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A MAP OF VIRTUE at Thinking Cap Theatre at the Vanguard – October 1 – 18, 2015

17 Thursday Sep 2015

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Thinking Cap at the VanguardThinking Cap Theatre at The Vanguard
presents
the Southeastern Premiere of
MOV 4X6A Map of Virtue
by Erin Courtney
October 1 – 18, 2015
A New York Times Critics’ Pick

A “delicate gem…a haunting, romantic story with a mystery at its center”
Jason Zinoman, New York Times

September 17, 2015
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL:   Theatre goers need look no further than Thinking Cap Theatre’s Southeastern premiere of Erin Courtney’s award-winning play (Special Citation Obie Award, 2012), A Map of Virtue, for a thrilling way to kick off the month of October. The production will run from October 1 – October 18 at the Vanguard Sanctuary for the Arts in Ft. Lauderdale.

A Map of Virtue has been described as “one of the most terrifying plays of the past decade” by the New York Times’ Alexis Soloski. Part interview, part comedy, part middle-of-the-night horror story, A Map of Virtue is about a shared obsession that leaves a group of friends stranded in the woods. A bird statue is the guide through this symmetrical tale about the limits of our virtues and what we leave behind.

Erin Courtney

Erin Courtney

“I started writing A Map of Virtue while on a silent playwriting retreat run by Erik Ehn out in the woods in upstate New York,” Courtney explained in a recent interview. “The first night of the retreat, he gave each playwright a poem in an envelope and gave us the assignment of memorizing the poem. The poem I tried to memorize in silence was by Edmond Jabes and it was about the inability to use language after the horror of the Holocaust. The next day I started writing and the content of the poem infused the play.”

A Map of Virtue will be directed by Thinking Cap Theatre’s Artistic Director Nicole Stodard. The production will feature Jovon Jacobs, Casey Dressler, Tom Anello, Scott Douglas Wilson, Alex Alvarez, Niki Fridh, and Noah Levine.

Tickets for A Map of Virtue are $35 ($20 for students with ID) and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased by calling 813-220-1546 or on line at www.vanguardarts.org.    The Vanguard is located at 1501 S. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, 33301.  There is free street parking surrounding the building and a metered municipal lot just south of The Vanguard on Andrews Ave.

For more information about Thinking Cap Theatre at the Vanguard visit www.vanguardarts.org. or contact Nicole Stodard at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.com / 813-220-1546 or Carol Kassie at ckassie@gmail.com /561-445-9244.

A Map of Virtue
By Erin Courtney
October 1 – 18, 2015
Tickets: $35 ($37.22 with s/c)
For Tickets: 813-220-1546
www.vanguardarts.org
Performances:
Thursday – Saturday at 8 pm
Sunday at 5 pm
The Vanguard
1501 S. Andrews Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
www.vanguardarts.org
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Thinking Cap Theatre at the Vanguard presents WAITING FOR WAITING FOR GODOT – August 28 – September 13

10 Monday Aug 2015

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Thinking Cap at the VanguardThinking Cap Theatre at The Vanguard
presents the
Southeastern Premiere of
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
by Dave Hanson WFWFG - Logo ckAugust 28 – September 13 (Preview performance – August 27)

“…Waiting for Waiting for Godot is a perfectly executed trip into metatheatrical purgatory…” TimeOut New York

August 11, 2015 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL: What better way to wrap up the summer season than with a cool comedy that masterfully and humorously takes on a theatrical classic. Thinking Cap Theatre will present Dave Hanson’s critically acclaimed Waiting for Waiting for Godot. August 28th through September 13th. (There will be a preview performance on August 27th) Hanson’s comedy about two understudies who are waiting to ‘go on’ in a production of Samuel Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot – itself a play about two men who wait for a man they’ve never met, who never arrives – is not in any way an adaptation or interpretation of Beckett’s work, but rather a brand new play that examines life, theatre, acting, and art in a unique, clever, and extremely funny way. A winner of the Overall Excellence Award for Overall Play at the 2013 New York Fringe Festival, Waiting for Waiting for Godot was described as ‘gleefully absurd’ by TimeOut New York, ‘delectable’ by the New York Times, and ‘damn near perfect’ by Theatre is Easy.

