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'''Miami New Drama''' is a [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] professional theater company located in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida. It is the resident theater company and operator of the historic [[Colony Theatre]] on Miami Beach. |
'''Miami New Drama''' is a [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] professional theater company located in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida. It is the resident theater company and operator of the historic [[Colony Theatre]] on Miami Beach. Since its founding in 2016, the company has produced work by American, Latin American, and international theater artists.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dolen|first=Christine|date=2015-10-29|title=Miami New Drama will bring multicultural theater to a diverse region|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article41849478.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref> Miami New Drama focuses primarily on the development of new plays and musicals, serving as an incubator for new theatrical works and world-premieres<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pla-Guzman|first=Cristina|date=2020-03-04|title=What ‘A Wonderful World’ Wants to Say About Louis Armstrong|url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/03/04/what-a-wonderful-world-wants-to-say-about-louis-armstrong/|access-date=2020-09-03|website=AMERICAN THEATRE|language=en-US}}</ref>. It is committed to producing work that is diverse, multicultural, and multilingual with renowned theater artists such as [[Moisés Kaufman]], [[Gregory Mosher]], [[Christopher Renshaw]], and [[Aurin Squire]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pla-Guzman|first=Cristina|date=2020-06-23|title=Miami New Drama’s Marquee, Marching in Place for Black Lives|url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/06/23/miami-new-dramas-marquee-marching-in-place-for-black-lives/|access-date=2020-09-03|website=AMERICAN THEATRE|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Miami New Drama was co-founded in 2016 by playwright, director, two-time Knights Arts Challenge Award recipient, [[Michel Hausmann]], and playwright, director, and Medal of the Arts winner, [[Moisés Kaufman]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Theater that reflects a changing America? Venezuelan Michel Hausmann is doing it in Miami|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/theater-reflects-changing-america-venezuelan-michel-hausmann-doing-it-miami-n854441|access-date=2020-09-03|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref> The company's debut production, The Golem of Havana, written and directed by Michel Hausmann, with lyrics and music by Salomon Lerner and Len Schiff, opened at the Colony Theatre in Miami Beach on January of 2016<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dolen|first=Christine|date=2016-01-18|title=Review: 'The Golem of Havana'|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/article55267640.html|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref>. Following that debut production, Miami New Drama took over operations of the Colony Theatre on October 1st of 2016<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joseph|first=Chris|date=2016-10-07|title=Miami New Drama Takes Over Historic Colony Theatre in Miami Beach|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/miami-new-drama-takes-over-historic-colony-theatre-in-miami-beach-8824926|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Miami New Times}}</ref>. By 2017, Miami New Drama had received two Knights Arts Challenge grants from the John S. and James L. Knight foundation, one of which was in support of their multilingual production of [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[Our Town]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Loos|first=Ted|date=2017-12-05|title=Knight Foundation Helps Drive Miami Art Scene|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/arts/knight-foundation-miami-art-scene.html|journal=The New York Times|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref>. Miami New Drama is the first theater company to be authorized by the Thornton Wilder Estate to make changes to Wilder's script<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|date=2017-11-13|title=Our Town Re-Imagined as Modern-Day Miami in Multi-Language Production|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/our-town-re-imagined-as-modern-day-miami-in-multi-language-production|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref>. Miami New Drama was also a Knight New Work Miami 2018 winner<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=BWW News|title=Support From City Of Miami Beach And Major New Funding From Knight Foundation Position Miami New Drama As South Florida's Rising Premiere Regional Theater|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/Support-From-City-Of-Miami-Beach-And-Major-New-Funding-From-Knight-Foundation-Position-Miami-New-Drama-As-South-Floridas-Rising-Premiere-Regional-Theater-20181211|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref>. Since its debut production, the company has produced over a dozen productions at the Colony Theatre, nine of them being world premieres<ref>{{Cite |
