BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23133@goriverwalk.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T220000 DTSTAMP:20260602T135736Z URL:https://www.goriverwalk.com/greater-fort-lauderdale-events/island-city -stage-presents-light-switch SUMMARY:Island City Stage presents Light Switch DESCRIPTION:Meet Henry Sullivan - 27\, gay\, Autistic\, and completely ench anted by the sweeping romance of 19th-century British novels. He’s read Wuthering Heights 67 times\; dreamed every scene… but nothing in those p ages prepared him for the complexities of modern dating. Join Henry on his journey through love\, heartbreak\, identity\, and acceptance - navigatin g a world that doesn’t always understand him and learning to write his o wn kind of love story - in Island City Stage’s Florida premiere of Light Switch by Dave Osmundsen. Tickets are on sale now for the play running Ma y 21 – June 14.\n\nThis poignant coming-of-age story thoughtfully portra ys one remarkable young man's journey to find anything -- or anyone -- tha t lights up his heart the way 19th century romantic literature does. When Henry ultimately meets a potential match in Joseph\, he wonders if Joseph will be the one to “flip the switch.” Funny\, moving\, and profoundly relatable\, Light Switch captures the power of imagination\, the longing f or connection\, and the courage it takes to be truly seen.\n\nAutistic pla ywright Dave Osmundsen’s work explores the intersections of queerness an d neurodiversity. Light Switch received its world premiere with Spectrum T heatre Ensemble in April 2022. Light Switch was also the 2021 Distinguishe d Achievement recipient of the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award\, an H onorable Mention finalist for BAPF 2021\, longlisted for the Theatre503 In ternational Playwriting Award\, a finalist for the 2020 Carlo Annoni Playw riting Prize\, and a semi-finalist for the 2020 National Playwrights Confe rence. Osmundsen’s work has been seen and developed at KCACTF Region 8\, the Kennedy Center/NNPN MFA Playwrights Workshop\, B Street Theatre\, the William Inge Theatre Festival\, the Midwest Dramatists Conference\, Phoen ix Theatre Company\, Clamour Theatre Company\, Premiere Stages\, and more. He was one of two recipients of the Blank Theatre and Ucross Foundation's inaugural Future of Playwriting Prize. His one-act\, A Firework Unexplode d\, was a semi-finalist for the NYC Audio Theatre Writing Contest and was produced by Pint-Sized in London. His plays have been published by or are forthcoming in The Dionysian\, Canyon Voices\, Exposition Review and Broad way Play Publishing. MFA: Arizona State University.\n\nIsland City Stage ’s production of Light Switch is directed by theater veteran Michael Lee ds and stars Gage Callenius as Ezra\, Eric Gospodinoff as Joseph\, Larry T oyter as Roggie\, Irene Adjan as Marian\, and  Luis Roberto Herrera as Aa ron/Ken/Another Guy.\n\nLight Switch co-producers are Funding Arts Broward &\; Mark Loeser and the Opening Doors Charitable Trust\; Lights and So und Sponsor is Scott Bennett\; Talent Sponsors are Jim Morgan &\; Joe R odonis\; Costume Sponsors is Richard Meyerson\; and Set Sponsor is Glenn G oldberg. Additional funding is provided by the following: The Our Fund Fou ndation\, The Schubert Foundation Inc.\, the SHS Foundation\, the Warten F oundation\, and OutClique.\n\nIndividual show tickets start at $50. A Mimo sa Sunday performance sponsored by Misty Daniels will take place on May 31 . The show runs for one hour and 50 minutes with an intermission.\n\nFor m ore information and to purchase tickets\, visit www.islandcitystage.org\, call (954) 928-9800 or email boxoffice@islandcitystage.org. Follow Island City Stage on Facebook at facebook.com/IslandCityStage and on Instagram at @islandcitystage.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.goriverwalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2 026/05/light-switch.jpg CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Cultural,Theater LOCATION:Island City Stage\, 2304 N. Dixie Highway\, Wilton Manors\, FL\, 3 3305\, United States GEO:26.1572147;-80.13186309999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2304 N. Dixie Highway\, Wil ton Manors\, FL\, 33305\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Island City Stage:geo:26.1572147,-80.13186309999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR