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Sylvia
Sylvia
1/17 - 2/1/2025


Carrollwood Players Presents Sylvia by A.R. Gurney A CWP Mainstage Production Directed by Taylor Hendershot January 17th - February 1st, 2025 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 ...

Conversations in Bed
Conversations in Bed
2/7 - 2/16/2025


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents  Conversations in Bed by Gretchen Suárez-Peña A CWP Black Box Production Directed by David Fraga February 7th - 16th, 2025 Fridays and ...


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Past Shows

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/6 - 12/22/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A CWP Mainstage Production Adapted and Directed by Jim Russell December 6th - 22nd, 2024 ...

Baskerville
Baskerville
10/18 - 11/3/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Baskerville A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Ken Ludwig  A CWP Mainstage Production Directed by Richard Ryan October 18th - November 3rd, 2024 ...

Stage Fright
Stage Fright
10/30 - 10/31/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Stage Fright A Special Halloween Event Featuring Scary Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Washington Irving ...

Annie
Annie
9/6 - 9/28/2024


Carrollwood Plyers Theatre presents Annie Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin Based on "Little Orphan Annie" by permission of ...

Pygmalion
Pygmalion
8/2 - 8/11/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Abridged and Adapted by Steve Cleberg A CWP Black Box Classic Comedy Directed by Miguel E. ...

Lights OUT LGBTQ+ One Act Play Festival


Lights OUT - The 2024 LGBTQ+ One Act Play Festival at Carrollwood Players Theatre Join us for one of our most popular events, this year ...

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Music by RICHARD RODGERS Book and Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Adapted for the Stage by Tom ...

Veronica's Room
Veronica's Room
10/4 - 6/13/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Veronica's Room  by Ira Levin  A CWP Black Box Production October 4th - 13th, 2024 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sundays ...

August: Osage County
August: Osage County
5/10 - 5/18/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents August: Osage County by Tracy Letts Directed by Marc S. Sanders A CWP Mainstage Production May 10th – 18th, 2024 Fridays ...

Jukebox Saturday Night - 80s Edition


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Jukebox Saturday Night - 80s Edition Written and Directed by Jim Russell A CWP Black Box Production April 26th – May ...

Neil Simon's Rumors
Neil Simon's Rumors
4/5 - 4/20/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Rumors by Neil Simon Directed by Penni Willen A CWP Mainstage Production April 5th – 20th, 2024 Fridays and Saturdays at ...

Nunsense - The Mega Musical
Nunsense - The Mega Musical
3/1 - 3/17/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Nunsense - The Mega Musical! Book, Music and Lyrics by Dan Goggin Directed by Thomas Pahl Musical Direction by Sarah Germain ...

Rosies - The Women Who Riveted The Nation


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Rosies - The Women Who Riveted The Nation by Amber Frangos Directed by Taylor Hendershot A CWP Black Box Production Co-Produced ...

Hotbed Hotel
Hotbed Hotel
1/19 - 2/3/2024


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Hotbed Hotel by Michael Parker Directed by Laura Fleming A CWP Mainstage Production January 19th - February 3rd, 2024 Fridays and ...

A Christmas Carol Gets Decked
A Christmas Carol Gets Decked
12/8 - 12/23/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents  A Christmas Carol Gets Decked by Marc S. Sanders and Joe Pauly A CWP Mainstage Production December 8th - 23rd, 2023 ...

This 70s Show
This 70s Show
11/3 - 11/12/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents  This 70's Show Written and Directed by Jim Russell A CWP Black Box Musical Comedy Revue November 3rd - 12th, 2023 Fridays ...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents  Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein - The Musical Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan Music by Mel Brooks Lyrics by Mel ...

Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents  Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig A CWP Mainstage Production Directed by Richard ...

Whose Life is it Anyway?
Whose Life is it Anyway?
8/18 - 8/26/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Whose Life is it Anyway? by Brian Clark Directed by Thomas Pahl A CWP Mainstage Production Presented by Deborah Wooten August ...

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Twelfth Night  by William Shakespeare A CWP Black Box Production Directed by Cinda Goeken August 4th - 13th, 2023 Fridays and ...

2023 One Act Festival
2023 One Act Festival
7/14 - 7/23/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents The 2023 One Act Festival A CWP Mainstage Special Event - July 14th - 23rd, 2023 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 ...

