Curtain Call: May is Theater Month in Sarasota County

SARASOTA, Fla., April 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarasota County is known as Florida's Cultural Coast® for its vast array of high-quality performing and visual arts venues and communities. With more than ten professional and community theaters offering 3,000 seats for patrons, there are live performances year-round.

Patrons can enjoy discounts at many theaters during the May Curtain Call promotion.

To date, participants and deals include the following:

Asolo Repertory Theater, stages up to 15 professional theatrical productions, spanning from newly commissioned plays, bold reinterpretations of classical and contemporary works and provocative musical theatre experiences. The theater is the largest professional not-for-profit theater in the United States south of Atlanta. 

The Deal: Save 20% off tickets to the world premiere of Josephine
Restrictions apply. Promotion is based on ticket availability and may be discontinued at any time.

Florida Studio Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Sarasota and prides itself as a contemporary theatre.

The Deal: Enjoy buy one get one for two performances: Laughing Matters and Alabama Story. Offer based on availability of tickets.

The Venice Theatre is a not-for-profit community theatre and is the largest per capital community theatre in the United States. They produce features cabarets, full-scale musicals, comedies, dramas and contemporary productions.

The Deal: Venice Theatre offers $10 tickets using the promo code "curtain call" for its May production, James and the Giant Peach, May 17-22. Offer is based on ticket availability.

The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) promotes and celebrates the African-American experience, attracting diverse audiences, and developing minority artists. The company is known for producing shows—from Broadway hits and world premiere musicals to comedies and thought-provoking dramas.

The Deal: During the month of May, buy one ticket for WBTT's production of Driving Miss Daisy and receive the second ticket free, subject to availability. Use the code DaisyVSC.

Additional theater performances in Sarasota County during the month of May include the following:

Through May 22 The Drowning Girls will be at the Urbanite Theater, bringing compelling, intimate and contemporary live theater experiences to downtown Sarasota.

Through May 15 PROOF – A Drama will be at the Lemon Bay Playhouse, a community theater. Located in Englewood.

Learn more about these venues and what's on stage by going to sarasotacurtaincall.com.

For more information on Sarasota County visit www.visitsarasota.org

Contact:  Lynn Hobeck Bates/941-955-0991 Ext. 103,
E-mail: lhobeck@visitsarasota.org

SOURCE Visit Sarasota County