WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE

How I Learned What I Learned

2/9 - 2/16/2025

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents a limited run of How I Learned What I Learned, featuring award-winning actor and playwright Wali Jamal. This one-man show ...

Fences

1/15 - 2/23/2025

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's dramatic offering for the 2024-2025 season is “Fences,” written by renowned American playwright August Wilson. (WBTT Resident Director Chuck Smith will ...

Five Guys Named Moe

3/5 - 4/6/2025

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents “Five Guys Named Moe,” with book by Clarke Peters and lyrics and music by Louis Jordan and others. (Directed by Jim ...

Closing Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 2024-2025 season is a brand-new world premiere musical, “Syncopated Avenue.” (Created, adapted and directed by WBTT Founder/Artistic Director Nate Jacobs.) ...

by Shanti M. Kennedy - January 28, 2025

August Wilson penned his Pulitzer Prize-winning play in 1983. Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, it delves into the African-American experience, generational prejudices, and other challenging themes. By concentrating on the journey of one family, the play portrays a spectrum of difficult times that individual...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Selected To Join Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Acce Photo

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Selected To Join Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Program

by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2025

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe has been selected to join the Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Program. This initiative helps cultural organizations across the U.S. and U.K. to strengthen technology and management practices....

WBTT Hosts Independent Artist Program Showcase By Delores McKenzie

by Stephi Wild - January 14, 2025

Back by popular demand, and now as an Independent Artist Program showcase, McKenzie will present an updated version of her Young Artist Program showcase at WBTT this month. Learn more here!...

Hermitage To Present Two Greenfield Prize Commission Premieres At The Ringling

by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2025

The Ringling Museum of Art will host the first public showings of the original commissions resulting from the 2023 Hermitage Greenfield Prize (HGP). ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe To Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy

by A.A. Cristi - January 09, 2025

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will invite the community to celebrate the rich legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during an inspirational performance. The production will feature song, dance, and dramatic reenactments of Dr. King's most powerful speeches....

Winners Announced For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Sarasota Awards

by BWW Awards - January 16, 2025

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Sarasota Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024....

FENCES Will Be Performed by Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe

by Stephi Wild - December 30, 2024

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present its 25th anniversary season’s dramatic offering, August Wilson’s “Fences', next month. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!...

Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative's 'Beyond Regional Boundaries' Initiative to Launch Photo

Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative's 'Beyond Regional Boundaries' Initiative to Launch This Winter

by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 21, 2024

The Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative will present “Beyond Regional Boundaries,” an initiative created to amplify the voices of artists of African descent and BIPOC populations throughout the region. Learn more!...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Will Host Free Book Reading and Conversation With Auth Photo

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Will Host Free Book Reading and Conversation With Author Mildred J Mills

by Stephi Wild - December 03, 2024

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will host acclaimed author, podcaster, and motivational speaker Mildred J Mills for “Literary Delight with Mildred J Mills,” a free, inspirational book reading and conversation....

Past Shows

A Motown Christmas

11/27 - 1/5/2025

During the holiday season, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents its Christmas card to the community, the exuberant musical revue, “A Motown Christmas.” (Created, adapted and ...

Soul Crooners Solid Gold Edition

10/9 - 11/17/2024

Opening Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 2024-2025 theatre season is “Soul Crooners Solid Gold Edition.” (Created, adapted and directed by Nate Jacobs.) The “Soul Crooners” productions ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe

9/10

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe has announced its 2024-2025 Board of Trustees, with Doris A. Johnson continuing as Board Chair and new members Charles W. Brown ...

Float Like a Butterfly

7/29 - 8/3/2024

Float Like a Butterfly is a poignant one-act play that honors the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali. Written by Michael Jacobs, this production features ...

From Birmingham to Broadway

7/29 - 8/3/2024

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents a compelling performance collaboration titled From Birmingham to Broadway at the International Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This ...

Soul Crooners: Solid Gold Edition

7/25 - 8/3/2024

Soul Crooners: Solid Gold Edition is an original musical revue celebrating the iconic soul and R&B artists and hit songs of the late 1960s through ...

Coconut Cake

6/12 - 6/23/2024

This summer, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is thrilled to present "Coconut Cake," written by Melda Beaty. The comedy tells the story of four retirees who ...

Ruby

2/28 - 4/7/2024

After two painful delays due to COVID-19, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is thrilled to finally bring to the stage the world-premiere musical, “Ruby.” The show ...

Big Sexy: The Fats Waller Revue

4/19 - 5/28/2023

Closing the season is Big Sexy: The Fats Waller Revue. Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller was an American jazz pianist, composer, singer and comedic entertainer. His ...

Dreamgirls

2/22 - 4/9/2023

Next up is a sweeping and inspirational journey through 20th century American pop music: "Dreamgirls" chronicles one fictional Motown group's rise from obscurity to superstardom. ...

Flyin' West

1/4 - 2/12/2023

Originally scheduled for the 2019-2020 season a show that WBTT had previously offered as a staged reading is Flyin West by Pearl Cleage. In the ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: Celebrating His Legacy

1/16

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe once again invites the community to celebrate the rich legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during an inspirational performance. The ...

Black Nativity

11/30 - 12/23/2022

During the holiday seasonback by popular demandWBTT presents Langston Hughes Black Nativity. This production is a celebration of the Nativity story with gospel, blues, spiritual, ...

Guys and Dolls

10/5 - 11/20/2022

Opening WBTT's 2022-2023 theatre season is Guys and Dolls, the 1950 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical. A fun, quirky musical comedy, Guys and Dolls debuted ...

One-Act Plays

5/4 - 5/29/2022

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 ...

WBTT’s Young Artist Program: Derric Gobourne Jr.

5/16

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) is pleased to present the ninth year of its annual Young Artist Program, through which Troupe members are able to ...

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SARASOTA SHOWS


		The Cancellation of Lauren Fein Florida Studio Theatre (1/22 - 3/9)
		Jersey Boys Florida Studio Theatre (3/26 - 5/25)
		The Wizard of Oz Rise Above Performing Arts (5/8 - 5/18)
		The Flying Penguin & Other Winning Plays Florida Studio Theatre (3/15 - 4/13)
		Fun Home The Sarasota Players (3/5 - 3/16)
		Jesus Christ Superstar Asolo Repertory Theatre (5/17 - 6/15)
		Syncopated Avenue Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (4/16 - 5/25)
		Dancing at Lughnasa Asolo Repertory Theatre (3/21 - 4/19)
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