About the Theatre
Asolo Repertory Theatre, Florida’s premier professional theatre, is one of the most important cultural forces in the Southeastern United States. A center for theatrical excellence, Asolo Rep stages up to fifteen productions every season, spanning a diverse repertoire of newly commissioned plays, bold reinterpretations of contemporary and classical works, and provocative new musical theatre experiences.
Auditions
by Drew Eberhard - March 29, 2026
DreamWorks The Prince of Egypt is a stage musical with a book by Phillip LaZebnik and music/lyrics by the great Stephen Schwartz. A retelling of the Book of Exodus, based on the 1998 DreamWorks Animation film of the same name. The story follows Moses on his journey from being the Prince of Egypt, be...
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - March 27, 2026
I walked in knowing only a handful of the songs, and it made no difference. Hell’s Kitchen at the Straz is driven by feeling, character, and raw honesty. The music meets you where you are....
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - March 26, 2026
Women of Resistance at New Tampa Performing Arts Center is stirring, urgent, and unforgettable, blending history and artistry in a way that stays with you....
by Peter Nason - March 16, 2026
We forgive any flaws in the production because, with Patty Smithey as Jesus and Evan Lomba as Judas, it's triumphant....
by Drew Eberhard - March 13, 2026
FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed...again. The lead actors- theatre and film vet Robert Shaw and up-and-coming Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider- are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical star. Alcohol flows, e...
by Drew Eberhard - March 09, 2026
Bright Star is a Bluegrass/Folk musical written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Its tale is set in the vast landscape of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains between the years 1945-46, and features flashbacks to the year 1923. The pair produced a Grammy-winning album in 2013 entit...
by Drew Eberhard - March 02, 2026
The Quintessential voice, the one and only Audra McDonald. Captivating the room and singing selections from Broadway’s Great American Songbook, totaling 15 incredible selections in a swift 90-minute presentation. ...
by Peter Nason - March 01, 2026
It's a fabulous journey led by a fine cast and the legendary theatre teacher and director, Sabrina Hydes....
by Drew Eberhard - February 14, 2026
&Juliet is a 2019 jukebox musical, featuring a book by David West Read and music by Max Martin, a Swedish Pop songwriter. On the surface, its story is fairly simple when laid out, but the adventures of its characters and how they traverse the narrative is whatreally get to the heart of the story....
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - February 11, 2026
Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, &Juliet at the Straz was a witty burst of female power, driven by knockout vocals. Anne’s challenge to Shakespeare to imagine a stronger woman set the whole story in motion. Though even with strong performances from the men, this show bel...
Past Shows
Magnificent sea creatures! A spectacular submarine! Time travel! Take a plunge into the pages of Jules Verne's classic science fiction story and get swept away...
How brilliant can a one-woman play about divorce be? Quite brilliant, actually. Set in London, Angela is a middle-aged American ex-pat blind-sided by her husband's...
From the opening breath of this 90-minute dance musical, you'll be wrapped in the artistry that is true American song and dance. Racey and his...
Master of comedy and mayhem Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor) fills his latest play with double-crosses, triple-crosses, gunplay, lies, deceit, disguise, and sex. What...
The powerfully provocative Clybourne Park, the 2012 Tony Award winner for Best Play and 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner, is the most talked-about show of the...
Who will housewife Candida choose – her middle-aged clergyman husband, or the handsome young poet hoping to whisk her away from her life of domesticity?...
The sexiest, funniest, most acclaimed hit of the recent Broadway season, this seductive comedy blends love, lust, and literature, with the ultimate battle of the...
Showcasing the freshest talents writing for the theatre today, Unplugged presents four brand-spanking new plays in progress. Join us for staged readings of these new...
When this 1937 Pulitzer Prize-winner debuted to instant acclaim during the Great Depression, it was clear that Kaufman and Hart had come up with the...
If you were a woman finding your way in the world between the 1960s and 1980s, you might think that this play was all about...
David Mamet’s scalding comedy/drama tackles one of the most elusive topics in all of American literature: the pursuit of the American dream. A contemporary classic...
A brilliant and visionary high-spirited musical that movingly and often hilariously captures the great galvanizing moment in the American Story: the signing of the Declaration...
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