Dates: 12/1/2025 - 12/30/2025
📍 Theatre: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) was founded in December 1999 as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) org (read more...)
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe – once again – invites the community to celebrate the holiday season with “Black Nativity – Reimagined,” an inspirational gospel musical originally penned by poet/playwright Langston Hughes.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe recently received a grant of $30,000 from The Shubert Foundation. This funding is designated toward WBTT's 2025-2026 theatre season.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe has announced its 2025–2026 season, themed “Soul Of A People.” The lineup includes Purlie, Paradise Blue, How I Got Over, and a new original musical Lies, Spells and Old Wives’ Tales, plus the return of Black Nativity for the holidays.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) is pleased to announce the second Young Artist Program showcase of the 2024-2025 season. Young WBTT artist Maicy Powell will present “Growing Pains of a Young Lady” at WBTT.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present the twelfth year of its annual Young Artist Program, through which Troupe members can showcase their talents with self-produced shows.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 26th season will be a celebration of the “Soul Of A People.” In its 2025-2026 theatre season, WBTT will offer fan favorites, a drama by playwright/actress Dominique Morisseau, and a brand-new world premiere show.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present the eleventh year of its annual Young Artist Program, through which Troupe members can showcase their talents with self-produced, one-person shows.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe – once again – invites the community to celebrate the holiday season with “Black Nativity,” an inspirational gospel musical originally penned by poet/playwright Langston Hughes that retells the biblical Nativity story. The music is combined with dance, poetry and narrative to deliver a message of joy, hope and liberation.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe recently received an Arts Appreciation Grant of $40,000 from Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe was recently awarded a grant of $25,000 from The Exchange, in support of its 2022-2023 theatre season of shows.
For Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe founding member Jnana Cooper, her life’s journey hasn’t always been smooth. But she has come out the other end stronger and, to celebrate, she will return to WBTT – where her professional artistic journey began – and perform in a special concert presentation on June 13 titled “Unbreakable: An Evening with Jnana Wilson Cooper.”
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present the ninth year of its annual Young Artist Program, through which Troupe members are able to showcase their talents with self-produced, one-person shows. WBTT's first Young Artist showcase of the 2021-2022 season features singer/dancer/actor Derric Gobourne Jr. in a presentation titled “SH!NE.” The showcase will take place Monday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will close its 2021-2022 season with two world-premiere one-act plays, under the auspices of its New Playwrights Series. These plays, “From Birmingham To Broadway” and “Float Like A Butterfly,” will be presented together May 4-29.
In its 23rd season, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will explore the struggles and triumphs of people who sought to realize their own version of the American Dream. Whether their dreams came true or were deferred, their stories make for compelling, can't-miss shows on the WBTT stage.
This year's recipients and their respective benefactors are: Todd Bellamy II, Alan P. Kurland Artist Development Scholarship; Charlotte Corporan, Dr. Jody Beresford & Dr. Robert Mayer Artist Development Scholarship; Ariana Fitzgerald, Marie McKee & Robert Cole Artist Development Scholarship; Amaya Glover, Shelley & Sy Goldblatt Artist Development Scholarship; Tay Marquise, Jack & Priscilla Schlegel Artist Development Scholarship; Astrid Victoria McIntyre, Kitty & John Cranor Artist Development Scholarship; Maicy Powell, Marian Moss Artist Development Scholarship; and Aleah Williams, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Artist Development Scholarship.
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Legacy: Motown & More! Florida Studio Theatre (8/04-10/18) |
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ShaToby: Tributes to Shania Twain and Toby Keith Manatee Performing Arts Center (3/09-3/09) |
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Carrie: The Musical Manatee Performing Arts Center (10/16-11/01) |
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Boz Scaggs Rhythm Review 2026 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (10/11-10/11) |
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A Motown Revue with the Soul Sensations Manatee Performing Arts Center (2/09-2/13) |
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How the Light Gets In Florida Studio Theatre (4/07-5/23) |
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Roofing Contractors in Clearwater Professional Roofers Clearwater (5/27-10/27) |
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Young Person's Concerts 2026-2027 North Port Performing Arts Center and Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (10/06-10/09) |
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Adagio for Strings Holley Hall (10/29-10/29) |
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Murder, She Improvised Florida Studio Theatre (10/03-11/21) |
