Join Theatre Odyssey to meet and hear one of America’s great playwrights, Arthur Kopit, as he shares stories and wisdom to inspire the continuing work of area playwrights. Kopit is the author of such plays as “Indians”, “Phantom”, “Nine”, “Oh, Dad, Poor Dad”, “High Society” and “Wings”. He is a two-time Pulitzer finalist and a… Read More
Audience reaction proclaimed the Eleventh Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival the best season of short plays that Theatre Odyssey has produced. With this intense competition, Hands written by Sylvia Reed and directed by Seva Anthony, was deemed to be the Best Play. Clarinet Licks written by Fredric Sirasky and directed by Helen Holliday, was the Runner-up…. Read More
Theatre Odyssey Board member and director, Bob Trisolini, and the 2015 Ten-Minute Play Festival Best Play winner, Arthur Keyser, took part in the Suncoast View, ABC, May 2, 2016. Keyser wrote a short play for the show’s cast to highlight Theatre Odyssey’s Ten-Minute Play Festival. The Ten-Minute Play Festival runs May 5, 6, 7 at… Read More
Managing Director of Theatre at the State College of Florida, Dean Anthony, award-winning director and playwright mentor, Carole Kleinberg, and Booker Visual & Performing Arts High School composer, playwright and lyricist, Scott Keys will adjudicate the eight new plays in Theatre Odyssey’s Eleventh Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. They will choose a Best Play and Runner-up…. Read More
Theatre Odyssey is once again, honored and grateful to be featured in the April 2016 issue of Sarasota’s exclusive SCENE Magazine. In this enjoyable piece SCENE interviewed a few past Festival winning playwrights, along with SAP founder George Loukides and board President SueLynn. What a great way to share why the ten-minute format is so important and how our… Read More
Theatre Odyssey has announced that the finalists for the Eleventh Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival are: Call These Delicate Creatures Ours, and Not Their Appetites by Peter Balaskas The Clown by Larry Hamm Clarinet Licks by Frederic Sirasky Chopping Celery by Connie Schindewolf A Tender Moment by Frank Motz Silences by Mark Leib Miss O’Hara, I… Read More
