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Desdemona, a play about a handkerchief


A tale of hidden desires and twisted fates featuring three women who refuse to play by the rules, a laundry, a brothel, and a handkerchief...

A Tuna Christmas
A Tuna Christmas
12/5 - 12/15/2024


It’s Christmas in the third-smallest town in Texas. Many colorful Tuna denizens, some you will recognize from Greater Tuna and some making their debut.

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


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 ...

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 ...

Wonderful Life
Wonderful Life
12/5 - 12/22/2024


"Wonderful Life" is a heartwarming 75-minute one-person retelling of the classic holiday story, "It's a Wonderful Life." George Bailey’s struggle to grasp why life is ...

The Ladies of the Camellias
The Ladies of the Camellias
1/9 - 1/19/2025


The world's two most famous actresses, Sarah Bernhardt & Eleonora Duce, are playing the same role in dueling productions. Mayhem ensues as they meet and ...

Letterhead
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 ...

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 ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
1/15 - 2/9/2025


Macbeth by William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by David Jenkins Featuring a score by Jeremy Douglass Jan. 15 – Feb. 9, 2025 Jaeb Theater, Straz ...

Shakespeare's Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts


What if William Shakespeare had written The Wizard of Oz ? Travel over the rainbow to the early 17th Century in this reimagining of the ...

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing


A story that celebrates sisterhood and embraces adventure.  In this modern fairytale, three sisters, left abandoned, take charge of their own destinies. The eldest, Albienne, ...

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 ...

Steel Magnolias
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 ...

The Pillowman
The Pillowman
3/12 - 4/6/2025


The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh Directed by David Jenkins Mar. 12 – Apr. 6, 2025 Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center The Pillowman  is an exhilarating comedy-drama ...

The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys
4/3 - 4/13/2025


Neil Simon’s classic comedy The Sunshine Boys features a formerly successful vaudeville comedy duo. The duo reluctantly reunites in the 1970’s for a TV special. Their ...

Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearan Parody of Ghostbusters


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 ...

The Butterfly's Evil Spell


The Butterfly’s Evil Spell Adapted from the play by Federico Garcia Lorca Developed by the Ensemble Music by Jeremy Douglass May 7 – Jun. 1, ...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]


The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] By Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield, new revisions by Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield Aug. ...

Every Brilliant Thing
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 ...



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Review: ALL'S WELL: A STEAMPUNK MUSICAL at The Royal Knight Stage Company of RRHS


by Peter Nason - November 10, 2024

A marvelous cast of River Ridge students breathes the Bard to life!...

Review: GOREY STORIES is a Haunting Delight for Spooky Season...The Perfect Treat at Jobsite Theater


by Drew Eberhard - October 28, 2024

Jobsite Theater once again dives headfirst into a world only they know how to portray. A world reveling in the strange, the unorthodox, and yet proving to be a masterclass of all things twisted and warped. This production which harkens back to their production of Shockheaded Peter, a few seasons bac...

Review: Erica Garraffa Brings Laura Nyro to Life in SOUL PICNIC: A CELEBRATION OF LAURA NYRO


by Peter Nason - October 27, 2024

There is no one in pop and rock like Laura Nyro, and Erica Garraffa is spellbinding as the great singer-songwriter....

Review: EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL, Is Campy, Killer Fun at WestCoast Players Theatre


by Drew Eberhard - October 22, 2024

Somewhere in a world on a road less traveled, between the likes of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, American Psycho, Carrie, and the more recently conceptualized Beetlejuice lies the twisted campy world in which the characters of Evil Dead the Musical reside. First performed in 2003 in Toronto, this c...

Review: The USF School of Theatre & Dance Presents the Breathtaking FUGITIVE SONGS


by Peter Nason - October 05, 2024

A song cycle featuring six incredibly talented actors. Not to be missed!...

Review: Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre Presents Kander & Ebb's Stunning CHICAGO


by Peter Nason - September 28, 2024

You'll be hard-pressed to find a better production of this iconic musical!...

Review: LAUNCHING THEIR 26TH SEASON INTO THE STRATOSPHERE WITH SELINA FILLINGER'S POTUS at JOBSITE THEATER


by Drew Eberhard - September 07, 2024

Alice Paul...remember her? In 1920, she was THE WOMAN, THE SUFFRAGIST, who secured the right to vote for women, and wrote the unratified Equal Rights Amendment. Further explanation of her movement can be found in the recent musical Suffs, Shaina Taub’s musical which more recently won Best Book of a ...

Review: The Carrollwood Players Production of ANNIE


by Peter Nason - September 07, 2024

It has a lot going for it, but it's a hit and miss affair, with moments that make us soar and moments that make us cringe....

Review: A BLISTERING “BLACKBIRD,” WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS at THE OFF-CENTRAL PLAYERS


by Drew Eberhard - September 06, 2024

In researching and marinating the events that played out in my head following the opening night performance of the Off-Central Player’s production of David Harrower’s Blackbird, I ran across this quote. The quote in which I will speak about is actually fitting to the play itself. I’m going to post i...

Review: The Tampa Bay Theatre Festival's 2024 Short Play Competition


by Peter Nason - August 28, 2024

It's a hit and miss affair, showcasing some of the best playwrights in Tampa Bay....



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