Michael McKeever News

PRIMARY STAGES will present additional programming for their Fall 2022 season, including readings, panels and talkbacks for their fall production peerless and the Creative Access Grant Recipients Reading Series.  

The Silver Palm Awards will be returning to The Addison of Boca Raton on October 17, 2022 at 6:30 p.m., when the recipients of this year's awards will be honored. The Silver Palms Awards were established in 2008, conceived to celebrate the work of theater artists who live in South Florida.

Zoetic Stage and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County present the Florida premiere of MLIMA'S TALE, a haunting and powerful exploration of the international underground ivory market told through the eyes of the elephant who was poached for the prized possessions.

PRIMARY STAGES' 38th Anniversary Gala will honor long-time collaborators Charles Busch and Carl Andress (The Confession of Lily Dare; The Tribute Artist) with the 2022 Einhorn Mentorship Award. The event will take place on Tuesday November 15, 2022, at 6pm at Sony Hall.

PRIMARY STAGES and 59E59 Theaters, in association with Jamie deRoy, has announced casting for peerless, by 2019/20 Tow Playwright-in-Residence Jiehae Park (Hannah and the Dread Gazebo) and directed by Margot Bordelon (... what the end will be). 

The Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s Theater & Arts Honors, HAS announced the recipients of the prestigious George Abbott Award and six Special Awards.

PRIMARY STAGES announced casting for On That Day in Amsterdam by Clarence Coo (People Sitting in Darkness) and directed by Zi Alikhan (The Boy Who Danced on Air). On That Day in Amsterdam will begin previews at 59E59’s Theater A on July 23, 2022, with opening night set for August 11 for a limited run through September 4, 2022.

Check out Ken Fallin's latest caricature of Davi Santos, Mia Matthews, and Derek Smith in Michael McKeever's Mr. Parker.

Mr. Parker, the new play by Michael McKeever (Daniel's Husband), directed by Joe Brancato with Davi Santos, Derek Smith and Mia Matthews, enjoyed its Off Broadway premiere performance on Monday night.  Check out the photos!

This season’s Theater Up Close series returns with five extraordinary productions, including two world premieres by Miami playwrights Michael McKeever and Vanessa Garcia, one Florida premiere and the regional premiere of Heidi Schreck’s Pulitzer and Tony Award nominated hit Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me. 

Check out photos of former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey attended the Sunday matinee performance of MR. PARKER and greeted the cast, playwright and director after the show.  

​Penguin Rep Theatre is presenting the Off-Broadway premiere of Mr. Parker, a new play written by Michael McKeever (Daniel’s Husband) and directed by Joe Brancato. Check out the first photos from the production.

The casts and creative teams have been assembled for Zoetic Stage’s second annual Finstrom Festival of New Work which will be co-presented with and hosted at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, live and in person in the Peacock Foundation Studio. The readings are free and open to the public.

Penguin Rep Theatre is presenting the Off-Broadway premiere of Mr. Parker, a new play written by Michael McKeever and directed by Joe Brancato.  View the first photos from the production!

Penguin Rep Theatre announced today the Off-Broadway premiere of Mr. Parker, a new play written by Michael McKeever and directed by Joe Brancato. Performances will begin Wednesday, June 1, 2022, for a limited engagement through June 25, 2022, at Theatre Row – Theatre 1 (410 West 42nd Street). Opening Night is Monday, June 6, 2022, at 7:00PM.

BWW Interview with Director Helen Exel of Nutley Little Theatre’s long awaited production of Michael McKeever’s “Clark Gable Slept Here.”

Nutley Little Theatre’s long awaited production of Michael McKeever’s “Clark Gable Slept Here,” directed by Helen Exel runs February 11th-February 26th. 

The Studio Players has announced the cast of Clark Gable Slept Here by Michael McKeever. This show will kicks off The Studio Players 10th Season! Show opens June 3rd - June 26, 2022

Palm Beach Dramaworks, unable to perform onstage for audiences for 21 months due to the pandemic, begins its season of renewal on December 3 (8pm) with the world premiere of Michael McKeever’s The People Downstairs, a commissioned play that tells the story of the courageous souls who hid Anne Frank and seven others during the Holocaust.

Due to production issues, The Studio Players has replaced their June, 2022 show All New People with CLARK GABLE SLEPT HERE by Michael McKeever.