Get ready for plenty of laughs and maybe even a few tears—hopefully from laughing so hard! The team from Tampa Metropolitan Improv (TMI) will use ...
Hot and Bothered
3/7
Written and directed by Deborah Bostock-Kelley, it’s Freaky Friday… Menopause edition. He’s sweating through her hot flashes. She’s stuck with his prostate. The thermostat is ...
Jesus Christ Superstar
3/13 - 3/22/2026
What’s the buzz? The first musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber to be produced for the professional stage, Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed ...
Get ready for plenty of laughs and maybe even a few tears—hopefully from laughing so hard! The team from Tampa Metropolitan Improv (TMI) will use ...
20,000 Leagues Under the Seas
4/11 - 4/12/2026
Near the end of the American Civil War, a French scientist and his company witness natural wonders beyond imagination while being held prisoners aboard the ...
Get ready for plenty of laughs and maybe even a few tears—hopefully from laughing so hard! The team from Tampa Metropolitan Improv (TMI) will use ...
M*A*S*H
5/15 - 5/24/2026
M*A*S*H stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and joining it are two unpredictable madcaps, Hawkeye and Duke. They can't be dealt with casually, however, because ...
Come for a riotously good time, and perhaps even play along with us, as we perform short-form improv games using suggestions from you, the audience ...
Get ready for plenty of laughs and maybe even a few tears—hopefully from laughing so hard! The team from Tampa Metropolitan Improv (TMI) will use ...
Schoolhouse Rock Live!
7/17 - 7/26/2026
A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage in Schoolhouse Rock Live! The Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, ...
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
8/22 - 8/23/2026
Around the world, robots are quickly replacing humans in tasks considered menial, such as assembly lines, domestic labor, and administrative work. A young woman journeys ...
Auditions
Previews: HOT AND BOTHERED at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - January 08, 2026
Turn the thermostat down and your expectations up. Award-winning playwright Deborah Bostock Kelley brings a razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud staged reading to town with Hot and Bothered, a one-night-only world debut at The Studio at Carrollwood Cultural Center....
Review: AMITYVILLE 74 at Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - October 18, 2025
Amityville '74 isn’t just a play—it’s a psychological gut punch. This is not for kids. It’s a harrowing, emotionally charged descent into the trauma of a family unraveling, culminating in murder. Don’t expect to go home and sleep easy. This production grips you by the throat and doesn’t let go....
Previews: LIFE AMPLIFIED PURRRFECT at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - October 17, 2025
Get ready for a night of paws, performances, and purpose! Life Amplified PURRRFECT hits the stage on Saturday, November 1, from 8–10 PM at The Studio at Carrollwood Cultural Center. This black-and-white and/or feline-themed costume party features six incredible singers, improv comedy by TMI, stand-u...
Previews: AMITYVILLE 74 at Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - October 14, 2025
Director Josh Eberhard explains, “The heart of this production isn’t about horror for horror’s sake—it’s about empathy within darkness. By blending fact with feeling, we invited the audience to witness the humanity behind the headlines. Because ultimately, the story of Amityville ’74 isn’t just abou...
Previews: EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - September 04, 2025
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Review: RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET at the Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Peter Nason - July 20, 2025
I guess it’s hard to live in the present because we always seem to be looking backwards at past decades. It’s something we still do, escaping our current life especially when our world is in such destructive disarray....
PUFFS, LA GRINGA & More Lead Tampa's Hot Summer 2025 Theater Picks
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 01, 2025
Whether you're after laughter, music, history, or discovery, Tampa Bay’s summer theatre delivers. This July and August, stages of all kinds showcase standout productions full of passion and a whole lot of talent.
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Review: TAMPA METROPOLITAN IMPROV (TMI) at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 21, 2025
Tampa Metropolitan Improv*'s debut was a sharp, high-energy triumph filled with quick wit, strong ensemble chemistry, and nonstop laughs. The cast delivered a tightly paced, joyfully unpredictable show that left the audience thoroughly entertained and eager for more—a bold and confident start for Ta...
Previews: TAMPA METROPOLITAN IMPROV (TMI) Debuts at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 19, 2025
Let’s talk about the name—TMI. Yes, it stands for exactly what you’re thinking: 'too much information.' But there’s more to it than meets the eye. Erica confesses, “Yes, the typo in our logo is purposeful. As the man says, the best jokes are the ones that need to be explained!” If that’s any indicat...
Review: THE UNAUTHORIZED SHAKESPEAREAN PARODY OF GHOSTBUSTER at Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - May 18, 2025
The halls of Carrollwood did ring with laughter. It was a reminder that whether thou art noble or nerd, there’s always room for poetry—and proton packs....
Past Shows
Get ready for plenty of laughs and maybe even a few tears—hopefully from laughing so hard! The team from Tampa Metropolitan Improv (TMI) will use ...
Carrollwood Jukebox
11/15
Carrollwood Jukebox is a live big band playing some of the most popular hip-swivelin’, jump jivin’, swing dancin’, Latin lovin’, waltz and cha-cha steppin’, and ...
