A dramatic stage performance photograph showing Bailey Lord (center) as Charlie Wall in Tampa City Ballet's 'La Séptima'. Captured in a wide shot on a dark theatrical stage, Bailey Lord stands center stage wearing a white suit jacket, matching white trousers, and a white bowtie, holding a small white ball high in his right hand. Multiple white balls appear suspended in mid-air and scattered across the reflective dark stage floor around him, backed by an ensemble of dancers in period attire beneath warm overhead wall-sconce spotlights against a brick-arch backdrop.

Tampa City Ballet’s ‘La Septima’ is a huge accomplishment, and it takes over the Cuban Club this weekend

Tampeños have three more chances to see it—Oct. 9-10 & 17—and they should.

by David Warner October 9, 2026October 9, 2026

Tampa City Ballet takes over Ybor City’s Cuban Club Oct. 9-10 and present ‘La Septima.’

A cropped close-up photograph by Dave Decker showing a detail of model Nova Cane in a Vanessa Froehling design at the Wearable Art 19 fashion show at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in Dunedin, Florida, on August 23, 2025. Set against a dark background, the cropped shot focuses tightly on the upper headpiece, showing the model's dark curly hair paired with an intricate, bright orange perforated mesh structure embellished with metal hardware and bolts.

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‘Wearable Art’ celebrates 20 years of transcending fashion in Dunedin

The Bay area tradition returns this weekend.

by David Warner August 17, 2026August 17, 2026

A black and white photo of a historic home in Tampa's Hyde Park neighborhood

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Mark E. Leib hosts a free reading and talkback of his new play at Stageworks this weekend

The award-winning playwright explores Ybor’s Jewish businesses in the 1920s with ‘The House in Hyde Park.’

by David Warner July 14, 2026July 14, 2026

People gather around a crossword puzzle at a gala table with scattered Scrabble tiles at Word Play.

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Crossword junkies unite for a good cause in St. Pete next week

The gala benefits Voices of Hope for Aphasia and honors our late, beloved puzzle maker.

by David Warner June 26, 2026June 26, 2026

Dave Malloy in white judge's robes with ornate beading holds a cross necklace while seated in front of an American flag for Lab Theater Project's "The Cross & The Saber"

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Tampa Bay theater shows explore America’s fundamental freedoms this summer

Amidst the America 250 drumbeats, these productions question the nation’s founding principles.

by David Warner June 25, 2026June 26, 2026

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In his new novel, ‘Fish Kill,’ Dennis Mitch Maley frolics in the world of Florida

The Bradenton Times editor will sign copies at the Jack Kerouac House’s Underground Book Fair next weekend.

by David Warner May 20, 2026May 21, 2026

A two-panel composite of Tampa-based actors Noa Friedman and David Friedman. On the left, Noa Friedman poses in a white tank top against a neutral background with her blonde hair styled in a bob. On the right, David Friedman smiles broadly in a navy blue blazer over a white t-shirt against a dark grey background.

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Siblings from Tampa Bay’s acting Friedman family make co-acting debut in important freeFall production

They’re playing brother and sister in ‘And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank.’

by David Warner April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

Production still from 'The Shark Is Broken' at Jobsite Theater. From left to right: Christopher Marshall (as Roy Scheider) reads a newspaper, Cody Farkas (as Richard Dreyfuss) sits at the center of a wooden table with a bottle, and Paul Potenza (as Robert Shaw) laughs while holding a drink. They are seated in the wood-paneled galley of a boat with blue-tinted windows in the background, captured during a March 2026 rehearsal in Tampa.

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Review: Tampa’s Jobsite Theater may have netted a spring blockbuster with ‘The Shark Is Broken’

It’s a terrifically entertaining, impeccably cast 90-minute comedy-drama starring three of Tampa Bay’s best actors.

by David Warner March 23, 2026March 23, 2026

A serene studio portrait of a person with short, voluminous dark hair and golden-brown eyes looking directly at the camera. They are wearing a mauve sleeveless top and a small gold nose ring, with their chin resting on their hand, all set against a warm, out-of-focus brown background.

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Here are seven Tampa Bay actors and dancers to know in 2026

Every one of these artists pointed to the help they got along the way.

by David Warner January 29, 2026February 3, 2026

A shirtless individual with short, wavy brown hair and a mustache performs a contemporary dance pose against a neutral grey-to-white gradient background. They are wearing black high-waisted trousers, with their torso turned and arms extended in a fluid, expressive movement while looking off to the side.