Miami New Drama was co-founded in 2016 by playwright, director, two-time Knights Arts Challenge Award recipient, [[Michel Hausmann]], and playwright, director, and Medal of the Arts winner, [[Moisés Kaufman]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Theater that reflects a changing America? Venezuelan Michel Hausmann is doing it in Miami|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/theater-reflects-changing-america-venezuelan-michel-hausmann-doing-it-miami-n854441|access-date=2020-09-03|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref> The company's debut production, The Golem of Havana, written and directed by Michel Hausmann, with lyrics and music by Salomon Lerner and Len Schiff, opened at the Colony Theatre in Miami Beach on January of 2016<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dolen|first=Christine|date=2016-01-18|title=Review: 'The Golem of Havana'|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/article55267640.html|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref>. Following that debut production, Miami New Drama took over operations of the Colony Theatre on October 1st of 2016<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joseph|first=Chris|date=2016-10-07|title=Miami New Drama Takes Over Historic Colony Theatre in Miami Beach|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/miami-new-drama-takes-over-historic-colony-theatre-in-miami-beach-8824926|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Miami New Times}}</ref>. By 2017, Miami New Drama had received two Knights Arts Challenge grants from the John S. and James L. Knight foundation, one of which was in support of their multilingual production of [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[Our Town]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Loos|first=Ted|date=2017-12-05|title=Knight Foundation Helps Drive Miami Art Scene|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/arts/knight-foundation-miami-art-scene.html|journal=The New York Times|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref>. Miami New Drama is the first theater company to be authorized by the Thornton Wilder Estate to make changes to Wilder's script<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|date=2017-11-13|title=Our Town Re-Imagined as Modern-Day Miami in Multi-Language Production|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/our-town-re-imagined-as-modern-day-miami-in-multi-language-production|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref>. Miami New Drama was also a Knight New Work Miami 2018 winner<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=BWW News|title=Support From City Of Miami Beach And Major New Funding From Knight Foundation Position Miami New Drama As South Florida's Rising Premiere Regional Theater|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/Support-From-City-Of-Miami-Beach-And-Major-New-Funding-From-Knight-Foundation-Position-Miami-New-Drama-As-South-Floridas-Rising-Premiere-Regional-Theater-20181211|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref>. In 2019, the company hosted the [[Theatre Communications Group|TCG]] 29th National Conference<ref>{{Cite web|title=Miami Host Committee - 2019 TCG National Conference: Miami|url=https://circle.tcg.org/tcg19/tcginmia/hostcommittee?ssopc=1|access-date=2020-09-04|website=circle.tcg.org|language=en}}</ref>, attended by theater professionals from across the nation<ref>{{Cite web|title=Speakers - 2019 TCG National Conference: Miami|url=https://circle.tcg.org/tcg19/speakers?ssopc=1|access-date=2020-09-04|website=circle.tcg.org|language=en}}</ref>. Since its debut production, the company has produced over a dozen productions at the Colony Theatre, nine of them being world premieres. In the span of three years, Miami New Drama went from being a startup company to a theater company with a budget of 3 million dollars.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dolen|first=Christine|date=2019-01-05|title=Miami’s eclectic theater scene to star in theater conference|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/article231183543.html|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> |
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== Notable Productions == |
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=== A Wonderful World (2020) === |
=== A Wonderful World (2020) === |
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World-premiere musical with an original book by playwright and TV writer, [[Aurin Squire]], directed by Tony-Award nominee [[Christopher Renshaw]], featuring music by Louis Armstrong. Music arrangements by Annastasia Victory and Michael O. Mitchell.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Clement|first=Olivia|date=2020-03-05|title=Louis Armstrong Musical A Wonderful World Kicks Off World Premiere in Miami|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/louis-armstrong-musical-a-wonderful-world-kicks-off-world-premiere-in-miami|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref> |
