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Stories that connect us. A monthly book club. Two podcasts. And a membership that turns Tampa Bay’s arts scene into your scene.
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'Nobody Is on Their Phone': How Beyond the Wings Theater Built a Community Out of Fairy Tale Chaos
At Beyond the Wings Theater, the off-stage moments matter as much as the punchlines. Inside the Pinellas troupe's riotous take on The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon.
Party Over Principle? Not in 1950: Powerstories Theatre Brings Margaret Chase Smith's Historic Takedown to Tampa
Powerstories Theatre brings Joe DiPietro's political drama Conscience — the story of Sen. Margaret Chase Smith's stand against McCarthyism — to Stageworks Theatre for a three-day staged reading, Aug 14–16.
How Jobsite Theater Made Me Fall in Love with Green Day All Over Again
A punk-rock catharsis in the Jaeb: Cody Farkas, Matthew Morris, Kiara Dorothea and a live band rip through Green Day's rock opera under David M. Jenkins' direction — and Maggie Duffy hasn't stopped humming since.
Don’t Stop Believin’ in the Gods: Bash of the Titans Rocks freeFall Theatre
How to commit elite vandalism (the corporate way)
Banking on Backstage: Why a St. Pete Credit Union Is the City's Newest Radical Art Gallery
Stories bring you in. The scene keeps you.
You read a review on your lunch break. It sticks with you. Suddenly you know what you're doing this weekend.
Two nights a month, on us. You've seen more theatre this year than the last three combined — and you're bringing friends.
You know the artists by name. You post about opening night. You're the reason someone else showed up.
Read the book. See the show.
Each month, the Passport Book Club pairs a book with a live show or activity in the region. Free for members. Non-members pay the price of the connected event.
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Where to be this month.
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A seat at every opening. Nights out you’d never book on your own. The people, the shows, and the stories — on one passport.
See the tiersFor the casual fan. Perfect for one great night out at the theatre each month.
Best for couples. Enough room to bring a guest or hit two different venues.
For the ultimate patron. Share with family or friends. Highest impact for local arts.
Hit play on Tampa Bay.
Hosted by Tampa Bay Arts Passport founder Avery Anderson. Long-form conversations that go deep on every corner of the region's arts scene — theatre, visual art, music, literature, and the people who make it all happen.
A monthly roundtable with former Tampa Bay Times critic Maggie Duffy and local writer Jana Henson. They dish on what's on their minds, the shows worth talking about, and the bigger conversations happening in Tampa Bay arts.
Every Friday, the arts in your inbox.
Reviews, shows worth seeing, and interviews you won’t read anywhere else.
Pinellas County Theatre Week.
Two weeks. Many stages. Buy-one-get-one ticket to Pinellas County theatre — anchored by the regional premiere of A Bodega Princess Remembers.
