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Palm Beach Dramaworks Happenings

Palm Beach Dramaworks (PBD) is pleased to announce evolves, PBD will re-evaluate and share any updates on its be loved. An unlikely opportunity arises when she enters into a
that single tickets for its long-awaited 2021/22 season go on website at palmbeachdramaworks.org and via email. correspondence with a man she’s never met. The play is a lyrical
sale Nov. 1. The start of the season was pushed back from exploration of loneliness and longing, sweet dreams and bitter
mid-October to Dec. 3 out of an abundance of caution and a Palm Beach Dramaworks 2021/22 Schedule truths, determination and resiliency.
commitment to the health and safety of our patrons, artists, The People Downstairs (World Premiere) The Belle Of Amherst
and staff. PBD is introducing a number of safety protocols By Michael McKeever By William Luce
that will be strictly enforced. Dec. 3 to 19 May 20 to June 5
The company will perform its full schedule of five plays in For two years and one month, Based on the life of Emily Dickinson, this one-woman show
a compressed period of time, which has necessitated shorter Anne Frank and seven others hid tells the story of the independent, enigmatic, reclusive, witty poet
runs for each production. The season opens with the world in four small rooms concealed through her letters, verse, and the playwright’s rich imagination,
premiere of Michael McKeever’s The People Downstairs on behind a bookcase in the building interweaving the voices of friends, family, and acquaintances to
Dec. 3, followed on Jan. 14, 2022 by John Cariani’s Almost, where her father worked. Her create a vivid portrait of the artist.
Maine. Up next on Feb. 18, 2022 is the world premiere of diary revealed their ordeal to the
Bruce Graham’s The Duration, followed by Lynn Nottage’s world. But what of the people
Intimate Apparel on April 1, and William Luce’s The Belle of who hid them, got them food,
Amherst on May 20. and kept them informed? This play explores the complex
Tickets for all performances are $79, except for opening challenges faced by these brave individuals on their journey
night of each production ($94) and previews ($59). Tickets of rebellious morality during the horrors of the Holocaust.
can be purchased through the box office, in person or by Almost, Maine
phone at (561) 514-4042, Ext. 2, and online 24 hours a day at By John Cariani
palmbeachdramaworks.org. Jan. 14 to 30, 2022
PBD has installed a new HVAC system throughout the Love – old and new, heart-stopping and weak-kneed, About PBD
building that complies with all the latest safety standards, unexpected and unrequited, lost and found – is in the air in the Palm Beach Dramaworks is a professional, nonprofit theatre
including UV light, bipolar ionization, and specialized high fictional, remote town of Almost, Maine. This wildly popular company founded in 2000 and located in the heart of downtown
quality air filters. Additionally, in accordance with CDC play takes place on a Friday night in winter, and is made up of West Palm Beach. Each season, the award-winning company
recommendations, patrons must adhere to the following safety nine mostly joyful yet poignant vignettes connected by time and produces five mainstage shows and offers a wide variety of
protocols in order to gain entry into the building: place, the beauty of the aurora borealis, a touch of magic, and a programs for students at the theatre, in schools, and online.
• All guests are required to wear suitable masks that spirit of hope. Committed to fostering the future of theatre, PBD has become a
completely cover the nose, mouth, and under the chin for their The Duration (World Premiere) hub for playwrights in Florida and around the country to nurture
entire visit. Anyone who does not comply will be escorted out By Bruce Graham their work through initiatives including drama (in the) works and
of the theatre. Feb. 18 to March 6 the annual New Year/New Plays Festival. PBD is a member of
• Documentation (printed or digital): Fully vaccinated Audrey Batten has left the building. And the city. And quite Theatre Communications Group, Florida Professional Theatres
guests have the option of voluntarily presenting documentation possibly, according to her daughter Emma, her senses. Can Association, and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.
showing full vaccination status. Full vaccination is defined two strong women with very different coping strategies on the www.palmbeachdramaworks.org
as the completion of the final dose at least 14 days prior to journey from grief to release meet each other somewhere in the Evening performances are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30
the performance date. Alternatively, all guests can, instead, middle – out in the middle of nowhere? A moving, absorbing p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and select Sundays at 7 p.m.
present documentation of a negative COVID-19 PCR test play about family, loss, love and cats. Matinee performances are on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
result conducted within 72 hours prior to the performance, or Intimate Apparel at 2 p.m. Post-performance discussions follow Wednesday
a negative COVID-19 antigen test result conducted within 24 By Lynn Nottage matinee and Sunday evening performances.
hours prior to the scheduled performance start time. April 1 to 17 The Don and Ann Brown Theatre is located in the heart of
• Matching photo identification is required for everyone In this heartfelt and heartbreaking work set at the turn of downtown West Palm Beach, at 201 Clematis Street. For ticket
18 years and older. the 20th century, Esther is a 35-year-old African-American information contact the box office at (561) 514-4042, or visit
These protocols are subject to change. As the situation seamstress of exquisite intimate apparel who aches to love and www.palmbeachdramaworks.org.

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