The Tampa Bay Theatre Festival
Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 02:00pm
The Tampa Bay Theatre Festival
Various Location
Schedule of Events:
2PM: The Magnificent Here and Now
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The Magnificent Here & Now by Samantha Sacasa.
Marian and Tony have had lifetimes to get their love story right, but something always gets in the way of their happily ever after. Determined to become a better partner to Marian, Tony's on a mission to remember his past lives. With good intentions in tow, the question still remains- will these two ever get it right?
Location: HCC Studio Theater 1411 E 11th Ave, Tampa, FL
2:30PM-4:30PM: Hate Crimes
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Hate Crime by Vincent L. Scarsella
Hate Crime is a timely play about race relations in America told in the context of a legal thriller. Malcolm McLeod, a rising black lawyer, is assigned to represent Hunter Kleiss, an avowed white supremacist, who has been charged with the murder of a black activist preacher during a protest led by Kleiss of the renaming of a city park for Martin Luther King Jr. During his representation of Kleiss and the trial that follows, Malcolm falls in love with Kleiss' sister, Eva, and meets a former member of the Black Panther Party who forces Malcolm to confront what it means to be black in white America.
Location: New Tampa Performing Art Center 8550 Hunters Village Rd, Tampa, FL 33647
5:30PM: Loving Mathew
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A sister's love for her brother as he moves through his wondering mind and she almost loses hers trying to help him.
Location: HCC Studio Theater 1411 E 11th Ave, Tampa, FL
10AM-11:30AM: Improv Workshop
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Get the Callback! An Audition Workshop by David Jenkins Join Theatre Tampa Bay co-founder and Jobsite Producing Artistic Director David Jenkins for an intensive workshop designed for the theater professional. You can't earn the role without getting the callback, and this workshop will guide you through all phases including headshots and resumes, self-taping and digital submissions, large-format in-person auditions ("cattle calls"), and tips and strategies for the callback. While you are not required to participate, Jenkins will work with people interested in doing a shortened 1 minute audition that features two contrasting monologue excerpts to help show how to apply the tools
Location: New Tampa Performing Arts Center 8550 Hunters Village Rd, Tampa, FL 33647
10AM-11:30AM: Get the Callback! An Audition Workshop
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Get the Callback! An Audition Workshop by David Jenkins Join Theatre Tampa Bay co-founder and Jobsite Producing Artistic Director David Jenkins for an intensive workshop designed for the theater professional. You can't earn the role without getting the callback, and this workshop will guide you through all phases including headshots and resumes, self-taping and digital submissions, large-format in-person auditions ("cattle calls"), and tips and strategies for the callback. While you are not required to participate, Jenkins will work with people interested in doing a shortened 1 minute audition that features two contrasting monologue excerpts to help show how to apply the tools
Location: New Tampa Performing Arts Center 8550 Hunters Village Rd, Tampa, FL 33647
2PM-3:30PM: Mining Your Own Business Writing Workshop
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Learn how to write from your own memories, experiences, and rhythms. This workshop also helps to establish or reiterate the fundamentals of writing for the stage. How to advance a script idea into reality. How to separate Playwriting formatting and style from screenwriting and creative writing for books. What do you do after the work is done? Lastly, there will Discussions about the business of becoming a produced playwright by Andre Minkins
Location: New Tampa Performing Arts Center 8550 Hunters Village Rd, Tampa 33647
