Kyle Ann Lacertosa

Theatre Odyssey's Eighth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival will feature eight short but highly imaginative plays. Performances will be January 25 at 7:30 p.m. and January 26 at 2 p.m. at the Jane B. Cook Theatre in the Asolo/FSU Center for the Performing Arts. The award presentation follows the January 26 performance.

With its lively teenage cast, it's funny, bawdy, and edgy, with a meaning that connects not just with teens, but with adults who remember the days of pimples and virginity pledges.

A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim's signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America's four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written. The show is currently running at Manatee Performing Arts Center, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The Manatee Performing Arts Center launches the Manatee Players' 2016-17 Season with a bang with Tony-Award winning 42nd Street in Stone Hall Theater, running now through August 28th. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The Manatee Performing Arts Center launches the Manatee Players' 2016-17 Season with 42ND STREET in Stone Hall Theater August 11th - 28th.

The Manatee Performing Arts Center launches the Manatee Players' 2016-17 Season with 42ND STREET in Stone Hall Theater August 11th - 28th.

Manatee Performing Arts Center recently held a reception in honor of the opening of their production of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. Check out photos from the event below!

The Manatee Performing Arts Center presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a hilarious and fast-paced musical, on October 29th - November 15th in Stone Hall. This musical will be directed by Steven Flaa and musically directed by Aaron Cassette.

The full schedule of classes and instructors has been announced for the new Conservatory of Performance and Technical Arts at Manatee Performing Arts Center.

The 1984 comedy STEPPING OUT by Richard Harris opens in the Bradenton Kiwanis Theater at the Manatee Performing Arts Center today, January 16 and runs through February 2.

The full schedule of classes and instructors has been announced for the new Performing Arts Conservatory at Manatee Performing Arts Center. The semester starts January 6th and runs through May 31st. Instructors include Cynthia Ashford, Teri Booth, Wendy James Brown, Michael DeMocko, Kyle Ann Lacertosa, Martine Moore, Geena Ravella, Holly Rizzo, Carlo Thomas and Katie Zanders.

The 1984 comedy STEPPING OUT by Richard Harris opens in the Bradenton Kiwanis Theater at the Manatee Performing Arts Center on January 16 and runs through February 2.

The musical JERRY'S GIRLS by Jerry Herman opens at the Manatee Players on October 27 and plays through November 13. Performances are Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

The musical JERRY'S GIRLS by Jerry Herman opens at the Manatee Players on October 27 and plays through November 13. Performances are Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 including facility fee for adults and $11 including facility fee for students. Tickets may be reserved by calling 748-5875 Monday - Friday from 9-5 and one hour before curtain on performance days or on the Manatee Players' website: www.manateeplayers.com. All performances are at 102 Old Main Street in downtown Bradenton.

The musical JERRY'S GIRLS by Jerry Herman opens at the Manatee Players on October 27 and plays through November 13. Performances are Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.