Martin Childers Martin Childers

Sex, Lies, and Hollywood Dreams Collide in Craig Lucas’s Disturbing Shocker, ‘THE DYING GAUL,’ Now Playing at Island City Stage

Compromise your principles for the almighty dollar. Would you do it? How far would you go? What about the repercussions? … For yourself? Your family? Society at large? Nowadays, it feels like we’re confronted with this question daily – especially when it comes to actions taken by our government and industry leaders. Twenty-seven years ago, award-winning playwright and screenwriter/director Craig Lucas (best known for his 1991 Pulitzer-nominated “Prelude to a Kiss”) proposed this quandary, and a whole lot more, in THE DYING GAUL: a groundbreaking psychological thriller set in the high-stakes world of traditional Hollywood and nascent online chat rooms. 

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‘Skintight’ - A Perfect Fit

““Skintight” is about something. Actually, it’s about many things, all of which it manages excellently. It's about love versus lust, the strength of long-term relationships, family dynamics, and generational trauma, and yet there are plenty of laughs.”

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Martin Childers Martin Childers

‘SKINTIGHT’ SIZZLES AT ISLAND CITY STAGE

“While Skintight is a comedy, it is hardly fluff. In fact, it’s a mind exercising meditation on family, history, beauty, the nature of love, the power of attraction, our society’s obsession with youth, and how we teach our young that exterior appearances matter the most.”

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Martin Childers Martin Childers

Island City Stage, Gablestage, and Brévo Theatre Receive $250,000 Warten Foundation Grant to Produce Pulitzer Prize-Winning “Fat Ham” Play in South Florida

Island City Stage, Brevo Theatre & Gable Stage plan collaboration in 2025. Pictured at the check presentaiton: Jeff Potts, Gable Stage Managing Director, Zaylin Yates, Brevo Theatre Managing Director, Andy Rogow, Island City Stage Artistic Director, Clifford Cideko, The Warten Foundation President, John Hand, Warten Foundation Board Member, Randolph James ,Warten Foundation Board Member and Martin Childers, Island City Stage Managing Director.

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