The Second Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival will present full productions of six plays written by area high school students. They are: Death Before Decaf by Amy Carothers of Cape Coral Christian School Game of Life by Brooke Farnswoth of Lakewood Ranch High School The Gate by Jenna Greenfield of Lakewood Ranch High School Elevate… Read More
Theatre Odyssey has issued its call for plays from Gulf Coast playwrights and has introduced new submission rules for 2014 viewable here. In addition, the company announced it would produce its Ninth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival on May 1 through 4, 2014 at the Jane B. Cook Theatre at the FSU Center for the Performing… Read More
On November 1st and 2nd there will be readings of Bernard Yanelli’s new full length play entitled America’s Forgotten Prince at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School. The readings will start at 7:30 p.m. followed by brief talkbacks with the playwright, director, and cast. There is no admission charge. The play chronicles four tense days in the… Read More
Theatre Odyssey in association with the Anna Maria Olive Oil Outpost will perform A Little Help!, a play by Bernie Yanelli, winner of Theatre Odyssey’s 2013 Ten-Minute Play Festival, on October 25, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. The Olive Oil Outpost is located at 401 Pine Avenue in Anna Maria, across from the Anna Maria Island… Read More
Theatre Odyssey is proud to support the Mental Health Community Center event The Show of Shows, an evening of artistic and culinary excellence to be held at Michael’s on East, October 23rd beginning at 6:00 p.m. Proceeds from the event will support Sarasota’s Prospect House. Theatre Odyssey will present the 2013 winner of its Ten-Minute… Read More
Theatre Odyssey and the Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival By Ryan G. Van Cleave By its very nature, community or local theatre is the most inclusive form of theater there is. For many of us, it’s the first theater we witness, the first theater that allows us to participate meaningfully in, and the last theater we’re… Read More
