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Program, Delicious Nut, 2012
Ross Marks, Studio at 620, Bob Devin Jones, Karleigh Chase, Roxanne Fay, Bob Heitman, Drew Smith, David Warner, Ian Muentener, Chris Jackson, Giles Davies, Nick Hinckley, and Josh Brown
Delicious Nut" is a painfully funny, compassionate, sometimes explosive look at a diverse group of characters at an in-patient psych ward. Their very humanity is tested during a single group therapy session. Joseph Landsman (played by David Warner) is a psychiatric counselor at the ward, specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy, which says mind can control mood. However, Joe may be in more need of counseling than his own patients who represent a wide variety of conditions. Roxanne Fay plays Irene who, though she suffers from Alzheimer’s, still maintains her humor about her life. Leon (played by Robert Heitman) suffers from severe clinical depression; underneath his pain is a man of great dignity and warmth. Karleigh Chase plays Angela who is beautiful, schizophrenic, and desperately in need of love. Chip (played by Drew Smith) lives in a set of circumstances which have made his life unbearable; he is disappearing before his own eyes. This group finds themselves thrown together in need of help emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. In the end, the human spirit triumphs as patients and therapist touch and are touched by each other.
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Program, Alphabet of Art, 2012
Mary Stenov, Studio at 620, Raphael Levchin, Nazarre Merchant, Vitaly Rakhman, Vitaly Komar, Victor Peppard, Tanya Storch, and Eckerd College
Featuring work by 34 artists from 7 different countries and 20 cities, Alphabet of Art is more than an exhibition of fine and innovative modern art-it takes the viewer to a new level of consciousness in its examination of the visual importance of letters, numbers, and music, integreating them with other images, creating works where different ideas, principles and approaches to art meet. A truly international exhibit about building global understanding and peaceful communication, Alphabet of Art attempts to identify the motives which compel artists to go beyond traditional boundaries. This exhibition has garnered international attention, traveling to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia and a copy is presently touring Australia. It opened last year in Philadelphia and now is here in St. Petersburg, Florida. "The most interesting things appear at the intersection of genres, the most dynamic systems are balanced at the edge of dissolution and stagnation, the best books tell of a miracle. The language of words, sounds, outlines, colors, intimations, mysteries pulls us forward."--Raphael Levchin, artist. View Levchin's art along with the other artists and read their words about how they see the world and how they create their own worlds.
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Program, Uncle Bends, 2011
Bob Devin Jones, Studio at 620, Chris Jackson, Nick Hinckley, Joshua Brown, Rick Tetrault, Jessica Thonen, and Steven K. Mitchell
A home-cooked negro narrative written and performed by Bob Devin Jones. For over a quarter of a century Bob has been playwright, director, and actor, having recently co-starred in American Stage's production of "Driving Miss Daisy" as well as directing his 6th production of "Black Nativity" held at The Palladium Theatre. His plays have been performed at regional theaters across the United States and in Ireland. Bob is the producing artistic director of The Studio@620.
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Program, Intimate Collaborations: 2nd Season, 2011
Bob Devin Jones, Studio at 620, David Rogers, Larry Rachleff, Lisa Powers, Paul Wilborn, Samuel Barber, Clay Ellerbroek, Alfred Gratta, and Coralette Damme
The Florida Orchestra and The Studio@620 present the second season of "An Intimate Collaboration", a series of entertaining and seriously fun happenings right in our own back yard. "An Intimate Collaboration II: The World We Live In" takes place on a Wednesday evening in January, March and May 2011. Occurring once each month, each evening will feature performances based on a theme. All events begin at 7:00 pm at The Studio@620. Reservations are accepted by phone at 727-895-6620 as seating is limited. Suggested donation of $10 payable at the door.
