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Here Comes Zoetic with McKeever’s Briefs
New Theatre Company's Fundraiser Features Ten-Minute Plays
by Roger Martin on July 13, 2010
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Well, it ain't quite LeBron, Dwyane and Chris Bosh but it's close if you're speaking theatre. Michael McKeever, Christopher Demos-Brown and Stuart Meltzer have just announced their new theatre company...and the terrific actors joining as company members.
They're calling it Zoetic Stage and yes, I had to look it up. Zoetic means, according to the Dictionary of Obscure Words, “living” and “vital”. Knowing these guys, I'd say that's pretty apt. Stephanie Demos-Brown, Christopher's wife, is the fourth founding member of Zoetic and will serve as President of the Board of Directors.
Christopher Demos-BrownThe company members are: Irene Adjan, Stephen G. Anthony, Jeffrey Bruce, Nick Duckart, Lela Elam, John Felix, Elena Maria Garcia, Maribeth Graham, Amy London, Margery Lowe, Amy McKenna, David Perez Ribada, Jerry Seeger, Kim St. Leon, Barry Tarallo, Laura Turnbull and Tom Wahl.
First on stage for Zoetic is Michael McKeever's South Beach Babylon at a yet to be decided venue. Indeed the entire first year for the company will be spent in existing spaces while a permanent home is established.
David Adjmi's Stunning will be the second play produced, followed by Christopher Demos-Brown's Wrongful Death. The final show for the first season will be Carlos Murillo's Diagram of a Paper Airplane.
“It is the goal of this company to present top quality theatre to the South Florida audience. We want their experience to be the best it possibly can be. Everything - from production, to script, to the venue itself – needs to be the highest quality we can possibly present,” Meltzer says. “We are talking about a company of extremely committed artists with years of experience behind them. This is the teal thing.”
With this crew running Zoetic Theatre it should indeed, be the real thing.
...ten minute plays, that is...ride on up, or down, to Boca Raton's Caldwell Theatre on Monday July 26 at 7pm and catch an evening of Michael McKeever's short works. It's a fund raiser for the new theatre company ZOETIC, put together by Stuart Meltzer, McKeever and Christopher Demos-Brown.
For a $15 suggested donation you'll get Irene Adjan, Stephen G. Anthony, Elena Maria Garcia, Margery Lowe, Barry Tarallo and Tom Wahl reading seven shorties, you'll get a talk back with the cast and McKeever and Meltzer and a reception in the theatre lobby after the show.
Meltzer says “This evening is truly a greatest hits collection for the Elvis Presley of South Florida theatre. Audiences have laughed, loved and applauded these gems in ten-minute play festivals throughout the country. They are constantly in demand. Three of these plays are Heideman Finalists, which is the highest honor for a ten-minute play presented through the Actors Theatre of Louisville.”
Plays included in McKeever’s Briefs are:
American Gothic
You know the painting. The man, the woman, the pitchfork. Well, the woman . . . she wants out.
Craven Tutweiler (The Real Life Story of)
(Heideman Finalist)
Three very different women discuss the remarkable rogue who changed their lives. With oddly graphic details.
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Tina is trying the tuba ... and, apparently, Tommy Turner. Don't tell her boyfriend Terry Tarlitz. A terribly ticklish tale of taking chances and trying new trades.
Laura Keene Goes On
(Heideman Finalist)
It's April 1865, and legendary actress Laura Keene is not going to let a little thing like an assassination stop her from going on. Look out!
Peter, Paul, Mom & Mary
Peter is in for a real shock when he is called home for an emergency- his mother has a special visitor destined to shake up the neighborhood.
Nick is your average married guy, typical in every way. Then he sees a Sondheim show. A funny, insightful show about the power of a single song.
Splat!
(Heideman Finalist)
Dorothy has just skipped off down the Yellow Brick Road. Leaving the inhabitants of Munchkin Land to deal with her shattered house and the apparently dead witch under it. They're not happy. A morality tale with Munchkins.
For more information or to make a reservation contact Meltzer, at 954.235.6208 or visit www.zoeticstage.com.
The Caldwell Theatre is located at 7901 N. Federal Highway in Boca Raton.
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