Playwright Festival honors Tom Stoppard/The Real Thing runs October 17-27

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2007 Autumn Playwright Festival
featuring The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard

Sponsored by the St. Joe Company2007 Season sponsored by Design and Design Services of Florida

An Autumn Tides Event sponsored by the Beaches of South Walton

Wednesdays through Saturdays, October 17 - 27
Seaside Meeting Hall Theatre
Scroll down for complete schedule.

The 2006 Playwright Festival Honoree is Tom Stoppard, the Academy-Award winning screenwriter of Shakespeare in Love , the author of three Tony Award-winning plays, including The Real Thing, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Travesties, and is the genius behind such critical and box office successes as The Invention of Love, Arcadia, and the masterful trilogy The Coast of Utopia.

Our feature presentation is the winner of the 1984 Tony Award for Best Play and the 2000 Tony Award for Best Revival, The Real Thing . This intellectually and emotionally engaging backstage comedy portrays an articulate and romantically idealistic playwright whose second wife is trying to merge worthy causes with her art as an actress. Making extensive use of the "play within the play," The Real Thing is a tour de force that is at once funny, heartwarming, original, and intelligent.

"So packed with wit, ideas and feelings ... Stoppard's most moving play and the most bracing play anyone has written about love and marriage in years." - N.Y. Times.

"Shimmering, dazzling theatre, a play of uncommon wit and intelligence which not only thoroughly delights but challenges and illuminates our lives." WCBS TV.

Winner of the 1984 Tony Award for Best Play and the 2000 Tony Award for Best Revival.

Autumn Playwright Festival Schedule

Wednesday, October 17
Members-Only Pre-show Event 5:30pm $20
Members-Only opening night of The Real Thing with post-show Q&A 7:30pm $20

Thursday, October 18
The Real Thing with post-show Q&A 7:30pm $24/$20 Member

Friday, October 19
The Real Thing with post-show Q&A 7:30pm $24/$20 Member

Saturday, October 20
The Real Thing with post-show Q&A 7:30pm $24/$20 Member

Monday, October 22
Film - Shakespeare in Love 7:30pm $5

Tuesday, October 23
Stoppard Staged Readings/Discussion7:30pm Free

Wednesday, October 24
The Real Thing with post-show Q&A 7:30pm $24/$20 Member

Thursday, October 25
The Real Thing with post-show Q&A 7:30pm $24/$20 Member

Friday, October 26
The Real Thing with post-show Q&A 7:30pm $24/$20 Member

Saturday, October 27
The Real Thing with post-show Q&A 7:30pm $24/$20 Member

All events take place in the meeting hall theatre.

For tickets: 850.231.0733 or www.seasiderep.org

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savvytangerine savvytangerine avatar

savvytangerineBeach Fanatic30-A since before I could walk632 postsJoined Jul 5, '07View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Oct 12, '07 · 12:18 AM#2

I can't believe it is just around the corner! :blink:

Looking forward to it! :wave:

hoover_rc

hoover_rcBeach LoverOld Seagrove174 postsJoined Jul 19, '06View profile MessageBeach Lover

Oct 16, '07 · 1:06 PM#3

Hey everybody....

Just a reminder that THE REAL THING opens tomorrow night... It is a fantastic show unlike anything you've ever seen at the Rep... Smart, sexy, heartwarming and funny...

Jdarg

JdargSoWal Expert18,040 postsJoined Feb 15, '05View profile MessageSoWal Expert

Oct 16, '07 · 1:32 PM#4

:clap::clap::clap:

Can't wait!

Jdarg

JdargSoWal Expert18,040 postsJoined Feb 15, '05View profile MessageSoWal Expert

Oct 17, '07 · 10:29 PM#5

I was standing outside the Seaside Rep tonight when the play let out. Every single person that walked out that door was raving about this play.:clap:

I can't wait to see it!!

Miss Kitty Miss Kitty avatar

Miss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined Jun 10, '05View profile MessageMeow

Oct 18, '07 · 6:49 AM#6

I was standing outside the Seaside Rep tonight when the play let out. Every single person that walked out that door was raving about this play.:clap:

I can't wait to see it!!

Can we go some night next week? :wave:

Jennifer Steele Jennifer Steele avatar

Jennifer SteeleBeach Fanatic2282 Scenic 30A West1,472 postsJoined Jun 13, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Oct 18, '07 · 8:13 AM#7

I was standing outside the Seaside Rep tonight when the play let out. Every single person that walked out that door was raving about this play.:clap:

I can't wait to see it!!