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
6/2 - 6/24/2023


The Sound of Music Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Suggested by The Trapp Family ...

The Devil's Staircase
The Devil's Staircase
5/5 - 5/13/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents The Devil's Staircase A CWP Black Box Production Written and Directed by Gabriel Flores May 5th – 13th, 2023 Fridays and ...

I am Jacques Dutronc
I am Jacques Dutronc
4/14 - 4/22/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents I am Jacques Dutronc A CWP Black Box Production Presented by Debbi Wooten Written and Directed by Jim Russell April 14th ...

Fun Home
Fun Home
3/24 - 4/2/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Fun Home Music by Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel A ...

I am Jacques Dutronc
I am Jacques Dutronc
4/14 - 3/23/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents I am Jacques Dutronc A CWP Black Box Production Presented by Debbi Wooten Written and Directed by Jim Russell April 14th ...

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
2/10 - 2/25/2023


Carrollwood Players Presents GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER Mainstage – Comedy/Drama by Todd Kreidler February 10th – 25th, 2023 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. ...

Moon Over Buffalo
Moon Over Buffalo
1/13 - 1/28/2023


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig Directed by Bryan Lane A CWP Mainstage Production Presented by Chris McDermott January 13th - ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/2 - 12/18/2022


An annual tradition at Carrollwood Players brings Dickens classic to life for the holiday season with the beloved, world-famous story of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ...

Krazy Karaoke
Krazy Karaoke
10/28 - 10/29/2022


When our cast of ten singers performs randomly chosen karaoke songs in outrageous costumes, everyone in the room is bound to have a good time! ...

An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls
10/14 - 10/22/2022


In this spell-binding mystery, Downton Abbey meets M. Night Shyamalan.The play is set in an industrial city in England, where a young girl commits suicide. ...

The Odd Couple - Female Version


The Odd Couple - Female Versionby Neil SimonDirected by Marc S. SandersUnger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, ...

2022 One Act Festival
2022 One Act Festival
7/15 - 7/23/2022


Join us for two weekends featuring 8 original short plays!Audiences will experience an eclectic mix of short plays, featuring comedy, drama, and everything in between!In ...

The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer
6/10 - 7/2/2022


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents'The Wedding SingerMusic by Matthew Sklar. Book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy. Lyrics by Chad Beguelin. Based on the New Line ...

Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind


Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind is an ensemble experiment in presenting 45 Plays in 90 Minutes. Each two-minute play is performed in ...

Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress
3/11 - 4/2/2022


Many moons ago in a far-off place, Queen Aggravain decreed no couples could marry until her son, Prince Dauntless, found a bride.Princesses came from far ...

Greater Tuna
Greater Tuna
2/25 - 3/5/2022


The long-running Off Broadway hit features two actors creating the entire population of Tuna in a tour de farce of quick change artistry, changing costumes ...

Luce
Luce
2/4 - 2/12/2022


JC Lees probing play about a suspicious teenager addresses issues of privilege, race, and trust.When a teacher makes an alarming discovery about Luce, an all-star ...

Wedding Secrets
Wedding Secrets
1/7 - 1/22/2022


Carrollwood Players Theatre PresentsWedding Secretsby Joe StarzykDirected by Thomas PahlJanuary 7th - 22nd, 2022Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pmSundays at 2 pmA young couple have ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/3 - 12/18/2021


Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m. Special 2 p.m. Saturday matinees on December 11th and 18th.An annual tradition at Carrollwood Players ...

The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
11/5 - 11/13/2021


Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m.A searing drama about public and private indifference to the AIDS plague and one mans lonely ...

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike


Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m.Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play. Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a ...

Cabaret
Cabaret
9/10 - 10/2/2021


In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget ...

Acting on Social Justice
Acting on Social Justice
8/27 - 8/29/2021


Outcast Theatre Collective and Carrollwood Players Theatre present this interactive Theatre of the Oppressed event exploring questions of racial equity in the theatre community. Featuring ...

40 Years of Broadway
40 Years of Broadway
8/13 - 8/21/2021


In celebration of the 40th anniversary of great community theatre at Carrollwood Players, we will close our 2020/2021 Mainstage season with this special song and ...

