s Retirement Villa of Galactic Scoundrels and Their Cat-tastic Holiday Show for The Naked Stage's 24-Hour Theatre Project 2008 at the Miracle Theatre.

The second pic is founding company member John Manzelli taking a break from rehearsing Lucas Leyva's For Love of Play-Doh & F*ck You, Harold Pinter also for The Naked Stage's 24-Hour Theatre Project 2008.

The photographer for these particular pictures was Anabelle Amadeo. In all, there were 4 photographers working this event (All of them generously donated their time and talent). They were Anabelle Amadeo, Aran Graham, the great George Schiavone & Angela Garrett-Wallis.

WELCOME to the Naked Stage's BLOG!

Well, PHASE ONE of our new website is FINALLY up & running!!!

We have included this blog as part of our new website in order to update you on any recent news on the Naked Stage.

Please take a stroll through the new website, then come back here and let us know what you think.

We are very excited as each individual page has an entirely different artistic spin to it. We thought it was important to show that (like in our productions) you don't need a lot of money and hi-tech resources to do something artistic. As you will see, some of the site is still under construction, but we will continue to fill it out as the days go. But for now, there are 37 entirely different pages up and ready for you to view.

Check it out! What's your favorite page?!