Award-winning theatre artist and educator Margaret Ledford is directing the production, which will star Scott Douglas Wilson, Mark Duncan, and Vanessa Elise.

Dave Hanson

Dave Hanson

Dave Hanson is an actor and writer living in New York City. Originally from Seattle, he studied Theatre and English Literature at Whittier College and spent several years in Los Angeles, where he worked as an actor and writer, performed improv and sketch comedy, and served as a writer and producer for the Chelsea Lately Show on the E! Network. He has also toured the country as a standup comedian. Hanson’s other works include two one act plays, The Exit Interview & Cafe d’Automatique, which were produced and published for the 2013 & 2014 C10 Play Festival.  He is a permanent ensemble member of the Collective New York Theatre Group, and writes and performs regularly with the New York sketch group The Shorts Show.

The Vanguard, which serves as the permanent residence of Thinking Cap Theatre, is an intimate, versatile, 99-seat black box performance space located in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale.  Formerly a church when first erected in 1939, the freshly remodeled venue is fast becoming a well known sanctuary for the arts. Their recent productions of Always… Patsy Cline, Vita & Virginia, and most recently, David and Amy Sedaris’ The Book of Liz have been extremely well received by critics and audiences alike.

Tickets for Waiting for Waiting for Godot are $35 ($20 for students with ID) and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased by calling 813-220-1546 or on line at http://thinkingcaptheatre.com. The Vanguard is located at 1501 S. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, 33301.  There is free street parking surrounding the building and a metered municipal lot just south of The Vanguard on Andrews Ave. For more information about Thinking Cap Theatre visit http://thinkingcaptheatre.com. For information about The Vanguard visit http://www.vanguardarts.org

Waiting for Waiting for Godot
By Dave Hanson
August 27 – September 13, 2015
Performance dates & times:
Thursday 8/27 8pm (Preview)
Friday 8/28 8pm (Opening Night)
Saturday 8/29 8pm
Sunday 8/30 5pm
Thursday 9/3 8pm
Friday 9/4 8pm
Saturday 9/5 8pm
Sunday 9/6 5pm
Wednesday 9/9 8pm
Thursday 9/10 8pm
Friday 9/11 8pm
Saturday 9/12 8pm
Sunday 9/13 5pm
Tickets: $35 /$20 for students with ID
To purchase tickets: 813-220-1546 or http://thinkingcaptheatre.com
The Vanguard
1501 S. Andrews Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
vanguardarts.org

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Thinking Cap theatre at The Vanguard Presents VITA & VIRGINIA by Eileen Atkins April 17th – May 3rd

01 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Thinking Cap theatre at The Vanguard Presents
vita & virginia 4x6 shemagby Eileen Atkins
April 17th – May 3rd
“A masterful dance of two women” ~ Laurie Winer, Los Angeles Times

April 1, 2015
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Patsy Cline and Louise Seger might be thought by some to be a hard act to follow. But Nicole Stodard, Thinking Cap Theatre’s producing artistic director has found two women whom she knows can more than fill the bill. The fascinating relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West will be examined in Eileen Atkins’ Vita & Virginia which will run at The Vanguard, Broward County’s newest performing arts space, from April 17th through May 3rd.

Atkins’s epistolary play deftly weaves the letters and diaries of essayist and novelist Virginia Woolf and poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West into a conversation between two passionate, intelligent, and intensely literate women. Woof was 40, and Sackville-West was 30 when they met in 1922, and their correspondence began shortly thereafter, ending only with Woolf’s suicide in 1941. Their affair was as much literary as physical; although each had husbands, and in Sackville-West’s case, numerous lovers of both genders. Woolf’s son Nigel once referred to her 1927 novel Orlando, which was inspired by her relationship with Sackville-West, as “the longest and most charming love letter in literature.”

Barbara Sloan will play Virginia Woolf in the production, and Niki Fridh will take on the role of Vita Sackville-West.

Barbara HS

Barbara Sloan

“I’m excited to be playing Virginia Woolf,” says Sloan. “It’s always a challenge to take on historical figures because people often have preconceived ideas about who they were. This play is based on letters between these two women over a 20 year period, so you are hearing their own voices rather than the playwright’s, allowing us to get a rare and intimate glimpse into their world. And I’ve always wanted to work with Niki Fridh. She’s an interesting actress with great instincts!

