Tampa Bay Arts Passport

11/05/2025

Need something to watch for 45 minutes that supports local creators and promotes the arts?

Check out this week's episode of the Arts Passport Podcast with Jenna Jane! We dive into Jenna's journey from investigative playwright to professional playwright; this is a fascinating and inspiring conversation.

After her newsroom position was cut, Jenna Jane chose the riskier path that finally made sense: “Once I found out that career wasn't safe… why not do what I ...

11/04/2025

When the idea hits, you drop everything and write. ✍️
Playwright Jenna jane shares how the best lines never wait — you have to catch them in the moment.

🎧 From The Arts Passport Podcast — full episode in bio.

11/01/2025

“Run to freeFall.”
Audiences can’t stop talking about Deathtrap at — the laughter, the twists, the gasps.
See why it’s the talk of the season before it closes Dec 7. Tickets available at freefalltheatre.com

10/31/2025

🎭 Opera. Fairies. Fearless Artists.

Opera gets weird, Shakespeare gets sandy, and one playwright reminds us why risk is the most honest art form there is.

💀 Love v. Death — Opera Tampa’s new world premiere finds the funny, the Florida, and the fiercely human in stories where love refuses to die.
🏖️ Midsummer Goes to the Beach — ThinkTank turns Shakespeare’s forest into a Florida resort full of fairy chaos and cocktail hour magic.
🎙️ Why Not Do What I Love? — Playwright Jenna Jane joins the Arts Passport Podcast to talk about leaving “safe” work, rewriting Bionic, and building a real life in the arts.

Opera. Comedy. Courage. All happening this week in Tampa Bay.

📍 Get all the stories at tbartspassport.com.

10/30/2025

The stories we know about the Civil Rights Movement often start with the men who spoke.

Cadillac Crew shines a light on the women who made those moments possible — organizers, strategists, and storytellers whose names history tried to forget.

Hear from directors Erica Sutherlin (The Studio at 620) and Clareann Despain (Powerstories Theatre) on how this historic collaboration came to be — and why this play feels so urgent now.

🎭 Cadillac Crew
📍 The Studio@620, Nov. 6–16
💬 Sunday, Nov. 9 is already sold out — grab your seat while you can.

🎥 Watch the interview on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKHWLTF75R0

Cadillac Crew roars to life November 6–16 at The Studio@620 — presented in partnership with Powerstories Theatre.In this exclusive conversation, Erica Suther...

10/30/2025

This month, we’re gathering at the Florida Holocaust Museum to read Night by Elie Wiesel — a haunting memoir of survival, silence, and the responsibility to remember.

Join us Nov. 9 at 11 AM for a book discussion followed by a guided museum tour on the anniversary of Kristallnacht — a day of reflection, remembrance, and community.

Arts Passport members receive a free copy of the book, to be picked up at Tombolo Books, and free museum admission.

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In partnership with Tombolo Books The Arts Passport Book Club offers members a chance to explore literature that connects with upcoming plays, art shows, or exhibitions. Each month, we select a book tied to the artistic themes of a partner organization, giving members the opportunity to engage more....

10/30/2025

“I’ve always loved to write — I just couldn’t stop filling notebooks.” ✍️

From investigative journalist to professional playwright, Jenna Jane is rewriting what storytelling can look like.

🎧 The full episode of The Arts Passport Podcast drops tomorrow morning — follow and subscribe now so you don’t miss it.

10/30/2025

Opera Tampa gets weird (and wonderful).
Local composer Tom Sivak’s Love v. Death turns Florida headlines into a darkly funny world-premiere opera about obsession, devotion, and the absurd ways we love.
🎭 Playing this weekend only at Straz Center for the Performing Arts.
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https://www.tbartspassport.com/opera-tampa-love-v-death-tom-sivak-world-premieie

Opera Tampa premieres Love v. Death, a darkly comic new opera by St. Pete composer Tom Sivak, exploring true stories of devotion, mortality, and myth.

10/29/2025

The cello rocks (again). 🎶
Rose Mallare brings her electric energy back to American Stage in Hundred Days — a folk-rock musical about love, loss, and living like the clock is ticking.
Read her story →

By Avery Anderson Rose Mallare doesn’t just play the cello — she attacks it like it owes her money. If you saw her in American Idiot at American Stage — at the time, the company’s highest-selling mainstage show since the pandemic — you already know. She was the musician who made

10/29/2025

“In spite of everything, we have to preserve our softness.”

🎙️ From The Arts Passport Podcast, Clareann Despain shares why artists must protect their peace and hold on to pockets of joy — to keep creating, connecting, and offering light to others.

🎭 Cadillac Crew
Nov. 6–16 | The Studio@620 x Powerstories Theatre

🎧 Full episode in bio.

10/28/2025

She’s choreographed for Nike, the National Ballet of Canada, and Dance Magazine’s cover — and now she calls Tampa home.
World-renowned choreographer Jennifer Archibald has joined the faculty at USF, bringing her trailblazing fusion of hip-hop and ballet to the next generation.
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‘She is the person of the moment right now.’ by Marty Clear Earlier this year, Jennifer Archibald was pictured on the cover of Dance Magazine, America’s most prestigious journal for professional dancers and choreographers. That’s a huge deal. Plenty of choreographers whom you’ve heard of, ...

10/28/2025

At The Studio at 620, art and activism meet in a blaze of color and memory.
The Unseen Thread gathers nearly twenty women artists — from Latonya Hicks to Glenyse Thompson — in a show about legacy, resistance, and the beauty of what endures.
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At The Studio@620, art and activism meet in a blaze of color and memory. By Avery Anderson At first glance, The Unseen Thread looks like a gallery show. But step closer and you’ll feel it — a low current of rebellion disguised as beauty. These works don’t whisper;