The PlayWRIGHT’s the Thing
“The PlayWRIGHT’s the Thing” with Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Hermitage Fellow Doug Wright, Monday, February 10, 2025 @ 6pm: With his hit Broadway play Good Night, Oscar gearing up for its Florida premiere in Sarasota this spring, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and librettist Doug Wright has been creating celebrated works of theater and film for over two decades. Many of Wright’s worlds and characters have their basis in real life people and events, from Charlotte von Mahlsdorf in I Am My Own Wife, to Big and Little Edie in Grey Gardens, to the famous rivalry between Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden in War Paint. Hear what draws this acclaimed playwright to these stories, as well as other fascinating insights into his process as he engages in conversation with Hermitage Artistic Director Andy Sandberg. In addition to the conversation, hear selections from Wright’s original works, performed by some of Sarasota’s brightest talents. Presented in partnership with Asolo Reparatory Theatre. Registration is required at HermitageArtistRetreat.org ($5/person registration fee). Estimated running time: 60-70 minutes; The Jane B. Cook Theatre (FSU Center for Performing Arts), 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243
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