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Program, Boxed and Bound, 2011
Lisa Lippincott, Studio at 620, Hank Hine, Ed Ruscha, Joan Mitchell, W. H. Auden, Mark Twain, and Richard Tuttle
The Studio@620 Presents Boxed and Bound: From the Workshop of Hank Hine", an interactive celebration of small-edition, hand-printed art books from the workshop of Dalí Museum director Hank Hine, accompanied by live readings, spoken word recordings, and projection. Includes works by Ed Ruscha, Joan Mitchell, Richard Tuttle and others paired with writing by the likes of Mark Twain and W.H. Auden. The core of this exhibition focuses on the mating of artwork with words, and we invite you to participate with your own submissions
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Program, Seven Deadly Players, 2011
Stephen Riordan, Studio at 620, Mark E. Leib, Christopher Rutherford, Dahlia Legault, Greg Milton, Allen Loyd, Jessica Thonen, Casey Malone, Karla Hartley, Jonathan Carter, Rachel Prather, Jacob Stewart, Samuel French, Bill Duggan, Andi Matheny, Andrew Deeb, and Bob Devin Jones
"When the opportunity presented itself all of these years later to explore not the act of sin, but more importantly the behaviors we crazy kids present when dealing with each other on, a daily basis, the Seven Deadlies beacame a consistent resource as to why we do what we do. Not because I necessarily believe in the Dogma. However the more we delve into why we do what we do, what are the causes, and what is the outcome, there are interesting and familiar outcomes. With that said, who are we to be defining the sins of others? I don't know the answer but I've had such fun trying to decipher the what's and the why's. In the first two stories in the series we will be exploring the definitions of Envy and Greed. More accurately we will be asking the question, can these words be truly and clearly defined at all?"-Stephen Riordan
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Program, The Studio Honors, 2011
Studio@620, Dundu Dole Urban African Drummers, Al May, Ozanda Gray, Sharon Scott, Bob Devin Jones, Peter Meinke, Goliath Davis, Dennis Lehane, Pat Mason, Nate Najar, Sharon Scott, John Prendergast, Monica Raymund, Alizza Punzalan, Goliath Davis, Dennis Lehane, Patricia Mason, John Prendergast, Monica Raymund, Robin O'Dell, Amber Brinkley, and Duncan McClellan
"The 2011 Studio Honors is The Studio@620's signature fundraiser recognizing excellence in our community sustaining creativity. The Studio Honors has its roots in our prestigious Social Justice Pioneer Awards, which in prior years honored some of the most influential people of our age: John Hope Franklin, Susan Sarandon, John Lewis, Herb Snitzer, and Ray Arsenault. In 2010, we gave a single award to one of the premier jazz musicians in the world our own hometown favorite, trombonist Buster Cooper. This year, The Studio@620 widens its aperture to honor individuals who have contributed to the intellectual, artistic, economic, social, and cultural aspects in our community and the larger world of which we are a part.
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Program, The Men, 2010
Christian Couture, Studio at 620, Bob Devin Jones, Herman Home, Daniel Harris, Stephen Riordan, Greg Milton, Greg Doherty, Andy Orrell, Jonathan Irion, Chase Adin, Jorge Acosta, Nick White, Nick Hinckley, and Armando Hernandez
The Studio@620 is proud to announce the World Premier of The Men by Christian Couture. This riotous, campy, laugh out loud, MATURE comedy is being directed by Bob Devin Jones as part of the Golden Ticket Theatre Series.
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Program, The Vagina Monologues, 2010
Eve Ensler, Studio at 620, Beth Tumarkin, Cassie Alderman, Marie Chapman, Susan Hegner, Ann Scott, Karen Witham, Soledad Loba, Meena Saxena, Brandy Grant, Janet Clarke, Janice Carney, Cassie Alderman, Charlotte Olson, Laurel Turner, and Dramatists Play Service
Please join us on Friday, February 5th, at 7:00 p.m., for The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, presented by the UUC Players. This funny, moving, and thoroughly entertaining play explores women's feelings about their bodies and their sexuality. This production, for one night only, is a co-fundraiser between the Studio@620 and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Clearwater. A portion of the proceeds will also go to The Haven, the domestic abuse shelter serving Pinellas county.
