Secret Agent Man…or Boy!
Being a child of the fifties and sixties has always, in my opinion, been an advantage for my generation. I like to think of us as the “Media Generation.” Much like today’s generation that is tech-savvy, we flower children were pretty much the inventors who started the whole technology boom. Granted, the technology of our […]
Beneath the Allegheny Sky
Spring, 1894. Blacks Run, Pennsylvania. Three sisters, Bella, Sadie, and Nellie Remaley, are building lives of their own near the Acme Powder Works, the dangerous factory that keeps their small town running. When their parents arrive for a visit, it should be an ordinary, happy day. A family dinner. A little worry from a father […]
Directing Plays for Community Theatres: The Art, The Challenge, and The Reward
By Tom Erb — Erbana ProductionsPlaywright | Theatre/Film & Television Professional Directing for community theatre is one of the most uniquely challenging—and deeply rewarding—experiences a theatre professional can have. It’s a space where passion outweighs paychecks, where volunteers become artists, and where the director’s role expands far beyond staging scenes. After decades working in professional […]
The Somerset Partnership
It is 1923, and Prohibition has created strange bedfellows. Thomas Whitmore, a Boston banker with a respectable name to protect, proposes a business deal to Maria Santos, a Cuban American smuggler running her own operation out of Key West. What begins as a transaction becomes a partnership, and then something neither of them expected: a […]
Hold On to Your Hats: Theatre Is in the Air, Let the Plays Begin!!
A season guide to the stages within 25 miles of Venice, Florida, from Venice Theatre to Asolo Rep, with show dates and audition calls for 2026-2027.
In My Life With the Fab Four
Another story from the archives — the night the Beatles rearranged my whole idea of what I wanted out of life. I was ten years old the day the Beatles were on The Ed Sullivan Show, Sunday, February 9, 1964. This was the first televised live performance of the Beatles in the United States. The […]
Watch Your Pronouns
Set entirely on a park bench, Watch Your Pronouns follows two old friends, George and Cliff, whose regular conversations take an unexpected turn when George’s grandchild comes out as transgender. Cliff, who lost his own gay son years earlier to his own lack of understanding, becomes an unlikely guide. When Sarah, another parent navigating the […]
Wedding Secrets
Laura and Robert are getting married in the backyard where Laura grew up, and the Engle family could not be more excited, until the secrets start surfacing. Laura’s brother Steve arrives with a mysterious plus one, old grudges resurface at the worst possible moments, and what should be a weekend of celebration spirals into a […]
My Summer at the Southside Speedway
Another one pulled out of the archives — this one’s about the summer music first got its hooks into me. It was the summer of 1962. I was eight years old. Up to this point in my young life, I was solely influenced by my parents’ music. They played it every day in the same […]
Art Therapy
Virginia, Carolina, and Florence have been inseparable since elementary school, the kind of friendship that survives decades of ordinary life. But when one seemingly small choice exposes cracks none of them knew were there, their long-standing bond faces a test it may not survive. Art Therapy is a sharp, funny, and emotionally honest look at […]