[As published in West Palm Beach Magazine's Fall 2022 print edition.]
It is not a mystery that culture plays an important role in the life of a community. And in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Dramawoks’ New Year/New Plays Festival has a major role in South Florida's cultural life.
It is not a mystery that culture plays an important role in the
life of a community. And in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
Dramawoks’ New Year/New Plays Festival has a major role
in South Florida’s cultural life.
“So, is it about who you know?” I ask William Hayes, producing
artistic director of Palm Beach Dramaworks as we enter the
theater’s executive office on Clematis Street. The space is like
a small elegant dining room, whose walls have been turned
into a gallery with pictures of all their past plays. Hayes turns
and continues our conversation about how playwrights develop
and sell their plays to theaters. “No,” he says with a smile. “In
the theater, it is who you develop your script with.” I nod, the
thought making logical sense to me. Read more . . .