With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
FST Improv is serving up the laughter every Saturday night beginning March 20! Drawing inspiration from audience suggestions, FST Improvisers spin scenes, games, and songs…completely on the spot. With all-new rules, FST’s team of three socially-distanced funny people are back to bring you an all-new show with all-new laughs. Be sure to stay six feet from Read More >
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival, in collaboration with Harbour Productions and Mark of Man Films, launched “La Musica at Home,” a monthly series of documentaries exploring the personal lives, musical passions and performances of its renowned musician artists. The series is available for free through YouTube, LaMusicaFestival.org, and Facebook.com/LaMusicaSRQ. In the premiere episode, viewers Read More >
Join in on Sarasota Contemporary Dance's open company class. For advanced dancers.
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival, in collaboration with Harbour Productions and Mark of Man Films, launched “La Musica at Home,” a monthly series of documentaries exploring the personal lives, musical passions and performances of its renowned musician artists. The series is available for free through YouTube, LaMusicaFestival.org, and Facebook.com/LaMusicaSRQ. In the premiere episode, viewers Read More >
March 19-April 1 | Previews March 17 & 18 Book and Music by Alan Jay Lerner Lyrics by Frederick Loewe Original Production Directed and Staged by Moss Hart Based on The Once and Future King by T.H. White Book Adapted by David Lee New Orchestrations by Steve Orich Directed by Celine Rosenthal The winner of four Tony® Awards, Lerner and Loewe’s classic 1960 musical Read More >
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival, in collaboration with Harbour Productions and Mark of Man Films, launched “La Musica at Home,” a monthly series of documentaries exploring the personal lives, musical passions and performances of its renowned musician artists. The series is available for free through YouTube, LaMusicaFestival.org, and Facebook.com/LaMusicaSRQ. In the premiere episode, viewers Read More >
From Billy Joel and Stevie Wonder to Carole King and Sarah McLachlan, Three Pianos celebrates the musical pioneers who refused to fit the mold of “rock star” and forged their own paths in the industry. This high-energy music revue will have you singing along to such ivory-tickling classics as “Crocodile Rock,” “Beautiful,” and “Just the Way You Read More >
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota concludes its Winter-Spring 2021 Outdoor season with a performance by local singing sensation Maria Wirries, Wednesday, April 21, outdoors at Plantation Golf & Country Club, 500 Rockley Blvd., Venice. Wirries, who now resides in New York and recently toured with the Tony Award-winning show “Dear Evan Hansen,” will team up Read More >
March 19-April 1 | Previews March 17 & 18 Book and Music by Alan Jay Lerner Lyrics by Frederick Loewe Original Production Directed and Staged by Moss Hart Based on The Once and Future King by T.H. White Book Adapted by David Lee New Orchestrations by Steve Orich Directed by Celine Rosenthal The winner of four Tony® Awards, Lerner and Loewe’s classic 1960 musical Read More >
March 19-April 1 | Previews March 17 & 18 Book and Music by Alan Jay Lerner Lyrics by Frederick Loewe Original Production Directed and Staged by Moss Hart Based on The Once and Future King by T.H. White Book Adapted by David Lee New Orchestrations by Steve Orich Directed by Celine Rosenthal The winner of four Tony® Awards, Lerner and Loewe’s classic 1960 musical Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
FST Improv is serving up the laughter every Saturday night beginning March 20! Drawing inspiration from audience suggestions, FST Improvisers spin scenes, games, and songs…completely on the spot. With all-new rules, FST’s team of three socially-distanced funny people are back to bring you an all-new show with all-new laughs. Be sure to stay six feet from Read More >
Join in on Sarasota Contemporary Dance's open company class. For advanced dancers.
