“…gripping and intense…make time for this play.”
~ The Cambridge Critique

“…the delightful quirkiness of Morgan’s text…is playful and illuminating.”
~ Aleks Sierz/The ArtsDesk.com

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

October 10, 2024

HOLLYWOOD, FL:  Thinking Cap Theatre’s (TCT) first production of the 2024 – 2025 season will be the regional premiere of Lovesong by playwright/screenwriter Abi Morgan.  Lovesong will run from October 19^th through November 3^rd at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center (managed by the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood (ACCH). TCT’s new residency at the venue will mark the return of professional theatre to Hollywood for the first time since the Hollywood Playhouse closed in 2003.   

Inspired by the T.S. Eliot poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Abi Morgan developed Lovesong with the world class innovative UK-based company, Frantic Assembly:

“Lovesong is a play that’s been on TCT’s radar since 2018, when I was searching for plays for our 10th Anniversary Season in 2020,” says TCT’s Producing Artistic Director Nicole Stodard.  “The pandemic prevented us from staging it then, but I am thrilled finally to be directing the piece now. It’s a truly breathtaking play that examines the love story of one couple at two different stages of their life together, their youthful beginning and their twilight years.  It’s a play about true love, the power of memory, the value of legacy, and the meaning of life. It’s also a visually stunning play that incorporates movement. Its message and its innovative style speak directly to TCT’s mission.”

Abi Morgan (OBE) is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter known for her works in television such as Sex Traffic, The Hour, and The Split, and the films Brick Lane, The Iron Lady, Shame, and Suffragette.

Stodard’s cast consists of Peter Galman, Deborah Kondelik, Nathaniel Heustis, and Abbie Fricke.

The Stage Manager for Lovesong is Pablo de Pablo; Breanna Michel and Manda Gonzalez will serve as Assistant Stage Managers. Costume Design and Co-Sound Design is by Nicole Stodard, along with Designers Bree-Anna Obst and Alyiece Moretto-Watkins.  Nicole Perry is the production’s Intimacy/Movement Director, and Alex Gonzalez is the Front of House Coordinator.

Tickets for Lovesong are $45 and are available online at https://thinkingcaptheatre.org  or by calling 310-500-6448.  Performances are on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 5 pm, and Sundays at 3 pm. All performances will take place at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center (1770 Monroe Street, Hollywood, FL, 33020).

For more information about Thinking Cap Theatre, please visit https://thinkingcaptheatre.org.  To arrange to see the production, for interviews, or for photos, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244 or Nicole Stodard at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.org / 813-220-1546.

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Lovesong
October 19 – November 3, 2024
By Abi Morgan
Tickets: $45 / $20 Student Rush tickets at the door for 21 & under with valid student IDTickets:  https://thinkingcaptheatre.org
Or call 310-500-6448
Performances: 
Wednesday at 7:30 pm
Saturday at 5 pm
Sunday at 5 pm
All performances will take place at 
Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center
1770 Monroe Street
Hollywood, FL  33020