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Dramaturg and actor Roxanne Fay on adapting Julius Caesar for an all-female cast and finding humanity in the crosshairs of history. Host: Avery Anderson Guest: Roxanne Fay In this episode of the Tampa Bay Arts Passport Podcast, we sit down with one of the region’s most versatile theatrical chameleons:
Reimagined for 2026, Opera Tampa trades museum-piece formality for a "living, breathing ocean of sound" and high-stakes human risk. By Avery Anderson If you walk into the Straz Center this weekend expecting a dusty museum-piece version of Mozart—powdered wigs, distant Masonic codes, and a story that feels
Why the story of a young artist defying tradition is the "breath of fresh air" we need in a discordant world. By Avery Anderson Karla Hartley has a confession: her parents were supportive. In a play like My Name is Asher Lev, where the titular character is locked
Why Deborah Bostock-Kelley’s latest staged reading is more than a comedy—it’s a $5 ticket to feeling seen. By Avery Anderson The idea for Hot and Bothered wasn’t born in a writer’s retreat or a quiet studio. It was born in a sweltering back room at
How a parking lot conversation turned into Beacon, a decade-long exercise in artistic trust and radical localism. By Avery Anderson If you spend enough time around the arts in St. Petersburg, you’ll eventually spot Helen French and Lauren Slone standing in a parking lot. It is their natural habitat.
