Carrollwood Cultural Center

Gretel! The Musical
2024-06-20 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Join us as campers ages 11-13 enrolled in our 3-week Youth Arts Intensive program perform Gretel! The Musical.
Before Hansel, there was Gretel! Based on the Russian source, which is the origin story of the tale, this musical focuses on the girls and women at the center of the adventure. Featuring folk/rock music, the songs capture the darkness but also the humor and humanity of Gretel’s journey to fetch the skull of undying light from Baba Yaga, one of the most fascinating witches of all time. On her way, Gretel meets the Black Knight, who holds the secrets of the stars in his cloak, and three horsemen, who carry the sun across the sky. Once Gretel reaches Baba Yaga’s hut on chicken legs, she confronts the witch. Baba Yaga sets three impossible tasks for Gretel to complete in exchange for the skull. In the tasks, Gretel discovers the positive power of her anger, the comfort of her compassion, the gift of her grief, and the truth of her birthright as she teaches herself how to survive.
ADMISSION: Admission to this performance is free, and tickets are not required. Enjoy!
SHOW CREDITS: Book by Jason Tremblay and Suzan Zeder. Music by Jenn Hartmann Luck. Lyrics by Jenn Hartmann Luck, Suzan Zeder, and Jason Tremblay. Cello Arrangements by Nora Karakousoglou. Gretel! The Musical is presented through Dramatic Publishing.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2024-06-27 17:30 - 18:30 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Join us as campers ages 14-16 enrolled in our 4-week Teen Arts Intensive program perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. It’s a tale of love, jealousy, mischief, rebellion, and magic. A comedy set in the court of Athens and a mystical forest where lovers flee, common players rehearse their play, and fairies meddle and run amuck.
ADMISSION: Admission to this performance is free, and tickets are not required. Enjoy!

Upstairs/Downstairs at the Tampa Bay Hotel with Mr. & Mrs. Bergner
2024-07-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Community Room, 4537 Lowell Road
Upstairs/Downstairs at the Tampa Bay Hotel with Mr. & Mrs. Bergner, 1890s
During the 1890s, from December to April, the Tampa Bay Hotel was a lively place for the elite to visit during the winter social season. Gilded Age visitors Mr. and Mrs. Bergner have arrived to see and be seen, but what should this wealthy duo wear to appear their best? This humorous performance demonstrates the many layers worn in the 19th century and examines the reasons for this period’s elaborate clothing and accessories. Mr. Bergner is played by Mike Norton, and Mrs. Bergner is played by Roberta Koutney.

Upstairs/Downstairs at the Tampa Bay Hotel is based on original research conducted by the Henry Plant Museum. Professional actors recreate the attitudes and mores of a bygone time, along with the sorrows and joys of their existence. Performances are 30 minutes. Arrive early, as seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Upstairs/Downstairs is graciously underwritten by Mosaic and with the support of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.
Admission: Free

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The SpongeBob Musical
2024-07-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-03 19:00 - 21:00 and 1 more date | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
The SpongeBob Musical
Based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg
Book by Kyle Jarrow
Musical Production Conceived by Tina Landau
Original Songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A., Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I.
And Songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley
Additional Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton/Additional Music by Tom Kitt
Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants, and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Created by Stephen Hillenburg.
Who lives in a Pineapple under the sea and became the hottest star on Broadway? Why, it’s SpongeBob SquarePants! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
Admission: $30 member / $35 general admission
Group Rate (10+ people): $31 per ticket

(This event has reserved seating.)

Available for all performances. Please inquire at the time of purchase.
Available on July 26. Please inquire at the time of purchase.

Remember to “Round It Up” and donate to the Center’s Operating Fund. Consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks
2024-08-01 17:30 - 18:30 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Join us as campers ages 11-13 enrolled in our 3-week Youth Arts Intensive program perform Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks: A Cautionary Tale.