“It’s also an honor to work with the courageous visionary Nicole Stodard,” she continues. “She not only produces challenging and thought provoking work, but also took a risk and opened a theatre!”

Niki HS

Niki Fridh

“I’ve known Barbara Sloan for a number of years and have wanted to work with her on a project for a long time,” says Fridh. “This piece will be quite the challenge for both of us….challenging I think, because  there is no dialogue between Vita and Virginia – the entire play is only letter correspondence between the two women. However, I know that Nicole wants the piece to be magical, erotic, and whimsical. Vita Sackville-West was very intelligent, eccentric, adventurous woman who lived life to its fullest. I can only hope that I do justice to her free spirit and open heart.”

Nicole Stodard

Nicole Stodard

“Thinking Cap Theatre is known for staging more experimental plays, so I was very excited to discover Atkins’ play about Virginia Woolf, one of my favorite experimental fiction writers,” says Stodard. “The play is witty and sensual and poignant in its depiction of same-sex desire in an age that still lacked the language to name it and the legal freedoms to allow it. I’m thrilled to be working with two of South Florida’s finest actresses to bring these iconic women of the modern era to life on stage.”

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Eileen Atkins

Eileen Atkins has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. She has won several major acting awards, including a BAFTA, an Emmy and three Olivier’s. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1990 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2001. Although she is best known as one of the co-creators (along with Jean Marsh) of the British series Upstairs,Downstairs, she has played numerous roles in film, on stage, and television.

A post-show talkback with gender & literary experts will follow the Sunday April 19th, 5 pm performance. Tea, scones, and other treats will be provided by various sponsors including Eat the Tea, Starbucks, and Croissan’ Time.

The Vanguard, which officially opened its doors on March 13th, has been enthusiastically received by local artists, theatergoers, and nearby businesses. The new venue is located at 1501 S. Andrews Avenue in what was formerly a church when the building was first erected in 1939.

Vita & Virginia will run from April 17th through May 3rd at The Vanguard.
Tickets are $35, and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online at www.vanguardarts.org , http://thinkingcaptheatre.com or by phone at 813-220-1546. Performances are on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 pm, and on Sundays at 5 pm. The venue is located at 1501 S. Andrews Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, 33316.

For more information, production shots, head shots, or to set up interviews, please contact Nicole Stodard at 813-220-1546 / nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.com or Carol Kassie at 561-445-9244 / ckassie@gmail.com or visit www.vanguardarts.org or http://thinkingcaptheatre.com

Vita & Virginia
By Eileen Atkins
April 17 – May 3
Tickets: $35 ($37.22 with s/c)
For Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1339884
www.vanguardarts.org
http://thinkingcaptheatre.com
813-220-1546
Performances:
Friday, April 17th is Opening Night
Double Feature, Saturday, April 18th, matinee at 3pm; evening performance, 8pm
Thursday – Saturday at 8 pm
Sunday at 5 pm
The Vanguard
1501 S. Andrews Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
www.vanguardarts.org
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(Brand New Venue!) THE VANGUARD’s Inaugural Production, ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE to open March 13th!

20 Friday Feb 2015

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A Brand New Venue!
The Vanguard
 will open its doors with
Always…Patsy Cline
by Ted Swindley
March 13 – March 29
vanguard logoThe Vanguard in association with Thinking Cap Theatre will present
Always…Patsy Cline as the venue’s inaugural production

For Immediate Release
Contact: Nicole Stodard
nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.com /(813) 220-1546
Contact: Carol Kassie
ckassie@gmail.com / 561-445-9244

February 20, 2015
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Artists and Patrons of the Arts in Fort Lauderdale and throughout South Florida have a good reason to be excited. This March a new performing arts space will open its doors in the South Andrews corridor of downtown Fort Lauderdale. The venue, The Vanguard, is located at 1501 S. Andrews Avenue in what was formerly a church when the building was first erected in 1939.

Special opening night festivities will take place on March 13th, starting at 7pm, with complimentary ‘Southern fixins’ provided by Tap 42 and other local sponsors, including Croissan’Time, Wine Watch, and Starbucks Coffee. Sculptor Glen Mayo will be displaying a piece entitled “Windows” in the lobby of The Vanguard for the month of March.