The 2021 One Act Festival
The 2021 One Act Festival
7/23 - 8/1/2021


Carrollwood Players Theatre presentsThe 2021 One Act FestivalA CWP Mainstage Special Event*Adult Weekend*Friday, July 23, 2021 8 p.m.Saturday, July 24, 2021 8 p.m.Sunday, July 25, ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
7/9 - 7/18/2021


Carrollwood Players Theatre presentsA Midsummer Night's Dreamby William ShakespeareAdapted and Directed by Cinda GoekenA CWP Black Box ProductionLive on Stage:July 9th 18th, 2021Fridays and Saturdays ...

Pop Goes America
Pop Goes America
6/18 - 7/3/2021


Carrollwood Players Theatre PresentsPop Goes AmericaPresented by Debbi WootenWritten and Directed by Jim RussellA CWP Mainstage MusicalJune 18th - July 3rd, 2021Fridays and Saturdays at ...

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean


In a small-town dime store in West Texas, the Disciples of James Dean gather for their twentieth reunion. Now middle-aged women, they were teenagers when ...

The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
10/9 - 10/31/2020


In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite ...

Plaza Suite
Plaza Suite
9/18 - 9/26/2020


Carrollwood Players Theatre PresentsPlaza Suiteby Neil SimonA CWP Mainstage ProductionDirected by Penni WIllenSeptember 11th 26th, 2020Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm**Please ...

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang April 24th – May 9th, 2020 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 ...

KidSpeak 5.0
KidSpeak 5.0
4/17 - 4/19/2020


Carrollwood Players Theatre proudly presents KidSpeak 5.0 A CWP Black Box Staged Reading Directed by Barry Silber Join us as we celebrate 5 years of ...

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
3/20 - 4/11/2020


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Directed by Clareann Despain March 20th – April 11th, 2020 Fridays and Saturdays at ...

Comedy Tonight
Comedy Tonight
3/13 - 3/15/2020


Carrollwood Players Theatre presentsComedy TonightA Black Box Musical CabaretDeveloped and Directed by Jess GlassBroadway musical comedies are good for the heart, and have been making ...

Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA


Carrollwood Players Theatre presentsElton John & Tim Rices AIDAMusic by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim RiceBook by Linda Woolverton and Robert Falls & Henry David ...

Let's Talk About Sex
Let's Talk About Sex
2/7 - 2/9/2020


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Let’s Talk About Sex A CWP Black Box Staged Readng by Various Playwrights February 7th – 9th, 2020 Friday and Saturday ...

Auntie Mame
Auntie Mame
1/10 - 2/1/2020


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Based on the novel by Patrick Dennis Directed by Joie Marsh January ...

Play it by Ear
Play it by Ear
1/3 - 1/4/2020


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Play it by Ear by: We Can't Tell You! Directed by Eric Misener Back by popular demand for its 3rd year! ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/6 - 12/22/2019


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens Adapted for the Stage and Directed by Jim Russell A CWP Mainstage Production December 6 ...

A Christmas Cabaret
A Christmas Cabaret
11/29 - 12/1/2019


Carrollwood Players Theatre proudly presents A Christmas Cabaret A Black Box Musical Cabaret Written and Directed by Beth Behner Join some of the most talented ...

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead By Bert V. Royal Directed by Thomas Pahl A CWP Mainstage Production November ...

Hungry Casanova & The Haunting of Netherstone Manor


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents Hungry Casanova and the Haunting of Netherstone Manor A World Premiere CWP Black Box Staged Reading By Shane Steele Directed by ...

The Crucible
The Crucible
10/26 - 11/2/2019


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents The Crucible By Arthur Miller Directed by Madison Claire Rice A CWP Mainstage Production October 11, 2019 November 2, 2019 Fridays ...

The Producers
The Producers
9/6 - 9/28/2019


Carrollwood Players Theatre proudly presentsThe Producers - A New Mel Brooks MusicalBook by Mel Brooks and Thomas MeehanMusic and Lyrics by Mel BrooksOriginal Direction and ...

Streamers
Streamers
8/23 - 8/25/2019


Carrollwood Players Theatre presentsStreamersby David RabeA Special Engagement Mainstage DramaDirected by Jim RussellThis volatile, incendiary drama premiered in 1976 under the direction of Mike Nichols, ...

Dracula the Vampire Play
Dracula the Vampire Play
10/12 - 11/3/2018


When Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist in obscure maladies, discovers that beautiful Lucy Westenra is the victim of a vampire, suspicion falls on a mysterious ...

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee


An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, ...

