Curtain Up
Caldwell Calls New $10 Million Theatre Home
By Jonathan Wemette
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Why are these two men smiling?
Because Caldwell Theatre Company artistic director Michael C. Hall has a brand
new $10 miilion theatre, and playwright Michael McKeever has a new play
premiering there next month. |
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“Who knows why this got painted pink,” Michael Hall muses
as he passes through one of the Caldwell’s new brightly-colored backstage
corridors. “Basically, we’re doing [a color scheme of] yellow and—Hey, how you
doing?” He interrupts himself to greet a haggard-looking man carrying a ladder,
but the meeting is brief. “Work!” he bellows as the man and his ladder pass by.
The sense of urgency is understandable. At this moment, the
first preview of Doubt: A Parable is a little over a week away, and it
isn’t just the South Florida premiere of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play; it’s
also the inaugural production of the Caldwell Theatre Company’s brand new $10
million, 30,000-square-foot home, the Count de Hoernle Theatre. And as the
co-founder and artistic director of Caldwell, not to mention the director of
Doubt, Hall has a lot on the line.
His energy isn’t panicked, though. He seems more like a
homeowner going through last minute touch-ups before the guests arrive for a big
party. “It was worse about three months ago,” Hall admits, “when it was like,
‘Are we going to make it?’” |
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