Carrollwood Cultural Center

Deathtrap (canceled)
2024-10-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-19 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | 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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Admission
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, 2025-03-15 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-21 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-22 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-23 14:00 - 16:00 | 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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Admission
This event has reserved seating.
Members: $30 / General Admission: $34

**Online processing fees apply.

Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters
2025-05-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-05-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters
By Jordan Monsell
What if William Shakespeare had written Ghostbusters? In this reimagining of the classic 1984 film, author Jordan Monsell uses iambic pentameter, period prose, and historical engravings to weave a tale fit for the Bard. Who wilt thou call?
(Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters 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 other play, Shakespeare’s Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts, is available on Amazon.com. (CLICK HERE)
Be part of the 2024-25 Theatrical Season: Audition / Sponsor this Production

Admission
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.

The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition
2025-06-19 17:30 - 19:00 | 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 The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition.
Join Dorothy and her loyal companion Toto as they “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” through the Land of Oz, determined to reach the Emerald City, where the great and powerful Wizard of Oz will help them get home. Of course, along the way, Dorothy encounters witches (good and bad), Munchkins, talking trees, and winged monkeys. But most importantly, she befriends three unique characters: a Scarecrow with no brain, a Tin Man with no heart, and a Lion with no “nerve.” Their journey to happiness and self–awareness is a glowing testament to friendship, understanding, and hope in a world filled with beauty and ugliness.
ADMISSION: Admission to this performance is free, and tickets are not required. Enjoy!
SHOW CREDITS: Written by L. Frank Baum | Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg | Background Music by Herbert Stothart | Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard | Orchestration by Larry Wilcox | Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company | Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Whitmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com.

Tampa Metropolitan Improv
2025-06-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
The minds that brought you Tales of Mild Interest (or TMI for short) are returning to their improv roots, with the newly formed Tampa Metropolitan Improv (or TMI for short)!
Come for a riotously good time, and perhaps even play along with us, as we perform short-form improv games using suggestions from you, the audience (think along the lines of Whose Line is it Anyway, or Dropout TV’s Make Some Noise). No two TMI shows are alike, but rest assured, we bring a saucy, edgy, extremely cool, and hip PG-13 rating to the function that most of the family can enjoy!
You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! (Hopefully, the crying is from the laughter.) But who knows…it’s improv, baby!

Admission: Free for members / $5 general admission

This is a ticketed event. Some processing fees may apply, even for free tickets. Visit the Box Office or call (813) 922-8167 to avoid processing fees.

War of the Worlds
2025-06-26 17:30 - 19:00 | 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 The War of the Worlds.
The War of the Worlds radio broadcast, directed by Orson Welles on October 30, 1938, was a dramatization of H.G. Wells’ novel. It was presented as a series of fake news bulletins simulating a Martian invasion of Earth targeting New Jersey. The realistic sound effects and presentation style led some listeners to believe it was an actual event and caused widespread panic despite announcements that it was a fictional play. The event remains one of the most famous examples of mass hysteria triggered by a radio broadcast.
ADMISSION: Admission to this performance is free, and tickets are not required. Enjoy!
SHOW CREDITS: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells | Originally performed by The Mercury Theatre directed and narrated by Orson Welles

Return to the Forbidden Planet
2025-07-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-19 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-20 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Return to the Forbidden Planet
By Bob Carlton
Director: Chris Holcom Music Director: Latoya McCormick-Hutchinson
Shakespeare’s forgotten rock and roll masterpiece! Inspired by The Tempest, this high-energy jukebox musical is packed with rock ‘n’ roll classics, including “Great Balls of Fire,” “Good Vibrations,” “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” “Young Girl” and “Gloria.”
Blast off on a routine flight and crash into the planet D’Illyria, where a sci-fi version of The Tempest – set to rock ‘n’ roll golden oldies – unfolds with glee! The planet is inhabited by a sinister scientist, Dr. Prospero; his delightful daughter Miranda; Ariel, a faithful robot on roller skates; and an uncontrollable monster, the product of Prospero’s id, whose tentacles penetrate the space craft.
Presented through Concord Theatricals.
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Admission
This event has reserved seating.
Members: $30 / General Admission: $35

**Online processing fees apply.
An ASL interpreter will be present for the production on July 18. Please inquire when purchasing tickets.
