The Naked Stage's 24 Hour Theatre Project 2013!!!

We are proud to present:

The Naked Stage's Theatre Project 2013!
Fundraiser at Palm Beach Dramaworks. Monday, October 28th at 8 p.m.

How does it work?

At 7 p.m., on Sunday, October 27th, 2013, 8 playwrights will gather at Palm Beach Dramaworks 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 28th, 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 and playwrights, such as:

Adalberto Acevedo, Irene Adjan, Alex Alvarez, Andie Arthur, Tracey Barrow-Schoenblatt, Sally Bondi, Cliff Burgess, Clay Cartland, Clive Cholerton, Natalia Coego, Dave Corey, Christopher Demos-Brown, Nick Duckart, Kim Ehly, Lela Elam, Jessica Farr, Tony Finstrom, Lindsey Forgey, Desmond Gallant, Patti Gardner, Nanique Gheridian, David Hemphill, Laura Hodos, Kenneth Kay, Michael Leeds, Wayne LeGette, Dan Leonard, Noah Levine, Margery Lowe, John Manzelli, Amy McKenna, Michael McKeever, Stuart Meltzer, Marj O'Neill-Butler, Leland Patton, Nicholas Richberg, Andy Rogow, George Schiavone, Deborah L. Sherman, Adam Simpson, Kim St. Leon, Karen Stephens, Shane Tanner, Pierre Tannous, Barry Tarallo, Paul Tei and more!

(Participant list subject to change.)

Where will you be on October 28th?!

The Naked Stage would like to extend a very heartfelt "Thank you!" to William Hayes, Sue Ellen Beryl, Nanique Gheridian, Lara Wagener, Theda Reale, Alicia Scott, Sofia Crowell, Josh Aune, Paul Reekie and the rest of the Palm Beach Dramaworks family.

The Naked Stage's 24 Hour Theatre Project 2012 Fundraiser at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Seatin is very limited. VIP tickets are $50 (include reserved seating and a limited edition commemorative poster.). General Admission are $30. To purchase tickets, please call (561) 514-4042 ext. 2, or to purchase online, click HERE. 

Doors open at 7:30 pm. This event fills up fast, so get your tickets quick!


Time is running out -- Get your tickets TODAY!

For more information on either event, or to contact The Naked Stage, call (954) 261-1785.

Bill Hirschman on The Naked Stage's 24 Hour Theatre Project 2012

Long Night's Journey Into Day: The 24 Hour Theatre Project

 

Photo by Bill Hirschman

 

 It's likely a goodly number of actors, directors and certainly some playwrights slept in late this morning. They earned it. Many spent 7 p.m. Sunday to 10 p.m. Monday being creative at gunpoint.

 

To read Bill Hirschman's full story in Florida Theater On Stage, please click 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.

Drama Queen:

Naked Stage's 24-Hour Theatre Project returns

 

 

The Naked Stage recently wrapped up an impressive, much-lauded production of the spooky Turn of the Screw at Barry University's Pelican Theatre. Now comes word that artistic director Katherine Amadeo and her hubby-colleague, Antonio Amadeo, have a date and a venue for the sixth edition of their way-popular 24-Hour Theatre Project...

 

Click on the image above to see Christine Dolen's complete blog in the Miami Herald.

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/drama_queen/2012/09/naked-stages-24-hour-theatre-project-returns.html#storylink=cpy

Q&A with Naked Stage Co-Founder Antonio Amadeo

Talkin’ in the Green Room With: Antonio Amadeo

BY BILL HIRSCHMAN

Welcome to a regular, if intermittent feature: Irreverent, lighthearted question & answer sessions with some of South Florida’s best known professionals. Unlikely but perhaps, secretly, Antonio Amadeo is actually a nasty rotten misanthrope, but no one will ever believe it. Amadeo is widely-regarded as one of the nicest guys and quietly talented members in the local theater community, eliciting comparisons to Tom Hanks and a teddy bear (although Amadeo himself reveals below that he’s Batman.) Over the decades he has built an enviable resume of acting roles, including the tortured souls in Mosaic Theatre’s The Elephant Man, GableStage’s The Pillowman and Promethean Theatre’s The Unseen...

Click on the image above to read the full article at Florida Theater On Stage.

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!

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.

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.