Tampa Bay’s 2024-2025 theater season has arrived

Tampa Bay’s theater season is here, and jam-packed with a variety of productions for even the most critical audience member.

Theater companies like Jobsite, Tampa Rep, Stageworks, The Off-Central, and freeFall are presenting a number of exciting shows this year, including “The Bridges of Madison County,” “The Butterfly’s Evil Spell.”

Tampa Rep’s production of Tony-Award winning “The Bridges of Madison County,” directed by Michelle Petrucci, follows Italian-American housewife Francesca as her life is changed by a charming photographer named Robert. “Bridges” will be at Straz Center’s Jaeb Theatre from April 10-20, 2025.

Less than a month later, Jobsite Theater puts on “The Butterfly’s Evil Spell,” an English-language adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s debut play, El Maleficio de la Mariposa. A thrilling display combining live music, visual art, aerial and circus arts, and even puppetry brings Lorca’s mystical critter-filled world to life next summer (May 7-June 1). Right now, the company is in the midst of a two-week run of Roxanne Fay's "Thrice To Mine," which a press release described as a "magical, historical tale of the real Lady Macbeth."

Stageworks continues to serve its mission with "What The Constitution Means To Me" and the return of "When the Righteous Triumph," where Tampa playwright Mark E. Lieb retells the story Tampa’s civil rights lunch counter sit-in.

If none of these shows meet your standards, don’t fret; there are plenty of others to choose from, like freeFall’s highly anticipated production, “Fable.”

See highlights from Tampa Bay’s 2024-25 theater season below. Email [email protected] if we missed yours.

American Stage

• Ring of Fire Sept. 25-Oct. 20
• The Mountaintop Nov. 6-24
• This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing Jan. 22-Feb 9
• Hair Mar. 26-Apr. 27
• Fat Ham May 28-Jun. 22

Lab Theater

• PER by Donald Loftus Sept. 5-22

Carrollwood Players

• Annie Sept. 6-28
• Veronica’s Room Oct. 4-13
• Baskerville Oct. 18-Nov. 3
• A Christmas Carol Dec. 6-22
• Sylvia Jan. 17-Feb. 1
• Conversations in Bed Feb. 7-16
• Hairspray Feb. 28-Mar. 22
• The Wolves Mar. 28-Apr. 6
• Terms of Endearment May 2-11
• As You Like It May 16-25
• 9 to 5 May 30-Jun. 21
• Broadway Miscast July 25-Aug. 3
• You Can’t Take It With You Aug. 8-23

Jobsite Theater

• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] Aug. 13-24
• Thrice To Mine Aug. 14-25
• POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive Sept. 4-29
• Gorey Stories Oct. 23-Nov. 17
• Macbeth Jan. 15-Feb. 9
• The Pillowman Mar. 12-Apr. 6
• The Butterfly’s Evil Spell May 7-Jun. 1

The Off-Central

• Blackbird Sept. 5-15
• The Hollow Oct. 3-13
• The Sound Inside Nov. 7-17
• A Tuna Christmas Dec. 5-15

Tampa Repertory Theatre

• It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Dec. 5-22
• Every Brilliant Thing Jan. 30-Feb. 9
• The Bridges of Madison County Apr. 10-20
• God of Carnage Jun. 5-22

Stageworks Theatre

• What the Constitution Means to Me Sept. 27-Oct. 13
• The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical Nov. 29-Dec. 22
• The People Downstairs Feb. 7-23
• When the Righteous Triumph Mar. 12-16
• Morningside Apr. 25- May 11
• Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill Jun. 6-29

freeFall Theatre

• Fable Aug. 9-Sept. 8
• Ken Ludwig's Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure Nov. 8-Dec.
• Sondheim and Weidman's Road Show Feb. 14-March 16
• For Closure! April 11-May 11
• The House of Future Memory June 13-July 13

Powerstories Theatre

• Right Before I Go Sept. 20-21

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