Playwright

About the Playwright

Carol White, a Boca Raton, Florida resident, is a five time award-winning novelist, playwright and free-lance writer. Her essays, stories and columns have been published by The Sun Sentinel, Writers Journal, Insight for Playwrights, Working Writers, Woman’s World, The Florida Writer, and Senior Scene. She is a frequent fiction contributor to the East Hampton Star Newspaper. Carol is a long-standing member and officer of the National League of American Pen Women, and also belongs to the South Florida Theatre League, Florida Writers Association, Florida Mystery Writers, and is the Vice-President of the newly formed South Florida Branch of the Women’s National Book Association.

Carol’s short plays have been produced and staged in over 20 theatres around the country, including off and off-off-Broadway productions, and two one-woman shows in south Florida. Two of her full length award-winning plays have been produced by the South Florida Theatre League. As former Executive Producer for the Boca Raton Theatre Guild, Carol worked in every facet of the theatre for nearly a decade; from backstage dresser to producing short play festivals and full-scale musicals. She moderated a playwright critique workshop during that time, and also led a playwright/actors workshop at the Delray Beach Playhouse. She is currently working with Primal Forces Productions in Ft. Lauderdale and Delray Beach.

Below is a partial list of theatres where her plays have been accepted:

Jewel Box Theatre, NYC NY

Roy Arias Studio, NYC NY

American Globe Theatre, NYC NY

La Strada Theatre Ensemble, NYC and NJ

Stonzek Theatre, Lake Worth, Fl.

Willow Theatre, Boca Raton Fl.

Brown Couch Theatre Co., Chicago Il.

Camino Real Playhouse, San Capistrano, Ca.

Carrollwood Players, Tampa, Fl

“Hot from the Oven” Festival, Willoughby, Ohio

Lakeshore Players, White Bear Lake, Mn.

Little Fish Theatre –    Pick of the Vine One Act Series  Santa Ana, Ca

Pegasus Theatre, Middleboro, Mass.

Tallahassee Writers Association, Tallahassee, Fl.

Titlewave Productions

Playwrights’ Circle, Palm Springs, Ca.

Biefield Theatre, Boca Raton, Fl.

Voxx Humana, Wellington, Florida

Beth El Synagogue, Boca Raton, Fl.

Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano, Fl.

Main Street Players, Miami Lakes

Down in Front Theatre, Plantation, Fl.

Play Fest, Boone, N.C.

 

 

“Leaving Amelia” playwright and cast members L-R: Caroline Palmour as Amelia, Carol White, Playwright, Steven Strickland as Mason, Eboney Rouse as Ginger

Carol with “Any Minute Now” cast Steven Strickland (L) and Shaheed K. Woods (R)

Cast of “Any Minute Now” – Steven Strickland, Shaheed K. Woods

Goodby Charlie Cast

7 Easy Pieces Cast

Latest News

Carol is now working with the Primal Forces Production Company/Boca Raton Theatre Guild as a community organizer. She recently acquired 28 subscriptions for the fall/winter season at the Sol Theatre in Boca Raton.

Carol’s play Date Night will be performed by the Players Follies Group at The Players Backstage Theatre in Sarasota, Florida in November 2017. A perfect play for senior audiences – here is a quick synopsis:

Emily and Sam (both in their 50’s) are fixed up on a blind date. They’re off to a shaky start until they loosen up and begin to enjoy each other’s company. The cast breaks the fourth wall when they reveal their true feelings to the audience.

Carol’s play, Speed Date, will be produced by The Thalia Festival in June, 2017, off-Broadway, featuring all female playwrights, characters, and directors.

Carol’s ten minute play, A Perfect Stranger, will be produced this summer at Playfest in North Carolina.

Carol’s two-act play, Text M for Murder, was produced by Primal Forces as part of the South Florida Theatre League’s Summer Reading Program.

 

Past work

In June of 2013, I had the honor of having one of my full-length plays, “The Road to Remsenburg” chosen for production as part of the South Florida Theatre League’s Summer Theatre Fest series. Two of my other full-length plays have won awards from the Royal Palm Literary Awards, sponsored by the Florida Writers Association.

