Join us for a very special 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Veteran Community Open Mic! Art2Action presents the 10th Anniversary in partnership with Alternate ROOTS, featuring special ROOTS guests Linda Parris-Bailey (co-founder of the Veteran’s Open Mic!), Omari Fox & New DangerArts Movement, and more! Co-hosts Andrea Assaf and BlacJak return, with music by your favorite Soul & Hip Hop DJ Cotton! The #VeteransOpenMic started in September 2013 […]
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Countdown Improv Festival
The Countdown Improv Festival triumphantly returns to the HCC Ybor Performing Arts Building in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa for our seventh big year. Our 2023 festival will feature over 75 different trio, duo, and solo improv acts from all over the United States. Join us for four nights of hilarious and unforgettable improv […]
Tampa Fringe Festival 2023
Gotta watch ’em all! An indie performing arts fest in Ybor City like no other, and this year is more exciting than ever! With over thirty acts performing over 5 days, from all over the bay and the world, we’ve got storytelling, comedy, theatre, dance, stand-up, surreal lectures, sketch comedy, Kids Fringe, and everything in […]
A Doll’s House Part 2
As a door slams in 1879 Norway, a young wife and mother leaves behind her family, freeing herself from the shackles of traditional societal constraints. Now, 15 years later, that same door opens to reveal Nora, a changed woman with an incredibly awkward favor to ask the people who she abandoned. Lucas Hnath’s bitingly funny […]
Steel Magnolias at Powerstories Theatre
On stage at Powerstories Theatre from September 15 through October 2 is the poignant tribute of a brother to his deceased sister, Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS. Directed by Bridget Bean, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is a play based on the beloved movie that debuted in 1989. Set entirely in a Truvy’s beauty salon where the women gather […]
Breast Advice: An Uplifting Conversation about Boobs in Tampa Bay Theatre Festival at Stageworks
Being back stage, preparing for a show is where lifelong friendships are born. You arrive 60 to 90 minutes in advance, get dressed, do your hair and makeup, and wait for the audience to be seated, hold for latecomers, so to pass time, you talk quietly in the dressing rooms…. about anything and everything. During […]
Tampa Fringe Festival 2022
It’s time to Peace. Love. Fringe! That’s right, the Tampa International Fringe Festival is back for the 6th year in Ybor City July 28 – August 7, 2022. It’ a chance to binge on the performing arts. All shows are an hour or less, with theatre, burlesque, comedy, storytelling, opera, improv, kids shows, and more. […]
Advanced Stand Up Workshop
Stand Up Comedy Workshop @ 6p-730p Tuesdays & Thursdays, March 29th – April 7th Join world class touring comedian Dylan Vattelana for a limited-run class where you’ll learn to tighten up your jokes, work on stage craft, get feedback, and discover how to take your craft to higher levels. You’ll also be able to ask questions about […]
“Real Women Have Curves”
After a nearly two-year intermission, Powerstories Theatre is returning to live theatre with Josefina López’s “Real Women Have Curves,” a play set in a small sewing factory in East Los Angeles. It covers issues of gender politics and the Latina immigrant experience through a week in the lives of five Latina characters. Directed by Linda […]
Meshuggah-Nuns!
Meshuggah-Nuns! Book, Music & Lyrics by Dan Goggin Directed by Craig Ruska Meshuggah-Nuns! finds the sisters on an all-expense-paid trip on the “Faiths of All Nations” Cruise. When the cast of “Fiddler on the Roof” (with the exception of the guy playing Tevye) gets seasick, the ship’s captain asks the sisters and Tevye to put […]