World-premiere musical with an original book by playwright and TV writer, [[Aurin Squire]], directed by Tony-Award nominee [[Christopher Renshaw]], featuring music by [[Louis Armstrong]]. Music arrangements by Annastasia Victory and Michael O. Mitchell. The musical follows Armstrong through his life - from his beginnings in New Orleans to his rise to international stardom and eventual role during the Civil Rights era. Told from the perspective of Armstrong's four wives.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Clement|first=Olivia|date=2020-03-05|title=Louis Armstrong Musical A Wonderful World Kicks Off World Premiere in Miami|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/louis-armstrong-musical-a-wonderful-world-kicks-off-world-premiere-in-miami|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref> |
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=== The Cubans (2020) === |
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=== The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2019) === |
=== The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2019) === |
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Based on [[Thornton Wilder]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]] winning novel, [[The Bridge of San Luis Rey|''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'']], was adapted for the stage and directed by [[Obie Award]] winning actor and playwright, [[David Greenspan]]. The play starred a multi-cultural cast led by Greenspan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dolen|first=Christine|date=2019-10-21|title=His play speaks to Miami, a tale of love and loss that’s set in Peru|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article236489673.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref> |
Based on [[Thornton Wilder]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]] winning novel, [[The Bridge of San Luis Rey|''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'']], was adapted for the stage and directed by [[Obie Award]] winning actor and playwright, [[David Greenspan]]. The play starred a multi-cultural cast led by Greenspan. It follows five travelers that lose their life on a bridge in colonial Peru.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dolen|first=Christine|date=2019-10-21|title=His play speaks to Miami, a tale of love and loss that’s set in Peru|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article236489673.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref> |
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=== Gente Ociosa (2019) === |
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World-premiere adaptation of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', written by Venezuelan playwright, Karin Valecillos. It was directed by Miami New Drama's Artistic Director, [[Michel Hausmann]], and starred an all Venezuelan cast.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Arias-Polo|first=Arturo|date=2019-08-14|title=Esta familia venezolana vio interrumpida su calma por culpa de unos visitantes excéntricos|work=El Nuevo Herald|url=https://www.elnuevoherald.com/entretenimiento/article233971652.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref> |
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=== ¡Viva La Parranda! (2019) === |
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World-premiere musical developed by Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo in collaboration with the director, Juan Carlos Souki. An [[Immersive theater|immersive]] piece that tells the story of members of the Afro-Venezuelan band, Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo, through their traditional Afro-Venezuelan musical repertoire.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Roger|title=BWW Review: VIVA LA PARRANDA! at Miami New Drama|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/BWW-Review-VIVA-LA-PARRANDA-at-Miami-New-Drama-20190502|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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=== Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy (2019) === |
=== Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy (2019) === |
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World-premiere play based on the documentaries, [[Cocaine Cowboys]] and [[Cocaine Cowboys 2]], by [[Billy Corben]]. This play is a [[Documentary theatre|documentary theater]] piece co-written by Billy Corben and journalist, TV Writer, and playwright, Aurin Squire, using text from depositions, newspaper articles, and other documents from the time. It was directed by Miami New Drama's Artistic Director, [[Michel Hausmann]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Guerrasio|first=Jason|title='Cocaine Cowboys' is being made into a play after Hollywood failed for almost a decade to adapt it for TV|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/cocaine-cowboys-being-made-into-a-play-2019-3|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Business Insider}}</ref> |
World-premiere play based on the documentaries, [[Cocaine Cowboys]] and [[Cocaine Cowboys 2]], by [[Billy Corben]]. This play is a [[Documentary theatre|documentary theater]] piece co-written by Billy Corben and journalist, TV Writer, and playwright, Aurin Squire, using text from depositions, newspaper articles, and other documents from the time. It was directed by Miami New Drama's Artistic Director, [[Michel Hausmann]]. The play focuses on the way the city of Miami was shaped by the 1980s illegal drug trade.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Guerrasio|first=Jason|title='Cocaine Cowboys' is being made into a play after Hollywood failed for almost a decade to adapt it for TV|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/cocaine-cowboys-being-made-into-a-play-2019-3|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Business Insider}}</ref> |