First Look at “Ocean Body” by Helga Davis Presented by Hermitage Artist Retreat in partnership with EnsembleNew SRQ and Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Thursday, April 8 @ 7:00pm EST • virtual access A first look at “Ocean Body,” the Hermitage Greenfield Prize commission by 2019 winner Helga Davis. This is a unique story of friendship Read More >
An open rehearsal of Timeline “Timeline is a work of heART. It started with the vision of my best friend Leymis to have a one woman show that can feature my skills and passion as an artist. I have been dancing since the age of five, training vigorously in classical ballet. It was in middle Read More >
This lighthearted operatic comedy opens with one of Rossini’s most innovative and playful overtures. Anxious young lovers navigate their way through meddling parents, an arranged marriage, and a case of mistaken identity, with sparkling arias and ensembles soaring towards happily ever after. Sung in Italian with English translations above the stage. Six performances from April Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
Artist Talk with Aleshea Harris, Playwright and Theater Artist Saturday, April 10 @ 6pm EST Hermitage Artist Retreat Beach, 6660 Manasota Key Road, Englewood, FL 34223 ~ Also via Live-Stream Registration required. $5 per person registration fee. Aleshea Harris is the winner of the 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize. Her play Is God Is (directed by Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
An open rehearsal of Timeline “Timeline is a work of heART. It started with the vision of my best friend Leymis to have a one woman show that can feature my skills and passion as an artist. I have been dancing since the age of five, training vigorously in classical ballet. It was in middle Read More >
FST Improv is serving up the laughter every Saturday night beginning March 20! Drawing inspiration from audience suggestions, FST Improvisers spin scenes, games, and songs…completely on the spot. With all-new rules, FST’s team of three socially-distanced funny people are back to bring you an all-new show with all-new laughs. Be sure to stay six feet from Read More >
In this Baroque treasure based on The Aeneid of Virgil, Dido the Queen of Carthage falls in love with the Trojan warrior Aeneas, yet scheming sorcery and fateful spells doom their great passion. Hear the abandoned and heartbroken queen conclude the epic tale with one of opera’s most memorable laments. Sung in Italian with English Read More >
Have you just about had enough of staring at your four walls for the last 9 months…not being able to travel safely…not being able to visit family in other parts of the country! Well here’s your chance to join us as we take off on a guided musical tour on the “HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS” of Read More >
Virtual Celebration of the Hermitage Greenfield Prize Sunday, April 11, available starting at 7pm EST (via Zoom) This special video presentation is a tribute to Hermitage Greenfield Prize winners, past and present. Viewing access to the virtual celebration is available for a minimum contribution of $50. Please note: This video presentation is separate from the Read More >
Join in on Sarasota Contemporary Dance's open company class. For advanced dancers.
This lighthearted operatic comedy opens with one of Rossini’s most innovative and playful overtures. Anxious young lovers navigate their way through meddling parents, an arranged marriage, and a case of mistaken identity, with sparkling arias and ensembles soaring towards happily ever after. Sung in Italian with English translations above the stage. Six performances from April Read More >
In this Baroque treasure based on The Aeneid of Virgil, Dido the Queen of Carthage falls in love with the Trojan warrior Aeneas, yet scheming sorcery and fateful spells doom their great passion. Hear the abandoned and heartbroken queen conclude the epic tale with one of opera’s most memorable laments. Sung in Italian with English Read More >
April 17-24 | Previews April 15 & 16 Directed by Josh Rhodes When the sun goes down, the heat kicks up when unstoppable actress, singer, dancer, and Latin pop sensation Ana Isabelle takes the Terrace Stage in a rare concert appearance. After her explosive performance as Eva Peròn in Asolo Rep’s Evita in 2017, Ana landed Read More >
This lighthearted operatic comedy opens with one of Rossini’s most innovative and playful overtures. Anxious young lovers navigate their way through meddling parents, an arranged marriage, and a case of mistaken identity, with sparkling arias and ensembles soaring towards happily ever after. Sung in Italian with English translations above the stage. Six performances from April Read More >
REVolutions Dance’s performance will highlight both its professional performers and it’s REVyouth performers. Their REVyouth program is in its tenth year and features young dancers of all abilities. The REVyouth ensemble has performed at many community events and local theaters. Through the REVyouth program, these talented young performers have and have had the opportunity to work Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
