Back by popular demand! Roger Bean's new show is a nostalgic tribute to golden oldie TV show melodies in a wild musical gameshow-within-a gameshow format. You'll be sure to find yourself humming and playing along!
The Silver Foxes are a professionally-directed volunteer troupe who have been bringing entertainment to the area for decades. These young-at-heart retirees act, sing, and dance throughout the area performing at communities, organizations, and other venues. Each spring, they entertain the community with a full-scale production.
The Silver Foxes are a professionally-directed volunteer troupe who have been bringing entertainment to the area for decades. These young-at-heart retirees act, sing and dance throughout the area performing at communities, organizations, and other venues. Each spring, they entertain the community with a full-scale production.
The Raymond Center 5 Subscription includes three classic musicals and two plays. Save money and save your seats for Nunsense, The Sound of Music, The Rainmaker, Annie, and Emma.
In this madcap musical, nuns stage a zany variety show to fund funerals after a cooking mishap. Packed with laughs, dance, and song, Nunsense is a global comedy favorite that’s guaranteed to lift your spirits!
Learn more about the first two plays in Venice Theatre's 76th Season and sign up for auditions!
Come let the musical rhythms of VT's 76th season put a smile on your face and a warmth in your heart. Michelle and Kristofer will enchant you in this Solis Hall Summer Series concert that features the songs of Venice Theatre's upcoming season.
The Venice Pride Subscription includes the following five shows on select Wednesday evenings: Nunsense, A Musical Comedy; Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show; The Sound of Music; The Cake; and Annie.
Caught in a storm, a young couple seeks help at Dr. Frank ’N’ Furter’s castle, leading to wild misadventures. With rock ‘n’ roll, humor, and bold experimentation, The Rocky Horror Show explores love, identity, and lust.
Winner of five Tony Awards®, The Sound of Music is a timeless tale of hope and family, featuring iconic songs like “Do Re Mi,” “Edelweiss,” and “Climb Every Mountain.” A beloved classic for all generations.
Learn more about our 76th Season Spring Musicals and sign up for auditions!
Save money and your seats for the three most thought-provoking shows of our 2025-2026 Season: The Amish Project, The Cake, and How I Learned to Drive.
Called "Extraordinary ... compelling ... [and] a remarkable piece of writing," this powerful play explores the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and the path of forgiveness and compassion forged in its wake.
Winner of five Tony Awards®, The Sound of Music is a timeless tale of hope and family, featuring iconic songs like “Do Re Mi,” “Edelweiss,” and “Climb Every Mountain.” A beloved classic for all generations.
25th Anniversary Production! We are counting our blessings as Venice Theatre’s musical version of A Christmas Carol returns with the joyous spirit of the year-end holidays. Intergenerational veterans from past productions (including Brad Wages as Scrooge) join with new cast members to tell Dickens’ story of redemption and rebirth.
Learn more about our 76th Season Spring Plays and sign up to audition!
VT’s musical version of A Christmas Carol is celebrating 25 years! Renew your appreciation of life with Dickens' timeless story of redemption and rebirth. Starring Brad Wages in his 7th year as Ebenezer Scrooge.
In this fun, country-flavored musical, laundromat owner Lana Mae and her new hire Katie turn the Wishy Washy Washateria into a honky-tonk, serving up suds, revenge, and classic hits by country legends while bringing justice to cheatin’ hearts.
A charming con man promises rain and stirs hearts in a drought-stricken Depression-era town. The Rainmaker is a heartfelt tale of hope, love, and self-discovery, as independent Lizzie dares to dream of something more.
A lively afternoon of song and dance with 100% of the proceeds going to help rebuild Venice Theatre. Singers from The Sarasota Players and Venice Theatre, along with the Showtime Dancers and Silver Foxes Dancers, will delight and entertain. Get your tickets early as this show will sell out!
Save the date to audition for the final play of our 76th Season! A multigenerational cast of characters will be needed for this charming stage adaptation of A.A. Milne's beloved story.
When a beloved family friend asks for a wedding cake—only it’s for a same-sex marriage—Della, a devout Southern baker, must examine her long-held beliefs. The Cake is a heartfelt, humorous look at faith, love, and acceptance.*
Winner of seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Annie follows a spirited orphan’s adventures in NYC during the Great Depression. The sun will come out tomorrow in this smash-hit musical featuring our community's "stars-to-be."
The “youngest” cast in town will once again regale you with song, dance, and ribald humor in their new variety show. Being “mature” never looked and sounded so good.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and multiple Tony® and Drama Desk Awards, How I Learned to Drive is a powerful, darkly funny memory play exploring trauma, manipulation, and survival with emotional depth, empathy, and haunting theatricality.
Winner of seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Annie follows a spirited orphan’s adventures in NYC during the Great Depression. The sun will come out tomorrow in this smash-hit musical featuring our community's "stars-to-be."
In this charming adaptation, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends—Piglet, Eeyore, and Rabbit—navigate misadventures fueled by honey, friendship, and laughs. A delightful tale filled with A.A. Milne’s playful wit.
In this charming adaptation, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends—Piglet, Eeyore, and Rabbit—navigate misadventures fueled by honey, friendship, and laughs. A delightful tale filled with A.A. Milne’s playful wit.
Jane Austen’s Emma gets a witty, high-energy makeover in this screwball comedy. Confident matchmaker Emma meddles in love lives—until she discovers her own heart may be the one most in need of guidance.
Jane Austen’s Emma gets a witty, high-energy makeover in this screwball comedy. Confident matchmaker Emma meddles in love lives—until she discovers her own heart may be the one most in need of guidance.
Delight once again in the inspiring performances of Pinky’s Players, Venice Theatre’s Community Engagement Program that partners with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to develop and share their artistic talents.