Playwrights Round Table is a supportive, talented group of creative artists, primarily writers, actors and directors, committed to bringing new plays and ideas to the Central Florida stage and beyond. Interested in joining our ranks? Click here to pull up a chair at the round table. . Become a Member
Chuck R. Dent
A talented playwright, director, and actor, Charles currently serves as the President of PRT. Starting as an actor in PRT member plays in 2000, he has since had several plays of his own produced: The Dueler's Song (staged reading) in 2002, "Love in Falling" in 2004, "The World's Greatest Hypnotist" in 2005, and "The Monkey Suit" in 2008. He has also directed several plays for PRT, including the Telly Award-winning, Joseph Reed Hayes-written "West Farms.” He has also served as Producer and Artistic Director on several PRT productions since 2004. Outside of PRT he has performed around the Southeast and Midwest for over 25 years. When he's not involved in a show, Charles spends a lot of time with his other loves, nature photography and travel writing.
Top Of Page
Erik Morris
Erik is the Vice President of Playwrights Round Table and the current Head of Advertising (advertising@playwrightsroundtable.org). Since joining PRT in 2007, Erik has been involved in a number of shows, in a number of roles, including If I Were You (Doug), Therapy (Mitch) and Romeo and Juliet: Breathless (Mercutio). He has directed Romeo and Juliet: Breathless, The World's Greatest Hypnotist and The Monkey Suit. He also served as Tech Director on Red vs Blue (Summer Shorts XI). Erik received his B.A. in Theatre Design with honors from the University of South Florida's School of Theatre and Dance in 2003. From there he worked theatres as a freelance lighting, sound and scenic designer across the Midwest and Florida before landing back home in Central Florida.
Top Of Page
Kate Singleton
Kate has worked as an Actor, Director, Stage Manager, Box Office Manager, Acting Instructor, Costumer and more at the major theme parks and many other attractions and theatres in Central Florida, in addition to touring the United States with SAK theatre. She has written stand-up comedy, comedy sketches and several children’s plays that have been produced throughout the southeastern US. Most recently, Kate served as Stage Manager for Gramercy Theatre’s production of High School Musical, performed at the Orlando Rep in their production of I Never Saw Another Butterfly, and appeared at Mad Cow Theatre as Sybil in An Inspector Calls.
Top Of Page
Eric Kuritzky
Eric is primarily an actor when he's not serving on the Board, trained mostly through experience with different directors on various stages throughout Central Florida. He has participated in several PRT productions, including Summer Shorts and Launch in various plays, including his favorite, "West Farms", and as Monsignor Carroll in the Orlando Fringe Festival production of Mercy On The Canvas. He has also appeared in productions for Greater Orlando Actors' Theatre, Ice House Theatre in Mt. Dora, Theatre Downtown, and Osceola Players. His commercial and film credits include spokesman work for Motorola, Saturn, Larkin Hospital, an infomercial for financial software, and a role as a detective in the Oscar winning movie Monster (don’t blink).
Top Of Page
Larry Stallings
A longtime PRT member who has just recently taken the plunge and joined our Board, Larry has written twenty full-length and one-act plays, but feels most comfortable with the ten-minute play. He has written thirty of these short plays, and about half of them have been produced by theatre groups in Florida, New Jersey, Maryland and New York. In Minnesota, ten of his short plays were presented as Dating and Other Lies. For the Orlando Fringe Festival, Larry wrote Orlando Vigilante (with Marcie Schwalm) and Working Hard.
Top Of Page
John M. Goring
John was formerly the longtime President of Playwrights' Round Table, and it is his vision which guided the group for many years. He has authored many dramas, among them Emily Beringer and Touching Greatness, and premiered three of them at the annual Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival New PlayFest: Hammy Does Denmark, The Royal Baker, and Black and Blue. He has also composed music for several Florida Children's Repertory Theatre productions at the Orlando Broadway Theatre.
Top Of Page
Jack McGrath
Jack is a playwright, director and screenwriter living in Oviedo, Florida. He has also been an adjunct English Instructor at Seminole Community College in Sanford, Florida, and a web developer. Jack won the 2001 Florida Playwrights' Festival for his full-length play, House Rules. He has also won numerous other playwriting competitions around Florida as well, and a number of his short and full-length plays have seen production. Jack continues to be a prolific writer, currently preparing his full-length wartime drama Beyond the Tilting Cliffs for a soon-to-be-announced production.
Top Of Page
Dave Womble
Dave is a longtime member of PRT who has had a pair of plays produced by the group, including the quirky vampire tale "Cecil". His largest contributions (much-appreciated) are in his many designs and ideas for PRT's posters, flyers, programs, and website.
Top Of Page
Al Pergande
Al is a self-described frumpy, middle-aged writer who hangs out with the beautiful people of the Orlando Theater Scene. He has written and produced shows for Orlando Fringe, New PlayFest, and PRT, and writes for Ink19 magazine and the Orlando Weekly.
Top Of Page
Nicole A. Carson
An actress and playwright. In 1998 Nicole began work on her first play, “Wages," and has been writing plays and short stories based on her comically dark view of the world ever since. She has also been deeply involved in producing new works of other playwrights through Playwrights’ Round Table as an actress, director, and volunteer. Nicole is married to Brett P. Carson, an actor. Together they have two furry canine children, Bob Griese and Larry Csonka.
Top Of Page
|