Nice Work If You Can Get It
Nice Work If You Can Get It
6/1 - 6/23/2018


Nice Work If You Can Get It - A Musical - Featuring the beloved music of the Gershwins. Book by Joe DiPietro, Inspired by Material ...

The Great War
The Great War
5/25 - 5/27/2018


Carrollwood Players Theatre presents THE GREAT WAR - A World War One Musical Revue World Premiere Production By Tom Sturch. Directed by Ashley Ryan Lord ...

One Act Weekend
One Act Weekend
5/18 - 5/20/2018


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents the 2018 One Act Weekend Our highly popular One Act Weekend returns with eight all-new, never-before-produced short plays for your enjoyment! ...

The Foreigner
The Foreigner
4/13 - 5/5/2018


Carrollwood Players proudly presents THE FOREIGNER — by Larry Shue Apr 13 - May 5, 2018 (4 weeks) A Comedy DIRECTOR: Miguel E. Rodriguez Tickets: ...

Kidspeak
Kidspeak
4/6 - 4/8/2018


Kidspeak by Various Local 3rd-7th Graders Comedy/Drama (Staged Reading) Directed by Tracy Stemm-Crews Fri, Sat Apr 6-7, 2018 at 8:00 pm, Sun Apr 8, 2018 ...

Jekyll & Hyde, the Musical
Jekyll & Hyde, the Musical
2/23 - 3/17/2018


Carrollwood Players Theatre proudly presents Jekyll and Hyde, the Musical Directed by Derek Baxter Written by Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden Music by Wildhorn, Book ...

The Penis Monologues
The Penis Monologues
2/16 - 2/18/2018


Carrollwood Players Theatre Presents an original CWP Black Box Staged Reading of The Penis Monologues Directed by Bo Smith Friday, February 16th at 8 pm ...

The Red Velvet Cake War
The Red Velvet Cake War
2/10 - 3/4/2017


Directed by Stephan Bielawski | Produced by Deb Kelley Fridays and Saturdays - 8pm Sundays - 3pm — Jamie Wooten, Jessie Jones, & Nicholas Hope ...

Noises Off
Noises Off
7/11 - 8/2/2014


Noises Off is called the funniest farce ever written. As the play within a play unfolds, we meet an ambitious director and his troupe of ...

The Cemetery Club
The Cemetery Club
6/13 - 6/28/2014


Ivan Menchell’s bittersweet comedy, The Cemetery Club, is the story of three widows in Queens. They are the surviving half of three sets of long ...

The Amorous Ambassador


“Hormone” Harry Douglas from The Sensuous Senator is back to his old shenanigans again, but this time as the American Ambassador to Great Britain. He ...

Social Security
Social Security
2/14 - 3/8/2014


This hilarious comedy is about a married couple who are art dealers. Their domestic tranquility is shattered upon the arrival of the wife’s goody-goody nerd ...

A Radioman Remembers - Black Coffee Staged Reading Series


A new play by Robyn A. Rennick The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 changed the world. And it changed the life of a seventeen ...

Who Maid Who
Who Maid Who
1/10 - 2/1/2014


WHO MAID WHO? by David Lassig The story is set in a comfortable lake cabin where Joe plans a quiet weekend retreat with his would-be-mistress. ...

AUDITIONS: Bermuda Avenue Triangle


You are never too old to do what you think you’re too old to do! There may be snow on the roof but there is ...

Nine and Numb: Improv After Dark


Nine and Numb returns in 2014 with our all-new Improv After Dark series! We're taking the stage once a month with some of the funniest ...

Nunsense
Nunsense
9/6 - 9/28/2013


The Little Sisters of Hoboken have planned a fundraiser talent show - and you're invited! Something tragic has happened in the Convent and funds are ...

Auditions for Behind Closed Doors by Marc S. Sanders


Directed by Marc S. Sanders and Amy C. Ragg The tenants of an apartment building do not know each other...but they’re about to. Follow the ...

Black Coffee Staged Reading Series: If Life Was Like a B Movie


From escaping a physically abusive father to falling for a possessive, verbally abusive boyfriend, Kayla has never known the Technicolor romance she sees regularly in ...

Fame, Jr. The Musical
Fame, Jr. The Musical
8/16 - 8/25/2013


FAME Junior - A Musical Conceived and Developed by David De Silva Book by Jose Fernandez Lyrics by Jacques Levy Music by Steve Margoshes Presented ...

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