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=== Fake (2019) === |
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=== One Night in Miami (2018) === |
=== One Night in Miami (2018) === |
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Written by Kemp Powers, and directed by award-winning director, Carl Cofield.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Roger|title=BWW Review: ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI at Miami New Drama|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/BWW-Review-ONE-NIGHT-IN-MIAMI-at-Miami-New-Drama-20181120|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref> |
Written by [[Kemp Powers]], and directed by award-winning director, Carl Cofield. The play takes place on the night that [[Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay]] won the World Heavyweight Championship, and since he could not celebrate on Miami Beach due to the segregation laws of the time, he heads to Overtown with his colleagues: [[Malcolm X]], [[Sam Cooke]], and [[Jim Brown]]. The play imagines what that night in the Hampton House Motel in [[Overtown (Miami)|Overtown]] might have looked like.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Roger|title=BWW Review: ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI at Miami New Drama|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/BWW-Review-ONE-NIGHT-IN-MIAMI-at-Miami-New-Drama-20181120|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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Winner of a [[Carbonell Awards|Carbonell Award]] for Best Scenic Design (Play or Musical) - 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=43rd Annual Carbonell Awards Winners {{!}} The Carbonell Awards|url=http://carbonellawards.org/archives/archived-news/43rd-annual-carbonell-awards-winners/|access-date=2020-09-04|language=en-US}}</ref> |
Winner of a [[Carbonell Awards|Carbonell Award]] for Best Scenic Design (Play or Musical) - 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=43rd Annual Carbonell Awards Winners {{!}} The Carbonell Awards|url=http://carbonellawards.org/archives/archived-news/43rd-annual-carbonell-awards-winners/|access-date=2020-09-04|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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=== Puras cosas maravillosas (2018) === |
=== Puras cosas maravillosas (2018) === |
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A Spanish adaptation of [[Duncan Macmillan (playwright)|Duncan Macmillan]]'s ''Every Brilliant Thing'', directed by [[Michel Hausmann]], and starring Venezuelan Television host and comedian, [[Erika de la Vega]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Civita|first=Alicia|date=2018-06-29|title=Erika de la Vega revela su dolor detrás de las cosas maravillosas de la vida|work=El Nuevo Herald|url=https://www.elnuevoherald.com/article214079284.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-04}}</ref> |
A Spanish adaptation of [[Duncan Macmillan (playwright)|Duncan Macmillan]]'s ''Every Brilliant Thing'', directed by [[Michel Hausmann]], and starring Venezuelan Television host and comedian, [[Erika de la Vega]]. This [[Immersive theater|immersive]] one-woman show followed a young girl's journey into adulthood, marked by her mother's depression and suicide attempts.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Civita|first=Alicia|date=2018-06-29|title=Erika de la Vega revela su dolor detrás de las cosas maravillosas de la vida|work=El Nuevo Herald|url=https://www.elnuevoherald.com/article214079284.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-04}}</ref> |
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=== The Album (2018) === |
=== The Album (2018) === |
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The first performance of a new development presented by [[Tectonic Theater Project]], written and directed by [[Moisés Kaufman]]. The play is a documentary theater piece that uses the album |
The first performance of a new development presented by [[Tectonic Theater Project]], written and directed by [[Moisés Kaufman]]. The play focuses on an album that was delivered to the Holocaust Museum in 2008, with pictures of different Nazi officers, secretaries, and their families on vacation during [[World War II]]. The play is a documentary theater piece that uses the album itself, interviews, and personal accounts as source material.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Album: Here There are Blueberries|url=https://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/?avada_portfolio=thealbum|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Tectonic Theater Project|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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=== Queen of Basel (2018) === |
=== Queen of Basel (2018) === |
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World-premiere play written by [[Hilary Bettis]], commissioned by Miami New Drama, and directed by [[Michel Hausmann]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Roger|title=BWW Review: QUEEN OF BASEL at Miami New Drama|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/BWW-Review-QUEEN-OF-BASEL-at-Miami-New-Drama-20180420|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref> |
