140 Tampa Avenue West
Venice
FL 34285
“The Sore Loser”
An Original Comedy by Hermitage Major Theater Award Winner
Madeleine George
Presented in partnership with Venice Theatre
The Hermitage Major Theater Award is made possible with generous support from Flora Major and the Kutya Major Foundation.
Monday, December 9 at 7:30pm
Venice Theatre (entrance at 140 Tampa Avenue West, Venice, FL 34285)
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Registration is required. $5 per person.
Following a successful presentation in New York, the Hermitage is excited to invite Gulf Coast audiences to experience the first regional showing of The Sore Loser, the new commission from Madeleine George, directed by Mack Brown. A Faustian comedy set in a bowling alley, this story promises to bring the competitor (and the laughs) out of us all. The Sore Loser is a comedy about power, domination, and the death of the patriarchy… as told through a small-town bowling tournament. Presented in partnership with Venice Theatre.
Madeleine George is the first recipient of the Hermitage Major Theater Award. Her plays include Hurricane Diane (Obie Award), The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (Pulitzer Prize finalist; Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award), Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Susan Smith Blackburn finalist), Precious Little, and The Zero Hour (Jane Chambers Award, Lambda Literary Award finalist). Honors include the Hermitage Major Theater Award, the Lilly Award, the Princess Grace Award, and a Whiting Award. Madeleine’s translation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters premiered at Two River Theater in 2022, and her audio adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For was released by Audible Originals in 2023. Madeleine has written on shows for FX and HBO, and she’s been a writer/producer on all four seasons of the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated mystery-comedy Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. Since 2006, she has worked with the Bard Prison Initiative at Bard College, where she currently serves as Director of Admissions.