Amityville '74
10/17 - 10/26/2025
At 3:15 am on November 13, 1974, Ronald “Butch” Defeo took a .35 caliber Marlin Rifle and murdered his entire family in cold blood. Adapted ...
All's Well in Roswell (Isn't it?)
10/4 - 10/5/2025
After an unidentified flying object crashes onto a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947, ranch owner Ulysses T. Boone has his hands full trying ...
Every Brilliant Thing
9/13 - 9/14/2025
EVERY BRILLIANT THING By Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe A one-person show with Paul Berg You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ...
Join us as campers ages 11-13 enrolled in our 3-week Youth Arts Intensive program showcase In Between the Lines. As an ensemble, intensive students used ...
Return to the Forbidden Planet
7/18 - 7/27/2025
Return to the Forbidden Planet By Bob Carlton Shakespeare’s forgotten rock and roll masterpiece! Inspired by The Tempest , this high-energy jukebox musical is packed ...
War of the Worlds
6/26
Join us as campers ages 14-16 enrolled in our 4-week Youth Arts Intensive program perform The War of the Worlds. The War of the Worlds ...
The minds that brought you Tales of Mild Interest (or TMI for short) are returning to their improv roots, with the newly formed Tampa Metropolitan ...
Join us as campers ages 11-13 enrolled in our 3-week Youth Arts Intensive program perform The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition. Join Dorothy and her ...
What if William Shakespeare had written Ghostbusters? In this reimagining of the classic 1984 film, author Jordan Monsell uses iambic pentameter, period prose, and historical ...
Steel Magnolias
3/14 - 3/23/2025
The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped ...
Shakespeare's Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts
2/8 - 2/9/2025
There be no place like home. What if William Shakespeare had written The Wizard of Oz?
Letterhead
1/24 - 1/26/2025
Letterhead follows the Protagonist’s adventures through a distorted alternate reality of military letter-writing, careless judicial trials, and a government-sponsored cult community. The play examines rituals ...
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
12/14 - 12/15/2024
Adapted by Joe Landry It’s a Wonderful Life is based on the story “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern This beloved American holiday ...
Deathtrap
10/18 - 10/27/2024
Living comfortably in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a writer of Broadway thrillers, struggles to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of ...
The SpongeBob Musical
7/26 - 8/4/2024
This summer, join SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick, Squidward, and the citizens of Bikini Bottom at the Carrollwood Cultural Center for SpongeBob The Musical!
Join us as campers ages 11-13 enrolled in our 3-week Youth Arts Intensive program perform Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks: A Cautionary Tale. FACT: Most ...
Join us as campers ages 14-16 enrolled in our 4-week Teen Arts Intensive program perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one ...
Gretel! The Musical
6/20
Join us as campers ages 11-13 enrolled in our 3-week Youth Arts Intensive program perform Gretel! The Musical. Before Hansel, there was Gretel! Based on ...
The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition
6/19 - 6/19/2024
Join us as campers ages 11-13 enrolled in our 3-week Youth Arts Intensive program perform The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition. Join Dorothy and her ...
The Studio Project
1/19 - 1/21/2024
The Studio Project is a theatrical incubator with an alternative focus each year. The program aims to foster the development of new theatrical and performative ...
Adoration of the Magi: A Madrigal Dinner
12/1 - 12/10/2023
Adoration of the Magi: A Madrigal Dinner welcomes the holiday season with festive music, mugs of wassail, and a merry celebration of yore. Join the ...
The Colors of My Life Cabaret
10/14 - 10/15/2023
The Colors of My Life Cabaret takes us on a journey around the painter’s palette for a dazzling celebration of color.
Monty Python's Spamalot
7/21 - 7/30/2023
Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Monty Python’s Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and ...
Gypsy
4/28 - 5/7/2023
Regarded by many as the finest musical ever created, Gypsy is the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters’ success – ...
The Glass Menagerie
2/17 - 2/26/2023
A Tennessee Williams classic comes to Carrollwood Written by Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie is a memory play that examines a family's fragile dynamic as its ...
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AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DAVID FOSTER & KATHARINE McPHEE
Duke Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater (2/20 - 2/20) | |
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God of Carnage
HCC Studio Theatre (1/29 - 2/15) | |
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A Tribute to Sarah Brightman
New Tampa Performing Arts Center (2/7 - 2/7) | |
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M*A*S*H
Carrollwood Cultural Center (5/15 - 5/24) | |
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The Lightning Thief
USF Theatre 1 (4/19 - 4/19) | |
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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox
Tropicana Field (6/10 - 6/10) | |
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American Idiot
Jobsite Theater (7/15 - 8/9) | |
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Schoolhouse Rock Live!
Carrollwood Cultural Center (7/17 - 7/26) | |
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2026 Night Nation Run - Tampa, FL
Raymond James Stadium (6/27 - 6/27) | |
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Straight Outta Florida
The Ghostlight Lounge (1/14 - 4/29) | |
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