Finalist: Lia Romeo A NICE MOTHERLY PERSON Baylee Shlichtman IN THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST Sarah Elizabeth Grace I’M SAVING YOU A SEAT About the Finalists Finalist: Lia Romeo, A NICE MOTHERLY PERSON Lia Romeo (she/her), Playwright - is a…

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Welcome to Season 11: an homage to resilience, community building, and the unbreakable human spirit. As a celebration of our tenth anniversary, the 2024/2025 season will include the Modern Works Festival, three regional premieres, and the world…

Meet the talented performers bringing this thrilling new work to life. “After seeing the way Urbanite audiences embraced my play ‘At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen,’ I just KNOW that they are gonna fall in love with the characters…

Introducing Artistic Associate Fellow Nicholas Perez Hoop Meet Nicholas: Nicholas Perez-Hoop has been with Urbanite Theatre from CHICKEN SHOP until now, being both an avid supporter of the Sarasota arts community and the theatre at large. His…

The wait is over - secure your seats today! Single tickets for Urbanite Theatre's 2023/24 season are on sale now! Join us as we celebrate our tenth season with a lineup of plays you can’t see anywhere else in the region. Standard tickets:…

THE SOUND INSIDE October 20 – December 3, 2023 We open our season with THE SOUND INSIDE, an enthralling story about the unlikely friendship between creative writing professor Bella and her enigmatic student Christopher. Written by Adam Rapp,…

URBANITE WILL ANNOUNCE SEASON X ON AUGUST 7TH! The 2023/2024 Season marks a milestone for Urbanite: our TENTH season. Since our inception in 2014, we have strived to bring the boldest voices and new works to Sarasota. As such, we’ve been…

Modern Works Festival: Winner Announced! Congratulations to, Brenda Withers, winner of Urbanite Theatre’s 4th Modern Works Festival! Brenda’s work, WESTMINSTER, tells the story of what ensues when Pia is gifted a surprise rescue dog by…

Urbanite Theatre announces a change in leadership Urbanite Theatre announced today that founding Co-Artistic Director Brendan Ragan will step down to assume a new role as Artistic Director of Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington…

BACKWARDS FORWARDS BACK by Jacqueline Goldfinger Directed by Brendan Ragan A National New Play Network ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE March 24 - April 23, 2023 Summary: When a soldier returns from war carrying the ghosts of his tour, he’s…

Summary: Siblings Mordy and Jane have a problem. Their dreadful, centenarian grandfather is an emotional and financial tax on the family, and he just won’t die. Scheming almost entirely via sarcastic and misspelled text messages, the siblings…