Thanks to DargVader! He's the best running "crew" we've every had. Poor guy had to come out on stage pre-show and re-build the house of cards in front of a full house after someone (other than me) accidentally knocked it down! :clap:

Jdarg and Bdarg - thanks for making such a great kid! Love him!

goofer

gooferBeach Fanatic1,165 postsJoined Feb 21, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Oct 18, '07 · 4:12 PM#8

Mrs. G and I went to the opening night celebration. The pre-theater coctail party was funn and delicious. Now to the play......I give it 2 BIG THUMBS UP !! The acting was superb, as it always is, and Craig did fabulous directing. The Seaside Rep needs everyone's support. It is one of the great resources in our area. Just think if every member on this message board sent in $10, that would raise tens of thousands of dollars. Let's all do our part and send in a donation or better yet become a member. Let's not think the theater will always be here, because without local support it could disappear, which is something no one would want.

Jdarg

JdargSoWal Expert18,040 postsJoined Feb 15, '05View profile MessageSoWal Expert

Oct 18, '07 · 4:45 PM#9

Thanks to DargVader! He's the best running "crew" we've every had. Poor guy had to come out on stage pre-show and re-build the house of cards in front of a full house after someone (other than me) accidentally knocked it down! :clap:

Jdarg and Bdarg - thanks for making such a great kid! Love him!

Don't let him get too cocky. :lol: He had a blast last night.

I had no idea he could build a house of cards!

Jdarg

JdargSoWal Expert18,040 postsJoined Feb 15, '05View profile MessageSoWal Expert

Oct 18, '07 · 4:46 PM#10

Mrs. G and I went to the opening night celebration. The pre-theater coctail party was funn and delicious. Now to the play......I give it 2 BIG THUMBS UP !! The acting was superb, as it always is, and Craig did fabulous directing. The Seaside Rep needs everyone's support. It is one of the great resources in our area. Just think if every member on this message board sent in $10, that would raise tens of thousands of dollars. Let's all do our part and send in a donation or better yet become a member. Let's not think the theater will always be here, because without local support it could disappear, which is something no one would want.

Yea Goofer and Mrs. Goofer!!!:clap:

Jennifer Steele Jennifer Steele avatar

Jennifer SteeleBeach Fanatic2282 Scenic 30A West1,472 postsJoined Jun 13, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Oct 19, '07 · 9:33 AM#11

Several "Celebrity" sitings at the Rep last night...;-)

John R

John Rneeds to get out moreConflictinator6,782 postsJoined Dec 31, '05View profile Messageneeds to get out more

Oct 19, '07 · 9:35 AM#12

Several "Celebrity" sitings at the Rep last night...;-)

do tell.

Jdarg

JdargSoWal Expert18,040 postsJoined Feb 15, '05View profile MessageSoWal Expert

Oct 19, '07 · 1:39 PM#13

Several "Celebrity" sitings at the Rep last night...;-)

Yeah, Will called me at intermission.;-)

Jennifer Steele Jennifer Steele avatar

Jennifer SteeleBeach Fanatic2282 Scenic 30A West1,472 postsJoined Jun 13, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Oct 19, '07 · 1:58 PM#14

do tell.

You should know...you made their reservation...lucky 13 and her mister were some of the celebrities.

Jdarg

JdargSoWal Expert18,040 postsJoined Feb 15, '05View profile MessageSoWal Expert

Oct 19, '07 · 10:46 PM#15

What a fabulous play!! I enjoyed every minute- and the Q&A at the end was very interesting and fun. These actors are all a treasure. Everyone needs to go to this play AND stay afterwards and talk to these amazing people and their great director. We are very lucky to have such quality theater in our town.

Now here is my public apology- my cell phone rang during Act 2. :blush: Total embarrassment does not even begin to describe how horrible it was. The phone was turned off during the first act, then turned on at intermission to check for SOS messages from home, then chucked into my purse as I ran for my seat. The it rang. And rang and rang because I couldn't fing it in the black hole of my purse. I am writing this small because I feel about this big.

Now check the schedule at the top of this thread, buy some tickets, and go so we can all have a Tom Stoppard discussion!:clap:

Miss Kitty Miss Kitty avatar

Miss KittyMeow47,011 postsJoined Jun 10, '05View profile MessageMeow

Oct 19, '07 · 10:48 PM#16

What a fabulous play!! I enjoyed every minute- and the Q&A at the end was very interesting and fun. These actors are all a treasure. Everyone needs to go to this play AND stay afterwards and talk to these amazing people and their great director. We are very lucky to have such quality theater in our town.

Now here is my public apology- my cell phone rang during Act 2. :blush: Total embarrassment does not even begin to describe how horrible it was. The phone was turned off during the first act, then turned on at intermission to check for SOS messages from home, then chucked into my purse as I ran for my seat. The it rang. And rang and rang because I couldn't fing it in the black hole of my purse. I am writing this small because I feel about this big.

Now check the schedule at the top of this thread, buy some tickets, and go so we can all have a Tom Stoppard discussion!:clap:

😱...please tell me it wasn't me. I think it was. :shock: