JIM TOMMANEY

Jim Tommaney settled in South Beach in 1988 after a lifetime in Manhattan.  He helped spark the SoBe artistic renaissance as a conceptual artist, with eight one-man shows, primarily on Lincoln Road and in the Miami Art & Design District, and with two shows in Manhattan.  On a pro bono basis, he set up thirty shows for other artists, and promoted their work as an art critic for several local publications.

In April of 1995, Jim established EDGE Theatre on Espanola Way in South Beach, and ran it until July. 2000, producing fifty plays in the five-year period.  A third of these were by new playwrights, usually local, and an additional third were South Florida premieres of works by established playwrights, including Edward Albee and Tennessee Williams.  Jim has written seven full length plays and four one-act plays, and has published four books of poetry and three books of aphorisms.

His most recent play, "Antonio" ran in SoBe in Dec.-Jan. 2000, and was produced in an expanded version in Ft. Lauderdale in May, and brought back in late June for an encore  weekend.  It's been hailed as the best in EDGE's five-year history, with critics praising its "Shakespearean vigor" and its "other-worldly sweetness".  "Antonio" is a most unusual love story of two bi-sexual men and the women they love.

You can reach Jim at: 954-733-8735.

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