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Contact • Staff •
Location/Directions • History • Past Productions
New Play Development • Casting/Hiring • Media
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has been
in operation in Sarasota since 1973. During its history, FST has grown
into a theatre with a budget of over $4 million and 20,000 subscribers a year,
more than any theatre its size in the country.
FST operates three theatres: the
173-seat Keating Mainstage Theatre, the 160-seat Gompertz Theatre and the
109-seat Goldstein Cabaret Theatre.
FST produces world premieres and contemporary
works which have been produced on or off-Broadway
within the last five years.
By focusing on the works of contemporary
writers, FST has been able to offer plays to its audiences that are
not normally produced by other area theatres. FST is comprised of
six main programs: Mainstage, Cabaret, the Gompertz Theatre, Education,
Touring and New Play Development.
FST has an extensive
Education wing which offers over 20 classes weekly, and FST's touring
company reaches over 60,000 students annually in the Southeastern United States
and beyond. Through these programs, we inspire children to write plays for
FST's annual Young Playwrights Festival.
The New Play Development Program is an
integral part of Florida Studio Theatre and its mission. FST
receives 8,000 new plays a year from established, emerging, and young writers.
Many new scripts developed through this program reach the Mainstage and Cabaret
Theatre stages.
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