World-premiere play written by [[Hilary Bettis]], commissioned by Miami New Drama, and directed by [[Michel Hausmann]]. A feminist re-imagining of [[August Strindberg]]'s ''[[Miss Julie]]'' set during Miami's Art Basel in a prestigious hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Roger|title=BWW Review: QUEEN OF BASEL at Miami New Drama|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/BWW-Review-QUEEN-OF-BASEL-at-Miami-New-Drama-20180420|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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Winner of a [[Carbonell Awards|Carbonell Award]] in the Best Actress in a Play category - 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=43rd Annual Carbonell Awards Winners {{!}} The Carbonell Awards|url=http://carbonellawards.org/archives/archived-news/43rd-annual-carbonell-awards-winners/|access-date=2020-09-04|language=en-US}}</ref> |
Winner of a [[Carbonell Awards|Carbonell Award]] in the Best Actress in a Play category - 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=43rd Annual Carbonell Awards Winners {{!}} The Carbonell Awards|url=http://carbonellawards.org/archives/archived-news/43rd-annual-carbonell-awards-winners/|access-date=2020-09-04|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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=== The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (2018) === |
=== The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (2018) === |
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2010 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama|Pulitzer Prize]] finalist for Drama, produced in collaboration with [[Asolo Repertory Theatre]], written by [[Kristoffer Diaz]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joseph|first=Chris|date=2018-01-29|title=Chad Deity Deftly Puts Trump’s America in the Camel Clutch|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/review-the-elaborate-entrance-of-chad-deity-at-colony-theater-in-miami-10036852|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Miami New Times}}</ref> |
2010 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama|Pulitzer Prize]] finalist for Drama, produced in collaboration with [[Asolo Repertory Theatre]], written by [[Kristoffer Diaz]]. Set in the pro-wrestling world, the play tackles issues of race, politics, and the American Dream.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joseph|first=Chris|date=2018-01-29|title=Chad Deity Deftly Puts Trump’s America in the Camel Clutch|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/review-the-elaborate-entrance-of-chad-deity-at-colony-theater-in-miami-10036852|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Miami New Times}}</ref> |
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=== Our Town (2017) === |
=== Our Town (2017) === |
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The first multilingual production of Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town'', directed by [[Michel Hausmann]]. In this re-imagination of the play, still set in New England, the characters speak English, Spanish, and Creole. Translations were written by Pulitzer Prize winner, [[Nilo Cruz]], and playwright Jeff Augustin.<ref>{{Cite book|last=SHERMAN, HOWARD.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1152357241|title=ANOTHER DAY'S BEGUN : thornton wilder's our town in the 21st century.|date=2021|publisher=BLOOMSBURY METHUEN DRAMA|isbn=1-350-12344-7|oclc=1152357241}}</ref> |
The first multilingual production of Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town'', directed by [[Michel Hausmann]]. In this re-imagination of the play, still set in New England, the characters speak English, Spanish, and Creole. Translations were written by [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama|Pulitzer Prize]] winner, [[Nilo Cruz]], and playwright Jeff Augustin.<ref>{{Cite book|last=SHERMAN, HOWARD.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1152357241|title=ANOTHER DAY'S BEGUN : thornton wilder's our town in the 21st century.|date=2021|publisher=BLOOMSBURY METHUEN DRAMA|isbn=1-350-12344-7|oclc=1152357241}}</ref> |
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=== Terror (2017) === |
=== Terror (2017) === |
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The American premiere of [[Ferdinand von Schirach|Ferdinand Von Schirach]]'s Terror, directed by [[Tony Award|Tony-Award]] nominee [[Gregory Mosher]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Roger|title=BWW Review: TERROR at Miami New Drama|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/BWW-Review-TERROR-at-Miami-New-Drama-20170206|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref> |
The American premiere of [[Ferdinand von Schirach|Ferdinand Von Schirach]]'s Terror, directed by [[Tony Award|Tony-Award]] nominee [[Gregory Mosher]]. The play puts a military pilot on trial for shooting down a hijacked plane headed towards a large group of people, and asks the audience to act as the jurors on the case.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Roger|title=BWW Review: TERROR at Miami New Drama|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/BWW-Review-TERROR-at-Miami-New-Drama-20170206|access-date=2020-09-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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=== A Special Day (2016) === |
