Naked Stage Artistic Director Honored With Silver Palm Award

Congratulations!!!

 

 

 

The 2012 Silver Palm Awards have been announced and the Naked Stage has much to celebrate. The recent production of The Turn Of The Screw had earned two awards. One for Artistic Director Katherine Amadeo for her stunning performance, and one for Director Margaret M. Ledford for her work in Turn as well as After the Revolution at Caldwell Theatre and The Unseen at The Promethean Theatre. The Naked Stage would like to send a bheart felt congratulations to all of the 2012 recipients.

 

To see a full list of recipients as reported by Christine Dolen of the Miami Herald, click on the image above.

John Thomason On The Naked Stage's Busy November

The Hectic Lives of Antonio and Katie Amadeo

by John Thomason/Miami New Times

 

 

As an actor on the South Florida theater scene, Antonio Amadeo has played a wisecracking Afghan-American cabdriver, a revolutionary in late-'60s Czechoslovakia, a captured writer in a totalitarian police state, and a barkeep caught in a web of 9/11 conspiracy theories — to say nothing of his award-nominated performance as the Elephant Man.

 

To read John Thomason's full article in Miami New Times, please click on the image above.

Naked in November!

The Naked Stage has two amazing events planned for November that you do NOT want to miss.

First:     The World Premiere production of A Man Puts On A Play. November 2nd - 18th. Naked Stage Executive Artistic Producer Antonio Amadeo has written, produced, directed and designed a play that gives the audience a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the struggles an artist faces before the curtain goes up. Set in an alternate reality, A Man Puts On A Play follows Antonio and his company as they race against the clock to put up a show before the crowds arrive. With Antonio Amadeo, Andy Quiroga, Kathleen Robiou, Shawn Burgess, Stephanie Meskauskas, Ricardo Redd, Victor Rodriguez, Kaitlin Sarnacki & Jake Tompkins. Costumes are by Leslye Menshouse. Stage Manager is Kaitlin Sarnacki.

Second:     The Naked Stage's Theatre Project 2012! Fundraiser at Gablestage. Monday, November 12th at 8 p.m.

How does it work? At 7 p.m., on Sunday, November 11th, 2012, 8 playwrights will gather at Gablestage -- at the historic Biltmore Hotel -- 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, November 12th, 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 weeks! That night, at 8 p.m., an audience will gather to see . . . well, we 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 many of South Florida’s TOP actors, directors & playwrights, such as: Alex Alvarez, Andie Arthur, Jim Ballard, Nan Barnett, Tracey Barrow-Schoenblatt, Sally Bondi, Amy Miller Brennan, Marj O'neill-Butler, Clay Cartland, Anne Chamberlain, Marckenson Charles, Oscar Cheda, Matthew William Chizever, Clive Cholerton, Andrea Conte, Dave Corey, Christopher Demos-Brown, Christopher De Paola, Todd Allen Durkin, Lela Elam, Tony Finstrom, Patti Gardner, Arielle Hoffman, Avi Hoffman, Dan Kelley, Christopher A. Kent, Julie Kleiner, Mcley Lafrance, Michael Leeds, Dan Leonard, Amy London, Margery Lowe, John Manzelli, Amy McKenna, Hunter McConnell, Michael McKeever, Stuart Meltzer, Hugh Murphy, Andy Rogow, Juan C. Sanchez, Deborah L. Sherman, Adam Simpson, Barbara Sloan, Karen Stephens, Shane Tanner and more! (Participant list subject to change.) The Naked Stage would like to extend a very heartfelt “Thank you!” to Joe Adler.

TICKET & LOCATION info for A Man Puts On A Play & The Naked Stage's 24 Hour Theatre Project 2012 Fundraiser:

The Naked Stage’s production of A Man Puts On A Play runs November 2^nd – November 18^th, 2012 (Thursday – Saturday @ 8pm, Sunday @ 2pm). There will be a brief talk-back session with the director and actors following every Sunday matinee performance. The Naked Stage performs at the Pelican Theatre located on the campus of Barry University, 11300 NE 2^nd Avenue in Miami Shores. Single seats are $25; Senior discount tickets are $18 (60+); Student discount tickets are $12 (must provide ID at door). Tickets may be purchased at the door, by phone at 1(866) 811-4111, or you can just click the ticket icon to the right of this blog. Doors open at 7:45 pm. For this production, the Pelican Theatre will have 36 general admission seats and they fill up fast, so get your tickets quick!