The creative team behind The Vanguard has given the space a remodel – with the emphasis on “mod” – because the building’s décor has a definite mid-century flair. The intimate, black box space boasts beautiful, original Dade County pine ceilings that reach 30 feet high. The venue will seat 100 people.

Dubbed a ‘sanctuary for the arts’ – a nod to the building’s history and an indicator of the venue’s mission, The Vanguard will be a creative refuge for artists and arts lovers. Founding Executive Director, Nicole Stodard hopes the unique setting will be a fresh beacon of hope for the arts, particularly theatre, in Broward County:

“For too long Broward has been viewed as the inferior county in between two artistically richer counties, Miami Dade and Palm Beach,” she explains. “I am passionate about helping to change that perception. There is great work being done in our county, and The Vanguard will strive to draw attention to this work by providing it a home.”

The Vanguard will function as a venue as well as a producing entity in its own right. In addition to Vanguard productions, programming will include work by its resident theatre company, Thinking Cap Theatre, along with work by other local and distant theatre practitioners; dance events; film screenings; stand up comedy; art installations; and live music. For more information about The Vanguard, visit www.vanguardarts.org.

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Nicole Stodard

The Vanguard has chosen Always Patsy Cline as their inaugural production at The Vanguard. Stodard says the choice was an easy one:

“I grew up listening to my mother and older sister singing Patsy Cline’s songs and came to love her music myself,” she says. “The Vanguard has an air of nostalgia to its atmosphere, so a work that tapped into that nostalgic spirit seemed like a great way to open the venue, not to mention the fact that Cline was a strong woman and a talented artist, and I’m always happy to put talented actresses on stage to tell the stories of other women, real and fictional.”

Ann Marie Olson & Sally Bondi

Ann Marie Olson & Sally Bondi

Always…Patsy Cline is a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in 1963. The play is based on a true story about Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk in l961, and continued a correspondence with Cline until her death.  The Vanguard’s production will star Ann Marie Olson as Cline, and Sally Bondi as Seger. Stodard will direct the production, and Andy Gilbert will provide musical direction.

Always…Patsy Cline will run from March 13th through March 29th at The Vanguard.  Tickets are $35, and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.vanguardarts.org or by phone at 813-220-1546. Performances are on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 pm, and on Sundays at 5 pm. There is an 8 pm performance on Wednesday, March 25. The Vanguard is located at 1501 S. Andrews Avenue in Ft. Lauderdale (33316).

For more information, production shots, head shots, or to set up interviews, please contact Nicole Stodard at 813-220-1546 / nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.com or Carol Kassie at 561-445-9244 / ckassie@gmail.com or visit www.vanguardarts.org .

Always…Patsy Cline
By Ted Swindley
March 13 – 29
Tickets: $35 ($37.22 with s/c)
For Tickets: www.vanguardarts.org / 813-220-1546
Performances:
Thursday – Saturday at 8 pm
Wednesday, March 25 at 8 pm
Sunday at 5 pm
The Vanguard
1501 S. Andrews Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
www.vanguardarts.org
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WAITING FOR WAITING FOR GODOT – Thinking Cap Theatre’s Premiere Production at the Vanguard

05 Thursday Feb 2015

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ThinkingCap - strokeThinking Cap Theatre
presents the South Eastern Premiere of
Waiting for Waiting for Godot
by Dave Hanson
WFWFG - Logo ck“…Waiting for Waiting for Godot is a perfectly executed trip into
metatheatrical purgatory…” TimeOut New York

February 5, 2015
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL: What better way to inaugurate a brand new theatrical space than with a play that masterfully and humorously takes on a theatrical classic. Thinking Cap Theatre moves into the Vanguard on February 19th with Dave Hanson’s critically acclaimed Waiting for Waiting for Godot. The production will run through March 1st.

Hanson’s comedy about two understudies who are waiting to ‘go on’ in a production of Samuel Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot – itself a play about two men who wait for a man they’ve never met, who never arrives – is not in any way an adaptation or interpretation of Beckett’s work, but rather a brand new play that examines theatre, acting, and art in a unique, clever, and extremely funny way.

