April Showers Brings the Arts

If you live in the Orlando area, you are probably aware that today kicks off the unofficial festival season. April and May in Orlando is high season for all the arts festivals, with several film and theater festivals going on throughout these 2 months. Today, Playfest starts at the Orlando Shakespeare theater, with several readings and workshops going on for ten days. Next week the Florida Film Festival starts, probably the biggest film festival in the Orlando area. The Orlando Cabaret Festival starts April 30 at one of my favorite local theaters, the Mad Cow Theatre. Finally, the largest theater festival starts May 20, the Orlando Fringe Festival. The Fringe Festival also has its annual preview show April 12. Even if I do half of what I would like to, I'll still be very busy. See you at the theater!