A Creative Home for Every Generation In the heart of Carrollwood sits a place that has quietly, steadily transformed into one of Tampa Bay’s most busy artistic hubs. Carrollwood Cultural Center began as a repurposed church with a green roof has grown into a multi-arts campus filled with theatre, concerts, galleries, classes, festivals, and a…
Thirty seconds into the show at the packed Zubrick Magic Theatre in St. Petersburg, it was clear we were about to experience something special. Magicians Ryan and Chris Zubrick, who are stage partners and spouses, immediately charmed the audience with their warm spirit, quick-witted banter and mind-boggling illusions. For the next 70 minutes, Chris and…
The 6th Annual Voices of Women Theatre Festival March 5-9, 2026 will see the return of one of Tampa Bay’s most influential women’s storytelling events—Powerstories’ 6th Annual Voices of Women Theatre Festival, now hosted at the HCC Black Box Theatre in Ybor City. What started as a pandemic-era lifeline has evolved into an enduring celebration…
(Oct. 2–19, 2025) Happening now, St. Petersburg’s art and theater scenes converge in a delightfully uncanny way with Weird in St. Pete, an immersive theatrical journey staged inside the Duncan McClellan Gallery under the auspices of American Stage. What Is Weird in St. Pete? Weird in St. Pete is not a traditional play performed on a stage. Instead,…
Director Eric Davis, Music Director Michael Raabe and Choreographer Leann Alduenda helm the rarely produced Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Tell Me On a Sunday. freeFall’s season opener, Tell Me On a Sunday, opens September 5, 2025. This underrated musical romance, from the award-winning composer of The Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard, follows a young English girl who has recently…
With the red-carpet world premiere of his film Brooker on August 16 at Centro Asturiano de Tampa, screenwriter and executive producer Brandon Ransbottom has captured authentic Florida beyond its iconic amusement parks and picturesque beaches. Filmed over 21 days, Brooker showcases both emerging and seasoned talents from the Tampa Bay area, featuring Faniel Pradel, Clay…
A pivotal moment in Tampa’s Civil Rights history remains largely unknown, even to many locals. This chapter, absent from history books, resurfaced through a 2023 play commissioned by Stageworks Theatre. Directed by Karla Hartley, the production highlights the historic sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter on North Franklin and East Polk Streets and the…
At Green Light Cinema, Catch an Art Film While Training To Be a Thespian At Green Light Cinema, St. Pete’s art house movie theater, which houses a companion acting school, Station 12 Studio at Green Light Cinema, you can learn from film artists by watching carefully curated films. Or, you can take a semester or…
From Tampa to Broadway and Back: Alexis Carra To Alexis Carra, Tampa has always been home. Even as she performed on the New York City Broadway stage, toured the world with award-winning shows, and ventured into a Hollywood career, Alexis always knew she’d return home. Her Tampa roots run deep. Alexis is a born-and-raised, fourth-generation…
THE 600 block on First Ave South, St Pete, is the home of the always exciting, ever- changing, The Studio at 620. The new Artistic Director of this eclectic arts haven, alternating music, visual arts, theatre, poetry, movement, and a myriad of other artistic endeavors in its inviting space is the multi-talented, Erica Sutherlin. In…
AN INTERVIEW WITH A QUINTUPLE THREAT: PLAYWRIGHT, AUTHOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, ACTOR Celebration of the power of the arts at Powerstories Theater September 20-21, 2024 Powerstories presents a theatrical fundraising event featuring the celebrity staged reading of Stan Zimmerman’s poignant play, right before i go, narrated by Zimmerman himself. You may recognize the name from television and…