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A Play Company and Por Piedad Teatro's production. The play is based on [[A Special Day|una giornata particolare]] by [[Ettore Scola]] and [[Ruggero Maccari|Ruggero Maccar]], and adapted for the stage by Gigliola Fantoni. The play was directed by and co-starred Ana Graham and Antonio Vega.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saunders|first=Hilary|date=2016-05-02|title=Miami New Drama Returns with A Special Day|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/miami-new-drama-returns-with-a-special-day-8416554|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Miami New Times}}</ref> |
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=== The Golem of Havana (2016) === |
=== The Golem of Havana (2016) === |
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| ⚫ | Musical written and directed by [[Michel Hausmann]], with music by Salomon Lerner, and lyrics by Len Schiff. The musical is centered around a Jewish-Hungarian family and their plight in the midst of the Cuban revolution. The play opened at the Colony Theatre on January 14th, 2016 after its world-premiere at [[Barrington Stage Company]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Admin|first=B. S. C.|date=2014-07-14|title=Barrington Stage Company Musical Theatre Lab presents World Premiere "The Golem of Havana"; July 16-August 10|url=https://barringtonstageco.org/press-release/barrington-stage-company-musical-theatre-lab-presents-world-premiere-the-golem-of-havana-july-16-august-10/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Barrington Stage Company|language=en-US}}</ref> and its run at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La MaMa]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blank|first=Matthew|date=2013-09-09|title=PHOTO CALL: New Musical The Golem of Havana, With Two-Show Extension, Plays La MaMa|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-new-musical-the-golem-of-havana-with-two-show-extension-plays-la-mama-com-209294|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref>. It had an extended run at the [[Colony Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ghert-Z|first=Renee|title=The golem rises again, this time in Spanish with a Yiddish lilt|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-golem-rises-again-this-time-in-spanish-with-a-yiddish-lilt/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Musical written and directed by [[Michel Hausmann]], with music by Salomon Lerner, and lyrics by Len Schiff. |
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| ⚫ | The play opened at the Colony Theatre on January 14th, 2016 after its world-premiere at [[Barrington Stage Company]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Admin|first=B. S. C.|date=2014-07-14|title=Barrington Stage Company Musical Theatre Lab presents World Premiere "The Golem of Havana"; July 16-August 10|url=https://barringtonstageco.org/press-release/barrington-stage-company-musical-theatre-lab-presents-world-premiere-the-golem-of-havana-july-16-august-10/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Barrington Stage Company|language=en-US}}</ref> and its run at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La MaMa]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blank|first=Matthew|date=2013-09-09|title=PHOTO CALL: New Musical The Golem of Havana, With Two-Show Extension, Plays La MaMa|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-new-musical-the-golem-of-havana-with-two-show-extension-plays-la-mama-com-209294|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref>. It had an extended run at the [[Colony Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ghert-Z|first=Renee|title=The golem rises again, this time in Spanish with a Yiddish lilt|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-golem-rises-again-this-time-in-spanish-with-a-yiddish-lilt/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Leadership == |
== Leadership == |
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* [[Michel Hausmann]] - Artistic Director, Co-founder |
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* [[Moisés Kaufman]] - Co-founder |
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* Nicholas Richberg - Managing Director<ref>{{Cite web|last=Editors|first=American Theatre|date=2019-10-15|title=Miami New Drama Names Nicholas Richberg Managing Director|url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2019/10/15/miami-new-drama-names-nicholas-richberg-managing-director/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=AMERICAN THEATRE|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* Jessica Kaschube - General Manager |
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* Claudia Urdaneta - Director of Programming |
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* Vyana Preti - Director of Education |