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Program, Image Maker Amateur Film Festival, 2010
Jon Faiell, Studio at 620, Thomas Hallock, Alice Ferrulo, Laszlo Horvaith, Carl Zimmerman, Larry Donahue, Abby Browner, Lynn Buttenbusch, Nick Rua, Tony Ahedo, Ryan Zarra, and Jeff Nitzberg
The Studio@620 invites you to “Image Maker Amateur Film Festival," a project initiated by USF Graduate Studies Intern Jon Faiell. After weeks of accepting and reviewing submissions, our panel of judges have fine tuned their selections and will present awards to winners during the screening of the highest ranking films on Friday May 14, 2010. Image Maker is a festival for new and fresh visions from amateur image-makers who have previously used venues such as You Tube, Facebook and other interactive sites as outlets for expression. The emphasis of this festival is to highlight emerging film makers who are not presently working as professionals within the film industry.
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Program, Look Tonight, 2010
Erin Fletcher, Studio at 620, Erik Wagner, Helen Hansen French, Selena Ambusch, Travis Mesman, and Amy L'Eon Aeschbach
Erin Fletcher, Hellen Hansen-French, and Erik Wagner, in association with The Studio@620, invite you to "Look Tonight", a dance/theater work exploring glamour and the roles that it plays in contemporary American culture. This unique original performance combines the best of spoken theater with the movement of dance for a creation that will really make you want to "Look Tonight"!
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Program, Social Justice Awards Gala, 2010
Bob Devin jones, Studio at 620, Buster Cooper, Darryl Rouson, Erich Henegar, Becky Nielsen, Una Voce, Banyan Coffee and Tea Company, Eric Allums, Ellen Auger, Paul Wilborn, Steve Kornell, Nate Najar, Sharon Scott, and Herb Snitzer
The honor of your presence is requested at The Studio@620's 6th Anniversary Celebration and Social Justice Awards Gala to be held on Sunday June 20 at 6:20 PM. This evening serves to honor local jazz trombonist Buster Cooper as we present him with the 2nd Annual Justice Pioneer Award. Cooper, a St. Petersburg native and a graduate of Gibbs High School Class of 1947, has a legendary career having played at the Apollo Theater as well as with such figures as Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington.
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Program, Long Day's Journey into Night,2010
Eugene O'Neill, Studio at 620, Pinellas County Center for the Arts, Keven Renken, Donna Grabill, Samuel French, Jacob Stewart, Amelia Johns, Ian Gonzalez-Muentener, Alex Whittenberg, and Jessica Bennett
The Studio@620 welcomes the Pinellas County Center for the Arts and Gibbs High School as they present "Long Days Journey Into Night" by Eugene O'Neill. The play, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the Tony Award for Best Play, tells the story of the Tyrone family over the course of one day as they confront their own and each others personal demons, particularly the re-occurrence of matriarch Mary Tyrone's addiction to morphine. Come watch and support this very unique venture wherein a teacher of theatre (Keven Renken, the chairman of the theatre department at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA) at Gibbs High School) is acting in a production with his students (the actors playing the sons and the actress playing the maid are all students of Renken's at PCCA) - the hope being that if they learn by academic contact in the classroom, they will learn even more about their art by getting up on their feet and doing it with their teacher.
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Program, Shel's Shorts, 2010
William J. Stribling, Studio at 620, Dramatists Play Service Inc., Audrey Gladson, Alexandra Jennings, Tabitha Perez, Dagny Sanson, Anna Wallace-Deering, Ben Falk, Jordan Gray, Blaine Krauss, Ryan McLaughlin, Bekka Walker, Alexander Whittenberg, George Kielty, Samuel French, and Anthony Gervais
William J. Stribling (Director) is a junior at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Film/Television Production. A St. Petersburg native and a 2008 graduate of the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (Musical Theatre Eikon Winner), Stribling is no stranger to The Studio@620. Though he now works primarily behind the scenes, Stribling has performed in numerous local plays and musicals. Favorite roles include Marc in Art by Yasmina Reza (Studio@620), Cornelius in Hello, Dolly! (PCCA), John Proctor The Crucible (PCCA), Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream (8 O'Clock Theater), Lockstock in Urinetown: The Musical (Palladium). In the Fall, Stribling will be spending the semester abroad in Dublin, Ireland to participate in a screenwriting intensive through NYU Tisch.
