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!