A winner of the Overall Excellence Award for Overall Play at the 2013 New York Fringe Festival, Waiting for Waiting for Godot was described as ‘gleefully absurd’ by TimeOut New York, ‘delectable’ by the New York Times, and ‘damn near perfect’ by Theatre is Easy.

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Nicole Stodard

Thinking Cap Theatre’s artistic director Nicole Stodard is directing the production:
“It’s not all that often that you read a script and laugh out loud,” she says “But that was the case with Waiting for Waiting for Godot.  Combine that with its smart, reverential winking at Beckett, one of the greatest experimental authors of all time, and of course the added irony of how long TCT has been ‘waiting’ to go on at The Vanguard, and I knew that the play would be a fun way to kick off TCT’s 5th season.”

The production will star Scott Douglas Wilson, Mark Duncan, and Christina Groom.

Thinking Cap Theatre’s new home, The Vanguard is an intimate, versatile, 99-seat black box performance space located in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale.  Formerly a church when first erected in 1939, the freshly remodeled venue will be a modern sanctuary for the arts. Founding Executive Director, Nicole Stodard, and her creative team have given the space a mid-century flair with a mod color palette, Sputnik chandeliers and pop art reminiscent of Warhol adorning the lobby lounge.  However, they have preserved the original 30-feet Dade County pine ceiling in the central room that is now the performance area. The Vanguard will serve as the permanent residence for Thinking Cap Theatre, and as a creative hub to showcase a range of artistic offerings, including the work of other local and visiting theatre companies, stand-up comedy, dance, film screenings, art installations, and live music. The venue’s soft opening will take place the weekend of February 20th; its grand opening will follow in the spring upon completion of the building’s facade by Glavovic Studios, the firm that designed the Young at Art Museum. vanguardarts.org
vanguard logoTickets for Waiting for Waiting for Godot are $30 ($20 for students with ID) and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased by calling 813-220-1546 or on line at http://wfwfg.brownpapertickets.com The Vanguard is located at 1501 S. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, 33301.  There is free street parking surrounding the building and a metered municipal lot just south of The Vanguard on Andrews Ave.

For more information about Thinking Cap Theatre/The Vanguard visit www.vanguardarts.org or contact Nicole Stodard at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.com / 813-220-1546 or Carol Kassie at ckassie@gmail.com /561-445-9244.

Waiting for Waiting for Godot
By Dave Hanson
February 19 – March 1
Thursday 2/19 8pm (Preview)
Friday 2/20 8pm (Opening Night)
Saturday 2/21 8pm
Sunday 2/22 5pm
Wednesday 2/25 8pm
Thursday 2/26 8pm
Friday 2/27 8pm
Saturday 2/28 8pm
Sunday 3/1 (2 Shows) 5pm & 8pm
Tickets: $30 /$20 for students with ID
To purchase tickets: 813-220-1546 / http://wfwfg.brownpapertickets.com
The Vanguard
1501 S. Andrews Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
vanguardarts.org

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Thinking Cap Theatre presents the U.S. Premiere of ‘hot dog’ by Sarah Kosar – May 16 – June 1

06 Tuesday May 2014

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ThinkingCap - strokeSarah Kosar’s new play hot dog is an intriguing, conceptual piece
that immediately gets the audience asking loads of questions.
Ed Theakston – A Younger Theatre

HOT DOG POSTCARD FINAL FRONTRemember all those adages about dogs? In Sarah Kosar’s biting dark comedy, many of those adages ring true and compel the story in ways that will surprise audiences.

In keeping with its mission to present experimental and thought provoking theatre and to program works by women, Thinking Cap Theatre will mount the U.S. premiere of hot dog by Sarah Kosar from May 16 through June 1 in the Black Box Theatre at Nova Southeastern University’s Don Taft University Center.

