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Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has announced the launch of The Playwrights Project, an artistic initiative employing 32 of the country's top playwrights, sketch comedy writers, and musical theatre developers.

For more than a decade, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe has offered the lively and music-filled fundraiser, the April Fools Fête, in the ballroom at Michael's On East.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces the cancellation of its 2020 Summer Mainstage and Cabaret Seasons, originally set to kick off in mid-June, as well as the 12th Annual Sarasota Improv Festival slated for July.

Sarasota Youth Opera's annual Summer Camp will be held online this year, and plans are under way for a variety of programming to engage young people in the magic of opera.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, the only professional black theater company on Florida's West Coast and one of only three in Florida, was thrilled to recently receive an emergency Arts Appreciation Grant of $30,000 from Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

WFTS has reported that when the Sarasota High School production Mamma Mia! was cancelled due to the health crisis, the theater students found a way to take their final bows, paying tribute to their production.

Florida Studio Theatre has announced the launch of The FST School: Online, offering over 20 virtual classes for youth, teens, and adults beginning the week of May 11.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) is pleased to announce that thanks to the generous support of more than 1,000 donors, the nonprofit theatre raised $321,000 through this year's 24-hour online Giving Challenge.

When Asolo Rep canceled the remainder of its 2019-20 season in March due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, it had to temporarily lay off 60% of its 200-person workforce including members of its administrative and box office staffs, as well as its acting company.

Last month, Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announced that it was cancelling the remainder of its 2019-2020 Winter Season due to the COVID-19 health crisis.

Last month, Florida Studio Theatre announced that it was cancelling the remainder of its 2019-2020 Winter Season due to the COVID-19 health crisis.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces that its Green Room Café & Bar is now open for curb-side pickup and delivery.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall has announced its 2020-2021 Subscription Series, featuring a diverse collection of Broadway productions, Classical and Dance performances as well as exciting Subscriber Specials.

Asolo Rep announced today that one of the plays originally named as part of its 2020-21 season has been taken out of the lineup.

Director of The Sarasota Ballet Iain Webb announces the Company's 30th Anniversary Season, opening October 2020 and running through till May 2021

With losses in the hundreds of thousands related to show cancellations due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Sarasota's 'miracle theater' - Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe - has been looking for a miracle.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces that it has received a $100,000 matching challenge gift from Patrick and Mary Mulva.

The Van Wezel's performance starring America on March 19, 2020 has been rescheduled for March 10, 2021 at 8 p.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune has reported that  the National Endowment for the Arts is trying to speed up the process for distributing $75 million included in the federal government's $2 trillion stimulus bill.

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota has announced the cancellation of the remainder of its regular 2019-2020 season.

For Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, the decision to go dark for the remainder of its 20th anniversary (2020-2021) season due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was particularly painful as it had just opened its newly-renovated theater building to patrons in January.

Asolo Rep announced today that it will present a Facebook and YouTube Live presentation of A NIGHT AT THE BLUEBIRD CAFE on Wednesday, April 8, as part of their Ground Floor Series.

Asolo Repertory Theatre will receive two grants totaling $175,000 from the Virginia B.

In the wake of the corona virus outbreak, Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota has postponed some of its remaining concerts originally scheduled from mid-March through April.

The Van Wezel's performances of Come From Away originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 28 through Sunday, May 3 have been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 24 through Sunday, November 29.