Professional Theater Comes To Hollywood

Both productions will be staged at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center (HCPAC) at 1770 Monroe Street, Hollywood, Florida 33020. Tickets are $45 and are available through: https://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 19th, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. (OPENING)
Sunday, October 20th, 2024 | 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 26th, 2024 | 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 27th, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. | With Post-Show Talkback
Friday, November 1st, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 | 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. (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 15th, 2025 | 7:30 p.m. (OPENING)
Sunday, March 16th, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025 | 5:00 pm (TALKBACK)
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 | 7:30 pp.m.
Sunday, March 30th, 2025 | 5:00 pm (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 Playwriting 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 from October 22nd to November 11th, with the final performances on November 23rd 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: https://thinkingcaptheatre.org/.

Tickets to the performance are $20 and will be sold separately at: https://thinkingcaptheatre.org/, at Eventbrite, and the box office on the day of the 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 The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood:
The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood is a leader among South Florida multidisciplinary cultural organizations for its presentation of contemporary gallery exhibitions, arts education programs, cultural experiences, and award-winning documentary film shorts. The Center’s mission is to cultivate creativity and the support of the arts in our community through education, innovation, and collaboration. Visit: www.artandculturecenter.org for more information.

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 theater and to gender parity in main stage programming. TCT also presents community-based programs such as documentary theater 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.

The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization supported in part by its members, admissions, private entities, the City of Hollywood; the Broward County Cultural Division, the Cultural Council, and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners; the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts; the Community Foundation of Broward; David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation; Josephine S. Leiser Foundation, and Helen Ingham Foundation. We welcome donations from all members of the community who wish to support our work.