

This mainstage production follows the story of Mad Padraic, the unhinged leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, as he embarks on a quest to avenge his beloved pet cat, Wee Thomas. "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" is a dark comedy by Martin McDonagh. Several new plays are in the works over the next few months. And so I think that is kind of the beauty of it, is that those who didn't even think it was that important to begin with are now seeing just how vital the arts have been.” PLT's 2022 season it's in your face and it can't be perfect, and that's what's perfect about it. “Movies are perfect, but live performances aren't perfect and you know you're a part of that story. “People miss the beat of the music, they miss having something that is in your face, a live performance where you know the actors - there are people that you go to school with or go to church with,” Williams- Heath said. Williams-Heath said people are yearning for the "live experience" in the COVID era. Pensacola Little Theatre Cabaret: Cabaret: Phantom of the Masquerade to support Pensacola Little Theatre Past events have seen over 800 people attend as a way to celebrate the arts with live singers, dancers, aerialists and performers. This year's theme will be Cabaret on Holiday, which celebrates every holiday type - Christmas, Halloween, July Fourth and others - in one party. Williams-Heath also plans to bring back their biggest fundraiser of the year, Cabaret, on May 14, an event the theater hasn't held since the COVID pandemic began.


And so the rooftop is a continuation of that.” “That's one of the driving forces behind the rooftop performance venue, is that whether COVID goes away or not, we realized that outside was a very safe space to continue to make our art. “All the performers were just itching to sign up and get out there because they needed to be able to sing, express, act, cry or whatever it was,” Williams-Heath. Williams-Heath said he and the Little Theatre team hope the donations and generosity of the community will allow them to do even more.Ī rendering shows a view of the renovated Clark Family Cultural Center.
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One of their most popular creative solutions have been the smaller outdoor performances like their Sips and Serenades series in which they open their bar up and had live singers outside. While COVID has prevented the Little Theatre from operating as it used to, the volunteer actors and actresses have found other outlets to express themselves. Pensacola Cultural Center: Appleyard: Origins of the Pensacola Cultural Center Situated at 400 South Jefferson St, the building was originally a county jail and later the courts of records building before the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners allowed Pensacola Little Theatre to take over the building in 1988. Renovation is nothing new to the glorious building, which was built in 1911. Renovation of the building is planned to start in January 2023 and end sometime in the summer. John Buchanan in The Eccentricities of a Nightingale for the Santa Rosa Community Theatre.Pensacola Cultural Center will have renovations starting in January 2023 which will give the Center a waterview rooftop terrace with a bar and performance venue. Other Pensacola community performances include Lurch in The Addams Family, King Arthur in Spamalot, and George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Pensacola State College and Dr. His PLT acting credits include Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady and Antonio Salieri in Amadeus. In addition to directing, Mario has designed sets and lights for Into the Woods and Cats.

Other past work includes directing Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 2018. Most recently, he directed the musical production of Schoolhouse Rock Live! in January 2020. Mario Dante Cieri has participated in many productions for the Pensacola Little Theatre. And we all hope that you find it as funny as we do…so that when we ask “Who did it? In what room? And with what?” – we can say it was “The Audience in the Theater with Laughter”! ABOUT THE DIRECTOR And thanks to an extremely talented team of designer/artisans, actors, and crew, I hope that you enjoy the production as much as I have enjoyed directing it. SPOILER ALERT! - While the stage version is not exactly like the movie, it is just as funny and has been a blast to put together.
