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Two “Wicked” Plays

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Although both productions were in the works long before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, a pair of plays – each, coincidentally, with the word “Wicked” in its title – will open this coming weekend (1/12/24) at two regional theaters in Miami-Dade County.

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COLLATERAL DAMAGE: How The Iraq War Effects Your Town

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The Iraq War was in the news that morning, coming over car radios all over the country when Joe Dauffenbach died. For years local officials in Southern Minnesota had sought federal dollars to widen sections of Route 14, a road they call a death trap. But when they went to Washington, last March, hats in hand, “I’d talk about Route 14,” said Pat Hentges, city manager of Mankato. “But the Senators and Congressmen would switch the conversation to Iraq. The war was getting in the way.”

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Joseph Papp Tribute at GableStage

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By Christine Dolen

The incomparable theatrical impresario JOSEPH PAPP has been memorialized in different ways since his death in 1991 at the age of 70.  Now, three decades after his passing, Papp and his legacy have become the subjects of an almost-solo show, “Joe Papp at the Ballroom.” Debuting at GableStage through Dec. 31, the world premiere piece is the work of three adaptors:  actor Avi Hoffman, director Eleanor Reissa and playwright Susan Papp-Lippman, eldest of Papp’s children. 

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New Artistic Director Aims to Make a Splash with Her First GableStage Season

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By Christine Dolen

With an eye toward serving the company’s existing audience and attracting new theatergoers, Bari Newport has chosen her first GableStage season.
The majority of the pieces have been written or co-written by women, and nearly all will be directed by them.

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Bari Newport to Helm GableStage

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By Christine Dolen

For more than two decades, GableStage and producing artistic director Joseph Adler were intertwined, forming the celebrated Coral Gables theater’s DNA. Starting April 1, the new leader at the helm of GableStage will be Bari Newport, who has served for the past nine years as producing artistic director of the Penobscot Theatre Co. in Bangor, Maine.

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