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Polk County’s Justin Brock is a powerful mover who’s developing a choreographic style all his own

He’s creating and starring in a piece for the March 6 edition of Beacon based on an anime about a boy with chainsaw hands.

by David Warner January 29, 2026March 11, 2026

A studio portrait of a person with short, curly dark hair and a beard, looking toward the camera with a wide smile. They are wearing a dark olive-green button-down shirt with a subtle grid pattern, posed against a solid grey background.

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Tampa actor Max Carley turned his life around and rediscovered theater

He just won a full scholarship to the Atlantic Acting Program, an affiliate of the renowned Atlantic Theater Company.

by David Warner January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

A studio portrait of a person with short dark hair and a mustache, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile. They are wearing a grey blazer over a black and grey plaid button-down shirt, accented with a long wooden bead necklace featuring a circular gold pendant, all set against a solid grey background.

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Tampa actor Lance Markeith Felton is incapable of making a false move—on stage, at the mic, or in the classroom

You just saw him as the fierce young civil rights warrior Dasher in ‘When the Righteous Triumph.’

by David Warner January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

A studio portrait of a person with long, flowing strawberry-blonde hair and a friendly smile. They are wearing a sleeveless white top and large gold hoop earrings, posed against a solid dark grey background.

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Pinellas actor Aoifa Maki been hailed as ‘pure magic’ onstage

From her studies at Perkins, John Hopkins and PCCA, she has grown into the realization that the arts can be a career.

by David Warner January 29, 2026March 11, 2026

An individual in a red leotard performs a graceful leap in mid-air along a waterfront promenade at dusk. Their reflection is visible in the calm water, with a city skyline, palm trees, and sailboats in a marina under a soft, cloudy sky in the background.

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Mackenzie Mclean is a dancer, a teacher—and executive director of the Pinellas Dance Collective

Graduating from PCCA in 2023, the now-20-year-old won a scholarship to her dream school in California but decided to stay in St. Pete.

by David Warner January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

A studio portrait of a person with long, curly brown hair and a bright smile. They are wearing an olive green sleeveless top and a delicate gold necklace, posed against a solid dark grey background.

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Alaina Rahaim’s nickname in school was ‘Sparkles’–and that’s exactly what she does

The Tampa actor took ballet as a child, but found her true home in an improv class.

by David Warner January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

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From local stages to TV ads to Tammi Terrell, Tampa Bay actor Jai Shanae can do it all

You may have seen her playing the tomboy-ish Opal in ‘Fat Ham’ at American Stage.

by David Warner January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

A heavily faded, sepia-toned vintage black-and-white photograph of a large cast or studio group from the mid-20th century. The subjects are formally dressed, with some standing in rows and two seated figures in the foreground, and the image is marked by blemishes and water stains.

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For centennial finale, St. Pete City Theatre recreates its own 1940s ‘Christmas Carol’ WSUN broadcast

It shows select nights Dec. 12-21.

by David Warner December 6, 2025December 8, 2025

Two performers embracing on a dark stage lit by warm spotlights, likely from a holiday production. The person on the left has long, curly hair and wears a white lace overlay, while the person on the right wears a green knit beanie and a collared shirt. Small, illuminated Christmas trees stand on the set behind them.

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Four holiday theater productions to check out in Tampa Bay

More ‘Caol’ing, plus an adaptation of an O. Henry classic.

by David Warner December 6, 2025December 6, 2025

A close-up theatrical shot of two musicians. One person, wearing an earth-toned outfit, is singing and playing a large acoustic guitar, while the other person, in dark jeans and a sheer top, holds a small fiddle or violin and looks off to the side.

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St. Pete’s American Stage puts a 21st century twist on a holiday classic

VIP tickets for ‘The Magi’ allow audience members to sit at one of five tables on stage, complete with table-side service.

by David Warner December 6, 2025December 6, 2025

A performer with dark hair styled up and red lipstick sings with an open mouth, holding a black microphone. Warm bokeh lights and a bright blue vertical beam of light are visible in the dark background.

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St. Pete’s freeFall Theatre is going longer and stronger for its 2025 rendition of ‘A Christmas Carol’

Four singers will be onstage along with Matthew McGee.

by David Warner December 6, 2025December 6, 2025

Celebrate the best!