Original Theater in Ancient City St. Augustine Fest Features Works of Florida Playwrights

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Byline: Ivette M. Yee, Times-Union staff writer

ST. AUGUSTINE -- Jacksonville's Brian Devinney wrote a catchy line on a napkin and stuffed it in his coat pocket. That line (which can't be repeated in a family newspaper) grew into a play called Strange Poison, and it makes its theatrical debut this weekend at the Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine. It's part of the third annual Florida Playwrights' Festival.

Strange Poison is a story about two city slickers who take turns knocking off the annoying people in their lives. It will be performed Thursdays through Saturdays until July 20. The Bitter Prince, an original adaptation of a Japanese folktale by St. Augustine's Pamela Shook, takes the stage …