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Published September 24Central Florida Community Arts seeks new executive director
Central Florida Community Arts is searching for an executive director to lead the nonprofit as artist participation and production attendance grow. The organization is seeking a leader with experience in fundraising, collaboration, and community engagement.
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Published September 23After a Brutal Year, Orlando Shows Up for The Ren
Orlando’s arts community showed up for the Renaissance Theatre Company Tuesday night, with a little help from Broadway belts, drag royalty and at least one joke about Kristin Chenoweth’s forehead. The Ren held its annual Renaissance Gala at The Plaza Live on Sept. 22, its biggest…
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Published September 18PaperMap Theater Is Back With Another American Classic in Thornton Park
There’s something especially charming about watching people make theater because they simply want to make theater. That’s a big part of what PaperMap Theater & Co. is building inside its tiny storefront space at 2 N. Summerlin Avenue in Thornton Park, where its second community…
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Published September 17Encore Is Getting Stuck In ‘Groundhog Day’ At Dr. Phillips Center This Weekend
Fresh off its well-received summer production of Disney’s Frozen, Encore Performing Arts is returning to the Dr. Phillips Center this weekend with Groundhog Day The Musical. Encore will present five performances Sept. 18-20 in the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater. Based on the 1993 Bill…
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Published September 10Never Been to Nosferatu at The Ren? Here’s What You’re Getting Yourself Into
If you’ve spent the past few spooky seasons hearing people talk about Nosferatu at Renaissance Theatre Company but still have no idea what actually happens inside that warehouse at 415 E. Princeton Street, this is for you. I went to opening night this past weekend, and the first…
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Published September 10Orlando Shakes’ PlayFest Offers Early Look at New ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ Adaptation
Orlando Shakes is bringing back its annual PlayFest this fall with six new plays over two weekends, including one with an especially strong Central Florida connection. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames is adapting Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God for…
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Published September 09Orlando Photographer’s 9/11 Photos on Display
As Americans remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, an Orlando resident reflects on witnessing the tragedy in Brooklyn and documenting the aftermath through photographs.
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Published September 02Enzian is Serving 13 Spooky Cocktails with Its 13+ Films of Halloween
Enzian Theater is bringing back its 13+ Films of Halloween in October, and this year the movies come with their own drink menu. Along with a month of horror screenings, Enzian’s Eden Bar will serve 13 Cocktails of Halloween, with drinks inspired by films in the lineup. That…
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Published August 25Omar José Cardona Comes Home for Judson’s Live Debut with Broadway Friends Aug. 28
Orlando powerhouse Omar José Cardona is coming home, and he is bringing some Broadway friends with him. The Voice finalist will make his solo debut at Judson’s Live on Friday, Aug. 28, with performances at 7 and 9 p.m. inside the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.…
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Published August 24Nosferatu Is Back at The Ren, and This Time You’re in the Middle of It
At Nosferatu, you do not just watch the show. You are part of it. The Renaissance Theatre Company’s signature immersive vampire experience returns Sept. 4, sending audiences through rooms, hallways and hidden corners of its Princeton Street warehouse as scenes unfold around them.…