Suzanne Ruley and Friends
Love and Other Irrationalities
Musical Comedy and Cabaret
Friday, July 30 at 8 pm
Suzanne Ruley and Friends perform wonderful, funny and bizarre songs about looking for love in all the worst places. It is an evening of laughs and beautiful music from Broadway, jazz, samba, and big band with lyrics like "you're a sexy beast among the duds," and "your love is a truck that backs over me."
Her fans are numerous: "The show was top-notch, magnificent, professional entertainment her acting and singing style are captivating." "Suzanne gave a stellar performance!" You are sure to leave the theater with a fresh perspective on the absurdities of life and love.
Suzanne is joined by husband Matthew Ruley on bass and vocals, Rita Rostrom on piano, and Tony Depaulo on drums.
You'll laugh. You'll sigh. You'll hum along. It will be an ab workout without having to leave your seat!
Tickets $16, $14 (Members), $12 (Students) Performing Arts Center
 Tampa Taiko
Traditional Japanese Drum Ensemble Performance
Saturday, July 31 at 8 pm
Taiko drums are deeply entrenched in the fabric of Japanese history. The performance provides the audience an unforgettable experience learning this native Japanese art. Tampa Taiko is joined by Buddhist Monks who perform traditional throat singing chanting while blessing the newest drum by Tampa Taiko.
$12, $10 Members and Students
Performing Arts Center
Taiko Workshop & Demonstration
Saturday, July 31 at 2 pm
At the Taiko Workshop at 2 pm, participants will join the group on stage for an interactive program that covers the history of Taiko, the music of Japan, modern drumming performance, and drum making using discarded wine barrels that have been recycled into Taiko drums. Workshop is open to all ages and musical experience.
Tickets $10, Performing Arts Center
Workshop limited to 30
Actors Workshop with Rick Bronson
Every other Thursday in June, July and August
7-9 pm
Heritage Museum
$30 per workshop
Interested in improving your acting? Professional actor/director Rick Bronson teaches technique, audition strategies, improvisation, cold reading and much more. Workshops are geared toward amateur/community theater actors ages 13 years and up.
August 5: Monologues
August 19: Intermediate/Advanced Technique
 Night in the Islands on the Sponge Docks
August 7 (6-11 pm)
Enjoy outdoor dining, performances by outstanding Greek musical groups, Greek dance lessons, and a changing roster of traditional Greek arts such as tavli (Greek backgammon), Karagiozis shadow puppetry, and more. Free
Music Out of a Hat!
Sunday, August 15 at 2 pm
IT'S A CONCERT, IT'S A GAME SHOW, IT'S FUN!
Join Soprano Maria Zouves and the VoicExperience Singers at a concert of opera, Broadway and trivia. Show off your knowledge and win fun prizes and free tickets.
$15, $13 Members and Students
Performing Arts Center
Our Town
September 10-12, 17-19
Fridays and Saturdays 8 pm, Sunday 2 pm
Directed by Abbott Morgan
Tickets $18, $16 (Members) and $12 (Students)
Opening night is $15 Buck Friday
Described as “…the greatest American play ever written,” the story follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually—in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre—die. Don't miss this American classic.
2010 LARY AWARD NOMINATIONS and information
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