Bill Leavengood in the Press
Officially changed the company name from Hot Season Productions to 21st Century Playhouse. Two productions going up in December, 2021. The Sister-Mothers of Gulfport and The Azure Sky in Oz.
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Press
Drilled the Musical
“A broad, go-for-broke political satire, chock full of expert and very witty lyrics. Bill takes shots at all targets – to the right, to the left and in between – and the results are hilarious”.
Joe DiPietro,
Tony-Award winning writer and lyricist
Crossing The Bay
A romantic musical journey back to the early days of St. Petersburg. Book & Direction by Bill Leavengood. Music & Lyrics by Lee Ahlin. Musical Direction by Constantine Grame.
Lady Obscura
Lady Obscura by Bill Leavengood, directed by Chamila Priyanka, with Amber Paul and Grace Chim. Produced in NYC as part of The Inferno Project, Greed and Wrath. Presented By New Circle Theatre Company at the Chain Theatre 312 West 36th, 4th floor New York, NY 10018.
The Musical is rising once again this September
Webb’s City A concert staging at the Palladium shows why the legend of Webb’s endures. Written & Directed by Bill Leavengood. Music & Lyrics by Lee Ahlin. A vivid, fast-moving panorama about the history of St. Petersburg…
2017 Artist Fellowship
Creative Pinellas is excited to announce the recipients of its 2017 Artist Fellowships: Returning Artist Fellows: William Leavengood — Theatre/Playwriting. William Leavengood is a two-time O’Neill playwright and alumnus of Circle Repertory.
University of South Florida
Bill Leavengood joins the faculty of University of South Florida in Tampa as an Adjunct Professor of Playwriting. Instructor of Theatre
Special Topics in Theatre, Dramatic Writing.
Playwriting Award
Bill Leavengood is honored as the inaugural winner of the 2015 Southeastern Theatre Conference’s Innovative Instruction in Playwriting Award.
Standing Ovation
Review: Standing Ovation for St. Petersburg Opera Company’s WEST SIDE STORY. .. Music director Mark Sforzini and stage director Bill Leavengood have struck gold with their top-flight cast.
American Stage
American Stage Theatre Company announces the launch of a new playreading series. For its inaugural year, American Stage will focus on the works of St. Petersburg native, Bill Leavengood.
Best Playwright Bill Leavengood
…But the best work by a local playwright wasn’t produced here at all; it was shown up in New York at the Sanford Meisner Theatre. This was St.Petersburg scribe Bill Leavengood’s Little Mary, about an adolescent virgin who finds herself pregnant with seven fetuses..
They call him Broadway Bill
Meet Bill Leavengood. Discover another Tampa Bay Treasure: playwright Bill Leavengood. A St. Petersburg native and a theater teacher at Shorecrest Preparatory School. Leavengood has over time unveiled a series of intriguing plays, many of them centered on Florida life.
Meet Local Artists Who Create And Teach
Meet Local Artists Who Create And Teach Others How To Do The Same. …They find teaching up-and-coming artists to be every bit as important and fulfilling as their personal creative efforts…
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