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* Steven Nuñez - Operations and Production Manager<ref>{{Cite web|title=OUR TEAM|url=https://www.colonymb.org/mind-team|access-date=2020-09-04|website=colonytheatre|language=en}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Miami New Drama is a nonprofit professional theater company located in Miami Beach, Florida. It is the resident theater company and operator of the historic Colony Theatre on Miami Beach. Since its founding in 2016, the company has produced work by American, Latin American, and international theater artists.[1] Miami New Drama focuses primarily on the development of new plays and musicals, serving as an incubator for new theatrical works and world-premieres[2]. It is committed to producing work that is diverse, multicultural, and multilingual with renowned theater artists such as Moisés Kaufman, Gregory Mosher, Christopher Renshaw, and Aurin Squire, among others.[3]
History
Miami New Drama was co-founded in 2016 by playwright, director, two-time Knights Arts Challenge Award recipient, Michel Hausmann, and playwright, director, and Medal of the Arts winner, Moisés Kaufman.[4] The company's debut production, The Golem of Havana, written and directed by Michel Hausmann, with lyrics and music by Salomon Lerner and Len Schiff, opened at the Colony Theatre in Miami Beach on January of 2016[5]. Following that debut production, Miami New Drama took over operations of the Colony Theatre on October 1st of 2016[6]. By 2017, Miami New Drama had received two Knights Arts Challenge grants from the John S. and James L. Knight foundation, one of which was in support of their multilingual production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town[7]. Miami New Drama is the first theater company to be authorized by the Thornton Wilder Estate to make changes to Wilder's script[8]. Miami New Drama was also a Knight New Work Miami 2018 winner[9]. In 2019, the company hosted the TCG 29th National Conference[10], attended by theater professionals from across the nation[11]. Since its debut production, the company has produced over a dozen productions at the Colony Theatre, nine of them being world premieres. In the span of three years, Miami New Drama went from being a startup company to a theater company with a budget of 3 million dollars.[12]
Notable Productions
A Wonderful World (2020)
World-premiere musical with an original book by playwright and TV writer, Aurin Squire, directed by Tony-Award nominee Christopher Renshaw, featuring music by Louis Armstrong. Music arrangements by Annastasia Victory and Michael O. Mitchell. The musical follows Armstrong through his life - from his beginnings in New Orleans to his rise to international stardom and eventual role during the Civil Rights era. Told from the perspective of Armstrong's four wives.[13]
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2019)
Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, was adapted for the stage and directed by Obie Award winning actor and playwright, David Greenspan. The play starred a multi-cultural cast led by Greenspan. It follows five travelers that lose their life on a bridge in colonial Peru.[14]
Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy (2019)
World-premiere play based on the documentaries, Cocaine Cowboys and Cocaine Cowboys 2, by Billy Corben. This play is a documentary theater piece co-written by Billy Corben and journalist, TV Writer, and playwright, Aurin Squire, using text from depositions, newspaper articles, and other documents from the time. It was directed by Miami New Drama's Artistic Director, Michel Hausmann. The play focuses on the way the city of Miami was shaped by the 1980s illegal drug trade.[15]
One Night in Miami (2018)
Written by Kemp Powers, and directed by award-winning director, Carl Cofield. The play takes place on the night that Cassius Clay won the World Heavyweight Championship, and since he could not celebrate on Miami Beach due to the segregation laws of the time, he heads to Overtown with his colleagues: Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown. The play imagines what that night in the Hampton House Motel in Overtown might have looked like.[16]
Winner of a Carbonell Award for Best Scenic Design (Play or Musical) - 2018.[17]
Puras cosas maravillosas (2018)
A Spanish adaptation of Duncan Macmillan's Every Brilliant Thing, directed by Michel Hausmann, and starring Venezuelan Television host and comedian, Erika de la Vega. This immersive one-woman show followed a young girl's journey into adulthood, marked by her mother's depression and suicide attempts.[18]
The Album (2018)
The first performance of a new development presented by Tectonic Theater Project, written and directed by Moisés Kaufman. The play focuses on an album that was delivered to the Holocaust Museum in 2008, with pictures of different Nazi officers, secretaries, and their families on vacation during World War II. The play is a documentary theater piece that uses the album itself, interviews, and personal accounts as source material.[19]
Queen of Basel (2018)
World-premiere play written by Hilary Bettis, commissioned by Miami New Drama, and directed by Michel Hausmann. A feminist re-imagining of August Strindberg's Miss Julie set during Miami's Art Basel in a prestigious hotel.[20]
Winner of a Carbonell Award in the Best Actress in a Play category - 2018.[21]
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (2018)
2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, produced in collaboration with Asolo Repertory Theatre, written by Kristoffer Diaz. Set in the pro-wrestling world, the play tackles issues of race, politics, and the American Dream.[22]
Our Town (2017)