In this Baroque treasure based on The Aeneid of Virgil, Dido the Queen of Carthage falls in love with the Trojan warrior Aeneas, yet scheming sorcery and fateful spells doom their great passion. Hear the abandoned and heartbroken queen conclude the epic tale with one of opera’s most memorable laments. Sung in Italian with English Read More >
REVolutions Dance’s performance will highlight both its professional performers and it’s REVyouth performers. Their REVyouth program is in its tenth year and features young dancers of all abilities. The REVyouth ensemble has performed at many community events and local theaters. Through the REVyouth program, these talented young performers have and have had the opportunity to work Read More >
This lighthearted operatic comedy opens with one of Rossini’s most innovative and playful overtures. Anxious young lovers navigate their way through meddling parents, an arranged marriage, and a case of mistaken identity, with sparkling arias and ensembles soaring towards happily ever after. Sung in Italian with English translations above the stage. Six performances from April Read More >
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota spices things up with the Heat Latin Jazz Band, Sunday, April 18, 3:00 p.m., outdoors at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. Comprised mainly of students from Florida Gulf Coast University and Florida Southwestern State College, Heat Latin Jazz Band is a vibrant seven-piece ensemble covering a wide variety Read More >
Siblings and frequent VT performers Casey and Kiley Berkery star in this contemporary musical about the relationship between a brother and a sister ... and a mother and a son. Exploring themes of love, healing and letting go, john & jen follows the lives of the title characters from the 1950s through the 1990s. It Read More >
Join in on Sarasota Contemporary Dance's open company class. For advanced dancers.
Siblings and frequent VT performers Casey and Kiley Berkery star in this contemporary musical about the relationship between a brother and a sister ... and a mother and a son. Exploring themes of love, healing and letting go, john & jen follows the lives of the title characters from the 1950s through the 1990s. It Read More >
In this Baroque treasure based on The Aeneid of Virgil, Dido the Queen of Carthage falls in love with the Trojan warrior Aeneas, yet scheming sorcery and fateful spells doom their great passion. Hear the abandoned and heartbroken queen conclude the epic tale with one of opera’s most memorable laments. Sung in Italian with English Read More >
This lighthearted operatic comedy opens with one of Rossini’s most innovative and playful overtures. Anxious young lovers navigate their way through meddling parents, an arranged marriage, and a case of mistaken identity, with sparkling arias and ensembles soaring towards happily ever after. Sung in Italian with English translations above the stage. Six performances from April Read More >
In this Baroque treasure based on The Aeneid of Virgil, Dido the Queen of Carthage falls in love with the Trojan warrior Aeneas, yet scheming sorcery and fateful spells doom their great passion. Hear the abandoned and heartbroken queen conclude the epic tale with one of opera’s most memorable laments. Sung in Italian with English Read More >
Siblings and frequent VT performers Casey and Kiley Berkery star in this contemporary musical about the relationship between a brother and a sister ... and a mother and a son. Exploring themes of love, healing and letting go, john & jen follows the lives of the title characters from the 1950s through the 1990s. It Read More >
This lighthearted operatic comedy opens with one of Rossini’s most innovative and playful overtures. Anxious young lovers navigate their way through meddling parents, an arranged marriage, and a case of mistaken identity, with sparkling arias and ensembles soaring towards happily ever after. Sung in Italian with English translations above the stage. Six performances from April Read More >
Siblings and frequent VT performers Casey and Kiley Berkery star in this contemporary musical about the relationship between a brother and a sister ... and a mother and a son. Exploring themes of love, healing and letting go, john & jen follows the lives of the title characters from the 1950s through the 1990s. It Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
Siblings and frequent VT performers Casey and Kiley Berkery star in this contemporary musical about the relationship between a brother and a sister ... and a mother and a son. Exploring themes of love, healing and letting go, john & jen follows the lives of the title characters from the 1950s through the 1990s. It Read More >
In this Baroque treasure based on The Aeneid of Virgil, Dido the Queen of Carthage falls in love with the Trojan warrior Aeneas, yet scheming sorcery and fateful spells doom their great passion. Hear the abandoned and heartbroken queen conclude the epic tale with one of opera’s most memorable laments. Sung in Italian with English Read More >
Siblings and frequent VT performers Casey and Kiley Berkery star in this contemporary musical about the relationship between a brother and a sister ... and a mother and a son. Exploring themes of love, healing and letting go, john & jen follows the lives of the title characters from the 1950s through the 1990s. It Read More >
Join in on Sarasota Contemporary Dance's open company class. For advanced dancers.