FACT: Most people, if not everyone, will eventually be eaten by sharks. But you can postpone the inevitable (and get a great deal on a timeshare!) by joining Adventure Dan on a tour through shark-infested scenarios to avoid, such as kayaking with meat paddles, night-swimming after prom, or genetically engineering sharks for science. Because three things in life are certain: taxes, death, and, specifically, death by sharks. A delightfully madcap comedy you’re sure to devour . . . unless it devours you first.
ADMISSION: Admission to this performance is free, and tickets are not required. Enjoy!
SHOW CREDITS: Everyone Gets Eaten By Sharks: A Cautionary Tale is written by Marshall Pailet and presented through Playscripts.

The SpongeBob Musical Intensive
2024-08-01 18:30 - 19:30 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Join us as campers ages 14-16 enrolled in our 4-week Youth Arts Intensive program perform chosen favorites from The SpongeBob Musical.
Who lives in a Pineapple under the sea and became the hottest star on Broadway? Why, it’s SpongeBob SquarePants! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises. The power of optimism really can save the world!
During a 4-week intensive, students gained skills to perform a one-act performance of chosen favorites from the Broadway hit The SpongeBob Musical!
ADMISSION: Admission to this performance is free, and tickets are not required. Enjoy!
SHOW CREDITS: Based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg. Book by Kyle Jarrow. Musical Production Conceived by Tina Landau. Original Songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A., Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I. And Songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley. Additional Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton/Additional Music by Tom Kitt. Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants, and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Created by Stephen Hillenburg. The SpongeBob Musical is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

Deathtrap (canceled)
2024-10-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
SCHEDULING NOTE: Due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the performance dates for Deathtrap have been modified. Shows are now scheduled for Thursday, October 24 at 8 p.m., Friday, October 25 at 8 p.m., Saturday, October 26 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 27 at 2 p.m. If you have tickets for any of the canceled dates on October 18-20, we apologize for the inconvenience. A member of our team will contact you regarding your options. Thank you!

Deathtrap
By Ira Levin
Directed by Chris Holcom
Living comfortably in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a writer of Broadway thrillers, struggles to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortune occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? Deathtrap provides twists and turns of a devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks so abundant it will leave you spellbound until the very last moment.
Presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing with Dramatists Play Service collection.
Part of the 2023-24 Theatrical Season, An Artist’s Playground.

Remember to “Round It Up” and donate to the Center’s Operating Fund. Consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Deathtrap (canceled)
2024-10-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
SCHEDULING NOTE: Due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the performance dates for Deathtrap have been modified. Shows are now scheduled for Thursday, October 24 at 8 p.m., Friday, October 25 at 8 p.m., Saturday, October 26 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 27 at 2 p.m. If you have tickets for any of the canceled dates on October 18-20, we apologize for the inconvenience. A member of our team will contact you regarding your options. Thank you!

Deathtrap
By Ira Levin
Directed by Chris Holcom
Living comfortably in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a writer of Broadway thrillers, struggles to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortune occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? Deathtrap provides twists and turns of a devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks so abundant it will leave you spellbound until the very last moment.
Presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing with Dramatists Play Service collection.
Part of the 2023-24 Theatrical Season, An Artist’s Playground.

Admission: $18 member / $23 general admission
Group Rate (10+ people): $19 per ticket

(Online processing fees apply. This event has reserved seating.)
Available for all performances. Please inquire at the time of purchase.

Available on October 25. Please inquire at the time of purchase.

Remember to “Round It Up” and donate to the Center’s Operating Fund. Consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Deathtrap
2024-10-24 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-26 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Deathtrap
By Ira Levin
Directed by Chris Holcom
Living comfortably in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a writer of Broadway thrillers, struggles to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortune occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? Deathtrap provides twists and turns of a devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks so abundant it will leave you spellbound until the very last moment.
Presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing with Dramatists Play Service collection.
Part of the 2023-24 Theatrical Season, An Artist’s Playground.

Admission: $18 member / $23 general admission
Group Rate (10+ people): $19 per ticket

(Online processing fees apply. This event has reserved seating.)
Available for all performances. Please inquire at the time of purchase.