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Program, Coming of Age in America, 2010
Studio@620, Don Strobel, Dave Ellis, Jovica Millic, Dana Nielsen, Herb Snitzer, Atoyia Deans, Domonic Eaves, Mark Aeling, Catherine Woods, JoAnna Zelano, Zala Taylor, Michelle A. John, John Harte, Jeff Henriquez, Ray Arsenault, Peyton Jones, and Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and Progress Energy
This exhibition brings together diverse groups of people, spans the gulfs of age and ethnicity, honors experience and encourages collaboration. Its goal: to develop a fresh cultural awareness among both the artists and the audience while giving opportunities for creative growth and sharing among the participants. On display are a variety of creative media including sculpture, architecture, photography, painting, video, and literature including both collaborative works by the emerging/elder artist teams plus additional works by the established senior artists.
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Program, Edge: The Story of Silvia Plath, 2009
Paul Alexander, Studio at 620, Method Machine Productions, 20@620, Marcy J. Savastano, David Henderson, Glenn Grieves, and Matt Everett
Edge is set on the last day of the poet Sylvia Plath’s life, in her kitchen, and reflects on her childhood, her husband-poet Ted Hughes, and her work.Plath takes account of her actions as well as the actions of others and uses them to fuel her tragic flaw: passion.
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Program, 620 Gospel Brunch, 2009
Dundu Dole Urban African Ballet, Studio@620, Unity A Capella Gospel Ensemble, Aleshea Harris, Sharon Scott, Sofía Forte's Catering, Custom Concepts, and Carter G. Woodson Museum
Grits are on the stove. The only question is are they simmering or bubbling? They are definitely bubbling as the Studio celebrates the first of its five anniversary events. Grab your hat and gloves and come to the beautiful gardens at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum. We will be spotlighting talent from our diverse community including Sharon Scott, Aleshea Harris, Dundu Dole Urban African Ballet, Unity A Capella Gospel Ensemble and more!
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Program, Portraiture: In Three Movements, 2009
Alice Ferrulo, Studio@620, Black Horse Theatre, Thomas Murray, Donna Sweigart, Rogerio Martins, Edward Favara, and Jonathon Haberer
A solo performance art piece inspired by a series of portraits First Name Only by fine artist ThomasMurray revealing the harrowing complexities of the character of Olivia witness her journey
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Program, God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, 2009
James Weldon Johnson, Studio@620, The Tampa Bay Writers Network, Buster Cooper, Trenia Byrd Cox, James E. Tokley Sr., John Conlon, Aleshea Harris, Sharon Scott, Louis M. Murphy, LeRoy Mitchell, Julie Buckner Armstrong, Vikki Gaskin-Butler, Florida Humanities Council, the University of South Florida, Timm Metler, Melanie Marquez, Sudsy Tschiderer, and WMNF
The Tampa Bay Writers Network (TBWN) will join the Studio@620 to celebrate the life, art, and activism of Florida Native James Weldon Johnson with a dramatic performance of his important poetic work, God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. The date honors Black History Month and commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the NAACP. Johnson served as the organization's Executive Secretary from 1920 to 1930.
