Palm Beach Dramaworks

Recommended by Palm Beach Dramaworks

  • Little Row Boat was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays (formerly called the New Year/New Plays Festival) in January of 2024. A fascinating, funny, poetic, and highly theatrical exploration of the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his sibling slaves, Sally and James Hemings. Filled with ferocity, sorrow, pain, and beauty, the characters and their struggles - power and personal - come alive amid some truly sublime and harrowing imagery of Greenidge's amazing invention.

    Little Row Boat was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays (formerly called the New Year/New Plays Festival) in January of 2024. A fascinating, funny, poetic, and highly theatrical exploration of the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his sibling slaves, Sally and James Hemings. Filled with ferocity, sorrow, pain, and beauty, the characters and their struggles - power and personal - come alive amid some truly sublime and harrowing imagery of Greenidge's amazing invention.

  • Stockade was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays (formerly called the New Year/New Plays Festival) in January of 2024. A visceral, haunting, funny, and moving play about a little-known part of US History - queer stockades during WWII. A group of gay war friends find themselves reunited, and their history threatens to destroy not only their very relationships but the new post-war lives they've fought so hard to create and protect.

    Stockade was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays (formerly called the New Year/New Plays Festival) in January of 2024. A visceral, haunting, funny, and moving play about a little-known part of US History - queer stockades during WWII. A group of gay war friends find themselves reunited, and their history threatens to destroy not only their very relationships but the new post-war lives they've fought so hard to create and protect.

  • Proximity was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays (formerly called the New Year/New Plays Festival) in January of 2024. A beautiful, funny, and deeply-affecting play about isolation and the importance of human connection both during and after the pandemic. So much more than a "pandemic play," the piece is a tour de force for actors and director.

    Proximity was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays (formerly called the New Year/New Plays Festival) in January of 2024. A beautiful, funny, and deeply-affecting play about isolation and the importance of human connection both during and after the pandemic. So much more than a "pandemic play," the piece is a tour de force for actors and director.

  • Madness Most Discreet (then titled Past Midnight) was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2022. A poignant and enduring love story and a profoundly emotional exploration of fame, the stigma and stranglehold of mental illness, and their effect on a relationship now matter how strong the bonds.

    Madness Most Discreet (then titled Past Midnight) was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2022. A poignant and enduring love story and a profoundly emotional exploration of fame, the stigma and stranglehold of mental illness, and their effect on a relationship now matter how strong the bonds.

  • The Prey was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. A fascinating thriller based on true events in the Florida Everglades during the early 1900s. A host of great characters that will keep you on the edge of your seat as the mystery unfolds to it's shockingly satisfying conclusion.

    The Prey was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. A fascinating thriller based on true events in the Florida Everglades during the early 1900s. A host of great characters that will keep you on the edge of your seat as the mystery unfolds to it's shockingly satisfying conclusion.

  • Twenty-Two was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. A funny and moving two-hander about loss, love, war, mental health, and the unfailing hope of human connection. Intriguingly human characters in a beautiful story.

    Twenty-Two was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. A funny and moving two-hander about loss, love, war, mental health, and the unfailing hope of human connection. Intriguingly human characters in a beautiful story.

  • Dorothy's Dictionary was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. A gorgeous, heartfelt, and heart-warming piece about hopes and dreams, personal integrity, the power of words, and the impact of human connection and interaction. A lovely two-hander with universal staying power.

    Dorothy's Dictionary was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. A gorgeous, heartfelt, and heart-warming piece about hopes and dreams, personal integrity, the power of words, and the impact of human connection and interaction. A lovely two-hander with universal staying power.

  • The Surest Poison was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. It's an intriguing exploration of Prohibition, the government coverup of alcohol poisoning, and their impact on immigrants and people of color. Great characters and storytelling with fascinating twists and turns.

    The Surest Poison was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. It's an intriguing exploration of Prohibition, the government coverup of alcohol poisoning, and their impact on immigrants and people of color. Great characters and storytelling with fascinating twists and turns.

  • Charlottesville was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. It's a powerful play about racism during the Civil War and beyond, and the lies some people tell themselves to diminish or refute it. A great piece for strong, versatile actors.

    Charlottesville was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2021. It's a powerful play about racism during the Civil War and beyond, and the lies some people tell themselves to diminish or refute it. A great piece for strong, versatile actors.

  • The Hat Box was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2020. It is an hilarious and intriguing piece about family secrets, the stories we spin about them, and their affect on those we leave them to when we're gone.

    The Hat Box was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual New Year/New Plays Festival in January of 2020. It is an hilarious and intriguing piece about family secrets, the stories we spin about them, and their affect on those we leave them to when we're gone.