Center brings professional theater to Hollywood for first time since 2003
The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood is proud to host the 15th season of award-winning Thinking Cap Theatre (TCT). The season will include two main stage productions – the regional premiere on October 19 of LOVESONG, an emotionally riveting drama about love and legacy by playwright/screenwriter Abi Morgan, and ALL THE NATALIE PORTMANS by C.A. Johnson, a new coming-of-age dramedy opening in March 2025. Both productions will be staged at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center (HCPAC) at 1770 Monroe Street. Tickets are $45 and available through thinkingcaptheatre.org and at the box office before the show.
Thinking Cap Theatre’s presence at HCPAC is a landmark moment in the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood’s 49-year history. It will mark the first time since the Center’s founding in 1975 that it has presented professional theater at one of its facilities. It will also mark the return of professional theater to the City of Hollywood for the first time since 2003, when the Hollywood Playhouse closed after 42 years in operation.
City of Hollywood Commissioner Kevin Biederman shared, “We are committed to supporting the arts in Hollywood to create a vibrant and connected community, and hearing about this partnership between the Art and Culture Center and Thinking Cap Theatre is a very exciting development for our residents and visitors to the City. I look forward to catching a show.”
About LOVESONG
LOVESONG imaginatively and grippingly explores universal themes, including long-term love, aging, memory, and mortality. Morgan (The Iron Lady, 2011; The Suffragette, 2015) developed LOVESONG with the world class, innovative UK-based company, Frantic Assembly. TCT's production will honor the play's original production values with its own stunning, in-house projection design and choreography.
Dates:
Saturday, October 19, 2024 | 5pm (OPENING)
Sunday, October 20, 2024 | 5pm
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 7:30pm
Saturday, October 26, 2024 | 5pm
Sunday, October 27, 2024 | 5pm | With Post-Show Talkback
Friday, November 1, 2024 | 7:30pm
Saturday, November 2, 2024 | 5pm
Sunday, November 3, 2024 | 5pm (CLOSING) | With Post-Show Talkback
LOVESONG is supported by Funding Arts Broward, supporting innovative local visual and performing arts in Broward County; Broward County Cultural Division; and The Warten Foundation.
About ALL THE NATALIE PORTMANS
Johnson’s bold, coming-of-age play sheds light on an underrepresented community – young queer black women. Johnson’s important new work examines an African American family in crisis, struggling to survive in the face of alcoholism and structural racism while also grappling with conflicting views on homosexuality. Told from the perspective of the central character, 16-year-old Keyonna, who escapes into a world of Natalie Portman rom-coms when challenges arise, this eye-opening play delivers a gripping and timely message about (self)acceptance and empathy.
Dates:
Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 7:30pm (OPENING)
Sunday, March 16, 2025 | 5pm
Wednesday, March 19 | 7:30pm
Saturday, March 22, 2025 | 7:30pm
Sunday, March 23, 2025 | 5pm (TALKBACK)
Wednesday, March 26 | 7:30pm
Saturday, March 29 | 7:30pm
Sunday, March 30 | 5pm (TALKBACK & CLOSING)
ALL THE NATALIE PORTMANS is made possible by a joint grant from The Our Fund Foundation and The Warten Foundation and is supported by Funding Arts Broward, supporting innovative local visual and performing arts in Broward County.
TCT Partnership also brings Playwrighting Workshop and Performance
In addition to the two main-stage productions, TCT will present ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, a playwriting workshop series and public performance. Utilizing the playwriting methods of Maria Irene Fornes, an OffOff Broadway pioneer and author of more than 40 plays, TCT will offer workshops, rehearsals, and a professional public performance to a select cohort of participants. Animals appear across Fornes' canon in strange and interesting ways, reminding us of our interconnectedness with all living beings. As a theme, Animal Encounters is meant to ignite, but not limit, the imaginations of participating writers.
Workshop dates are October 22 to November 11, with the final performances on November 23 at HCPAC of 10-minute scenes or short plays written by participants. Space is limited and no prior playwriting experience is necessary. The registration fee of $50 is non-refundable. For a complete schedule and to register, visit thinkingcaptheatre.com.
Tickets to the performance are $20 will be sold separately at thinkingcaptheatre.com, at Eventbrite, and the box office day of show.
ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS is made possible by a joint grant from The Our Fund Foundation and The Warten Foundation. This program is presented in partnership with the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood.
About Thinking Cap Theatre
Founded in Fort Lauderdale in 2010, Thinking Cap Theatre (TCT) is a professional, non-profit company that champions equality and theatrical experimentation and strives for excellence on and offstage. TCT is devoted to staging thought-provoking, socially conscious, formally innovative theatre and to gender parity in main stage programming. TCT also presents community-based programs such as documentary theatre projects for LGBTQ+ women and youth; play readings; and playwriting workshops using the Fornes Method. Across all programming, TCT strives to reflect and serve our diverse society.
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