Selling over a record-breaking 20,000 tickets, Million Dollar Quartet must close on January 20. This explosive and energetic production kicked off FST's Mainstage season with a roar. Producing their largest theatre season to date, FST opened all five of its theatre spaces to full capacity before January. Running as many as 11 shows in just one day, FST also launched their inaugural Children's Theatre series and revived the Stage III series.
FST's Stage III series opens with Stalking The Bogeyman, adapted by Markus Potter and David Holthouse. Based on true events, this chilling drama is the first production in the return of Florida Studio Theatre's Stage III Series.
Studio Theatre is pleased to announce the final extension of Million Dollar Quartet through January 15 in the Gompertz Theatre. This explosive and energetic production brings audiences up close to some of music's biggest icons, before they were stars. Subscriptions are still available to see four shows for as little as $59.
Bringing audiences out of their comfort zone and to the edge, Florida Studio Theatre will be reviving its Stage III subscription series for the 2016-17 season. This three show subscription begins with the chilling drama, Stalking the Bogeyman. The second production will be the gripping Gidion's Knot, followed by the poignant one-woman play Grounded. A subscription to all three Stage III shows may be purchased for as little as $39. Tickets can be purchased online at www.floridastudiotheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at (941) 366-9000.
Florida Studio Theatre presents the gritty and thought provoking Relativity by Mark St. Germain, a National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere. Dedicated to the presentation of challenging and unique productions, FST's Stage III Program presents Relativity running for a limited engagement from June 22 through July 2 in the Keating Theatre. Tickets are available online or by calling the box office at (941) 366 - 9000.
The National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 59th NNPN Rolling World Premiere (RWP): Relativity by Mark St. Germain. The Roll includes NNPN Core Members Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota, FL, June 24-July 2) - which originally commissioned the play - and Riverside Theatre (Iowa City, IA, March 31-April 15, 2017), as well as Associate Members Taproot Theatre Company (Seattle, WA, March 26-April 29, 2017) and Northlight Theatre (Skokie, IL, May 11-June 18, 2017).
FST has announced the winning plays of this year's Young Playwright's Festival. For 25 years, FST has honored thousands of young playwrights from all around the world through the WRITE A PLAY(WAP) program. Over the course of the 2015-2016 season, FST received plays written by over 3,600 young playwrights, aged 5-18. This year's winning plays will be presented in Imagination Adventures which is now playing through May 27 in FST's Keating Theatre. Tickets are $6. Please contact WRITE-A-PLAY Coordinator Patrick A. Jackson at (941) 366-9797 for tickets, show times, or other questions.
Florida Studio Theatre announces its annual Richard and Betty Burdick New Play Reading Series, which will present three new staged readings by contemporary American playwrights.
FST's Stage III series returns with NY NAME IS ASHER LEV, written by Aaron Posner and adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok. It will have a limited engagement beginning tonight, March 9, running through March 27, 2016 in the Keating Theatre.
Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF invites audiences to a shared festival of staged readings of two new plays, The Luckiest People and Dark Damocloid, at the Florida New Play Reading Tour on March 19, 2016.
FST's Stage III series returns with NY NAME IS ASHER LEV, written by Aaron Posner and adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok. It will have a limited engagement beginning March 9 running through March 27, 2016 in the Keating Theatre.
Produced for the first time ever south of the Mason Dixon Line, Richard Strand's Butler opens in Florida Studio Theatre's Keating Theatre on December 11, 2015. This SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PREMIERE presents audiences with a unique perspective of the imagined conversations behind closed doors during one of the most significant times in American history. Subscriptions for all four Mainstage shows can be purchased for as little as $59 online at FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000, or by visiting the Box Office.
Produced for the first time ever south of the Mason Dixon Line, Richard Strand's Butler opens in Florida Studio Theatre's Keating Theatre on December 11, 2015. This SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PREMIERE presents audiences with a unique perspective of the imagined conversations behind closed doors during one of the most significant times in American history. Subscriptions for all four Mainstage shows can be purchased for as little as $59 online at FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000, or by visiting the Box Office.
Playwright, Rich Orloff, will be in residence at Florida Studio Theatre from November 8 through the 13. His play, Chatting with the Tea Party, was part of the Burdick Reading Series in 2013 and has had previous readings. FST has hosted Orloff for several in-house readings and workshops over the past few years to help develop shows such as Shedding Light, Guy Stuff, Jennifer's Birth, Pool Party, and Come Again.
Florida Studio Theatre is seeking compelling short plays and sketches for inclusion in the annual New Play Festival during the spring. These scripts will be reviewed and used to develop long-term relationships with new writers for future programming. New Play Development is the lifeblood of FST. It is a year-round activity that is fully integrated with each of the theatre's other programs. FST's approach to new play development focuses on the continued life of the work.
Florida Studio Theatre's WRITE A PLAY program celebrates its 25th year of introducing and inspiring young playwrights to explore the magic of live theatre. This special anniversary season will kick off in the Keating Theatre with Rumplestiltskin adapted by Beth Duda and Adam Ratner. Directed by Associate Artist, Jason Cannon, performances begin in the Keating Theatre on Monday, October 1 and will play through November 13 to students from Sarasota and Manatee County schools. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased through FST's WRITE A PLAY Coordinator, Patrick A. Jackson, at 941.366.9797.
Held over by popular demand, Old Enough to Know Better runs through August 16 in FST's Bowne's Lab Theatre. Assembled from over 100 hours of interviews, this inaugural Stage III Lab production explores the art of aging and what it really means to grow old.
WENDY'S SHADOW, with book by Jason Cannon and music & lyrics by David Maglione & Tomas Ruiz, will be presented in a one-night-only concert at Theater 3 tonight, July 24, 2015 at 8 p.m. as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