The first multilingual production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, directed by Michel Hausmann. In this re-imagination of the play, still set in New England, the characters speak English, Spanish, and Creole. Translations were written by Pulitzer Prize winner, Nilo Cruz, and playwright Jeff Augustin.[23]
Terror (2017)
The American premiere of Ferdinand Von Schirach's Terror, directed by Tony-Award nominee Gregory Mosher. The play puts a military pilot on trial for shooting down a hijacked plane headed towards a large group of people, and asks the audience to act as the jurors on the case.[24]
The Golem of Havana (2016)
Musical written and directed by Michel Hausmann, with music by Salomon Lerner, and lyrics by Len Schiff. The musical is centered around a Jewish-Hungarian family and their plight in the midst of the Cuban revolution. The play opened at the Colony Theatre on January 14th, 2016 after its world-premiere at Barrington Stage Company[25] and its run at La MaMa[26]. It had an extended run at the Colony Theatre.[27]
Leadership
- Michel Hausmann - Artistic Director, Co-founder[28]
- Moisés Kaufman - Co-founder[29]
References
- ^ Dolen, Christine (2015-10-29). "Miami New Drama will bring multicultural theater to a diverse region". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pla-Guzman, Cristina (2020-03-04). "What 'A Wonderful World' Wants to Say About Louis Armstrong". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ Pla-Guzman, Cristina (2020-06-23). "Miami New Drama's Marquee, Marching in Place for Black Lives". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ "Theater that reflects a changing America? Venezuelan Michel Hausmann is doing it in Miami". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ Dolen, Christine (2016-01-18). "Review: 'The Golem of Havana'". Miami Herald.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Joseph, Chris (2016-10-07). "Miami New Drama Takes Over Historic Colony Theatre in Miami Beach". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ Loos, Ted (2017-12-05). "Knight Foundation Helps Drive Miami Art Scene". The New York Times.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (2017-11-13). "Our Town Re-Imagined as Modern-Day Miami in Multi-Language Production". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Desk, BWW News. "Support From City Of Miami Beach And Major New Funding From Knight Foundation Position Miami New Drama As South Florida's Rising Premiere Regional Theater". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Miami Host Committee - 2019 TCG National Conference: Miami". circle.tcg.org. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Speakers - 2019 TCG National Conference: Miami". circle.tcg.org. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Dolen, Christine (2019-01-05). "Miami's eclectic theater scene to star in theater conference". Miami Herald.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Clement, Olivia (2020-03-05). "Louis Armstrong Musical A Wonderful World Kicks Off World Premiere in Miami". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Dolen, Christine (2019-10-21). "His play speaks to Miami, a tale of love and loss that's set in Peru". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Guerrasio, Jason. "'Cocaine Cowboys' is being made into a play after Hollywood failed for almost a decade to adapt it for TV". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Martin, Roger. "BWW Review: ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI at Miami New Drama". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "43rd Annual Carbonell Awards Winners | The Carbonell Awards". Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Civita, Alicia (2018-06-29). "Erika de la Vega revela su dolor detrás de las cosas maravillosas de la vida". El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Album: Here There are Blueberries". Tectonic Theater Project. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Martin, Roger. "BWW Review: QUEEN OF BASEL at Miami New Drama". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "43rd Annual Carbonell Awards Winners | The Carbonell Awards". Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Joseph, Chris (2018-01-29). "Chad Deity Deftly Puts Trump's America in the Camel Clutch". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ SHERMAN, HOWARD. (2021). ANOTHER DAY'S BEGUN : thornton wilder's our town in the 21st century. BLOOMSBURY METHUEN DRAMA. ISBN 1-350-12344-7. OCLC 1152357241.
- ^ Martin, Roger. "BWW Review: TERROR at Miami New Drama". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Admin, B. S. C. (2014-07-14). "Barrington Stage Company Musical Theatre Lab presents World Premiere "The Golem of Havana"; July 16-August 10". Barrington Stage Company. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Blank, Matthew (2013-09-09). "PHOTO CALL: New Musical The Golem of Havana, With Two-Show Extension, Plays La MaMa". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ghert-Z, Renee. "The golem rises again, this time in Spanish with a Yiddish lilt". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Garcia, Vanessa (2019-04-17). "What's Miami Is Yours". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ Dolen, Christine (2019-01-05). "Miami's eclectic theater scene to star in theater conference". Miami Herald.
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