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Sarasota theater behaving itself? Absolutely not. 🎭 Urbanite Theatre’s **Modern Works Festival** is where new plays get to be bold, messy, funny, uncomfortable and wonderfully unfinished. At the Sept. 26 reading of ***Conversations by the Beach* by Mantra Radhakrishnan**, three women — a mother and her two daughters — move through 20 years, five beaches and the complicated aftermath of losing the family patriarch. And this is not tidy grief. It is funny, tense, emotional, liberating and layered with all the things families say, don’t say and carry for years. The use of Bharatanatyam-inspired movement adds another dimension, giving the story a sense of memory and emotion that goes beyond dialogue. That is what made the reading so compelling: no giant set, no theatrical smoke and mirrors, just strong writing, talented actors and a family story with plenty of emotional sand between its toes. Urbanite’s Modern Works Festival reminds us that some of the most exciting theater happens before everything is polished. A little messy. A little unpredictable. And much more interesting. #UrbaniteTheatre #ModernWorksFestival #ConversationsByTheBeach #SarasotaArts #SarasotaTheatre #NewPlays #WomenInTheatre #FamilyBeautiful #SarasotaCulture
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Urbanite’s Modern Works Festival Is Theater Before It Learns to Behave

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Sarasota theater behaving itself? Absolutely not.
Art & Theater

Tea TIME Urbanite Theatre Review: One Kettle, Several Feelings and a...

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Tea TIME at Urbanite Theatre: Steeped in Wit, Silliness and the Courage to Stay Our Tea TIME Urbanite...
The Modern Works Festival returns to Urbanite Theatre September 17–27, 2026, with two lively weeks of bold new plays, fearless female voices and stories that are still fresh enough to surprise everyone—including the playwrights.
Art & Theater

Urbanite Modern Works Festival 2026 Returns to Sarasota

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Urbanite Theatre’s Modern Works Festival Is Back—and It Has Plenty to Say The Modern Works Festival returns to...
Urbanite Theatre Season 13 brings bold new plays, the Modern Works Festival, regional premieres, comedy, and powerful storytelling to Sarasota in 2026-27
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Garbage Routes, Telephone Wars, and Theatrical Fireworks: Urbanite Theatre Season 13...

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Urbanite Theatre Unveils a Bold and Provocative Season 13 Sarasota's daring black box theatre continues its tradition of...
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The Woman Behind the Legend: Eartha Kitt’s Extraordinary Journey Comes Alive...

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Urbanite Theatre’s Who Is Eartha Mae? Brings the Woman Behind the Legend, Eartha Kitt to Life There are...
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