25/26 Bank of America Broadway at Straz Center season on sale now
Tickets to the all-new nine-show season are now on sale to renewing and new season ticket holders.
Patel Conservatory
Summer camps and classes
Camps and classes in dance, theater and music - for all ages and experience levels - are now open for registration!
Opera Tampa
25/26 Opera Tampa season tickets on sale now
Opera Tampa celebrates its 30th season with an eclectic mix of works designed to appeal to both die-hard fans and newcomers to the artform.
Community Engagement
Arts Legacy REMIX
Arts Legacy REMIX is a grassroots, ground-up undertaking that demonstrates how The Straz continues to discover new and innovative ways to create and present art that is entertaining, accessible, empowering and inspiring.
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From classroom visits, to scholarships for deserving students, to Riverwalk Stage performances – donations make it all possible. Make a donation and help us reach beyond our theaters to bring the arts where they are needed most!
Straz Center Blog
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New Opera Adds Context, Perspective to Rosa Parks’ Story
A new opera, She Who Dared, puts Rosa Parks’ story in perspective, as she was one of a group of women instrumental in the planning and execution of the act that began the year-plus long bus boycott. She Who Dared is believed to be the first professionally-staged opera written by two black women: librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton and composer Jasmine Arielle Barnes.
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Broadway Intensive Puts Students on the Road to the Stage
A class of Patel Conservatory theater students is currently immersed in rehearsals for a production of Shakespearean spoof Something Rotten! The rehearsals follow a week of master classes and guest artists, theater professionals with real-world experience.
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Film, TV Stars Often Tread the Boards As Well
In truth, even the most Hollywood-centric of movie stars likely started learning their craft on stage. Schools have theater programs for budding thespians, not movie sets. The film stars of tomorrow will be auditioning for roles in their schools’ productions of Guys and Dolls and Shrek: The Musical come fall.
