Nate Jacobs News

Add an electric spark to your holiday season with the return of the gospel version of Handel's Messiah. Shout 'Hallelujah' and get ready for a roof-raising performance!

On Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 7:30 PM at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, the Choral Artists of Sarasota are joined by Florida Festival Singers, State College of Florida Concert Choir, and the Manatee School for the Arts Chamber Choir.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, under the brilliant direction of Nate Jacobs, produces some of the best entertainment theatregoers will savor. From the simplicity of beautifully staged plays to lavish musical productions and intimate talkbacks, audiences can always expect a high-end caliber of artistic endeavors.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Delivers Inspirational Original Musical Revue

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Stages Another Hit With Dearly Departed

Girl Groups The 60's Explosion Wows Sarasota Sold Out Audiences

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts continues its star-packed 25th anniversary season in April 2017 with an amazing array of musical performances from Broadway to Motown, from classy Nat King Cole to classic Cole Porter, from piano masterpieces to Pokemon. Also, a soul searing drama (Judgment at Nuremberg) and a side-splitting comedy (Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man).

Wilton's Music Hall today announces its exciting new season programme, which sees the world's oldest surviving grand music hall welcome a diverse range of work, shining a spotlight on live music and bespoke theatre productions. Highlights include Sadie Frost starring as Gypsy Rose Lee in world premiere BRITTEN IN BROOKLYN and musical FLOYD COLLINS, which tells the story of a 1920s Kentucky cave explorer.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe concludes its 2015-2016 season with the comedy-drama DRIVING MISS DAISY, which runs April 20 (with three additional special previews added on April 16, 17 and 19) through May 28. The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988; in 1989, it was adapted into a film that was awarded four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe concludes its 2015-2016 season with the comedy-drama DRIVING MISS DAISY, which runs April 20 (with three additional special previews added on April 16, 17 and 19) through May 28. The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988; in 1989, it was adapted into a film that was awarded four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

The Board of Directors of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) has announced the appointment of Richard M. Parison, Jr. as the new Executive Director of WBTT, beginning September 8, 2014.

Acorn Productions, a non-profit theater company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, presents a new work by the company's Fairy Tale Players, a group of experienced students from the company's Acorn Acting Academy.

'Red Riding Hoods' opens its run at Westbrook Together Days with a performance in Riverbank Park at 11am, and then continues with 5 more performance from today, June 3 to June 17 on Saturdays at 11am and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Call Acorn at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more information or to order tickets. See photos from the production below!

'Red Riding Hoods' opens its run at Westbrook Together Days with a performance in Riverbank Park at 11am, and then continues with 5 more performance from June 3 to June 17 on Saturdays at 11am and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Call Acorn at 854-0065 or visit www.acorn-productions.org for more information or to order tickets. See photos from the production below!

This winter, Acorn Productions' "Fairy Tale Players," an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, continues its third season of productions with Producing Director Michael Levine's adaptation of Puss 'n Boots.

This October, Acorn Productions' 'Fairy Tale Players,' an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, opens its third season of productions for kids in the Acorn Studio Theater.

Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced that its first community program event for 2011-2012 will feature work by playwrights and artists-in-residence Tracey Scott Wilson and D. Rubin Green.

This October, Acorn Productions' 'Fairy Tale Players,' an ensemble of children, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy, opens its third season of productions for kids in the Acorn Studio Theater.

Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced that its first community program event for 2011-2012 will feature work by playwrights and artists-in-residence Tracey Scott Wilson and D. Rubin Green.

In June, Acorn Productions wraps up the company's second season of performance by the 'Fairy Tale Players,' an ensemble of kids, teens and adults who have studied at the Acorn Acting Academy. The troupe's last production of the season is the classic fairy tale Rapunzel, adapted and directed by Acorn faculty member Stephanie Ross, who is also the Director of Drama at Massabesic High School.