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• Sarah Sander fell into playwrighting for a job.After graduating from Middlebury College, where she studied Chinese and English, Sander got a job in Washington, D.C., working for a company that made interactive training videos for the government and businesses.'They needed someone to write some dialogue and my boss told me to do it. I liked [...] New playwright completes Sarasota residency
• August is turning into something of a drag, and other things, for the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre.The theater is adding to its Wednesday schedule of Drag Queen Bingo with more nights for comedy and prizes.The shows, hosted by Beneva Fruitville and Lindsay Carleton, have been a hit on Wednesdays this summer, and the theater is [...] Golden Apple expands summer events schedule
• American Stage keeps breaking records in its new home at the Raymond James Theatre in downtown St. Petersburg.The company's 31st season broke a subscription record with 3,138 subscriptions, only the second time that the theater has had more than 3,000 subscribers, officials said.'Over the past five seasons, we have nearly doubled the number of our [...] American Stage breaks subscription record
• Audiences are keeping the Straz Center for the Performing Arts Center high on the charts.The center's largest theater, the 2,610-seat Carol Morsani Hall, ranks No. 3 on Billboard magazine's list of Top 10 performance venues with fewer than 5,000 seats. The ranking is based on gross earnings from Nov. 28, 2009 to June 19, when [...] Tampa's center tops sales charts
• Deborah Ann Trimble, who boosted private and public support for the Asolo Repertory by more than $1 million during five years as development director, is leaving Sarasota next month for the development job at the La Jolla Playhouse, the theaters announced Friday.In Southern California, Trimble will be working with a staff of seven and a [...] Asolo Rep development director heads to La Jolla Playhouse