Florida Studio Theatre Announces Its 2018-19 Winter Mainstage and Cabaret Seasons

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has announced its lineup for the 2018-2019 Winter Mainstage and Cabaret Seasons. On the Mainstage, FST presents its largest marquee season in over a decade with two multi-Tony Award winners, an Obie-Award-winning playwright, a play fresh off Broadway, and a World Premiere. In the Cabaret, three original FST productions bring the music of male harmony groups, female singer-songwriters, and The Baby Boomer generation to life.

"This year the season is first and foremost very contemporary," explained FST's Producing Artistic Director, Richard Hopkins. "It deals with the world of today, the issues of today, and most importantly, the season deals with the people of today. I think the audience will recognize themselves and their neighbors [in the productions], while also being introduced to people who are different that they may be meeting for the first time."

The four-time Tony Award-winning musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, opens FST's 45th Mainstage season. The Broadway hit follows main character Monty Navarro, who after discovering that he is a distant heir to a large family fortune, works to speed up the line of succession by using a great deal of charm...and a dash of murder. Next on the Mainstage is Straight White Men, a comedic father-son drama by Obie Award-winning playwright Young Jean Lee, which just closed after its successful run on Broadway. Continuing the Mainstage season is the British blockbuster play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens, which swept up five Tony Awards and 7 Olivier Awards, including Best Play. FST's 45th Mainstage season concludes with the World Premiere of Wednesday's Child by Mark St. Germain, a dramatic new play about a police investigation into the murder of a young surrogate mother, and the thin line between right and wrong.

In the Cabaret, FST's 2018-2019 Season celebrates the music that defined 3 generations in contemporary America. Opening the season is Unchained Melodies, celebrating male harmony groups starting with doo-wop and continuing with the swingin' musical styles that serenaded listeners through the 50s and 60s, featuring songs by The Drifters, The Platters, and many more. Next up, FST highlights the significant musical contributions of female singer-songwriters, like icons June Carter-Cash, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, and Dolly Parton, in Guitar Girls. FST's Winter Cabaret Season concludes with a journey through the Boomer Years in The Wonder Years: The Music of the Baby Boomers, a fun, quirky show mixing elements of television and music to tell the story of America's "first teenagers."

With its mission to make theatre accessible to the broadest possible audience, FST offers all four Mainstage shows for as little as $69, and all three Cabarets for as little as $49. Subscriptions are now on sale at floridastudiotheatre.org or through the Box Office at (941) 366-9000.

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