For 72 years, students involved with the Circus Arts Conservatory’s Sailor Circus program have amazed audiences with a thrilling spectacle of youth circus arts. In “A Night at the Movies,” audiences can expect to see incredible youth circus artists flip, fly and soar to new heights while enjoying the music and vibe of popular films Read More >
Tribute, the last production of our season, is in honor of Founding Board Member of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Muriel G. Mayers. Muriel not only provided the administrative foundation of the company, but she is also a knowledgeable and dependable sounding-board for Leymis artistically. This production presents some of Muriel’s favorites from Leymis’s obras de danza, Read More >
Tribute, the last production of our season, is in honor of Founding Board Member of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Muriel G. Mayers. Muriel not only provided the administrative foundation of the company, but she is also a knowledgeable and dependable sounding-board for Leymis artistically. This production presents some of Muriel’s favorites from Leymis’s obras de danza, Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
For 72 years, students involved with the Circus Arts Conservatory’s Sailor Circus program have amazed audiences with a thrilling spectacle of youth circus arts. In “A Night at the Movies,” audiences can expect to see incredible youth circus artists flip, fly and soar to new heights while enjoying the music and vibe of popular films Read More >
With music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, this revue starring Summer Cabaret favorite Carole J. Bufford explores the evolution of popular music from The Roaring Twenties to The Soaring Eighties. Featuring hits like “St. Louis Blues,” “Every Breath You Take,” “Sway,” and “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Read More >
Tribute, the last production of our season, is in honor of Founding Board Member of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Muriel G. Mayers. Muriel not only provided the administrative foundation of the company, but she is also a knowledgeable and dependable sounding-board for Leymis artistically. This production presents some of Muriel’s favorites from Leymis’s obras de danza, Read More >
FST Improv is serving up the laughter every Saturday night beginning March 20! Drawing inspiration from audience suggestions, FST Improvisers spin scenes, games, and songs…completely on the spot. With all-new rules, FST’s team of three socially-distanced funny people are back to bring you an all-new show with all-new laughs. Be sure to stay six feet from Read More >
For 72 years, students involved with the Circus Arts Conservatory’s Sailor Circus program have amazed audiences with a thrilling spectacle of youth circus arts. In “A Night at the Movies,” audiences can expect to see incredible youth circus artists flip, fly and soar to new heights while enjoying the music and vibe of popular films Read More >
Sunday in the Park with Strings Con Brio Join the award-winning orchestra, Strings Con Brio, for an afternoon of light classical and popular selections which are sure to be crowd-pleasers. Featured soloists will be the dazzling duo guitarists Joseph Shields and Dr. Zachary Johnson performing the virtuosic Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi. Read More >
The Pops Orchestra is proud to present a “High Five Pop Up Concert Series” featuring the String Quartet, Woodwind Quintet, and Brass Quintet from The Pops performing in various outdoor settings around the Suncoast region at 5:30 p.m. Conductor Robyn Bell will lead you through a 60-minute show full of laughs, stories, and, of course, Read More >
For 72 years, students involved with the Circus Arts Conservatory’s Sailor Circus program have amazed audiences with a thrilling spectacle of youth circus arts. In “A Night at the Movies,” audiences can expect to see incredible youth circus artists flip, fly and soar to new heights while enjoying the music and vibe of popular films Read More >
Tribute, the last production of our season, is in honor of Founding Board Member of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Muriel G. Mayers. Muriel not only provided the administrative foundation of the company, but she is also a knowledgeable and dependable sounding-board for Leymis artistically. This production presents some of Muriel’s favorites from Leymis’s obras de danza, Read More >