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Sarasota Players finally finds new home in Payne Park Auditorium
Three months after rejecting the Sarasota Players’ proposal to create an elaborate new theater home as an expansion of the historic Payne Park auditorium because it would encroach on Payne Park itself, Sarasota city commissioners have approved a lease for the building with no major additions allowed. At a meeting rescheduled because of Hurricane Milton, commissioners voted 5-0 Friday to approve a 30-year lease for the Players to use the building as its home base for $100...
Arts Alive! podcast: Lisa Marone, St. Petersburg City Theatre
St. Petersburg City Theatre is the oldest continually-operating community theater in Florida. In 2025, it will celebrate its 100th anniversary. It very nearly didn’t make it. As Board Vice President Lisa Marone explains on today’s Arts Alive! podcast, the mighty winds of Hurricane Milton peeled open the roof on the theater building at 4025 31st Street S. and let in a lot of rain. Copious amounts of rain.
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