An absurdist dark comedy in the vein of Albee and Beckett, hot dog centers on Maryanne, a long-suffering daughter fed up with caring for her very demanding, elderly mother, who’s literally become “the Dog” next door. Desperate for a new leash on life, Maryanne recruits her sister, Carol, to return home and take over. What ensues is a funny, disturbing, and thought provoking exploration of family dynamics and what it means to give and receive care.

hot dog features a strong cast of South Florida actors, including Sally Bondi as Dog, Niki Fridh and Ann Marie Olson as Dog’s daughters, and Mark Duncan, as Dog’s son-in-law. A team of women artists will spearhead this premiere production: Nicole Stodard (direction, sound, and costume), Chastity Collins (scenic design and costume), Carey Brianna Hart (stage management), Cat Del Buono (video artist), Desiree Mora (board operation), and Axy Carrion-Bannon (makeup), production artwork (Donna Sanna). The show’s production image, an anthropomorphic digital design by Donna Sanna, along with other unique anthropomorphic images by Sanna, will be available for purchase at performances of hot dog. Sanna’s complete body of work can be found online at Etsy.com.

Sarah Kosar is an American stage and screen writer currently living in London. Her play hot dog received its world premiere in March 2013 at The Last Refuge, in London and was produced by Decent and published by Playdead Press. Pennsylvania State University has included the play in the syllabus for its Women in Theatre course. She holds a double BA from Pennsylvania State University in both Theatre and Film. Sarah moved to London following university and earned a Masters in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2011; she received a distinction on her dissertation play Egg, which was featured in a showcase of commended plays submitted to the BBC’s International Playwriting Competition.

In London, Sarah has worked with The Royal Court, Hampstead Theatre, Soho Theatre, Theatre Centre, The Roundhouse, The Lyric Hammersmith, Descent, the BBC, The Old Red Lion, Southwark Playhouse, Arch 468 and more. She has taken part in the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, Royal Court Studio Invitation Group, Lyric Young Writers, and Soho Writers Lab.

There will be a ‘talk back’ and book signing with playwright Sarah Kosar, director Nicole Stodard, and the cast of hot dog after the Sunday (3 pm) performance on May 18th.

While its permanent home, The Vanguard, is under construction this spring, Thinking Cap Theatre has the honor of being the guest resident theatre company at Nova Southeastern University. hot dog will run from May 16th through June 1st in NSU’s Black Box Theatre in the Don Taft University Center. Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased at www.thinkingcaptheatre.com or by calling 813-220-1546.

For more information about Thinking Cap Theatre, visit www.thinkingcaptheatre.com.

hot dog
By Sarah Kosar
May 16 – June 1
Performances: Thurs – Sat: 8 pm
Sun: 3 pm
Tickets: $35 /Students $10 – with valid ID (only available for reserving by phone or rush at the door)
Nova Southeastern University
Black Box Theatre | Don Taft University Center
3301 College Avenue,
Davie, FL 33314
Tickets: 813-220-1546 / www.thinkingcaptheatre.com

Praise for hot dog:

hot dog is the sort of thing I’d normally expect to see programmed at the Donmar, Soho or possibly even Royal Court […] a theatrical experience far superior to most you’ll find One Stop Arts

Simultaneously funny and thought provoking, this show will stay with you long into the evening […] hot dog is a striking piece of new writing which skillfully tackles questions of ageing, illness and humanity with consistently dark but on-the-mark humour.
Everything Theatre

…a thought provoking black comedy […] Grab this play before you miss out. You won’t be disappointed.
Female Arts

Sarah Kosar is a playwright to watch out for, her already powerful pen bound to sharpen into a caustic, prodding instrument […] hot dog makes for a great surrealistic theatre experience.
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Thinking Cap Theatre presents the Florida Premiere of Mark Ravenhill’s POOL (NO WATER) February 21 – March 8

09 Sunday Feb 2014

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 Thinking Cap Theatre
presents
the Florida Premiere of
Mark Ravenhill’s
Pool (No Water)
February 21 – March 8
Pool Bookmark Front Final copy

TCT is Pooling All Artists and Lovers of Art for the
Florida Premiere of Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water)


Thinking Cap Theatre will present the Florida premiere of Pool (No Water), a darkly comic, brutally honest investigation of what it means to be an artist and to survive in the art world. The production will run from February 21st through March 8th at the Muse Center for the Arts in Fort Lauderdale.

Pool (No Water) centers on a group of artists, who are former classmates, longtime friends, and ongoing rivals.  The play’s twisting, lyrical narrative recounts the highs and lows of their journey together as they have struggled to preserve their humanity while pursuing their passion. Directed by Nicole Stodard, the production will feature a seven-person ensemble: Hannah Citrin, Casey Dressler, Niki Fridh, Noah Levine, Desiree Mora, Miles Smith, and Scott Douglas Wilson.