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Program, Romeo & Juliet, 2009
Bob Devin Jones, Studio@620, Desmond J. Clark, Patricia Kelley, Alice Ferrulo, Lynne Locker, Benjamin Verhulst, Richard Agan, Timm Mettler, T. Scott Wooten, John Conlon, Audrey Love, Matt Huffman, David Boynton, Alvard Van Graan, Johnny Thomass III, Giles Davies, Brandii, Jorge Acosta, Bonnie Agan, Nick White, Andy Orrell, Julie Rowe, Kevin Lane, Joe McCue, Syrena Thompson, Sharon Scott, Gregory Paul Milton, and Velva Lee Heraty
Join The Studio@620 for a production of the timeless "Romeo and Juliet". Enjoy a take on the Shakespearean classic done as only 620 can, directed by Bob Devin Jones Featuring T. Scott Wooten as Romeo Montague and Brandii as Juliet Capulet
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Program, Just As I Am: The Life, The Times, The Voice of Mahalia Jackson, 2009
Bob Devin Jones, Studio@620, Sharon E. Scott, Steve Garland, Ozanda W. Gray Jr., Glenn Grieves, Saida Ben Judah, Joe Oshry, Richard Agan, Benjamin Verhulst, Timm Mettler, Desmond Clark, and Andy Orrell
Just As I Am: The Life, The Times, The Voice of Mahalia Jackson is local and acting legend Sharon Scott's new musical about the life and times of preeminent gospel singer Mahalia Jacson. Widely regarded as the gospel singer of all time and one of the most powerful voices ever, Jackson was the first performing artist in history to receive a Grammy Award for Gospel Music. This inspiring musical follows Jackson's rise to fame while dealing with her struggles in the segregated South of the early 20th Century.
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Postcard, The Wild Party, 2008
Michael John LaChiusa, Studio at 620, George C. Wolf, and Joseph Moncure March
This cutting-edge musical erases the line between audience and action.This production by freeFall Theatre Company, directed by Artistic Director Eric Davis, will immerse the audience in the boisterous and decadent world of 1920's Manhattan by erasing the line between audience and action. The entire venue will become the playing space as the audience sits inside the set, among the cast of fifteen talented professional actor/singers. Each show will be prefaced with a social hour where audience members are invited to mingle, relax, and become part of the party.
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Program, Barrymore, 2009
William Luce, Studio@620, Bob Devin Jones, Bob Heitman, Gregory Paul Milton, Jessica Greene, Timmothy Metler, Jeffrey James Skatzka, T. Scott Wooten, Richard Agan, Jim Howell, Marilyn Heitman, Frank Baptie, and Kevin Lane
Barrymore is a one-person by William Luce which depicts John Barrymore a few months before his death in 1942 rehearsing a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph as Richard III. Barrymore's attempted revival of his Richard III never actually took place and was a device that was invented for the play, but it served as a dramatic framework for the actor to reminisce about various episodes in his life and about his career downslide due to alcoholism, his abandonment of the theatre and the squandering of his talents in the pursuit of fame, greed, and dissipation.
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Program, High Five@ The Studio@620
St. Petersburg Clay Company, Studio at 620, Bob Devin Jones, The Spaghetti Quartet, and Lance Rogers
St. Petersburg Clay Company hosts this live auction of works from a distinguished list of community artists: Craig Kaths, Catherine Woods, BASK, Billy Dunn, Kate Cummins, Thomas U. Gessler, Bluelucy, Tom McCarthy, Sarah Gail Hutcherson, T.W. Curtis, Paul Eppling, Mark Aeling, Babs Reingold, Cindy P$nnyer Arriola, Timm Mettler, Judith Salmon, Doris Connor, Claudia Strano, Marina Williams, Dominique Labauvie, K.C. Brady, Myron M. Hansen, Girard Louis Drouillard, James Michaels, Eric J. Higgs, Lance Rodgers, Charlie Parker, Duncan McClellan, Brian Ransom, Neverne Covington, Chad Mize, Kevin Brady, Herb Snitzer and Carol Dameron. Pane Rustica will provide delicious food and drink, and The Spaghetti Quartet's music enlivens this festive fundraiser to benefit the Studio. Live auction by Lance Rodgers.
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Program, Social Justice Pioneers Awards Gala, 2009
Studio@620, Ray Arsenault, John Lewis, Susan Sarandon, John Hope Franklin, Dundu Dole Urban African Ballet, Aleshea Harris, Sharon Scott, Nate Najar, Mickett/Stackhouse Studio, Tom Pritchard, Duncan McClellan, and Timm Mettler
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