The Down in Front Theatre in Plantation  recently staged a show of seven of my short plays, and on February 2, 2014, the Beth El Synagogue in Boca Raton produced “Seven Easy Pieces” – another collection of my short plays.

Carol at the opening festivities at the new Wick Theatre in Boca Raton

Four of Carol’s short plays were accepted in 2014 by The Midtown International Festival and produced at The Jewel Box Theatre at 312 W. 36th Street, New York, N.Y. 10018, and The Roy Arias Studios Stage ll at 300 W. 43rd St. 4th fl., New York, NY 10036

All of these plays directed by Steven Strickland http://www.stevenstricklandonline.biz/

 

“A Woman of a Certain Age” has been accepted for production (Director: Steven Strickland) at Roy AriasStudios Stage  

 

Contact Carol for information if you’re interested in one of her productions for your group.

Broken Angels Cast

7 Easy Pieces Cast

Directing at the Sonzek

Goodbye Charlie Cast

 

 

Cast of “Any Minute Now” – Steven Strickland, Shaheed K. Woods

Carol with “Any Minute Now” cast Steven Strickland (L) and Shaheed K. Woods (R)

“Leaving Amelia” playwright and cast members L-R:
Caroline Palmour as Amelia, Carol White, Playwright, Steven Strickland as Mason, Eboney Rouse as Ginger

Carol has worked with Curtain Call Playhouse, and attended the opening of Liaisons Dangereuses at the Willow Theatre in Boca Raton. See below

 

 

 

 On October 21, 2014, Carol White was the guest speaker for the Women’s Club at the beautiful Horizon Club in Deerfield Beach, Fl. Dr. Myra Levick, Host.

The topic was writing the short play. Carol has written over thirty ten-minute plays, five of which have been produced off-Broadway, and many more around the country.

Celebrating with family in New York City after a performance of one of my plays, “Any Minute Now.”

Two of Carol’s plays will be produced by La Strada Ensemble in New Jersey and Manhattan, and directed by Thomas Ryan Ward. “Any Minute Now” is a prison drama with a twist, and “Speed Date” reveals how a single woman reinvents herself in one evening.

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“A Divided Duty,” a full-length play was accepted for production at the Roy Arias Theatre in Manhattan.

 

Set in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, a modern day “Othello” pits Charles and Jerry Tobias against each other in a tale of business, love, jealousy, and revenge. A simple plan goes awry when Nicole has a fatal accident. Is Jerry lying about everything? Are Nicole and Peter innocent? What won’t Marni reveal and how does Charles tie it all up?

At a Lynn University Theatre holiday party with fellow playwright. December 2014.

 

 

At Down in Front Theatre (Plantation, Florida) with playwright, Mike Vogel, for “March Madness.”

With Drama Department Executive, Desiree McKim At Wold Theatre at Lynn University (Boca Raton) for a play reading “Our Time”

Two of Carol’s plays will be produced by La Strada Ensemble in New Jersey and Manhattan, and directed by Thomas Ryan Ward. “Any Minute Now” is a prison drama with a twist, and “Speed Date” reveals how a single woman reinvents herself in one evening.

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As part of the South Florida Theatre League’s Summer Reading Series, Carol White’s full-length play, “Text M for Murder” will be produced by Primal Forces Productions on Monday, June 22, 2015 at 7:30 pm at the Bailey Contemporary Arts Center in Pompano Beach.   Directed by Genie Croft.   (photo with Genie Croft)

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One of Carol’s short plays, “A Perfect Stranger” is a finalist in the Cashiers Playgroup in N. C.

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Carol White’s play, “A Perfect Stranger” is part of the line-up of “Thirteen is Murder.” ( Barbara Fox  Productions) Mystery on the Menu at Empire Stage, Fort Lauderdale, for a series of short plays based on the number Thirteen.  July 13, 2015 – 7:00 p.m.