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2019-2020 Forums Series

2019-2020 Forums Series

Cancelled due to Covid-19

Florida Studio Theatre presents 19/20 Season Forums. This year's forum series includes three shows: Handle With Care, American Son, and The Legend of Georgia McBride. While all events are free of charge, reservations are required. Please call the box office at 941.366.9000 to make your reservations. 

This year's forum series includes three shows: Handle With Care, American Son, and The Legend of Georgia McBride 

 

Monday, January 20, 2020
Theme: The Nether: An Ethical Exploration of The Dark Web
Panel Discussion: The Nether
5PM Bowne's Lab Theatre
 

Monday, January 27, 2020
Theme: Meet the Playwright, Jason Odell Williams
Panel Discussion: Handle With Care
5 - 6PM Bowne's Lab Theatre
 

Monday, January 27, 2020
Theme: Black Suffragists Remembered: A Community Dialogue
Panel Discussion: We will discuss the importance of commemorating Black Suffragists and the significance of their legacy for the contemporary moment.
Panelist: Dr. Lonnetta Gaines with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
6:30PM FST's Gompertz Theatre


Monday, February 10, 2020
Theme: Regaining The Public Trust: Law Enforcement and Citizen Encounters
Panel Discussion: American Son
5 - 6PM Bowne's Lab Theatre


Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Theme: Walk a Mile in My Heels - Meet the Cast
Panel Discussion: The Legend of Georgia McBride
5 - 6PM Bowne's Lab Theatre

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Previously

The Nether: An Ethical Exploration of The Dark Web

January 20, 2020 Bowne's Lab

Meet the Playwright, Jason Odell Williams

January 27, 2020 Bowne's Lab

Black Suffragists Remembered: A Community Dialogue

January 27, 2020 Keating Theatre

Regaining The Public Trust: Law Enforcement and Citizen Encounters

February 10, 2020 Bowne's Lab

Special Thanks to Our Partners:

• Bookstore1
• City of Sarasota
• Florida Veterans for Common Sense
• Gulf Coast Community Foundation
• Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Poetry Life
• Sarasota County Bar Association’s Diversity Committee
• Sarasota County Schools
• Sarasota /Manatee Democratic Black Caucus of Florida
• Tidewell Hospice
• Dan and Litten Boxser, Herman and Sally Boxser Diversity Initiative
• Charles Clapsaddle, Manatee Education Television
• Luz Corcuera, UnidosNow
• Georgia Court, Bookstore1
• The Honorable Larry Eger, Office of the Public Defender
• Sy & Shelley Goldblatt, Pay What You Can
• Gilbert King, Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning book Devil in the Grove
• Former County Commissioner Carolyn Mason
• Dennis and Graci McGillicuddy
• Dr. Donal O’Shea, New College of Florida
• Reverend Dr. Tom Pfaff, Sarasota Ministerial Association
• Dr. Eddy Regnier
• Ina Schnell
• Commissioner Willie Charles Shaw
• Ken Shelin
• Embracing Our Differences
• Tom Tryon, Opinion Editor of Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Johnette Cappadona, Owner SRQ Special Projects, LLC, Suffragists Project
• Mellon Foundation Grant
• New College
• Connecting the Arts and Humanities on Florida's Creative Coast