The Naked Stage's 24 Hour Theatre Project 2012 Fundraiser  at Gablestage, 1200 Anastasia Avenue in Coral Gables. Seatin is very limited. VIP tickets are $50 (include reserved seating and a limited edition commemorative poster.). General Admission are $35. To purchase tickets by phone, call 1(866) 811-4111, or just click the ticket icon to the right of this blog. Doors open at 7:30 pm. This event fills up fast, so get your tickets quick!
For more information on either event, or to contact The Naked Stage, call (954) 261-1785.

Well, there's no turning back now!

Andy Quiroga & Kathleen Robiou
study the script. 

A week and a half into the rehearsal process for my new play, I'm beginnig to get excited about its potential. Which is good, considering how frightened I am to let anybody see it. This is the first play I have ever written. I've always wanted to do this, but stopped myself from trying 'cause I was terrified of failing at it. But, as my wife Katie (The Naked Stage's Artistic Director), and I were contemplating this Fall slot we had reserved at the Pelican Theatre, I decided it was a perfect opportunity to finally face my fears. Being the ambitious artist that I am, however, I thought the show should be more of a fulfilling experience for the audience, and the artists involved, than just "a new play by an amateur playwright." And I think I've come up with something pretty cool. I just hope the process doesn't kill me before it gets to Opening Night. It probablty will kill me. I'm producing, directing, writing, designing and acting, and THAT... is really stupid. (Perhaps I should have called the play Hubris: The Embarissing, Self-Imposed Collapse of an Artistic Idiot.)

 

Jake Tompkins

Thankfully, I have assembled an amazing team of artists. Andy Quiroga, Kathleen Robiou, Victor Rodriguez, Stephanie Meskauskas, Ricardo Redd, Shawn Burgess, Jake Tompkins and Kaitlin Sarnacki. So far, this has been one of the most positive and creatively satisfying experiences of my career, and I am happy to be sharing it with all these people. The script has gone through 9 revisions already. It was going down a terrible path until Katie read it and set me straight. She is one of the most intelligent artists I know and I am truly blessed to have her at my side. John Manzelli (The third co-founder of the Naked Stage, along with Katie and myself) was also invaluable to the trimming process. I love collaborating with him. I believe the script is in a pretty good place.

 

Shawn Burgess & Kaitlin Sarnacki

I'm excited to see what happens this week. The set is being built and rehearsals will switch, day to day, between two different casts. There is an experimental element to what we are doing, so I'm sorta "wingin' it" for some of this. It should make for some amazing art. I think. But, what do I know? Nothin'.

 

A Man Puts On A Play opens on November 2nd and runs through the 18th. We play Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm with a brief talk-back session with the actors and me after each Sunday matinee performance. Tickets are $25 for a single seat, $18 for a senior (60+), and $12 for a student (student ID at door). If you'd like to come see the World Premiere of my first effort as a playwright, click the ticket icon to the right of this blog and by your tix TODAY!!!

 

The theatre will only have 36 seats for this production, so get yours now!!!

 

Due to the small size of the space and the amount of noise made by the lobby door, there will be NO LATE ADMITTANCE! So get there on time, or you'll miss out.

 

The Naked Stage performs at the Pelican Theatre on the campus of Barry University.



Ricardo Redd & Stephanie Meskauskas

The Pelican Theatre
11300 NE 2nd Ave
Miami Shores, Fl 33161.

For more information on all things Naked Stage, call Antonio Amadeo at our administrative office at 954-261-1785.

For tickets, click on the ticket icon to the right or call 1-866-81-4111.

UP NEXT!!!

Antonio Amadeo Writes His First Play!!!

The Naked Stage is proud to present:

A World Premiere Play by Antonio Amadeo

 NOVEMBER 2 - NOVEMBER 18

"A man struggles to maintain the balance

between his art and a regular family life."

Written, Produced and Directed by Antonio Amadeo.

Starring Antonio Amadeo, Andy Quiroga, Kat Robiou,  Katherine Amadeo, Sean Burgess, Stephanie Meskauskas, Ricardo Redd, Victor Rodriguez, Kaitlin Sarnacki, James Tompkins.

Set, lights and sound by Antonio Amadeo. Costumes by Leslie Menshouse.

Stage Manager: Kaitlin Sarnacki.

There will be a brief talk back after each Sunday Matinee performance.

To buy tickets, click on the image above
or the ticket icon to the right.
Or to contact us by phone, call:
amin: (954) 261-1785 tix: (866) 811-4111

NO LATE ADMITTANCE!!!

THE NAKED STAGE at the Pelican Theatre

11300 NE 2nd Ave.

Miami Shores, FL 33161

Directions:

I-95 to NW 103rd Street (Exit 8b). Go East. Turn Left (North) onto N. Miami Avenue. Turn Right (East) onto NE 115th Street. Turn Right (South) into the parking lot.

The Pelican Theatre is located on the campus of Barry University.