The poignant subject matter of Ravenhill’s play prompted TCT to reach across disciplines and include two additional components to its presentation of Pool (No Water): A solo exhibition of paintings by artist Yana Dimitrova and a ‘Call to Florida Artists’, asking them to submit poetry, prose (flash fiction or non-fiction), and video illustrating or explaining what inspires them; brings them back to art after a harsh review; prompts them to push through a bout of writer’s block or a creative slump; and propels and impels them to continue on their chosen path of creativity.   The winners were announced on February 7th:

Flash Lit Winners:
1st place – Mitchell Silverman
2nd place, two way tie – Christopher Demos Brown, Glenn Hutchinson

Film Winners:
1st place – Ann Gillespie
2nd place  – Cat Del Duono

The poetry and Flash Lit Winners will read their work on opening weekend (Feb. 22) and their winning submissions will be printed in the program.  Film winners will have their work screened for audiences during pre-show throughout the run of the production.

Thinking Cap Theatre’s Artistic Director, Nicole Stodard, discovered Yana Dimitrova’s work while doing rehearsal research for Pool (No Water) last fall. She contacted Dimitrova and began planning how TCT might incorporate the artist’s work into TCT’s production. Dimitrova’s painting, “Empty Swimming Pool,” is not only the visual image for the production, but the 54” X 65” original is also being shipped from a gallery in Atlanta to serve as part of the actual set. The original painting, priced at $4000 as well as signed, limited series of prints will be available for purchase.

Mark_RavenhillPlaywright Mark Ravenhill was born in 1966 in Sussex and educated at Bristol University, where he studied English and Drama. He was Literary Manager of Paines Plough, a company founded to develop new writing, from 1995 to 1997 and he was appointed Artistic associate at the National Theatre in 2002. His first work, a ten-minute dialogue titled Fist, was staged at London’s Finborough pub theatre venue and caught the attention of Max Stafford-Clark, director of Out of Joint Theatre Company, who invited Ravenhill to contribute a full-length play. This became Shopping and F**king, which opened at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in September 1996 and was followed by a national and international tour. His other works include Faust is Dead (1997); Sleeping Around (a collaborative writing project, 1998); Handbag (Evening Standard Award – Most Promising Playwright, 1998); Some Explicit Polaroids (1999) ; Mother Clap’s Molly House (first performed 2001); Feed Me (a radio play broadcast by the BBC in 2000); two plays for teenagers: Totally Over You (2003) and Citizenship (2006); and The Cut, which opened at the Donmar Warehouse, London in early 2006 with Sir Ian McKellen in the lead role. At this year’s Galway Arts Festival, he will perform his play Product, a monologue which debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005. Ravenhill’s work concerns itself with the anxieties and preoccupations of modern life, exploring themes such as the commodification of culture, the relentless impulsion to consume and the desire for instant celebrity. Ravenhill is currently Writer in Residence as Royal Shakespeare Company.

Yana Dimitrova completed her studies at the School of Fine Arts “Acd. Iliya Petrov” in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2002 and received her BFA (2006) and MFA (2008) from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah andYD 2 Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Her most recent exhibits took place in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Berlin, Budelsdorff (Germany), Bath, Manchester (UK), New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta (USA) and Sofia (Bulgaria). Dimitrova is a lecturer at The New School for liberal Arts in New York. She is currently based in Brooklyn, NY. With a strong sense of repetition, her work often functions as a social critique; Through the use of paintings, drawings and installations, Yana aims to construct a deceptive space, while questioning concepts of desire and the proposed values of the every day. http://yanadimitrova.com/blog2/

Tickets for Pool (No Water) will run from February 21st through March 8th at the Muse Center for the Arts in Ft. Lauderdale.  Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased at www.thinkingcaptheatre.com or by calling 813-220-1546.
Pool (No Water)
By Mark Ravenhill
February 21 – March 8, 2014
Tickets:  $25 /Students with valid ID $10 at the door
Fridays & Saturdays at 7 pm & 9 pm
Muse Center for the Arts
99 West 14th Street
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
Tickets:  813-220-1546 / www.thinkingcaptheatre.com