BACKLOT ARTS SARASOTA'S ARTIST COLLABORATIVE

INTRODUCING

Saturday Mornings

 

Ilan the Magician

Unleashing the Imagination.  

Ilan, presents an interactive show with the help of Picadoodle, the well-trained flea, saber swords, a rope and a Dr. Seuss rhyme. A morning filled with fun for Kids and the entire family. Saturday morning, March 15th 10:30am. Admission $8.

 

“The Alphabet Avengers!”

Doorknob Productions present a sinister scientist, along with his even more sinister assistant who have created a machine that sucks all the letters of the alphabet out of the world, leaving everyone speechless!! The solution… “The Alphabet Avengers,” a team of mismatched super heroes who come to save the day! The story is an imaginative blend of humor, improvisation, and audience participation told through song and dance! 

Saturday mornings, March 22nd, 29th & May 10th 10:30am Admission $8. 

 

Spring Break Musical Theatre Camp.

Students will participate in a world-premiere musical theatre piece that will be specially tailored to each unique group of students. Children will develop many skills, including; theatre basics, choreography, music/vocals, line memorization and delivery, group co-operation, stage presence, and confidence, all while having a wonderful time! 

March 31st – April 4th, Performance Apr 5th

Classes are Mon. through Fri. 10am-2pm with a free final performance Saturday at 3pm. $25 Registration Fee reserves your place, plus $100 tuition. This class is appropriate for children ages 9 and up.

“6 Feet and One Fourth (Grader)”

Doorknob Productions return with the follow up adventure. During summer vacation Justin has a 2-foot “growth spurt” and is reluctant to return to the first day of 4th grade! This is a charming musical about friendship, self-esteem, and feelings that is a celebration of childhood with all its joys and changes. Saturday mornings: April 12th, 26th & May 17th. 10:30am  Admission $8.

 

EAST VILLAGE CABARET

6265 Lake Osprey Dr.

Lakewood Ranch 34240

For Information & Registration

Call (941) 373-3933 

CONTACT US
Associated Groups & Links
Anything Arts
Backlot School House
Backlot School Bus Touring Theater Company
Chekhov Project
DJ Sol Productions/ Bear Records Ft. Lauderdale
Eclectic Theater Co. ....ETC
Evil Crew Productions
Film Town Initiative
Future By Design
Fusion Dance Artists
Gerald Fried Theater Company
Hands of Heritage
International Institute of Performing Arts
Jomar Renovation
Maximillia's Academy of the Dramatic Arts (coming soon)
Misplaced Comedy Group
National Druid Theater of America
Random Play Company
Royal Jazz / Jazz Workshops
Sarasota Senior Theater
Skullduggery: the Band
Suncoast Youth Theater
Temple Bar Collective
The Best Plays You've Never Seen Reading Series
Women's Theater Collaborative
 

"Whatever you can do or dream
you can begin it. Boldness has 
genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now!"

Goethe

"There are two kinds of people:
those who think they can,
and those who think they can't,
and they're both right."

Henry Ford
SAVE with MEMBERSHIP. 

Become a Backlot Annual Member/Supporter and receive discounts on admission charges every time you visit either the Backlot or East Village Cabaret. 

Gold Membership $500.00 (or more) Includes Guaranteed reservations, reserved seating at all Backlot venues or performances. 20% off for you and your party.

 Silver Membership $150.00 (or more) Includes Guaranteed reservations, reserved seating at all Backlot venues or performances. 15% off for you and a guest.

Bronze Membership $35.00 (or more) Includes Guaranteed reservations, reserved seating at all Backlot venues or performances. 10% off for cardholder.

Student Membership $5.00 (or more) Available for full time students through college with valid ID. Entitles cardholder to 50% off admission charge at all Backlot venues when space is available.

( Annual Memberships and all donations to the Backlot are fully tax deductible as a charitable contribution. Available at the Backlot Theater or the East Village Cabaret when you visit . Membership begins at the time of purchase and lasts one year. Call (941) 373 3933 for information )

A Backlot Arts Production:

The Last 5 Years 

by Jason Robert Brown

Direction & Music Dir. 

by Michael Sebastian

 

The Last 5 Years: by Jason Robert Brown. Opened in Chicago in 2001. Played off Broadway in 2002. A musical in one Act, starring a man and a woman. The all musical story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein , a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt , a struggling actress. 

 

 "The musical is tough and tender, humorous and sad" ...Jay Handelman,  REVIEW

Look for Encore Performances of 

The Last 5 Years

for booking Information call 941 373 3933

Starring Two Brilliant Casts of Two in Rep.

Berry Ayers & Katherine Tanner (top) 

Steve Dawson & Dianne Dawson

More About our production

A FULL EVENING OF DANCE...
When: March 7 & 8, 2008
Where: the Historic Asolo Theater 

at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Evening Performances: 8:00PM, Friday & Saturday
Tickets: $25-35 adults, $15 students
Matinee: 2:00pm, Saturday
Tickets: $20-$30 adults, $15 students
All tickets are reserved and can be purchased at the Historic Asolo Theater
Box Office: 941.360.7399
 

More Info about Fuzion

 

A co-production with the Smithsonian's Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC.

Co-sponsored by the Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York, NY, and the Amicus Foundation, Sarasota, FL.

Backlot Arts would like to acknowledge the major support from Mary Ann and Robbie Robinson, Frank and Ahuva Dye, Renee and Same Hamad, as well as many other generous individuals who are making this project
possible.

Graphic Art by Mark Bettis

Starring: Margaret Eginton and Andrei Malaev-Babel in Leonid Malyugin's. My Mocking Happiness, a play about the Life and loves of Anton Chekhov. Directed by Andrei Malaev-Babel.

more info

 


We are regrouping. Thank you so much for your support, especially the folks who came out and did a little sweating with us to get things packed up!!! Stay tuned for an ever more exciting entertainment future, Backlot Arts

new phone: 

941 373 3933

 

THE BACKLOT THEATER, open two years, is an exciting cooperative arts and education facility providing accessibility to the arts, sports and education for underserved audiences and children of all ages. We strive to provide an environment in which participants are allowed to create and experiment with ways to engage the fringe and the mainstream, the marginal and the conventional. An atmosphere in which individuals can actively create or merely experience. Where artists can exercise their brains. Where strangers can become friends, building healthy personal relationships with people of all ages, cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic situations.

BACKLOT ARTS has moved into the East Village Cabaret a, very swank, temporary home, while we continue to look for space that is better suited to the mission than our old location in the industrial park! We are still open for opportunity.

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