Daring in TN and FL

In sifting through emails for the site – and boy do I get emails – happened across a couple of theaters outside the city who are doing such adventurous work for their local audiences, I thought I should sort of send some digital kudos their way.

The first is in Nashville, TN – it's Actors Bridge. They'd written about a benefit show that they have coming up at the end of the week – A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer - a show that's been edited by Eve Ensler. It's an evening of monologues by writers like Carol Gilligan, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Kathy Najimy and Moises Kaufman. After this the theater will be presenting a couple of shows that New Yorkers first saw at the Public – Jose Rivera's Marisol (running May 23 – 31) and Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day (July 18 – 27). Actors Bridge seems to know no bounds in its ambitiousness, because the next show is Mary Zimmerman's take on The Arabian Nights (which will play Sept. 25 – Oct. 12).

Now, the second theater is Jobsite Theater in Tampa Bay, FL. They're starting performances tomorrow of David Mamet's Boston Marriage. After this, a revival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (April 3 – 20) is followed by Caryl Churchill's adaptation of August Strindberg's A Dream Play (June 12 – 29) and Tim Robbin's anti-war comedy, Embedded (Aug. 14-31). Jobsite will be giving these latter plays their Southeastern US premieres.

You may not be able to catch this work, but if you are in either of these cities, you may want to support these companies' efforts by taking in a performance or two. If you like what you see, let me know.

Andy

Quick links:

Actors Bridge: www.actorsbridge.org
Jobsite Theater: www.jobsitetheater.org