Available on October 25. Please inquire at the time of purchase.

Remember to “Round It Up” and donate to the Center’s Operating Fund. Consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
2024-12-14 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-12-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Adapted by Joe Landry It’s a Wonderful Life is based on the story “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern
Original Music and Musical Arrangements by Kevin Connors
Directed by Jaime Giangrande-Holcom
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life on one fateful Christmas Eve.
Presented through Playscripts, Inc.
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Admission
This event has reserved seating.

SEASON PACKAGE*
Members: $75
General Admission: $90

INDIVIDUAL SHOW TICKETS
Members: $15
General Public: $20

*Season Package includes: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Letterhead, Shakespeare’s Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts, Steel Magnolias, Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Every Brilliant Thing. The last chance to purchase this package will be during the final performance of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on December 15 at 2 p.m.

Letterhead
2025-01-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-25 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-26 14:00 - 16:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Letterhead
By Sebastian Hagelstein
2024-25 Studio Project Selection
Letterhead follows the Protagonist’s adventures through a distorted alternate reality of military letter-writing, careless judicial trials, and a government-sponsored cult community. The play examines rituals and customs in the world around us by presenting bizarre and occasionally disturbing alternatives.
About the Author:
Sebastian Hagelstein is an actor and writer based in New York. He is originally from Florida and graduated from Pace University with a BA in Acting. He is a member of the International Performance Ensemble.
The Carrollwood Cultural Center is honored and excited to welcome Sebastian back to the Center. Tampa audiences may remember Sebastian as the titular character in the Center’s first musical, Oliver! in 2009, and Winthrop in The Musical Man in 2010. After years of following Sebastian’s blossoming career with great interest, we are pleased to select Letterhead for The Studio Project for the 2024-25 theatrical season.

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Admission
This event does not have reserved seating.
Members: Free** / General Admission: $7

**Online processing fees apply, even for free tickets. Please call (813) 922-8167 or stop by the Center to bypass processing fees.

Shakespeare's Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts
2025-02-08 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-09 14:00 - 15:30 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Shakespeare’s Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts
By Jordan Monsell
What if William Shakespeare had written The Wizard of Oz? Travel over the rainbow to the early 17th Century in this reimagining of the classic story by L. Frank Baum. Using iambic pentameter, period prose, and historical engravings, author Jordan Monsell weaves a tale fit for the Bard. There be no place like home.
(Shakespeare’s Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts is a staged reading.)
About the Author:
Jordan Monsell was born in Syosset, New York, in 1979. He comes from a family of artists; his great grandfather, Charles Warren Bingham, was a commercial artist who created well-known icons such as the Morton Salt girl and the Camel Cigarettes logo. Jordan’s mother, Ruth Monsell, is a successful portrait and silhouette artist.​
After receiving his BFA from the University of Connecticut in 2001, Jordan moved to Maine, where he spent four years teaching art to children. In 2005, he moved to Los Angeles, where he works as an actor, writer, and freelance illustrator. ​In 2010, Jordan’s illustrations appeared in You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News, published through Cracked.com and Penguin Books. Other clients include 20th Century Fox, MSNBC, Avalon Family Entertainment, Sony, and The Hollywood Fringe Festival. In 2011, he directed his first play, Pulp Shakespeare: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Pulp Fiction, which received awards and acclaim in New York City and Los Angeles. Jordan’s next play, Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters, is available on Amazon.com. (CLICK HERE)
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This event does not have reserved seating.
Members: Free** / General Admission: $5

**Online processing fees apply, even for free tickets. Please call (813) 922-8167 or stop by the Center to bypass processing fees.

Steel Magnolias
2025-03-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Steel Magnolias
By Robert Harling
Directed by David J. Valdez
The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play and its characters the special quality to make them truly touching, funny, and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
Presented through Dramatists Play Service.
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This event has reserved seating.
Members: $30 / General Admission: $34

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