Theater

Three friends take off on a two-day mountain trek in a play that resembles a buddy road trip movie. The reason for their adventure? To travel the same path that their friend Rebeca, who passed away, loved so much. They are there in solidarity and as a tribute.

Arca Images is presenting the Miami premiere of “The Passage” directed by Carlos Celdrán and, for the fourth time, the return of a work by the multi-award-winning Miró to the Miami stage.

The City of Miami is considering the sale of the historic Olympia Theater to Sports Leadership and Management (SLAM), a charter school network founded by Pitbull. The theater, which first opened in 1926, was only recently re-opened after five years of maintenance. SLAM plans to use the property as a school auditorium. The sale requires a 4/5 vote of the commission to be approved.

“Fat Ham,” by playwright James Ijames, follows in the tradition of modernizing a Shakespeare play — in this case, “Hamlet.”

The open-air 360-degree theater experience in the Wilton Manors will seat its audience in swivel chairs — allowing them to follow the action as it unfolds across different areas of the Richardson Historic Park & Nature Preserve.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and South Florida Cappies Inc. next month will be presenting the 23rd Annual Cappies Awards to recognize achievements in high school theater. The award ceremony will be held Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater.

The Glazer Hall for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach is moving toward a year-end opening with the announcement of a recent donation exceeding $15 million.

The Miami Beach-based company says this is the first major theatrical production to tackle the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel — and its impacts.

Christine Dolen, the Miami Herald's theater critic for almost four decades passed away at 74 years old after a progressive lung disease.

Miami-Dade believes it has cleared the legal hurdles needed to start construction on a revamped version of the Coconut Grove Playhouse. The proposed budget puts money towards construction in the coming year. The total project cost is estimated at $57.2 million.

The original music by Canadian writers Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond, first premiered in British Columbia in 2008 and over the years has found an online cult following on TikTok and social media. The premise centers on a group of teenagers, all part of a chamber choir, who go on a rollercoaster ride and die.

The Pulitzer-prize winning story is performed on stage through Saturday at the Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach. It was extended due to popular demand.